Spokane, Art Fest, May 31-June 2 Sponsored by the MAC (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture)
www.northwestmuseum.org/explore/events/artfest
Sculptural Felting Techniques, June 9-10 Sponsored by Me!
At my lakeside studio on Lake Coeur d' Alene - Look on my Class Schedule Tab in this blog for details
www.sapphire-art.com to see some of my work
Summer Arts for Youth, July 9-11 Sponsored by City of Cd'A
www.cdaid.org I'll be teaching 10 to 15 year olds about felting!
Coeur d' Alene, Art on the Green, August 2-4 Sponsored by Citizens' Council for the Arts
www.artonthegreen.org
Coeur d' Alene, Studio Tour and Sale, September 14th Sponsored by Cd'A Arts and Culture Alliance
www.artsincda.org
Nuno Felting Techniques, September 27-29 Sponsored by Me!
At my lakeside studio on Lake Coeur d' Alene - Look on my Class Schedule Tab in this blog for details
www.sapphire-art.com to see some of my work
Sculptural Felting Techniques, October 11-13 Sponsored by Me!
At my lakeside studio on Lake Coeur d' Alene - Look on my Class Schedule Tab in this blog for details
www.sapphire-art.com to see some of my work
Fall Felter's Camp, October 21-25 Sponsored by Me!
At my lakeside studio on Lake Coeur d' Alene - Look on my Class Schedule Tab in this blog for details
www.sapphire-art.com to see some of my work
Coeur d' Alene, Junk 2 Funk Fashion Show, October Sponsored by Kootenai Environmental Alliance
www.kealliance.org
Spokane, Custer's Christmas Arts & Crafts Show (I hope!), November 22-24 This is the weekend before Thanksgiving
www.custershows.com
Showing posts with label Coeur d' Alene Arts and Culture Alliance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coeur d' Alene Arts and Culture Alliance. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Upcoming Events!
Hi Fiber Fans!
Oh my have I ever been remiss...so sorry! We have been busy here in North Idaho though even if you did not know since I wasn't posting. So let me tell you what we have been up to!
First, we moved...then my dear hubby had shoulder surgery. We have yet to unpack everything, but I have been able to do some work in my new studio...which is FAN-TAS-TIC since all I have to do is look out and I see a wonderful view of the main channel on Lake Coeur d' Alene!
I was also busy this winter getting my applications in for some local Art Shows. I'm very pleased with the outcome too. First up is Art Fest May 31-June 2 which means it is this weekend!!! (www.northwestmuseum.org/explore/events/artfest) Then I have Art On The Green August 2-4 (www.artonthegreen.org) followed by the second annual Art Alliance Studio Tour and Sale Sept. 14th. (www.artsincda.org) Still waiting to hear back from the folks that put on Custer's Christmas Arts & Craft Show at the fairgrounds in Spokane in November...keep your fingers crossed for me!
I have branched out into some new territory with my art this year. It will all be revealed this weekend at Art Fest. Hope to see you there!
Janet
Oh my have I ever been remiss...so sorry! We have been busy here in North Idaho though even if you did not know since I wasn't posting. So let me tell you what we have been up to!
First, we moved...then my dear hubby had shoulder surgery. We have yet to unpack everything, but I have been able to do some work in my new studio...which is FAN-TAS-TIC since all I have to do is look out and I see a wonderful view of the main channel on Lake Coeur d' Alene!
I was also busy this winter getting my applications in for some local Art Shows. I'm very pleased with the outcome too. First up is Art Fest May 31-June 2 which means it is this weekend!!! (www.northwestmuseum.org/explore/events/artfest) Then I have Art On The Green August 2-4 (www.artonthegreen.org) followed by the second annual Art Alliance Studio Tour and Sale Sept. 14th. (www.artsincda.org) Still waiting to hear back from the folks that put on Custer's Christmas Arts & Craft Show at the fairgrounds in Spokane in November...keep your fingers crossed for me!
