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The Nestucca Estuary
Two women standing near the beach wearing handwoven garments.standing by t

Exceptional handwoven apparel

from the Pacific Northwest

Model wearing a Waterfall Scarf by the Nestucca River

HOODED SHAWLS

So many ways to wear it. Hood. Vest. Shawl. The perfect travel piece.
Orange handwovern coat on the Oregon Coast

COATS

Imagine what it's like to wear a handwoven garment. Just imagine.

Adobe red handwoven jacket near Haystack Rock on the Oregon Coast

JACKETS

Unique. Style. Like no other.

Model wearing a handwoven coat and hooded shawl on the beach
CUSTOM ORDERS

The work is custom made just for you. Samples are made to take to shows, where you can try different styles and look at color.

Logo of The Oregon Weaver
Free Motion Quilting

Free-motion quilting allows the artist to use stitches to draw on the cloth. Without a template or guide, but drawing upon memories of being by the beach, designs are stitched into the cloth. The motifs developed suggest the waves and rhythms of the beach. The stitching is yet another way to tell a story in the handwoven cloth.

A free-motion quilted handwoven jacket

EVENTS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

WORKSHOPS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

THE PROCESS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

EVENTS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

WORKSHOPS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

THE PROCESS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

Model wearing the Manzanita Coat

Wherever these garments go, they will tell an Oregon story.

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