Yes, that is my arm being swallowed by a Tarpon. I think
what I enjoy the most about TBSDG are all the friendships I’ve made. With so
many different members, we are up to 89 now, I’ve gotten to know the artists
and the body of work they do. I’ve gotten to visit studios that are creative
and inspiring. But, the greatest joy has been participation in play days. These
little groups of artists set up a theme day or purpose, work in a studio or a
business, meet and create. In August, I met with three different groups
creating mixed media, sewing, and felting. It’s so much fun to collaborate or
inspire each other with our work, critique and encourage. Maybe, you can form
your own play days and post them on our Facebook or Website Page. We are having
two Guild play days in September, I hope you can come and join in the fun.
Cindie Townley
Sale
Any member wishing
to sell their artwork or art supplies; the table fee is $5. The room opens at 5:30 and the meeting starts
at 6:30. The meeting ends at 8:30 and we
must be out by 9:00.
Free Table
For some months now, Donna Isaac has been taking the
leftovers from the free table to use in craft projects for children where she
volunteers. She wants everyone to know
that she is not going to be at the September meeting. If you bring give-away things that are not
claimed by someone else, you must take the leftovers home in September. Once she returns, she will continue
harvesting things for this worthy cause.
Video Library
This month, we are taking donations of Art Related DVD's for
our new lending library. Each DVD can be loaned out for the month, then brought
back to the next Meeting. We are especially interested in instructional matter.
There will be a small rental fee to check them out. Kim Sherrod will be heading
up this project. It is very successful at the Sarasota Guild. More details will
follow.
Volunteer Opportunities
Nominating Committee - Members are needed for the nominating
committee for the next years slate of officers.
If you are willing to help out with this, let Cindie know.
For the member show at the Clearwater Library
2 volunteers to
sign-in work on January 3rd
4 volunteers to
hang work on January 4th
2 volunteers to
coordinate opening reception on January 10th
Fundraiser
In order to keep our dues from raising in January, we are
having a Holiday Ornament Fundraiser. DFAC is providing us with our own tree
for their Festival of Trees which runs from the last weekend in October thru
the end of December. The first weekend will be in conjunction with the Art
Harvest which draws in thousands. We are hoping to make 250 ornaments or
more, priced from $6-$15. So far, we
have a commitment of 100 ornaments. If you still want to make a prototype, send
a photo to Angelea Carpenter at DFAC. Her email address is
acarpenter1@knowlogy.net
We are having three play days to assemble our Holiday Ornaments
for the Dunedin Fine Art Center Christmas Trees.
September 19 and 20- Indian Rocks Beach Art Center - in
conjunction with the Eco Printing Book Workshop - 12-5
September 27 - Dunedin Fine Arts Center - 12-4
Please bring your prototype and enough materials to make 12
ornaments. Or, come and be a helper at assemblage. Bring scissors, hot glue
guns, Elmer's Glue, and any other art supply you think might be used, if you
have them.
Fashion Show
It's that time again for our Annual Art to Wear Fashion Show
at the October 12 meeting. All of us look forward to this event and are quite
amazed at the designs our members create. This year, Bohemiannie has graciously
offered to coordinate and MC the event.
Please, email her the following information at
bohemiannie@gmail.com:
Name
Description of Piece or Pieces
Materials Used
Inspiration From
Learned How- Class
You may use a model
Mini-Demo
Show and Tell
Greeting Card Techniques
This Article on Greeting Cards Techniques is reprinted from
Marlene Glickman's Art Newsletter.
Collaged Snippets: Take snippets of fabric and collage them
together and fuse them to cardstock. If the collage is too thick to fuse, then
place a pressing paper (parchment) over the inside of the front of the card and
warm up the fusible from the back. I also do this method when I have a fat
collage and fuse from the backside. You can also take some hand stitches or
free motion and stitch the collage to the cardstock.
Left Overs From Workshops: Take pieces of fabric you have
dyed in workshops and cut it up for cards. You can fuse the whole piece or just
the top edge. If the fabric is sheer you can add foil underneath bonding the
foil to the paper cardstock with the tip of your iron, drawing the designs you
like.
