A radical woven arts practice in Alameda, CA.
Laura Wasserman is a mixed media weaver exploring feminist themes of loss and motherhood through vibrant and evocative fiber art. Improvisational, maximalist, and full of texture and feeling—more is always more.
Recent work
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![An abstract textural weaving in vivid pastel and aqua tones.]()
Becoming
Oakland, 2020
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![An image of Range]()
Range
Alameda, 2021
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![An image of How Dare She]()
How Dare She
Alameda, 2025
Your New Favorite Work of Art (You're Welcome)
Your New Favorite Work of Art (You're Welcome)
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Sculptural Weaving
Big texture. Big drama. Typically woven on a frame loom.
Textile Weaving
Pieces for the home or daily use.
Tapestry Weaving
Practicing imagery; telling a story.
Exhibitions
2025
Faultline Gallery, Oakland, CA
Women’s 10x10 Exhibition
“Heritage, No. 1”
2023
Mann Library Gallery at Cornell University
Threading the Needle
“All of Us, Mothers”
2022
ACCI Gallery
The Art of the Book
“We Never Met”
2020
Flax Art & Design, Oakland, CA
We’re Still Here
“Shelter” and “Sea Change”
About
This is my life’s work.
It took some time to find the thing that makes me feel the most like me. Now, the path ahead is clear. I’m just a woman in a studio, but the art is all of us. My woven works share stories of motherhood and vulnerability. You can count on these pieces to be bold, maximalist, and notably feminist—exploring the power of fiber to both comfort and evoke. I often work with found and recycled materials, and incorporate my own small-batch handspun yarns.
Where I work
I live in the East Bay, CA, and teach beginning weaving workshops in the greater Bay Area.
Education
Mills College, MFA, Poetry 2006.
California Polytechnic State University, BA, English 2003.
Collaborations + Commissions
I occasionally create custom work for clients.
Reach out if you’d like to collaborate on an original work of art for your home.
Let’s talk weaving.
Hi. Send me a note. Sign up for the newsletter. Tell me what you’re working on. Would you like to collaborate. What’s a dreamy piece of art you love. The last art show you saw. We’ll warp + weft like pillow talk. Oh you have embroidery tips? What loom do you work on?
Let’s go.