Libby Harmor

About Libby Harmor

I have been working with shredded money since the mid nineties. I use a needlepoint process. I discovered that window screen is the perfect canvas. The holes in the screen are 1/16^th of an inch high, the perfect size. It takes about an hour per square inch to create the weavings. A lot of that time is spent digging through a mass of shredded money to find the right strips. Each strip is 1/16^th of an inch wide and 6 1/8^th inches long. The U.S. Treasury took the money out of circulation. It’s legal. I took ceramics in college and have been playing with clay ever since. My style has changed over the years but I’m still having fun. I have lived in Sacramento, California for over 40 years.  I graduated from Sac City College and Sac State.  I have been creating some sort of art as long as I can remember.  I live in the country in a former church with three cats.  The chickens and sheep and goat live outside.