It’s hard to beat the natural light at the Mountain House for a beautiful and truthful representation of the colors of the tightly spun and blended weaving yarns and the textural knitting yarns too.
Upcoming Exhibition :
Charles White
A Little Higher
Hello stitch club open studio buddies
We are heading out to the Hickory Museum of Art on Sunday March 26, 2023.
The Hickory Museum of Art is the second-oldest art museum in North Carolina – and the first museum in the Southeast to collect American art – offers exciting exhibits, classes, films and programs. Located in the Arts and Science Center of the Catawba Valley.
We will car pool to Hickory for lunch and then onto the Museum of Art for a tour of the Art Museum with Elaine Heinl, artist and teacher with the Hirsch Wellness network.
We are so excited!
Looks like it’s going to be a fabulous exhibit!
HANDCRAFTED
2023 National Juried Exhibition of ceramics, fiber, glass, metal,wood
At the Maria V Howard Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC
January 20- April 23 2023
Join us at the Artist Reception from 2-4pm January 29 2023
Follow the Thread-Tapestry Weavers South at the Folk Art Center Asheville North Carolina
January 14- May 3, 2023
My husband and I hand delivered my tapestries to the Folk Art Center last week and that’s why I was lucky enough to see the previous art exhibit of Stellar Intentions showing the work of the new members of the Southern Guild. What a fabulous show! And what an honor to have the opportunity to show with my fellow Tapestry Weavers South tapestry weavers at the Folk Art Center in Asheville.
Please see this Stellar Show before it ends on January 4, 2023!
Here are a few examples of the amazing artwork from the new members of the Southern Highland Craft Center.
Here are some of my favorite textiles from this show!
What a fascinating range of techniques and philisophical approaches to creating Textiles.
Debra Herman is very much influenced by the Japanese sensibility: she is interested in the wabi sabi aesthetic- beauty in the mundane, cast off and stained cloth which she then transforms into complex and rich surfaces. Her work is intense and controlled. Judith Otto has a background in fabric design and focuses on the interaction between wool and silk and the textures that are created when they are juxtaposed together. Color and texture are her passion and controlled to some extent by how she places her fabrics and fibers together. Pam Granger is a retired art teacher who finds peace and relaxation in creating her marbled work.She allows her materials to dictate the patterns, with the colors and patterns in nature as her inspiration.
From Left to right
Winters’s Thaw by Debra Herman.
‘ Wholeness, brokeness and rebirth are presented in shifting imagery honoring the beauty found in nature’s various life cycles.”
Fabrics are hand dyed and hand stitched with areas of cotton batting providing raised areas outlined with tight sitiching. Exquisite color, with layers of texture and stitching, some textures are subtle and some are bold. The colors harmonise beautifully yet are distinct and clear and well defined.Very Controlled and gorgeous.
Nuno Felted Scarf by Judith Otto
“There is a magic that occurs in the finishing process, yielding results not forseen while creating the piece. It’s alchemy – each one a canvas of color and texturewith the wools allowing the silks to pucker and drape into a one-of-a-kind artworks.”
Ther fabrics are felted silk fabrics and hand dyed wool.
The unpredictable textures achieved in nuno felting remind me of the forces in nature- exanding and contracting where contrasting edges touch. Full of texture and rich color.
Gale by Pam Granger
Pam describes the process of marbling as peaceful and relaxing. The patterns and designs are inspired by nature, and the fluid nature of the marbling medium expands and changes with each movement of the comb or rake over the surface. Each surface is a wonder and full of surprises.
The fabrics are silk, marble medium and paint.
Beautiful colors and lyrical patterns. Pam ‘s hope is that each person who wears her scarf feels serene while wearing it. She has achieved her goal!
Congratulations to Indigo and Greta, may they have a long and happy marriage!
My version of the tree of life is a giant flower with berries creating a halo around the happy couple. The flowers are for beauty and the berries are for sustenance.
Two doves around a tree of life inspired by Eastern European embroidery and traditional quilted kantha embroideries.
Prints, Drawings and Bronzes by Robin Wheelaghan
At Mote 102, Edinburgh, Scotland
We were in Edinburgh in August, and Robin’s show opened in September.
If you missed the opening and show in Edinburgh, as I did, check out Robin’s website to see more of his work at http://www.visionsdreamsandmetaphors.co.uk
It’s intense work, full of turbulent movement between black and white with a balance of shades of gray. You need time to absorb all the details, intricate lines and meanings.The drawings and prints are like Greek myths inside collections of labyrinths.
Last Chance to bid on art at the Silent Art Auction, Hirsch Wellness
Bidding from September 19- October 1, 2022
Please Register at: HirschWellnessNetwork.org
ART LIVES HERE 2022 features the donated work of 150 artists to help raise funds for Hirsch FREE OF CHARGE Arts and Wellness programs, provided free to all who face the challenges of cancer.
Last bid : Saturday, October 1, 8pm
Integration From the Insight Sutra
This is my donation to Hirsch Wellness. It’s from the SEEDS OF LIFE sutras, meditations to support hopeful thoughts. The embroideries are inspired by the artwork of the Haitian Spirit flags and Eastern European folk embroidery.
The connection between the two is folk art from very different cultures. How beautifully they go together!
Fabulous ideas for watercolor landscapes that can be easily translated onto fabric.
My twin sister sent me this book for my/our birthday-thank you Jenny!
Thanks to Ann Blockley for offering a wealth of ideas in how to create dramatic effects-practical and inspirational.
A great way to add spontaneous color to enhance your narrative embroideries.
The Foothills Art Council and the Yadkin Valley Fiber Center present New Works by Tapestry Weavers South.
The Studio Gallery
110 North Bridge Street
Elkin, NC 28621
June 3-August 21 2022
Slide Show:
Equilibrium #2 by Jacqueline Mehring
Cat’s Eye by Betty Hilton Nash
Vista by Connie Lippert
In the Garden by Joan Griffin
Journey by Jennifer Sargent
Wedge Weave by April Carter
Vista by Connie Lippert
Migration by Genie Greenlaw
Voices 3 by Terry Bryson
Fiesta,Fiesta by Louise Halsey
Study in Yellow and Blue by Mary Jane Lord
Blue Poodle by Mary Jane Lord
Spirit Journey by Betty Hilton Nash
Wandering but not Lost by Louise Halsey
Equilibrium# 4 by Jacqueline Mehring
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