Loring Boglioli’s passion and self-taught fiber art skills began in toddlerhood. A brief, stifling art school stint contributed little. Professional and life experiences infused her compositions with spontaneity, dimension, and eccentricity, further establishing and expanding her design boundaries. By middle age, Loring mastered most traditional American needle arts, but never pursued felt applique, until she got fired from a job for excessive math errors. New glasses, behavioral optometry/vision training and psychotherapy were recommended in 1990. A New Jersey native retired from twenty years of teaching culinary arts and baking and pastry and social studies, Loring holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York Institute of Technology, MSDE grades 7-12 teacher and American Culinary Federation pastry chef certification. Native plant and herb landscaping, common everyday items and the ever-fluctuating variety of on-hand materials continue to inspire her work.

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