Chris roberts antieau biography of barack

Chris Lee Roberts-Antieau (born November 18, 1950) is an American fiber artist based in Michigan.

She described her work as "embroidered tapestries", created with the use of fabric appliqué, thread painting, and hand embroidery. She also draws, paints, and creates mixed-media works.^[1]

Early life and career

Roberts-Antieau was born and raised in Michigan.

Chris roberts antieau biography of barack

She learned to sew in her seventh-grade home economics class. She briefly enrolled in a high school art class, but eventually dropped out and did not attend college.^[2][3]

In the early 1980s, Roberts-Antieau began sewing three-dimensional sculptures of circus workers, trapeze artists, and male figures.^[4] She then took an appliqué class, where she learned to develop her pencil sketches and paintings into fabric art.

As a clothing designer, Roberts-Antieau founded her own company with a staff of fifteen.^[5] She appliquéd her drawings onto fabric, creat