Designed by Marsha Fleisher, Loominus Handwovens creates 'Wearable Art' that is sophisticated, timeless, and fashion forward.

When l purchased my first loom in 1983, I had no formal training but was drawn to the meditative quality of weaving. After a year-long apprenticeship with a master weaver in Woodstock, New York, I started exhibiting and selling as LOOMINUS HANDWOVENS. Having a studio in my home for fifteen years allowed me to raise my two sons and stay connected to a life in the country.

As I explored woven fabric on the loom, I searched for a depth of color and velvet-like drape that I found only when weaving with rayon chenille. I developed a unique way of handling this fiber that brought out its soft, lush sensual hand.

I am inspired by nature in all its forms and the continual interplay of color and design. I'm also inspired by the people who enjoy my work as 'wearable art' - such a full spectrum of variations of fhe same theme.

When I design, many elements are involved - to be playful, yet sophisticated; to stretch my artistic boundaries and await the unexpected; and to keep a thread tied to wearability. I work in a multitude of patterns and color combinations using tabby and twill combinations. Every combination of color and pattern presents a different dynamic, a new harmony that weaves us all together, creating new possibilities in fabric and experience.

I am nurtured by the entire process, the designing, the production and especially the selling when the world interacts with art.