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The Nestucca Estuary
Two women wearing Karen Gelbard’s handwoven garments on the Oregon Coast

Exceptional handwoven apparel
from the Pacific Northwest

Model wearing a Waterfall Scarf by the Nestucca River

HOODED SHAWLS

So many ways to wear it. Hood. Vest. Shawl. The perfect travel piece.
Orange handwovern coat on the Oregon Coast

COATS

Imagine what it's like to wear a handwoven garment. Just imagine.

Adobe red handwoven jacket near Haystack Rock on the Oregon Coast

JACKETS

Unique. Style. Like no other.

Model wearing a handwoven coat and hooded shawl on the beach
CUSTOM ORDERS

The work is custom made just for you. Samples are made to take to shows, where you can try different styles and look at color.

Logo of The Oregon Weaver
Free Motion Quilting

Free-motion quilting allows the artist to use stitches to draw on the cloth. Without a template or guide, but drawing upon memories of being by the beach, designs are stitched into the cloth. The motifs developed suggest the waves and rhythms of the beach. The stitching is yet another way to tell a story in the handwoven cloth.

A free-motion quilted handwoven jacket
Soft ocean waves washing onto a sandy beach

EVENTS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

Events
Display of colorful handwoven clothing at an outdoor booth.

WORKSHOPS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

Workshops
Close-up of a loom for creating handwoven clothing.

THE PROCESS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

Learn more
Soft waves washing onto a sandy beach at sunset

EVENTS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

Events
Vibrant handwoven clothing on display racks

WORKSHOPS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

Workshops
Detail of a loom for creating handwoven clothing.

THE PROCESS

Learn how artist Karen Gelbard creates the multi-faceted colors that make up her beautiful textured fabrics.

Learn more
Model wearing the Manzanita Coat

Wherever these garments go, they will tell an Oregon story.

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