Schedule:

January 26-28, 2027, 9:00am-4:00pm, 11th Annual Kevin's Song Suicide Prevention Education Summit, St. John's Resort, Plymouth, MI (FEE, volunteers receive complimentary registration). Fantastic imformative illuminating sessions at this conference---and Survivor Day sessions for all of us survivors. You will learn so much. I will be there with Grief is a Verb and I hope to see you too! https://kevinssong.org/

Welcome to Retread Art

Jane Reiter

I am a mixed media artist, retired librarian and art teacher in Mattawan, Michigan USA. I love to utilize recycled and repurposed "stuff" in my artwork to create collages. I use fabric, fiber, beads, yarn, paper, ink, paint, buttons and more!

Rejoice, restart, reimagine, recycle, reform, rejuvenate, redo......

Who is Jane?

Artist Statement; A love of fiber, fabric, and yarn — along with a sense of adventure and joie de vivre – that’s me! An enthusiastic approach combined with unique combinations of materials – that’s me! A quirky attitude using color, texture, and pattern to express itself – that’s me! A lifetime centered on creating tactile artwork and following an offbeat path — YES. For me, art is fun, provocative, mind boggling, and limitless — welcome to my visual universe.

“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”

Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963

My Mission: Follow an artFULL path

I am an artist living in Mattawan, having relocated from New Jersey to Michigan in 2000. My academic background is in fiber, having earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in studio art. I use mixed media collage as my primary expression, incorporating fiber, yarn, paper, beads, buttons, ephemera and fabric along with stitching, crochet, knitting and more.

Love of color, pattern, texture and a sense of humor infuses my artwork. I have displayed and marketed my art work in exhibitions and shows for several years. I am motivated by repurposing nontraditional materials into fresh and unexpected fabrications.

As a retired librarian, I enjoy incorporating bits and pieces from books and magazines into mixed media collages. In 2012, I studied to become a Certified Zentangle Teacher. Zentangle is a meditative and soothing approach to drawing patterns on a variety of surfaces, starting simply with pen and paper. The emphasis on patterns truly feeds off of my previous textile design experience. Consequently, I like to include drawn and painted patterns within my collage pieces.

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517.515.9662

retreadart@gmail.com