On the
heels of a neighborhood Crazy Dave’s Pumpkin Ale and pumpkin-carving-fire-pit
party last night (complete with bales of hay, de-lish homemade soups by Lee and fresh Fire Island Bakery breads),
I invited several neighborhood kids over to the studio for a day of art making
and sewing. Sitting around the fire under the starry night, my neighbor shared
how she was teaching several of the kids to sew and they were making pillow
cases. I thought that was such a cool
idea and that if they wanted, I had enough room for everyone in my studio if
they’d like to get together for an art day. Thankfully, we didn’t start our post-pumpkin
crafting until well after noon because all of the adults had way too much
PUMPKIN last night –and I don’t mean pie! The kids carted two extra sewing
machines over to my house and we had three sewing machines whirring at once
with ironing, cutting and piecing with the studio abuzz. What a sight to see all these kids with their busy hands and creative minds at work! My neighbor came as well, thankfully providing
instruction and encouragement for the young artists. The kids were elementary
age and eager to learn, to sew and just “make,” –their enthusiasm was
inspiring. The boys made cool drawstring bags and all made creative garden
flags using images of fast cars, goldfish, sea turtles and dolphins. We used
digital images as well as hand-drawn images that we transferred onto fabric for their very own garden flags.
After the craft-fest and renewed energy, I finished getting all my pieces hung for the show. Below are my latest pieces for my upcoming show that opens Friday, November 2nd at 2 Friends Gallery.
After the craft-fest and renewed energy, I finished getting all my pieces hung for the show. Below are my latest pieces for my upcoming show that opens Friday, November 2nd at 2 Friends Gallery.
Needing
to provide a finish to the Art Cloth for my upcoming show, I found these handy clips
to hang the cloth from branches. The gallery already has some birch branches
they are using as display props so I thought using branches would compliment the 2 Friends Gallery branches while solving
my finishing/framing issue. The cloth is designed to be used in another fiber
piece, like an art quit but this way the art cloth can be purchased and hug
as-is and I didn't have to spend a fortune buying custom frames.
2 comments:
what a great idea! A friend of mine is running a program through the library where blankets and such are made for sick children. The response was over whelming.
Anytime you can expose kids to art it is a good day!
Love your art cloth! And especially like how they look hanging from the branches. Those clips are great.
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