Georgie Cunningham studied paper making at the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio, Texas. Her love for the outdoors and interest in exploring plants and their paper making qualities earned her a solo show at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia. The show featured 18 handmade woven tapestries with the plants and raw fiber used in making them. Using rich, bold color and repeating patterns, Cunningham uses her handmade paper as a backdrop and weaves it with handmade paste-paper. Layering color and texture, she lets paper tapestries emerge. Each tapestry is spontaneous and unplanned with movement and rhythm all its own.

Her interest has grown to include the use of natural dyes and native and sustainable plants in hand papermaking. She is a member of both the Native Plant Society and The Friends of Dard Hunter.

Georgie Cunningham’s work has shown at bj spokes gallery, Huntington, New York; The Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas; Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas; and at the Springfield Art Association at Edwards Place, Springfield, Illinois in addition to other galleries across the country.

Georgie Cunningham works out of her studio in the Texas Hill Country.