I have branched out into some new territory with my art this year. It will all be revealed this weekend at Art Fest. Hope to see you there!
Janet
Monday, September 10, 2012
Hello!
Whew! I know! I know! It's been awhile since I last wrote anything to you so let me update you on some of the goings on in my life and that of Sapphire. We have both been very busy.
I attended my last scheduled class at Pacific Northwest Art School at the end of July. Jorie Johnson, of Japan, was our instructor. Our assignment: Construct a complete garment without any seams. I made...a full length dress! I had already tackled a coat and a vest so the next thing was either a skirt, a longer coat or a dress. I had been toying with ideas about a dress already, yet I was unsure of a few of the construction details...but Jorie had all the answers!
And while what we were creating was quite interesting...it was my fellow students that awed me. I may have a few details slightly askew but essentially we had students from: from Israel, Kazakhstan (an artist with a thousand more artists from her country working under her in an artist cooperative), Canada and around the USA from CA, WY, ID, WA, and Ohio. There were two college textile professors, a costume designer for a Repertory Theater in WA, a Past President of an Art School, a Immigration and Naturalization Officer, a budding artist/mom, a Rancher/Artist and several local Whidbey Island fiber artists. Wonderful discussions during breaks!
Toward the end of August we attended the second Artist's Reception in the POAC Sandpoint (Idaho) Art Walk 2012. I took this opportunity to introduce some of the Art Walkers to sheer felting.
With September beginning we headed even further north to Priest Lake and Entree Gallery Trunk Show. It was a lovely late summer day and we had a delightful place under the willow tree on the grounds...and I tried to demonstrate sheer felting for these folks but the wind was blowing enough that is was darn near impossible to get any of my fiber laid out. I improvised by wetting out my surface before laying my fiber so it had something to stick to right away, but still it was too much for me. {Sigh} That piece is headed for the recycle bin!
Then just two days ago we held Coeur d' Alene's first ever Studio Tour!!! We had at least 150 people through Sapphire Studio in just 7 hours. By all accounts it was a good turnout and hopefully will be funded again next year. I enjoyed all the people that took the time to come by and see me explain and demonstrate just what it is that I do. A bonus was the time spent meeting more artists living in this area.
I also took time to formulate and launch my Fall Class Schedule which you will find on a TAB at the top of my blog...just under the header picture. Since opening my studio I have pretty much been busy creating or traveling. Hopefully Fall and Winter will allow me to devote some time to teaching in my studio.
Oh! Did I mention that I was invited to model my newly felted dress in a "Runway Show"?! Never been down that kind of runway before...yikes! This event is held each year as a fundraiser for Kootenai Environmental Alliance.
More to come...but for now I have to go get some sleep,
Janet
Whew! I know! I know! It's been awhile since I last wrote anything to you so let me update you on some of the goings on in my life and that of Sapphire. We have both been very busy.
I attended my last scheduled class at Pacific Northwest Art School at the end of July. Jorie Johnson, of Japan, was our instructor. Our assignment: Construct a complete garment without any seams. I made...a full length dress! I had already tackled a coat and a vest so the next thing was either a skirt, a longer coat or a dress. I had been toying with ideas about a dress already, yet I was unsure of a few of the construction details...but Jorie had all the answers!
And while what we were creating was quite interesting...it was my fellow students that awed me. I may have a few details slightly askew but essentially we had students from: from Israel, Kazakhstan (an artist with a thousand more artists from her country working under her in an artist cooperative), Canada and around the USA from CA, WY, ID, WA, and Ohio. There were two college textile professors, a costume designer for a Repertory Theater in WA, a Past President of an Art School, a Immigration and Naturalization Officer, a budding artist/mom, a Rancher/Artist and several local Whidbey Island fiber artists. Wonderful discussions during breaks!
Toward the end of August we attended the second Artist's Reception in the POAC Sandpoint (Idaho) Art Walk 2012. I took this opportunity to introduce some of the Art Walkers to sheer felting.
