Arline fisch biography of abraham lincoln

American artist and educator

Arline Fisch (born August 21, ) is an American artist and educator.

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She is known for her work as a metalsmith and jeweler, pioneering the use of textile processes from crochet, knitting, plaiting, and weaving in her work in metal.^[2] She developed groundbreaking techniques for incorporating metal wire and other materials into her jewelry.^[3]

Learning

Arline Fisch was born in Brooklyn, New York City^[4] on August 21, , and grew up in New York.

She first was taught to sew by her mother, and made many of her own clothes. Her father later gave her lessons at Singer Sewing as a gift so that she and her mother would stop arguing about sewing. Fisch also picked up a passion for bright colors from her father, who loved red.^[5]

Fisch studied at Skidmore College, receiving her B.S.

in Art^[4] in She received her M.A. in Art in from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,^[6]&