February's weavers group met at knitter/seamstress/designer; Anna's home in Viroqua. I found it challenging making it past the porch that was filled with her potter husbands wares on display. The whole house was filled with art and pottery and Anna's lovely ascetic. I so love the homes of artists, the walls practically sing with creativity. [...]
Our February weavers group met at fellow fiber artist, Virginia's shop; Sylvan Meadows on Main Street in Viroqua, WI. It was a warm and inviting place for our ever expanding group to spread out in, surrounded by lots of fiber and the scent of her lovely handmade soaps. I loved that that a few people [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
So how did the fiber fair that our 2nd Monday weavers group sponsored, turn out? Well, first we froze our butts off; oh wait that was last. First Elin and her husband Bob agreed to host the fair at what I consider the most beautiful ridge top farm around. Then we were fortunate in having [...]
This year's fair was a whirlwind of...well...wind, lots of great music, food and the best part, great people. Both friends, returning customers and fellow artists whose works never fail to inspire. It's probably good that I didn't have much time to walk around, at least from my pocketbooks standpoint. Â My boothAlpaca, wool, cashmere cowlPeople watching [...]
