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Hello, and thank you for visiting Brindley Bears!

My name is Gayle Walker Brindley and I am a fiber artist.  I grew up in Alaska, in a family of wonderfully creative women.  My mother and her sisters taught me to knit, crochet, sew and embroider at a very early age. 

This site shows several of my most recent minature animal sculptures.  My raw materials include luxurious yarns, threads, fibers, beads, paints, papers, fabrics and any number of  other objects that may strike my fancy.  These materials are manipulated in numerous ways:  crochet, felting processes (both wet and dry), embroidery, weaving ...  The list is always expanding. 

I liken my artform to a combination of sculpture and painting - the  manipulation of material in a way to express an idea or a mood.  My most recent work in yarns, threads and fibers has emphasized how important the choice of raw material is to the finished piece, both in physical and abstract characteristics.  These materials appeal on both a tangible and conceptual level, always leading me in new and exciting directions.