Crazy Snippet Fabric (I call it Annie fabric because I
learned a similar method from Annie Wade but she skips the fusing parts and
just starts stitching fabric to a background fabric) Start fusing snippets to a
white cotton backing or ugly fabric you don’t like. Place the fabric on the
ironing board, using Steam a Seam 2 Lite or Misty Fuse (with a pressing sheet)
fuse to the background fabric. Peel back only a little of the paper or pressing
sheet and fuse your snippets. As you get more snippets, add them to the
fusible. Leave the parchment or pressing sheet on top to protect the fusible
from cat hairs, dust and lint (unless that is part of your design). If any of the fusible is showing through the
edges of the snippets, place a piece of foil over the top and then a pressing
sheet. Iron with medium heat for 8-12 seconds. Let it cool and peel off the
foil’s film. Wherever there is fusible between the snippets, there will now be
foil. If you need foil I recommend LauraMurrayDesigns.com for an assorted pack.
When all done with fusing and foiling, free motion the fabric. Cut out the
parts you like and make into greeting cards by fusing to cardstock.
Sign up on Marlene's web site (silkdyes.com) to get your own copy of her newsletter.
August 16…bohemiannie! bag Guild Workshop
Many folks made significant progress with their bag (Bonnie
Ward, Carol Bickford and Sharon Appler's photos below). Hopefully, everyone has a finished product by
now that they should bring to the meeting.
Sept Mini -Workshop
Designing a Personal Chop by June Colburn. Please bring a pencil with a good eraser on
Monday. Other materials will be supplied
by June.
September 19-20 Eco Printed Books Workshop
Day One
Saturday, 12-5. Students will learn the process of bundling paper and boiling/steaming it to create Eco Printed Paper. After students make sample bundles and get them cooking, the class will begin the book covers using a kit that will be provide. The kit includes cotton that has been Eco printed and cut to size. Covers will need to dry overnight and placed under a heavy book to keep from warpng. [think dictionary]
Saturday, 12-5. Students will learn the process of bundling paper and boiling/steaming it to create Eco Printed Paper. After students make sample bundles and get them cooking, the class will begin the book covers using a kit that will be provide. The kit includes cotton that has been Eco printed and cut to size. Covers will need to dry overnight and placed under a heavy book to keep from warpng. [think dictionary]
Day Two
Sunday, 12-5. The class will unbundle the boiled paper and lay it out to dry to take home. After this, the class will use pages from the kit provided to stitch a book. The Coptic Stitch will be taught. This stitch produces an exposed binding and the kit will include waxed hemp or linen to stitch with. Students may want to bring beads that can be tied on to dangling linen or hemp threads/cords which is about the width of a six strand embroidery thread.
Sunday, 12-5. The class will unbundle the boiled paper and lay it out to dry to take home. After this, the class will use pages from the kit provided to stitch a book. The Coptic Stitch will be taught. This stitch produces an exposed binding and the kit will include waxed hemp or linen to stitch with. Students may want to bring beads that can be tied on to dangling linen or hemp threads/cords which is about the width of a six strand embroidery thread.
Supply List - each student should bring the following:
Scissors, awl,
12" ruler, beads of your choice and a phone book or thick catalog if
available [to use when putting holes in each signature or page].
Optional: paper
for end pages of book cover. A
crop-a-dile grommet setting tool (only if you have one already, it is not
necessary to buy one because we can share the one Kim/Margaret have).
Wear play clothes
or an apron. Each book kit will include paper, cloth cover and book
boards. Glue will be provided as will
needles, a brush for glue, pencil to mark holes, and hemp or waxed linen.
For the inside
cover pieces of the book you may use the Eco printed paper provided or if you
wish, bring decorative papers from your own stash. Cavellini paper or Japanese papers or old
book images work well. Remember that classes are to learn the technique and
this first book is a sample. If you choose
to make more books in the future you will understand the techniques to create
your own unique books.
Oct 18 - Decorative Paper Bags with Joey
Long
Cost is $35, which includes the IRBC fee. Brayer, paint,
stamp and glitter! Just a smattering of
enticements for you to join friends old and new for a workshop filled with art
for those that are not blessed with the talents for making recognizable
drawings or paintings. Come play with
Joey Long from Keeton's Office and Art Supply!
Supplies List:
Bring Six (6) brown grocery bags (ask for paper at the
grocery store next time), long bladed paper scissors, your favorite colors of
craft acrylic paints and a 4" brayer - the kind with detachable roller
tends for easy cleanup), spray bottle for water, and an apron. Joey has lots of things to make designs with
such as stamps, spray webbing, Pearl-Ex, glitter, Styrofoam and wonder-foam.
