Sheila Hicks Weaving as Metaphor

This text examines the small woven and wrought works artist Sheila Hicks has produced over years. Focusing on 100 Hicks miniatures from many public and private collections, it includes three informative essays as well as illustrations of the artist's related drawings, photographs and chronology.

Suzanne Ramljak's definition of "crafts" is useful here: "The term Crafts is
commonly understood to denote handmade objects, usually with a utilitarian
format, made of the five traditional craft mediums — ceramic, fiber, glass, metal,
and wood.