Shape clay into a vessel;
It is the space within that makes it useful.
–Tao Te Ching

Cameron Anne Mason’s work is informed by the exploration of surface design on fabric. Her fiber work explores the intersection of nature, civilization, and time. The Vessel Series references the nature of vessels as both useful and sacred objects.
Cameron’s three-fold process incorporates multiple surface design techniques, three-dimensional integration, and stitch embellishment. This synthesis gives the work both structure and form.  Dyeing starts with white or black fabric. Color and patterning are added through shibori, breakdown printing, screen printing, discharge, resist, and immersion.
Cameron is largely self-taught in her work in fiber, but also draws upon her background in design and performance. She has an active teaching schedule at Pratt Fine Arts Center and other studios. She has exhibited locally as part of the MadArt Window Project, Sound Transit’s START on Broadway, The Phinney Neighborhood Center Gallery, Bumbershoot, and in group shows of the Contemporary Quilt Art Association.
Cameron seeks original revelation and wonder, reading fabrics as maps implying ancient messages, ciphers waiting to be translated into form.