Earth’s Treasures Fiber Art by Buff McAllister

Buff McAllister creates fabric wall hangings, mostly abstract and symbolic, with bold designs and rich color. Her themes are universal: exploring communications and relationships among people; seeking meaning in life; drawing attention to the beauty and fragility of our planet; celebrating the rich diversity of all the life sharing our world.
She comes from a long line of creative people who sewed, wove, did woodwork, and made violins. With grandmother and mother both sewers, Buff was naturally drawn to sewing and later weaving, which had fascinated her from an early age. She studied textiles and clothing in college.
McAllister describes Earth’s Treasures as “Fiber works, abstract and semi abstract, on the subject of the earth and its many treasures – such as clean air and water, plants and animals, even the soil itself which supports all life.”
Buff was a charter member and long-time president of the Catskill Artists Gallery, a coop gallery which was located in Liberty, NY from 2002 to 2012. Boyd’s Mills Press, the book-publishing arm of the award-winning children’s magazine, “Highlights for Children,” published Buff’s book Sewing with Felt, a child’s first sewing book; she designed and made all the projects and wrote the text.
Her work is owned by private collectors and has been shown at many venues. A commissioned work hangs in the foyer of a building in New York City. In 2016, she had a work juried into a prestigious show at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC. She won the Juror’s Choice Award in 2017 at a show sponsored by the Pocono Arts Council and
won the 2-Dimensional Award in 2018 at the same venue. In 2019, she won the Juror’s Choice Award at a small works show sponsored by the Dutchess County Arts Council.
She was one of nine (out of 96) selected for an online show by Art-Fluent in 2024. Show hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 12-3 PM, or by appointment at: fiberbuff@earthlink.net