Vicki Essig

Vicki Essig is a full time artist living and working in the mountains of North Carolina. Studio work includes weaving and paper making, collecting and observing. Her work is quiet, contemplative and deliberate.

Vicki’s professional career began over two decades ago, when she studied hand weaving, textiles and design. She later became proficient at working with uncommonly fine yarns and slowly developed a body of work that incorporated intricate patterns with remnants of nature and fragments of old books. She recently built a new studio where she will continue her exploration of textiles along with paper, book arts, photography and printmaking.

Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and can be found in the collections of American Craft Council Handwork 2026, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Mint Museum, North Shore University HealthSystem in Chicago Illinois; Fidelity Investment Bank in Raleigh North Carolina, Baylor University, University of Washington, and the Universities of California at San Diego and Santa Cruz.

Artist Statement

My contemplative pieces are a reminder that the small fragments of nature that we tend to overlook are always there, waiting to be seen. As you view my work, I hope that, at least for a moment, you become lost in the discovery of the minute, the quiet of repetition, and the beauty of nature and pattern.

In viewing my work, my hope is that, for at least a moment, you become lost in the discovery of the minute, the quiet of repetition, and the beauty of nature and pattern.