Moral Fiber

Susan Froyd February 14, 2008 4:00AM

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Fiber artist, single mother and business owner Deborah Kruger is all those things and more: She's also Jewish, a feminist and profoundly inspired by the indigenous artists of West Africa and the Amazon, and thus the product of a unique triumvirate that figures in equal proportions throughout her work, in both subtle and obvious ways. Working in a medium she calls textile painting, Kruger creates triangular, feather-like wall hangings from slivers of fiber layered heavily with encaustic, oil stick, waxed linen and beads.

Several will go on view tonight at Translations Gallery, 773 Santa Fe Drive; Kruger's show, New Work: Fiber and Encaustic, opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. A 6:30 p.m. gallery talk by the artist (also a renowned lecturer and workshop leader) on creativity, feminism and art is included in the evening's festivities; New Work continues through March 15. For more information, visit www.translationsgallery.com or call 303-629-0713.
Feb. 15-March 15, 2008

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Susan Froyd started writing for Westword as the "Thrills" editor in 1992 and never quite left the fold. These days she still freelances for the paper in addition to walking her dogs, enjoying cheap ethnic food and reading voraciously. Sometimes she writes poetry.

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