Deb Seeger
Debra Seeger is an American fiber artist (born in Atchison, Kansas) who presents her textile art as narrative of American women issues.
She studied at the University of Durham, Durham England., taking frequent trips to Florence, Italy and Versailles, France. A local person, who had an extensive Indonesian batik collection, influenced her. When she returned to the states she began a series of batiks on vintage damask linens.
Debra took a break from academic studies/research to work in formal wear where she designed wedding apparel from vintage wedding gowns. This period increased her intuitive sewing skills.
In 1982, she moved to Lawrence, Kansas to study at the University of Kansas under Cynthia Shearer. 1987 Mary Ann Jordan joined the faculty at KU and Debra’s interest in surface design was influenced by Japanese design flourished with shibori, arashi and indigo dyeing techniques.
Debra used various designing techniques to create a vivacious canvas. Then, after making several canvases she integrated the canvases together in a quilt format. The art quilts communicated in metaphoric fashion the multi layers within American women. The most outer layer was slashed (influenced by Tim Harding) cut away (influenced by Latin American Molas) to make a complete and pleasing composition. Various slashes would be stitched back using traditional embroidery stitches but replacing thread with copper wire. The overall quilt would be machine stitched.
Her career took another detour when she was exposed to technology while working on a graduate degree. She worked in the Information Technology field in the nations largest wireless data-centers for 10 years on [...] edge technologies. Only recently has she returned to her true love of textiles, painting, colors and the creation process. Some of Deb's images: 1
Her work is in private collections around the globe, specifically on five continents. She has an unmatched enthusiasm to inspire emerging artist by teaching or facilitating workshops at museums, universities and art centers.