Marbled paper made for calligraphers, Curl pattern.

Marbled paper made for calligraphers, Curl pattern.

Patty Schleicher (1926-2004)

1985

Marbling ink on commercial paper

Patty Schleicher’s paper and textile marbling business was in Weaverville and Asheville, North Carolina. In the 1980s, Patty, who was active 1978–2003, was joined in business by her daughter Mimi, and both were active members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. From 1992 to 1995 they operated Inklings Creative Marbling gallery, which exhibited the work of over twenty artists. Both were coordinators of the 2002 International Marblers’ Gathering at the Arrowmont School in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mimi Schleicher