UPDATE: The Criteria to be included in the #Fiberartists curation can be found here

In my humble opinion a Fiberartist is someone who takes materials and transforms them into something. One lady, who takes lengths of rope and knots them into shapes asked if she would qualify. YES!! She certainly would.

Fiberarts are typically thought of as needle arts but I believe the label encompasses so much more. The very old, historical fiberarts such as spinning, carding, tatting, embroidery, weaving, crochet, knitting, sewing, bobbin lace, rug making, basketry, macrame, and I'm sure there are many I am missing but you get the idea. These art forms need to be revived and preserved. I'm so happy to see that people are starting to ressurect the beautiful forms of fiberart. Many are putting their own twists of creativity to them and many are purist who want to preserve the exact art.

My good friend gave me a book about Estonian lace and a wonderful soft ball of lace weight wool. It was white. She feels that it's important to preserve the old art of Estonian lace and it is typically knit with white wool. I do agree with her but..... I'm also a person who like to experiment.

With access to amazing "fibers" from all over the world, many old arts are coming back as new again. If what you are working with was once a plant, or the coat of an animal, you are probably a Fiberartist. If you are working with materials that mimic once being a plant, or the coat of an animal, you are probably a Fiberartist.

For example: The lady who ties interesting knots with rope uses polyester rope. Is she a Fiberartist? Yes! She is using an item that mimics its ancestor's natural fiber rope. Oh and yes! Paper is fiber.

With all of the new, interesting materials our technology has led us to produce, we are seeing more and more "New" fiberarts being built upon the foundations of their ancestors art.

So now that you know what a Fiberartist is I hope you will join along with me as I try to create a community for us to meet, share, support and enjoy each other's eye candy.

My first step to achieve this will be a curation of Fiberartists on Steem. If you'd like to accompany this curation trail add the tag "#fiberartists" to your post. I'm going to start with five of the best posts I find but will expand as I get the hang of curating.

My second step is setting up a place for us to meet on Discord. If you are new to Steem, Discord is software that allows you to chat, both text and voice, within many Steem communities. Come chat and meet other Fiberartists. Join in the Steemit Ramble. Scroll down the list on the left and click on "Fiber - General Chat"