Cindy Friedman

Cindy Friedman has a lifelong obsession with fiber. A childhood filled with sewing and needlearts, and careers as an Industrial Designer and as a Fashion Designer led to a convergence in the art quilt medium in the early 1990's. Her work has always reflected her fascination with human body forms, their construction, and function as they interact with architectural and geometric shapes, grids, and patterns.

The work she is currently producing continues to explore the possibilities of fiber in art. The art is linked by textile references and quilt making traditions and is a fusion of multiple disciplines, from drawing to intricate needlework. Her nationally exhibited work can be found in gallery exhibitions, private collections and locally in the Hospital of the University of PA, Infectious Disease Clinic and the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House.

Her role in ArtQuilts at the Sedgwick began innocently enough by agreeing to exhibit work, and to design and install the first show in 1999. As the show has grown and evolved, her responsibilities have also grown and include installation design, the CD-ROM catalog.

Cindy is also a member of Fiber Revolution. Her work will be on exhibit with this group during the Philadelphia Furniture and Furnishings Show April 28-30, 2006. In additon, she has been invited to participate in the the Bernina 2006 Fashion show which will premier in Houston at Quilt Festival in October 2006.

Additional Profiles

2004 Interview with Carolyn Lee Vehslage

Quilter's Save Our Stories

The Fiber Revolution

The Fairfield Fashion Show 2000/2001
"Straight from the Heart"
November 2000 - Houston, Texas

Cindy's Website:
http://www.CindyFriedman.com

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ChromatiX
19”w x 25”h
©2005


Flights of Fancy
41"w x 53.25"h
©2006

These figures were inspired by dancers and in
my imagination they are freed of gravity which
allows their feet to literally fly. I was interested
in the play of the sheer figures overlapping and
echoing as they move through space.
The figures are drawn on organza and then
fused to the pieced surface. Materials: silk



Spring Sentinel
19"w x 18.25"h
©2005

I am so tired of the snow and shoveling
and noticed just this weekend that my
daffodils are poking up through the latest
bout of March snow, so I know that spring
cannot be far behind.
All silk, pieced and appliquéd, and
drawing with Prismacolors.



Dance of the Soul
27.5"w x 27.5"h




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