Lisbet Okun has bee a resident of Elkins, West Virginia for twenty-five years.  She is a member of the Artists at Work Co-op, and a contributor to Mountain Made, Tamarack, and Appalachian Piecework.  Lisbet belongs to the Mountain Weavers’ Guild and has been twice selected as Master Artist by the West Virginia Folk Arts Panel at Augusta Heritage Center, where she also has taught a Folk Arts for Children workshop.

Lisbet’s fascination with string began at an early age, and she continually seeks new ways to tie the strings of her current life to her roots.  Learning to knit at the age of six in her native Denmark; learning to weave in her twenties while living in New Mexico; learning to spin, dye yarn, and quilt fabric after moving to West Virginia: each technique reflects another stage of the journey, and each new stitch helps tie it all together.

Some of the artist's work