From Furniture to Fiber: Mary Little’s Woven Homage to Irish Skies

Mary Little is an Irish-born artist that lives and works in Downtown Los Angeles. She began her career after graduating from the Royal College of Art in London as an avant-garde furniture maker–working in one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture. In recent years, Little’s work has shifted from a furniture-based practice, into an exploration of the fiber. Little uses unbleached artist canvas to recreate her childhood memories of Ireland’s landscape. INSPIRATION reveals the magic and influence of craft. Featuring the Saar family (Betye Saar, Alison Saar, and Maddy Leeser), Simon Rodia and Watts Towers, Diedrick Brackens, Ayumi Horie, Suzanne Thao, Mandora Young, Tousue Vang, Chef Yia Vang, and Mary Little. PBS broadcast premiere December 16, 2022. For more info about Craft in America, visit www.craftinamerica.org. All Craft in America programs are viewable on craftinamerica.org, the PBS iPhone/iPad app, and pbs.org/craft-in-america