Kelsey Anilee Smith » Ohio Artist Registry

Kelsey Anilee Smith stitches her way through the wildflowers that live where she lives. She grew up in Geauga County, Ohio and now lives a little further south in Reminderville. The forests and fields have called to her from a young age, and she spent much of her youth wandering the wild places of Northeast Ohio. Though she has been creating art for as long as she can remember, she has more recently connected her artistic skills with her long-time love of native plants and the heirloom vegetables harvested in her garden. Kelsey’s background in museums brings a love of history that inspires her use of vintage pieces and traditional sewing methods in unusual ways. She uses techniques like sashiko, embroidery, and needle-turn applique to create tapestries that incorporate linen, cotton, wool, silk, and vintage textiles. Originally a painter, she still paints, and loves to work with gouache and inks, even by adding these paints to the textile pieces before stitching them into place.