Diane Itter

Diane Itter (4 October 1946 – 12 October 1989)[1][2] was an American fiber artist. Her work emerged from the 1960s renaissance of interest in fiber art.

Diane Itter
Born1946
Summit, New Jersey
Died1989
Bloomington, Indiana
NationalityAmerican
Known forfiber artist
SpouseWilliam Itter
'Evolutionary Phases', linen work by Diane Itter, 1979, 121⁄4 inches, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Life

While studying at the University of Pittsburgh, she met her future husband, artist William Itter, who encouraged her to experiment with hand-tied knots.[3] Itter used fine threads, small knots, and bright colors, whereas most fiber artists working at the time were producing large sculptural works from undyed fibers tied into large knots.[4][5] Itter was inspired by historical textiles from Peru, Japan, and Africa.[6]

Itter had limited herself to brightly dyed thread and a single type of knot by 1974. Each work took her about one and one-half weeks of 8 to 10 hour workdays. In 1981, she developed carpal-tunnel syndrome. She slept with splints on her wrists, but continued to produce 20 to 30 intricate pieces annually, while continuing her teaching and lecturing schedule. She died from cancer in 1989.[7]

References
  1. Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  2. "Diane Itter". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  3. Itter, Diane; Ilse-Neuman, Ursula; American Craft Museum (New York, N.Y.); Indianapolis Museum of Art; Indiana University, Bloomington; Art Museum (1995-01-01). Diane Itter: a retrospective. New York: American Craft Museum. OCLC 32915490.
  4. "Museum of Art and Design". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
  5. Ilse-Neuman, Ursula, Diane Itter, A Retrospective, New York, American Craft Museum, 1995
  6. Press, Nancy Neumann; Brandford, Joanne Segal; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art; New York State Museum; Parrish Art Museum (1988-01-01). Knots and nets. Ithaca, N.Y.: Office of Publications Services, Cornell University. OCLC 18844760.
  7. "Museum of Art and Design". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
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