Marlene Glickman's Home Studio Workshops
Sept 12 - Color Hue Dyeing with instant setting dyes on silkSept 26 - Indigo Play Day only $30 for students who have taken already workshop from me whether it be Color Hue dyes or Indigo. Bring what you want to dye. All items or fabrics must be pre-washed.
Oct 10 - Creative Fabric Collage and Dyeing Silk Broadcloth, Organza and China Silk.
Oct 17 - Experimental Melt Off Lame and Overdyeing.
Nov 7 - Alter Ego Dyeing on Satin Devore and Velvet Devore.
Nov 14 - Foiling on Fabric and Paper.
Dec 5 - Hand Dyed Silk Gifts: Scarves, ties, pillow cases with zippers, shawls, silk gift bags, fabric, ribbons and more!
Nov 14 - Foiling on Fabric and Paper.
Dec 5 - Hand Dyed Silk Gifts: Scarves, ties, pillow cases with zippers, shawls, silk gift bags, fabric, ribbons and more!
For details, email
Marlene@123webmagic.com or check out her website at silkdyes.com
Angie Knowles Workshops
Kathy Hays Workshop
The workshop will be held at Aya Fiber Studio, FISH House
Art Center, 4745 SE Desoto Ave, Port Salerno, Florida 34997 This is very close to Stuart, Fl.
There is a contact link to register as well as a discounted
hotel rate on the web site.
http://www.ayafiberstudio.com/eco-printing-workshop-with-kathy-hays/
The workshop is nearly full so don't delay to begin your Eco
Print adventures.
Mayan Back-Strap Weaving - Concepcion Poou Coy Tharin
Committee Meeting
There will be a show committee meeting at 5:30 pm - before our regular SDG meeting - on September 14th at Hospice. We will discuss plans for our Paradise Found exhibit and any other upcoming shows. We'd love it if you can be there. If you're not on the committee already, we can always use more help...so come join us.
2016 Surface Design Guild Members Show
@ Clearwater Main Library
January 5 - February 26, 2016
Opening Reception - Sunday, January 10th from 2-4pm
The Guild encourages member's best work that has not been
previously shown in an SDG exhibit. Our show will be juried by Diane Shelly,
Executive Director of Florida CraftArt, on Sunday, January 3, 2016.
The Show Committee will:
- design a pamphlet to use as invitations and for the press
- accept 2-D and 3-D work on Saturday, January 3, 2016 between 10am and 2pm. -hang show - all work will be hung at our discretion on January 4th
- coordinate and hold an opening reception on Sunday, January 10th from 2-4pm
- take down show on February 27th…at which time members will be required to pick up their work from the library between the hours of 11am - 1pm.
SDG Members will:
- pay $25 entry fee per member for up to 2 pieces of work
- sign guild contract
- deliver work to Clearwater Main library on Saturday, January 2nd between the hours of 10am and 2pm. No work can be accepted after this date.
- provide ready to hang work
- provide label information & a short artist statement describing your piece in a Microsoft Word format to aida@tampabay.rr.com by Saturday, January 2nd
- give credit if you use others patterns, images or artwork
- if your work is not juried into the show, it must be picked on on Monday, January 4th
- you may offer your art for sale, but if you do, you must provide contact information as the sale would be between you and the buyer - SDG, nor the library will be involved in any sales
- work can't be taken down until after the show closes on February 26th
- volunteer to provide food for opening reception
- send out e-vites and invitations to your mailing lists.
If you would like your work to be considered for the
invitation, please submit 300 dpi high resolution photos of your work to
sarahdesign@yahoo.com. Deadline date TBA
We need:
- 2 volunteers to sign-in work on January 3rd
- 4 volunteers to hang work on January 4th
- 2 volunteers to coordinate opening reception on January 10th
Exhibit Show Committee…Llani O'Connor, Concepcion Tharin,
Cindie Townley, Davida Milne, June Colburn, Aida Sheets, Sarah Butz, Linda
Dawson, annie! Wade. Please join us if
you would like to be part of the group.
Wearable Art 11
Check out the photos as own Bonnie Bowman, one of the Garden Fairies, participated in The Wearable Art 11 Show at Dunedin Fine Arts Center. Thanks to Mikell Herrick who posted these photos on Facebook. Go to Mikell Herrick's Facebook page to check them out his photos of the entire show.
