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Upcoming:
Celebrating Creativity, August 14-September 14, 2008. Juried exhibition of
Best of Missouri Hands artists at the Cox Gallery of the Gladys Woods Kemper Center for the Arts, William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. Of my work the exhibition includes a "Blue-Violet with Chartreuse Locks" Hat and Purse. Juried by Dion Dion, Executive Director,
Art St. Louis, whose juror's comments state "Functional work that races past mere function to the presentation of beauty, superior quality and very fine craft include the works of Noel Leicht, Lee Richards, Sandy Schulz, Susan Lumsden, Katherine Ehlmann, Ruth Walker, Ellen Klamon and Suza Wooldridge."
In the "Land of Enchantment" this Fall:"Hats & Purses on the Ball", 1st & 2nd of October 2008 (pick one or two days of satisfyingly intense felting) just prior to the Taos Wool Festival, at the Espaņola Valley Fiber Arts Center between Santa Fe and Taos in New Mexico. Contact Espaņola Valley Fiber Arts Center
325 Paseo de Oņate
Espaņola, NM 87532
(505)747-3577
info@evfac.org for information, as it is just barely listed on their calendar.
25th Annual Taos Wool Festival, 4-5 October 2008 at Kit Carson Park, Taos NM, come wind, rain, sun, or snow! One of the best-known wool festivals in the country, and at a time when one can drive through the Rockies and see dramatic golden aspens streaming through dark, dark evergreens. Booth 56 between Teri Inman's Bristol Yarnworks and Elsa.
ARTstravaganza! Juried Artists from The Best of Missouri Hands are gathering from throughout the state of Missouri at the
St. Louis Artists Guild for the Annual ARTstravaganza! with fine, fun and folk artwork. More than 40 artists from this award-winning all-Missouri guild will fill the gracious Oak Knoll mansion and the adjoining heated tent with multi-media magic. The artwork in ARTstravaganza! will cover all aspects of fine arts and crafts including: pottery, painting, glass, jewelry, fiber, woodworking, sculpture, scrimshaw, photography and much more. 24-26 October 2008. Admission is free.
Roll That Ball, Felt
That Hat & Felt That Purse! Intense 2-day wet felting workshops on November 1st & 2nd with the Silverado Handweavers Guild of Napa, California. Here is an exciting opportunity to learn wet felting techniques as part of a hard working and fun-filled weekend making your very own fashion statement with a stunning hat and/or a handsome purse with practical pockets. Contact:
Barbara Stafford or call 707 224 3229
Somewhat Recently, Depending on Your Definition of "Recently"...
- Roll a Ball, Felt a Purse! Intense 1-day wet felting workshop with 2-d and 3-d resists at the Midwest Felting Symposium, 23 July 2008, in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Five Days O' Felting: Intense 5-day introductory wet felting workshop at the Eureka Springs School of the Arts, 7-11 July 2008, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
- Estes Park Wool Market, 12-13 June 2008. Gorgeous place, right at the margins of the Rocky Mountain National Park.
- "Hats & Purses on the Ball", 17 & 18 June 2008 (pick one or two days satisfyingly intense felting) just after the Estes Park Wool Market, at The Studios of Bristol along the "Silver Highway" above Creede, Colorado. Contact Teri Inman for information.
- Five Intense Afternoons of Felting with the fibers class of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. 2-6 June 2008. Contact Professor Laura Strand for details.
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ACC St. Paul Fine Craft Show, 18-20 April 2008, St. Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minnesota. What a great place for felt hats! and the jackets constructed from luminous, handwoven, handpainted warps of Suza Wooldridge (Suza Designs).
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"Great Balls O' Felt!" Artrageous Friday event at Bluestem Missouri Crafts, Friday 6-9 pm, 25 January 2008. Come, make truffle-sized felt balls with us in Bluestem's big window! 13 South Ninth St., Columbia, Missouri.
- "Roll a Ball -- Felt a Hat or Purse." Workshop with the Weavers' Guild of St. Louis on Saturday, 5 January 2008, at the Brentwood Community Center in St. Louis. Registration is through the Weavers Guild.
- ACC Fine Craft Show November 2-4, 2007, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lovely weather; very, very quiet show floor. Booth 1612.
- Other than hats: My work won three major awards -- Grand Champion (Long Vest above and above left), Reserve Grand Champion (a pouch that can be worn over the shoulder or tied about the waist), and Lorraine Mooney Award for Best Use of Colorado-New Mexico-Texas Fibers (the aforementioned pouch) -- all three awards in two items in the Garment competition at the 24th Annual Taos Wool Festival October 6-7, 2007, at Kit Carson Park in Taos, New Mexico. Rain or shine, a premier collection of works of wool from the wool of Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Booth 55 with Teri Inman of Bristol Yarnworks.
- ACC Fine Craft Show August 10-12, 2007, at the "Festival Pavilion" (Pier 3 at Fort Mason) in San Francisco, California, Booth 805. Fine American art and craft. Beautiful, cool weather.
Juried Artist Member, The Best of Missouri Hands
- Dedicated to hand-felting colorful, highly textured, useful wool felt objects, well crafted and suitable to their purpose and to your delight.
- We use local, other domestic and foreign wool breeds to suit the uses to which they are put.
- Merino and other fine breeds such as Blue-faced Leicester, Cormo, Rambouillet/Merino, Romney/Merino and other fine breed crosses are used for the ground felt, while the lustrous and extravagantly coiled locks of the Wensleydale, Blue-faced Leicester, and Lincoln sheep provide embellishments along with various yarns and open-weave silk or cotton fabric.
- For long-term protection all items have been permanently moth-proofed.
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