Ruth and David Jellema
Ruth and David are a married couple who met in college and have been making our living making and selling artwork together for many years.
Their home and studio is in the picturesque small town of Rockford, Michigan where the dramatic change of seasons is also a work of art.
Their work has changed many times over the years, but the one constant has been fabric, They’ve batiked it, silkscreened it, stitched it, stuffed it, and painted it.
They have recently transitioned from 3-dimensional fabric sculptures of women to flatter pieces we call dimensional paintings.
They use a variety of materials to build up a relief design but, true to our roots, the final layers are fabric saturated with glue.
They then paint with acrylic paints.