It's not too late for the Five by Five.
Submissions are being taken Sept 14 through Sept 18. Make sure you follow the link below to get
the details for your entry for this show.
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Benda Schlechter shared the following article to let us know
about her summer.
Press release
August 15, 2015 Contact: Susanne Nielsen, 813-254-5088
Artist Susanne Nielsen, ECU alumna, exhibits soft sculpture
at Greenville Museum of Art September 2015
Susanne Nielsen, sculptor, painter/mixed media artist, who
completed her graduate studies in Painting with an MFA degree at East Carolina University
(ECU) in Greenville, N.C. in 1989, will be exhibiting her soft sculpture
"Babies like Bunnies”, homage to Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman, at the
Greenville Museum of Art from September 4, 2015.
Susanne is currently completing her doctoral dissertation in
art .She writes art criticism and has been host and producer of her own German
Radio Show, with its focus on the arts. In 2010 she expanded the show worldwide
as a blog and podcast.
Nielsen's works are sculptural and her vessel series is
based the artist's collection of international birth myths. As a Rotarian team
member, for the first time to her native Germany’s East, then as a teamleader
on a monthlong trip to Bangladesh, both fully sponsored cultural and vocational
Rotary Group Study Exchanges, was able to do her research in her field of
art/art history in the countries she visited.
In recent years many new ideas for her sculptures have been
generated by reports of new science and technology, like IVF, a method that has
helped many women to become mothers.
It has also given rise to the conversation
about multiple births. Nielsen’s sculpture “Babies like Bunnies” is an homage
to Nadya Denise Doud-Suleman who gave birth to octuplets, the highest number of
babies born to one women in history, and a result of IVF. While cute like baby
bunnies, this event of so many babies born at once, was heavily discussed in
the media. Nielsen believes the role of the artist is to hold a mirror to
contemporary society.
She develops series that visually, woven, painted, and
stitched into the art, tell stories of this world. Her personal story, recorded
in paintings "Coming to America" or “Childhood” (1950s/60s), reflects
modern society’s mobility and multi-culturalism. A two-time immigrant to the
U.S., Nielsen is an example of many children of immigrant families. She spent
her childhood in France, California, Iceland, and Germany, while her sibling
moved on to Switzerland, and her parents spent eighteen years in Paris. All
these locations became a second home that Nielsen visited in her college years.
he still has ties to Germany, where her university studies
take her several times a year and her family resides.
$50 Fabulous Fridays
Having professional images of your art work is
essential in these competitive times and Florida CraftArt is now making it
affordable for its members. Professional photographer, Brian James, will
shoot images of 5 pieces of your artwork for $50 in his studio in ArtLofts
above Florida CraftArt in downtown St. Pete. Call Florida CraftArt to reserve
your appointment time 727-821-7391. Appointments are scheduled in 45 minute
blocks from 10am-6pm. Be sure to reserve your spot early as these appointments
fill quickly!
Next Sessions:
- Friday, September 18
- Friday, October 23
Cost: $50
for Florida CraftArt members. (An individual FC membership is only $45 so this is still an incredible deal!)
Call 727-821-7391
to make an appointment. Mon-Sat. 10am-5:30pm. Refunds will not be issued if the
appointment is canceled or transferred within 48 hours of the scheduled time.
Purpose of the Guild
The purpose of the Guild is to increase community awareness
of surface design and its value in our lives while offering educational and
experimental venues, thus supporting individual artistic creativity while
promoting an attitude of mutual respect and exchange in all areas of surface
design.
Membership to the Surface Design Guild is open to anyone
with an interest in surface design of any variety. All levels of interest and
expertise are welcome. If you or someone you know would like to join please
contact surface.design.guild@gmail.com.
Bring your registration form to the next meeting or send a check made
out to the Surface Design Guild to:
Surface Design Guild
Attention: Ann Thomas
5905 Suwanee Ave
Tampa , FL 33604
Board & Committee Members 2015
President - Cindie Townley
ctownley22@gmail.com 618-407-9223
Vice President/Programs – Dana Maley tedanamale@aol.com Secretary – Angelea Carpenter
acarpenter1@knology.net
Treasurer/Membership – Ann Thomas amt1952@earthlink.net
Multi-Media Committee –
Newsletter: Sharon Appler-sharon.appler@gmail.com
Web: Bonnie Bowman - surfacedesignguild@gmail.com
Newsletter: Sharon Appler-sharon.appler@gmail.com
Web: Bonnie Bowman - surfacedesignguild@gmail.com
Mini-workshop Committee – Angie Knowles aknowles13@gmail.com
Show Committee - annie! Wade -Chair, Llani O'Connor,
Concepcion Tharin, Cindie Townley, Davida Milne, June Colburn, Aida Sheets,
Sarah Butz, Linda Dawson. Please join us
if you would like to be part of the group.
