Julie Kornblum
Posted By Craft Corps on April 4, 2009
Julie Kornblum
Name: Julie Kornblum
Age: 49
Location: Woodland Hills CA
Profession: Fiber Artist
Craft(s) of Choice: Weaving, Basketry, Knitting, Sewing
Blog: http://www.juliekornblum.blogspot.com
My earliest memories are my mother sewing across the room while I played with fabric scraps on the couch. Growing up, I did it all: embroidery, crewel, beading, macramé, decorated Christmas tree ornaments and Easter eggs, knitting and crochet taught by my grand mother; and sewing, sewing, sewing and sewing.
When I landed in Los Angeles at the age of 20, it didn’t take me long to find the fashion industry and the Fashion Design program at Los Angeles Trade Tech. I worked as a patternmaker for several years. I met my husband (of 21 years) and our daughter was born. I wished to advance myself further than patternmaking, and I went back to school to pursue my BA degree in Art; and our son was born. While my children were in elementary school, I also learned to write grants and headed a major playground renovation project. During the first seven years of the 12 it took to get my degree, I taught Sewing, Draping and Patternmaking at Otis College of Art and Design.
Since graduating from California State University Northridge in 2002, I have participated in a variety of art projects, groups and exhibitions. I’m the chair of an EcoArt group in Southern California, and I belong to several fiber arts and weavers’ guilds. I recently won awards for my basketry pieces in two juried shows, and I’m in the process of preparing for my first solo exhibition. What began as playing with fabric scraps has become a life.
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