As a genetically disposed to fabric and thread person, Iva Jensen expanded the traits inherited to include surface design, marbling, needle weaving, machine quilting, and creating art to wear. An early class in creative stitchery at the Philbrook Art Museum in Tulsa, OK crystalized a generalized vision of fiberarts into a fine obsession to do everything that could be done with a needle and thread, papers, plastics, silk and paint.

As a member of Houston Area Fiber Artists, The Golden Needles Quilt Guild of Conroe, the International Marblers Association, Friends of Fiber Art, International Quilt Association, American Quilters Society and Studio Arts Quilt Association, Iva has exhibited work in California, Colorado, Tennessee, North Carolina, Louisiana, Texas and Istanbul, Turkey. Her work is in private collections in the US.

Promise
$300

Satin and cotton fabrics
Sunprint, machine quilted

I am captivated by the sheer life force that pulls plants up through rocks, concrete and other unlikely places for them to prosper. The innate need to grow overcomes all obstacles and says to me, "See, if I pushed through here, you can do anything too." This dissection of a seed pod speaks to the built in promise of plants, people and ideas. It started out as a sun print on satin. I added machine quilting and bound it with a print that simulates the environment for growth.