Rachel Benson is a fiber artist working primarily with needle felting and other media to create whimsical images of nature, both realistic and abstract. Rachel studied Fine Arts and Technical Theater in college and is currently a freelance artist and art teacher. She shares her love of art through teaching, commissions, and selling her work at craft fairs and galleries. She is a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, a member of the Princeton Arts Society and the Nashoba Valley Artists Guild. She has been teaching art classes for the last 10 years in her own private business, The Fiber Web along with the following venues: Fivesparks, Hollis Artspace, Periwinkle Glassworks, along with workshops at many public libraries and community centers. She is passionate about creating and encouraging students to experiment, play, invent, and focus on the journey of art making rather than the final outcome.
“I have always found being in nature to be inspiring, especially in regard to my creative process. I like using what I see and combining it with my own magical viewpoint to create something new and unique. Making fiber art brings me great joy and my hope is to make people smile and feel lighthearted with my creations. I can’t see myself truly being happy doing anything else.”