PO Box 108
The Plains, VA 20198
540-253-5678

Surface Design Studios

Media: Fiber

"My work celebrates nature in art-to-wear signed prints and colorfield paintings. The iridescent, translucent colors of my designs on silk come alive when worn, bringing dynamic grace and movement to the depictions of dragonflies, leaves and other natural wonders. The prints can also be enjoyed as art for the wall when not being worn.  Cyanotype or blueprinting, marbling, screen printing, discharge and handpainting with interference colors are all techniques I use to create designs from nature as seen through eyes of a passionate gardener."  

Click on "View Gallery" to see examples of the hundreds of unique prints Enid has created and learn more about the processes.  In addition to the designs shown, other themes inspired by the garden include ferny corydalis, pin oak, sassafras, dogwood, moonflowers and butterflies. While each print is unique, a similar print can be created for you if the one you choose is sold. Other scarf collections include Impressionist colorfields, marbled patterns and geometric borders. Check back here for new designs, request images by e-mail or visit Allanstand. 

Enid has been a professional studio artist since 1981. Her wearable art scarves are available from Allanstand, the Folk Art Center's Gallery Shop in Asheville; Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Museum and Colonial Williamsburg Lodge, VA; the Barnswallow, Charlottesville, VA and from the artist. Past representation includes American Craft Museum NYC, the Renwick Gallery Shop of the Smithsonian, VA Museum, Guild.com, Folk Art Center and  ACV Galleries, the Artisans Studio Tour near Charlottesville.

Enid creates jewelry from iridized & dichroic glass and gemstone leaves. She is working on a line of mosaic planters.  Her studio looks out onto an inpspirational organic flower garden full of color, a collaborative work-in-progress that she and her husband Bruce LeLacheur design and tend. The garden features thousands of unusual daylilies, including hybrids by the artist and architect. 

Teaching experience: workshops in suminagashi and Turkish marbling,

painting and printing on silk and paper for Smithsonian RAP, VA Museum and affiliates, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center and other sponsors.

Education: BFA Crafts VA Commonwealth University 1977

Surface design on cloth: Penland, NC, Arrowmont & Appalachian Center for Crafts, TN, Parsons School of Design, Japan. Fused glass: Snow Farm, MA 

Published Articles: Fiberarts and Grandiflora.

Professional Affiliations:  Exhibiting member

Southern Highland Craft Guild: since 2002.

Artisans Center of Virginia: since inaugural jury 2000, fiber

& glass jewelry 2010, artisanscenterofvirginia.org