An exploration in texture.
Sculptural quilts of botanical subjects.
Realistic to abstract.

After years of fermentation, three once separate parts of my life, macro-photography, quilting and botany; now come together in my fiber art. Once a traditional flat quilter my work now rises from the surface to taunt the viewer to reach out and touch. I show aspects of the natural world few stop to see, with intense dives into nature from a bee’s eye view or with a more botanical perspective.

In using all materials; recycled designer samples, wire, glass, canvas, traditional quilting fabrics, and liberal use of thread I bring texture to my work. The wall pieces are stretched on canvas to stabilize the weight of the sculptural elements. Some of the work has escaped the wall to become sculptures completing the three-dimensional path I'm on.

— Andrea Finch —

Artist CV

I grew up on a hobby farm in Eastern Pennsylvania and earned a BA in Fine Arts from Kutztown University. My path began as a traditional quilt maker and teacher. While raising my family and working I stayed creative by photographing a garden center for social media and creating an arboretum in my yard. After 2 decades away from fiber arts, I came back to quilt making from a different angle, by letting go of the rules and allowing the fabric to speak through texture, color, and design.

Currently living and working in Chambersburg my works can be found at the Foundry Art Market in Chambersburg and various galleries, exhibitions & public and private collections, in the Mid-Atlantic area.

Find my work

Foundry Art Market.

An Artist co-op of about 30 local artists on the corner of Queen and Main.
100 South Main Street, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Find it at the Foundry
The Cumberland Shop.

The Cumberland Shop offers a mixture of unique and beautiful, locally made arts and necessities from the surrounding area.
16 W. King St. Suite 101, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Follow the Shop
Carlisle Arts Learning Center.

38 W. Pomfret Street Carlisle, PA 17013
Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm & Saturday 10 am - 3 pm

Visit CALC

Additional artistic organizations.

Council for the Arts.

Creative Coordinator
Council For The Arts Chambersburg
103 North Main Street Chambersburg Pennsylvania 17201

Visit CFTA
Virginia Quilt Museum.

Board member & Exhibition Committee
Cultivating and Preserving the Quilting Arts in Virginia
Virginia Quilt Museum :: Downtown Harrisonburg, VA

Visit VQM
Studio Art Quilt Associates.

Member
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure."

Visit SAQA