MEETINGS
We meet the second Monday of every month at 6:30PM. Doors
open at 5:30 with social time between 6 and 6:30. Limited table space is available for $5 for
members to sell their work.
Location:
Suncoast Hospice
5771 Roosevelt Boulevard
5771 Roosevelt Boulevard
Clearwater, FL 33760
We are in Building 10 which is immediately to the right of
the Welcome Center as you face the building.
TBSDG Meeting Minutes August 10, 2015
Welcome - Cindie Townley opened the meeting at 6:32pm
Introduction of New Members and Guests - Jerry McKay, Carol
Holtsaple, Kathy Gowrie, Joanne Menenhall,
Karen Weiss, Victoria Merrill, Beryl Heron
Workshops: Cindie Townley
August: Annie Wade - Bohemiannie Bags Aug16, 2015 10-5pm,
Beach Art Center $35
September: Margaret
Hillman & Calamity Kim - Eco Printed
Books Sat. Sept.19, 12-5 and Sun. Sept. 20. 12-5pm, $60 Indian Rocks Beach Ctr.
Treasury Report and Membership: Cindie; Account Balance. $ 2610.03, Membership 84
Fashion Show: Cindie Townley
Oct. Meeting - Art to Wear needs volunteer MC
Guild Needs Nominating Committee for new board members
Holiday Fundraiser: Angelea Carpenter
TBSDG will have a tree in the Holiday Show at Dunedin Fine
Art Center with for sale ornaments. Ornaments are a donation to the Guild for
fund raising. Please have accepted ornaments ready by Oct. 1. Ornament Making Get Together Date TBA
Shows: Annie Wade will run shows, taking over for Sarah Butz
Sarah Butz, Gail Crotty and June Colburn will do member art
return at DFAC, thank you
Clearwater Library Show theme Paradise Found
$25 for 1 or 2 pcs. Art delivered Jan. 2nd and 3rd, Juried
on the 4th Juror Diane Shelly from Florida CraftArt 1st 2nd and 3rd prizes.
Joey Long from Keetons Surface Design Guild in Sarasota.
Could offer a Paper painting Class in Oct.She paints grocery bags from Publics
June Colburn teaching a class for us...November workshop.
Fabric Collage and Fusing
Show & Tell
Encaustic workshop. Kathleen teaching Aug. and Oct.
Marianne Pickard-used Shiva paint sticks
Peggy Dunbar-screen prints made ornaments
Angie Knowles-3 primary colors dying
Etta Jewel- quilt and made the newspaper w/ flamingo quilt
Karrie Klemett-weaving dish towels, Beach Collection
Trish Sande-plate stitched on heavy canvas or denim
Beryl Heron-doll, bag, Tyvek (heated) necklace, faces and
leaves painted
Karen Weiss- wing chair project tints pencils and markers
Carol Bickford DFAC
design class
Sharon Appler- dyed her leaf dress
Concepcion Tharin- woven Hummingbird top, bracelets
Joann Mendenhall-Quilt Environmentally Unfriendly Quilt
Jean Barthel-reversible bag and pockets
Patsy- Clear hand
made with reversed tape
Kendra Newman- remade her dress from a Goodwill dress and her
husband's shirt
Julien Roberts-subtraction pattern making
Annie! Wade- collage quilt
Marlene Glickman-flower fabric boxes, bag transfer of ink
Jerry Boucle Annie's husbands metal alligator and collage
books, line drawing
Water color crayons +stitching, Zendoodle
Announcements: Peggy :
Arts Council of Hillsborough County 5x5 Show; Oct. 16 8-11
pm, deadline Sept. 18
Tampa Art Museum,
donation
Angie Knowles teaching in her studio
Marlene Glickman. $50
Bryan James is taking photos of your artwork at FL CraftArt. You get a disc when done.
Adjourned: Cindie Townley 8:30pm
