Since this show is titled "Threads," two fiber artists were invited to contribute wall hangings.

She, along with other fiber artists, is really responsible for taking textiles off the wall and giving them a sculptural dimension.

Compared to when he went to school, Mr. Larsen said that fiber artists needed more education now.

This would be a tour de force for a fiber artist; it is even more startling in clay.

His mother is a fiber artist who makes hand-dyed scarves.

The examples in the exhibition are by nine Northeastern fiber artists.

"So we thought it would be interesting to explore how modern fiber artists would deal with architectural symbolism."

And some fiber artists use paper - but not for sketching or painting.

"As a fiber artist, I am intrigued with the transformation of my materials into the essence of natural forms," she said.

Ten fiber artists are represented in an exhibit March 5 through April 9.