With September beginning we headed even further north to Priest Lake and Entree Gallery Trunk Show. It was a lovely late summer day and we had a delightful place under the willow tree on the grounds...and I tried to demonstrate sheer felting for these folks but the wind was blowing enough that is was darn near impossible to get any of my fiber laid out. I improvised by wetting out my surface before laying my fiber so it had something to stick to right away, but still it was too much for me. {Sigh} That piece is headed for the recycle bin!
Then just two days ago we held Coeur d' Alene's first ever Studio Tour!!! We had at least 150 people through Sapphire Studio in just 7 hours. By all accounts it was a good turnout and hopefully will be funded again next year. I enjoyed all the people that took the time to come by and see me explain and demonstrate just what it is that I do. A bonus was the time spent meeting more artists living in this area.
I also took time to formulate and launch my Fall Class Schedule which you will find on a TAB at the top of my blog...just under the header picture. Since opening my studio I have pretty much been busy creating or traveling. Hopefully Fall and Winter will allow me to devote some time to teaching in my studio.
Oh! Did I mention that I was invited to model my newly felted dress in a "Runway Show"?! Never been down that kind of runway before...yikes! This event is held each year as a fundraiser for Kootenai Environmental Alliance.
More to come...but for now I have to go get some sleep,
Janet
Friday, July 13, 2012
My New Pink "V" Coat
Evenin'' Everyone,
I am trying out new photo software. My previous uploads were through Photo Bucket and often failed to load properly...now I am using Picasa. Hope it continues to be easy to use AND that my photos load quickly and correctly.
It is now the second week of July and things are really starting to hop around here! I was browsing through my email at the beginning of the week and saw a message announcing a jewelry contest with an online gift company called Uncommon Goods. Sooooo I spent the middle of the week getting a few samples made; photos taken and sent off on the airwaves. There will be an in house panel first. If I make it out of that round then I go to the public voting round. If I am in the top five after that round then two jewelry judges get a shot at my designs...the winner gets $500 and a vendor contract with the company. To see what I sent off, scroll back to the top of this page. I'll let you know if and when it is time for the public vote or you can follow along at www.uncommongoods.com
These necklaces are made from merino, stones or glass (made right here in Cd'A) which I embed into my felt. Then I add eyelets...or are those grommets...I can never keep that straight! I then either felt a cord from merino or use a hand-dyed, handmade silk ribbon and add the clasp on one end and the flower pendant to the other. Each necklace can be custom made. To accompany the necklaces, I made earrings of Lucite flowers, stone beads, and Swarovski crystals.
I also found out this week that my Studio and I have been selected to participate in the first ever Studio Tour in Coeur d' Alene. It is going to be on September 8th. The sponsor of this event is Coeur d' Alene Arts and Cultural Alliance. More details on this later...just save that date!!! www.artsincda.org
And lastly, I have finished my first coat! This beautiful pink and purple "V" coat is absolutely wonderful to wear. I am not a model, yet it was fun enough to model this coat and flirt with the camera for a few quick shots of it before we drove it up to Kristie and her shop Blue Flag Weaving Studio. www.blueflagweaving.com
This flirty, fun, wide sash collar, wrap around coat is made of cotton gauze, merino, a mixture of designer wools from Montana, silk cloth and silk fibers, metallic fibers, buttons...and the bottom purple border which is a recycled blouse...it is a stretchy burned-out velvet like material. The inside, which is more geometric than random/abstract is as fun as the outside and I wanted to make it reversible but I just couldn't do it! (sigh)...maybe next time.
And tomorrow is Saturday so we are off to Farmers Market again...unless...well the prediction is for 70% chance of thunderstorms...so if it is raining in the morning I will just stay home and work on my Ode to the Ocean vessel!
