Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Rygiel creates fine silk cloth that resembles the colours of the northern lights, flowers, gasoline slicks and rust. Hand painting the warp threads with acid based dyes is a time consuming process but allows the 15 to 20 colours in each piece to flow and blend. Another source of inspiration is her intimate acquaintance with 19th century Canadian domestic textiles. After forty years of creating fibre works, she still loves all aspects of hand weaving but especially the application of colour to silk yarns.
Judith is from Nepean, which was amalgamated with the 10 other municipalities to become the new city of Ottawa in 2001.