Flora and Fauna
A solo exhibition with
Rachel Ehlin-Smith
Rachel Ehlin-Smith is a fiber artist living and working in San Diego, California. Her work mainly consists of natural materials like silk, horse hair, alpaca (wool) and locally foraged plants and flowers.
When asked where she forages her plants, Rachel smiles and says, “I have all of these spots all over my neighborhood that I know of that drop really great flowers that make amazing dye plants. So I go on a lot of strolls picking plants off the ground”.
Not only does she forage for flowers in her Little Italy neighborhood, Rachel also keeps her wool source local too. It comes directly from her very own alpaca, Poppy, whom Rachel boards at an alpaca farm in North County and visits often.
Oyster Mushroom Spore Wall / 2022 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Handwoven silk and horse tail, wood, rocks, sand, plaster, acrylic paint / 14.75 x 29.5 x 11.5 inches / $2400
Witches Ladder (Auburn) / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Handwoven horse tail and cotton / 20 x 82 inches (Available in different lengths as made-to-order pieces, email the gallery for pricing) / $1450
Witches Ladder (Blonde) / 2021 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Handwoven horse tail and cotton / 15 x 92 inches (Available in different lengths as made-to-order pieces, email the gallery for pricing) / $1450
Witches Ladder (Chocolate) / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Handwoven horse tail and cotton / 18 x 99 inches (Available in different lengths as made-to-order pieces, email the gallery for pricing) / $1700
Colobuses Weaving / 2022 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Cotton, Silk, Horse Tail / 22 x 29 inches / $1000
Lion's Mane Mushroom Bowl / 2022 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Horse mane hair, plaster, sand, acrylic paint / 13 x 27 x 29 inches / $2000
Golden Eyed Commander of Wishes / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Handwoven silk and alum crystals / 13.75 x 32.5 inches / $1000
Starburst Galaxy / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Handwoven silk and alum crystals / 13 x 33 inches / $1000
Star Sketch 1 / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Handwoven silk and alum crystals / 4.5 x 5 inches / $100
Star Sketch 2 / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Silk and alum crystals / 4.25 x 6.5 inches / $100
Star Sketch 3 / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Silk and alum crystals / 4.5 x 6.25 inches / $100
Star Sketch 4 / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Silk and alum crystals / 4.5 x 5 inches / $100
Star Sketch 5 / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Cotton and alum crystals / 6 x 6.75 inches / $100
Star Sketch 6 / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Silk and alum crystals / 4.5 x 5 inches / $100
Star Sketch 7 / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Silk and alum crystals / 4.5 x 5.25 inches / $100
Star Sketch 8 / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Silk and alum crystals / 4 x 4.75 inches / $100
Star Sketch 9 / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Silk and alum crystals / 4.5 x 5 inches / $100
Lunaria / 2019 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Preserved lunaria, horse tail (hair), and silk / 10 x 41 inches / $400
Cleaning House / 2020 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Hand woven dustpan and broom - Vintage Japanese silver threads, silk, pampas grass, glass beads / 10.5 x 12.5 x 5.5 inches / $850
Flower Stool / 2018 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Wood, sesame bloom, horse mane / 15 x 12.5 x 13.5 inches / $600
Pearl Whips / 2020 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Horse tail (hair), handwoven silk (blonde and black) or cotton (auburn), freshwater pearls / 1 x 38 inches / $300 each
Detail of Pearl Whip in Auburn
Desert Inspired Cape / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Hand dyed silk / Free Size / $150
Mother Earth Cape / 2023 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Hand dyed silk / Free size / $150
Double Ended Whip / 2022 / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Black and White Silk Thread, Black and White Horse Tail / 1 x 46 inches / $375