Member Profile - Sandra Betts (Saint John, NB)

Sandra attended Nova Scotia College Art & Design (NSCAD) as a young student, enjoyed a career as a registered nurse, then married and relocated to Saint John, NB. After retiring in 1998 her life-long interest in the possibilities of working with fiber became a full-time occupation.

Sandra creates one-of-a-kind items from original designs. She specializes in hand-dyed fabrics embellished with embroidery and free motion thread painting. She creates stitched fiber art works that are composed of mainly fabric, threads, beads and yarns but also include many non-textile media. Her work includes landscapes, seascapes, abstracts and portraits. She teaches within and outside her province and in the United States.

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