June 2015 Newsletter
I
was very proud and happy Friday night to see the amazing work our Guild
produced for the Dunedin Fine Arts Show. The turn-out was incredible. A big
Congratulations needs to go to Cathy Simms, who won first place for the
Elemental Show and Bonnie Ward for second place. Thank you, Sara Butz, for
putting this all together and coordinating with the Dunedin Fine Arts
Center. I'm also excited about the upcoming classes that Dana Maley has put together
for the next few months. They are very diverse and interesting. Everyone should
try out one that interests them. Don't forget to talk to me or another Board
Member about any new ideas or direction you would like to see happen with the
Guild. Thanks for all your contributions,
Cindie Townley
This month we're struttin' our stuff in the Tampa Bay Surface Design Guild's Member Show 2015 at Dunedin Fine Arts Center (DFAC). Our show is part of "Common Threads" which is the theme for a Quartet of Quilts and Textile Exhibits which opened on Friday night, May 29th.
As
you check out the show below, please let us know if you do not see your
work. There was a lot to see and photograph and something may have
slipped through the crack. If so, we will update this blog, and feature
your work in the next months newsletter as well. Thanks for contributing to a
wonderful show.
Members win the Elemental: Florida Invitational Quilt Show.
In addition to our own show, some of our members were invited to enter the Elemental: Florida Invitational Quilt Show which is another one of the four shows in the quartet. Elemental show was won by a TBSDG member Cathy Simms with fellow member Bonnie Ward taking second. The winning piece was actually a collaboration between Cathy Simms and Kathy Hays on the art quilt, Earth Elements, which was juried into the ELEMENTAL show. Guild members will remember Kathy's Hays's challenge to the guild to combined felted wool (which she created and provided to guild members) with stitches to build a nontraditional combination of felted wool and quilted stitches and other embellishments. The result was very organic and different from other entries in the show. Obviously, these judges liked the result. A number of other SDG members also experimented with the wool/quilting combo and so perhaps we may be at the beginning of a new trend.WAY TO GO LADIES! Be sure to check out their creations as part of the Elemental show at DFAC as well.
Opening Night Photos
DEMO Saturday
On Saturday, May 30th, members of the Guild did surface design demonstrations at DFAC. Below, check out Annie Wade, Marlene Glickman, Mei Ling Seger, Gail Crotty, Leanne Kroetche, and the model, showing off the scarf she made at Marlene's table. In the photo below that are Bonnie Bowman, Angelea Carpenter, Kim Sherrod and Leanne. These the great and creative ladies that showed up to demo their stuff.
Reminders:
The leftover Art
Supplies from the free table at the meeting will go with Donna Isaac for the County Sheriff's Program
for At Risk Kids.
Our August meeting can not be held at the Suncoast
Hospice Center. Sara Butz was able to secure the Florida Craft Art Meeting room
at no charge for that evening. Please note the change on your calendar. Florida Craft Art (formerly Florida Craftsman) is at 501 Central Ave, on the corner of Central and 5th St, downtown St. Petersburg. The meeting room is on the second floor.
Show & Tell from the May Meeting
Surface Design Guild Workshops
Remember to sign up at the meeting - so bring your checkbook!
June 14th - Felted Wall Hanging with Leanne Kroetche
The class will be held at Leanne's house so that the class has access to
her dryer for the wet felting (and her stash!!!) Participants will create a wet felted “canvas” with a wool
base which will be 'painted' with fiber to add color and texture. Felting
needles and embroidery stitching will be used to add dimensional elements to
the composition. All of the materials to create the wall art are
included in the fee. Your felted piece can be used for a wall hanging, purse or
journal cover - depending upon your preference.
Cindie's wonderful piece at the Dunedin Fine Art
Center was made in a previous class.
The class is both instructional as well as a challenge for your
surface design creativity because you will need to come up with a design in advance of the class. For inspiration, I have attached a photo
of the banyan tree wall hanging that I created in preparation for the class. In addition, you may want to check out the following Pinterest
sites.
Please contact Leanne directly threadedartwear@gmail.com once you know generally what
theme you have in mind so that she can ensure that she has sufficient roving and
embellishments available for your color scheme with silk fibers, roving, diva
yarns and other fun stuff to play with.
Supplies List: Please bring extra towels and needle felting
tools if you have them.
July19 - Encaustic Wax, with Kathleen Fulmer
Indian Rocks Beach Art Center - Time and cost details are tbd.August 16…bohemiannie!bag, with Annie Wade
10am to 5pm
at IRBAC cost is $ 35.00 Back by popular demand, this is Annie's workshop on bag making. It's a don't miss. More details in the July Newsletter.
