About

Luann Udell is a double-juried of the prestigious League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in stitchery and non-metal jewelry.  She handcrafts wall hangings, sculptures, and jewelry inspired by prehistoric, tribal and world art.  She tells stories about ancient cultures through art, using a colorful and distinctive combination of fiber, polymer and mixed media.  Running horses, fossil fish, bears, birds, bulls, otters and shaman figures are common elements in her work.  

“I believe we all have a place and a purpose in this world.  I found mine through my art.  And through my art, I encourage others to find inspiration to make their own place in the world.”

Luann’s interest in world art began while studying art history in college at the University of Michigan.  “I particularly enjoyed seeing exhibits about ancient artifacts—pottery shards, bone tools, textile fragments too tattered and worn to indentify.  Tenderly mounted under temples of glass, carefully labeled for display, they seem to speak in whispers of a time forgotten, of a people lost to us in antiquity.”  After devoting time to raising a family, she focused her energy on becoming an artist.  Her first source of inspiration was the very same prehistoric cave paintings she’d studied in college so many years before.

Luann started her craft studio in the 1990's, when her youngest was still in preschool.  Today she works from her in-home studio—a renovated antique post-and-beam barn attached to her home in Keene.  Luann’s work has appeared in national craft exhibitions and publications.  She is also a published writer, with a book, various articles, a magazine column and a blog to her credit.