Botanicals and Woven Expression: the work of Mayumi Fujio and Tricia Goldberg
Show opening: Friday, August 7th, 1-4 pm, and runs through Saturday, August 29th, 2026.
Mayumi Fujio works with traditional craft techniques – Ikebana, silver jewelry, ceramic art, sewing, dying with mushrooms, and knitting. Fiber art is a natural progression and botanical printing is bringing together all of the handicraft skills she developed in the past. Her inspiration comes from art, nature, and simply looking at flowers and plants wherever she goes. After learning the technique of botanical printing, Mayumi has been experimenting with the combination of traditional and newly discovered natural dye techniques. As a modern craft, botanical printing is a constant cycle of learning and experimentation, yet it can never be fully controlled. Just like nature.
Her latest series is a combination of mushroom dye and botanical prints. All the plants she uses are ethically harvested from the Bay Area.
Tricia Goldberg (detail)
Tricia Goldberg has been designing, weaving, and exhibiting tapestries for over 35 years. She seeks to maintain a freshness and liveliness in all her weavings. She works with color before finalizing a design, but works from a black and white cartoon behind the loom, leaving room for play and experimentation.
Tricia teaches Tapestry weaving in her Berkeley studio.