Saturday & Sunday, Sept.
19 & 20 Eco Printed Books, with Kim
Sherrod & Margaret Hillman
Time for this two day workshop is TBD. Location is IRBAC cost is $ 60.00
Photos of May's Workshop
Please remember to wear your creations to the next meeting for show and tell. The two sisters, Celeste and Mary, that conducted last month's workshop were a hoot and very good at keeping the Charm School on task. Check out the photos below which include not only the creations being done by the class but also elements of the Goatfeathers trunk show. They brought many amazing things that they do to inspire our creativity. They also had us introduce ourselves and we found out that Cindie was a stripper in her former life!!! Okay, she was a member of the local house-painters union and was a paint stripper...
Mini Workshops:
Angie Knowles has lined up following schedule. She is also begging for volunteers for future workshops.
June, annie! Wade will demonstrate fabric beadsJuly - Sharon Appler doing Sticky Foil on 3D objects
August - Marlene Glickman - foiling on cards and fabric
In the Mini Workshop at last month's meeting, Kim Sherrod demonstrated Freemotion Portraits.
These are notes jotted down during Kim's demonstration. She started by saying that the key
to the process is to get a line drawing of the face you want to reproduce. You can Google ‘line drawing’ to get an image
of almost anyone, but as an artist, please remember that someone owns the image
you get. To do a line drawing yourself,
take a photo and crop just the head. If
it was not digital to begin with, scan it into your computer. You will need some sort of software that will
allow you to generate a line drawing.
Kim uses Corel. Use artist
effects/posterize or art-media/pencil in the photo tool you use (Picasa is free). Or, hand copy the main lines of the photo
using tracing paper or acetate. Your
goal is to get a line drawing of the face.
To get the image onto fabric, tape the fabric and image (acetate or
tracing paper) to a window. Use a frixon
pen to trace the image (the kind that will disappear under heat). You can also use sulky solvy to put the image
on with sharpie – be careful that the sharpie may color the fabric as the solvy
dissolves. Trace the lines you put on
the fabric with your machine, using free motion – that means feed dogs dropped
on Kim’s machine. Additional
advice: 1) Be aware that you could be
making a creepy image so don’t practice with your cute grandchildren. 2) The
pencil disappears completely but the other techniques (sulky solvy, etc) may get trapped under your
stitches. 3) Practice, practice, practice. Most important tip is to throw the bad stuff away. You need to practice and your practice work is mostly not worth keeping.
Workshops offered by Guild Members
June 5 - Indigo Dyeing Workshop with Angie Knowles
Other Workshops
The Surface Design Organization sent information on the following workshop (thanks to Sara Butz for sharing with us).
SOCIALLY ENGAGED PRACTICES
SDA Craft + Concept Intensive 2015
at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA / OCTOBER 8-11
Meet these movers, shakers & makers whose creative practices have community impact. Join them for an unprecedented opportunity to incubate new work using
Arts Activism / Socially-Engaged Art (SEA)
Natural Dyeing & Low Impact Colorants
Ethical Fashion / Sustainable Cloth
Presenters include (l-r, above) social entrepreneur Mary Fisher, arts activist Ann Morton, indigo master Rowland Ricketts, natural dye advocate Yoshiko Wada,
fashion provocateur Carole Frances Lung (aka Frau Fiber) + local fiber leader Judi Jetson (among many others). They'll offer expertise and guidance in areas ranging from the latest in natural dyeing processes and eco-fashion to building craft collectives and conceptualizing community projects that serve vulnerable populations.
Whether your project is personal, regional or global,
this 3-day immersion will incite & support bold action.
Mary Fisher with artisans in Africa; Rowland Rickett's indigo farm; Frau Fiber hacks fashion via video conference.
View robust program of renown speakers & hot topics here.
Access conference brochure with complete information here.
Made/Aware will provide a unique context for
artists, designers, educators & activists to share, discover, experiment & network. Each participant will leave Made/Aware ready to innovate, collaborate, act - and inspire others.
Participation is limited to 200 members of SDA.
Register early to ensure your participation in this exclusive event. Register before July 1
to get the lowest rate.
Call Arrowmont at 865-436-5860 to reserve your place NOW.
View pre-conference workshops (Oct 5-7) on related techniques here.
SEE YOU AT ARROWMONT IN THE SCENIC SMOKY MOUNTAINS!
Quote of the Month: “Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.” Danny Kaye
In case you missed it last month, our own Bonnie Bowman participated in the Dunedin Fine Arts Center Garden Party. Here she is with her felted ladies.
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