playing with images
Viva Gallery is an artists cooperative that I am proud to be a member of, and we recently featured a group show, where we each took home an 8x8 canvas, to go all arty on. Now for the painters, this was not such a "think outside of the box" kind of challenge but as a weaver and sometime jeweler, it [...]
2nd Monday weavers
Our weavers gathering for January was a rather large group , hosted at fellow weavers, Katherine's lovely restored farmhouse. My weaving contribution was the final bamboo m's and o's scarves off the loom, leaving me only a few days to weave something for a group show at Viva Gallery. My idea for an image transfer onto a weaving that looked [...]
neither rain nor snow…
So, although it was a small and perhaps foolhardy group to brave the icy road conditions, we sure had a good time at our December weavers gathering. Bonnie's home was so warm and inviting, it was a pleasure to sit by the fire on such a dreary day.We met a new weaver; Barb who drove all the way from Wauzeka. [...]
artists spaces
One of my favorite artists lives in an old stone house straight out of Hansel and Gretal. Surrounded by her lively chickens outside and with her woodblock print artwork displayed throughout her quaint house, it is a treat getting a glimpse of her life. Audrey Chritie and her Short Horse Studio are part of the Fall Art Tour near Dodgeville [...]
gathering at Judith’s
While the November winds have blown winter in a little faster than I am mentally prepared for, our weavers group enjoyed our newest weaver friend, Judith's, sunlight filled home. All of our homes, I am sure reflect a lot about who we are, and Judith's was so welcoming and filled with art (alot of it hers) that it was just [...]
2nd Monday at Barbs
Tomatillos from Barbs garden Barb's newest rep weave warp Well it seems that I am a little behind in my blog posts. So here is a whirlwind tour of our October gathering at Barbs house. Barbs beautiful rep weave warp is probably a finished rug now; so I can't wait to see it. Kathy shared the felted pieces that she made at [...]