Kirsten Fisher

Kirsten Fisher was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. A significant regional center of culture and design, it was there that she began the foundation of her work in fiber crafts. What started as sewing and knitting soon evolved into new forms of expression after her move to Brooklyn, NY in 1977. She quickly grew to love the traditional American art form of quilting as she gained exposure to her new home’s artistic techniques.

Over time, she became more involved with the fiber art community in New York, curating several shows in Brooklyn, as well as serving as co-president of the Brooklyn Quilters Guild. Kirsten is a member of the Textile Study Group.

In 2001 she started experimenting with transforming a traditional flat quilt block into a 3-dimensional fiber bowl and has since made this the focus of her work. Over the years, and through the use of contemporary fabrics, she has created the modern look that her bowls are known for today.

Kirsten's work has been shown at The WAH Center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, The Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library, the Monmouth Museum, and the Westchester Center for the Arts. She has been featured on Create Whimsy and in Art Quilting Studio magazine.

She is the author of Modern Fabric Art Bowls, C&T Publishing, 2021 and Round Fabric Art Bowls, C&T Publishing, 2023.

Kirsten is currently teaching virtual classes. 

About The Collections

All the bowls in the collections are made of multiple layers of heavy interfacing.  Over the years she has designed the various templates needed to generate the different shapes of her bowls.