About

Founded in 2012 by Karen Cygnarowicz, WILD LIGHT DESIGN began from a place of inquiry and has since evolved into an entire toolkit of knowledge, with an emphasis on sustainable practices.

  • fiber art: textile design, weaving, macramé, basketry, natural dying; as small as jewelry making to large-scale installations and furniture;

  • mixed media: acrylic- and watercolor painting, color theory, photography, collage, and illustration;

  • the business of art: e-commerce, web development, marketing, blogging and social media, press, commissions, retail wholesale partnerships;

  • the community of art: inclusivity, sharing and showing work, installation, assisting and teaching workshops, and eco-sustainability.

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WLD serves as a place to uplift women and gender-expansive artists, makers, and writers, through interview features on THE JOURNAL.

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Interested in collaboration, partnership, interview, art business consultation, or conversation over tea? Contact here. Alternative ways to support the dream? Visit THE TIP JAR.

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View all THE FAQs about Shipping & Handling. All in all, this one-woman show loves to move slowly. Please order artwork with a sense of patience, abundance, and gratitude. Thank you for supporting my small business. Every purchase, share, or ounce of attention is meaningful to me.

 
 

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❣️ I’m so excited to share that I’ll be teaching at Burlington City Arts Studios in the spring ❣️ I’ll be offering a few fiber art classes: macra-weaving (knot tying + weaving basics to create your own tapestry) and my usual coil-b
I leave for Japan in 2 weeks!! A li’l reminder that I have a GoFundMe set up (🔗 link in bio 🔗) for anyone who is able to support my trip in some way shape or form. For every $100 donation, I’ll be making a weaving inspired by the resid
A few weeks ago or so, I bought a desk for myself for the first time in my life. Hard to believe, I’m sure. This sporadic writer has always worked at the kitchen table, the couch, and in my days traveling while studying, the bars of hostels, th
Every year in Vermont, there’s an attempt at predicting Peak Foliage—a term used loosely for the week, more or less, when the colors of deciduous trees are most saturated. Shades of red, orange, yellow braided through the Green Mountains
One year sober today 💫 365 days of stardust and pure anxiety, truth seeking, “doing the best I can,” beginning again, following to the roots and following through, in nature and in movement, high off my own breath, that hard work kind o
❣️ I’ve been invited to a once-in-a-lifetime art residency in Nishiawakura, Japan, through the Shelburne Craft School in Vermont – and I need your help getting there. ❣️ This November, I’ll spend two weeks learning from a Japanese
Never ceases to amaze me the impact of changing up yer environment and routine. Out of (my) town this week and tried a new-to-me* basketry technique, inspired by a photo my father sent of an orb weaver 🕷️ in his garden. In making this one 🌀 I thoug
An unexpected visit to Burlington, I was like a moth to the current exhibition at @btvcityarts — Jacob Hashimoto: a lowercase sky. Must see IRL.
(A fraction of my works≈in≈progress) weaving into onion bags from my day job, incorporating beads and obsessing over trying to break out of basketry, half a grieving moon, wool I bought for free from a yogi, getting cut up from smelly hem