Ta ta for now Fiber Fans,
Janet
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Going for a Roller Coaster Ride
Hello,
Well if I felt like I'd run a marathon on Friday and Saturday...(thankfully Sunday was truly a day of rest) then Monday was an absolute roller-coaster! Over a month and a half ago we had taken samples of my work to be juried at a couple of local shops - right on the main street in Coeur d' Alene. Both said they liked what they saw...however...we were still tied up with the end of summer Farmers Markets, Blue Flag, getting our website built and everything photographed for it and then the Christmas Market...so it wasn't until Monday that all of this came back around...I had been planning to clean house and decorate for Christmas...but...
A call from Mark led to a quick trip down to the gallery to look over the proposed display space...then back home for a discussion and a quick decision to take all our merchandise, which was still packed from Saturday's Christmas sale, down to Northwest Artists Cooperative Gallery on Sherman Avenue that afternoon. Friday is Art Walk all through downtown and we wanted to be part of it! But we needed lunch so we detoured to Subway for that and then proceeded to unload and set up all of our 'stuff' yet again! We are getting pretty good - and much faster - at doing this now :) Here is a quick look...
For a video tour of the gallery and some of the work done by other artists check out this link.
Northwest Artists Cooperative http://www.northwestartists.net/nw_artist_coop_gallery_001.htm
The sun was shining very brightly today...it was so beautiful...then today's mail brought our first check from Blue Flag Studio! Whoopee! Thank you Kristie and Terri - Love you both! Couldn't have been a better compliment to the sun outside. But I am still on the roller coaster today...what I thought was going to be a slow down this week has just continued to build up steam. Friday is Art Walk from 5-8 pm http://www.artsincda.org/ArtWalk.html and Saturday I will be with a fellow artist down at the Jacklin Center for the Arts in Post Falls from 10-2. Check it out at: http://thejacklincenter.org/
Until then I need to finish a handbag for Sharon in California, felted fingerless gloves for Antigone, earrings for Bonnie, and a scarf for Gail...and maybe more things for myself for Saturday at Jacklin...noooooo problem....guess the cleaning and tree decorating can wait! I hope!!!
Take care all,
Janet
Well if I felt like I'd run a marathon on Friday and Saturday...(thankfully Sunday was truly a day of rest) then Monday was an absolute roller-coaster! Over a month and a half ago we had taken samples of my work to be juried at a couple of local shops - right on the main street in Coeur d' Alene. Both said they liked what they saw...however...we were still tied up with the end of summer Farmers Markets, Blue Flag, getting our website built and everything photographed for it and then the Christmas Market...so it wasn't until Monday that all of this came back around...I had been planning to clean house and decorate for Christmas...but...
A call from Mark led to a quick trip down to the gallery to look over the proposed display space...then back home for a discussion and a quick decision to take all our merchandise, which was still packed from Saturday's Christmas sale, down to Northwest Artists Cooperative Gallery on Sherman Avenue that afternoon. Friday is Art Walk all through downtown and we wanted to be part of it! But we needed lunch so we detoured to Subway for that and then proceeded to unload and set up all of our 'stuff' yet again! We are getting pretty good - and much faster - at doing this now :) Here is a quick look...
For a video tour of the gallery and some of the work done by other artists check out this link.
Northwest Artists Cooperative http://www.northwestartists.net/nw_artist_coop_gallery_001.htm
The sun was shining very brightly today...it was so beautiful...then today's mail brought our first check from Blue Flag Studio! Whoopee! Thank you Kristie and Terri - Love you both! Couldn't have been a better compliment to the sun outside. But I am still on the roller coaster today...what I thought was going to be a slow down this week has just continued to build up steam. Friday is Art Walk from 5-8 pm http://www.artsincda.org/ArtWalk.html and Saturday I will be with a fellow artist down at the Jacklin Center for the Arts in Post Falls from 10-2. Check it out at: http://thejacklincenter.org/
Until then I need to finish a handbag for Sharon in California, felted fingerless gloves for Antigone, earrings for Bonnie, and a scarf for Gail...and maybe more things for myself for Saturday at Jacklin...noooooo problem....guess the cleaning and tree decorating can wait! I hope!!!
Take care all,
Janet
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