Southwest Weaving News
October 2022
October 2022
Hello again!
Well, September sure went by quickly, didn’t it? I love the changing, softening light of fall
and the cooler temperatures! I hope all is well with you and yours.
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Well, September sure went by quickly, didn’t it? I love the changing, softening light of fall
and the cooler temperatures! I hope all is well with you and yours.
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The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum is hosting a monthly fiber social on the second Monday of every month at 1 pm. Participants are required to sign up as a museum volunteer or Friend member and agree to help at an event or class at least once a year. Next social will be Monday, October 10 at 1 pm. Bring any portable fiber project you are working on and come have fun! If you are interested in participating, please email LuAnn Kilday, luannr.kilday@state.nm.us. LuAnn is working to build up the fiber program at the Museum again, let’s show her our support!
Camelot Studio, home studio of artist Mary Diesel, is hosting unCLASSIFIED: removing artificial boundaries and labels, a fall art exhibit, Friday, October 14, 5-8 PM, Saturday and Sunday, October 15, 12-6 PM, with a reception Sunday, October 16, at 2 PM. The studio is located at 2008 Camelot Drive in Las Cruces. Participating artists include Jody Brimhall: Encaustics, glass work; Laurie Churchill: Mark-Making; Franky DeAngelis: Paintings; Mary Diesel: Ceramics, abstracts; Molly Dumas: Tin can retablos; Rosario Jeremias: Ceramics, glass work; Dennis Lujan: Painting; Julia Masaoka: Assemblage, mixed media; Beth Morgan: Jewelry; Laurie Shade-Neff: Paintings; Lauren Stedman: Linocut prints with letterpress and watercolor; Nana Zhorzholiani: Jewelry. You may also view by appointment by calling Mary Diesel at 575-556-9600, or email dieselart@marydiesel.com for more information.
SHOP LOCAL
Remember to support our local fiber providers!
Quillin Fiber Arts QuillinFiberArts.com Dedri is at the Las Cruces Farmers Market on Saturdays from 8 to 1 in front of COAS Bookstore and on Etsy, https://www.etsy.com/shop/QuillinFiberArts
My Place Jewell, 132-A Wyatt Dr 575-639-1616 Susan Jewell hosts the Southwest Regional Spinners group the 2nd Sunday of the month 1 -4 PM.
ON THE WEB
Lunatic Fringe is hosting a seminar on Anni Albers: Life and Legacy with Cameron Taylor-Brown on October 22 at 12 PM MDT, exploring Albers’ ongoing legacy through an examination of her work alongside that of artists who have been influenced by her work. Taylor-Brown is a Los Angeles-based artist, educator and researcher who runs ARTSgarage, a teaching space in the garage below her studio. The seminar is available through the Lunatic Fringe website, https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/product/annialbersctbseminar/ Cost: $20. Learn more about Cameron Taylor-Brown’s work on her website, https://www.camerontaylor-brown.com/ and her teaching space, ARTSgarage at https://www.artsgaragela.com/
The Australia-based online textile arts school, Fibre Arts Take Two, has a YouTube channel with videos of Friday Feature Artists. The school seeks to create a worldwide community of artists through their online courses and programming. Visit their website, FibreArtsTakeTwo.com or their YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/FibreArtsTakeTwo.
Camelot Studio, home studio of artist Mary Diesel, is hosting unCLASSIFIED: removing artificial boundaries and labels, a fall art exhibit, Friday, October 14, 5-8 PM, Saturday and Sunday, October 15, 12-6 PM, with a reception Sunday, October 16, at 2 PM. The studio is located at 2008 Camelot Drive in Las Cruces. Participating artists include Jody Brimhall: Encaustics, glass work; Laurie Churchill: Mark-Making; Franky DeAngelis: Paintings; Mary Diesel: Ceramics, abstracts; Molly Dumas: Tin can retablos; Rosario Jeremias: Ceramics, glass work; Dennis Lujan: Painting; Julia Masaoka: Assemblage, mixed media; Beth Morgan: Jewelry; Laurie Shade-Neff: Paintings; Lauren Stedman: Linocut prints with letterpress and watercolor; Nana Zhorzholiani: Jewelry. You may also view by appointment by calling Mary Diesel at 575-556-9600, or email dieselart@marydiesel.com for more information.
SHOP LOCAL
Remember to support our local fiber providers!
Quillin Fiber Arts QuillinFiberArts.com Dedri is at the Las Cruces Farmers Market on Saturdays from 8 to 1 in front of COAS Bookstore and on Etsy, https://www.etsy.com/shop/QuillinFiberArts
My Place Jewell, 132-A Wyatt Dr 575-639-1616 Susan Jewell hosts the Southwest Regional Spinners group the 2nd Sunday of the month 1 -4 PM.
ON THE WEB
Lunatic Fringe is hosting a seminar on Anni Albers: Life and Legacy with Cameron Taylor-Brown on October 22 at 12 PM MDT, exploring Albers’ ongoing legacy through an examination of her work alongside that of artists who have been influenced by her work. Taylor-Brown is a Los Angeles-based artist, educator and researcher who runs ARTSgarage, a teaching space in the garage below her studio. The seminar is available through the Lunatic Fringe website, https://lunaticfringeyarns.com/product/annialbersctbseminar/ Cost: $20. Learn more about Cameron Taylor-Brown’s work on her website, https://www.camerontaylor-brown.com/ and her teaching space, ARTSgarage at https://www.artsgaragela.com/
The Australia-based online textile arts school, Fibre Arts Take Two, has a YouTube channel with videos of Friday Feature Artists. The school seeks to create a worldwide community of artists through their online courses and programming. Visit their website, FibreArtsTakeTwo.com or their YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/FibreArtsTakeTwo.
ON THE BOOKSHELF
I recently got a copy of The Intentional Thread: a guide to drawing, gesture, and color in stitch by Susan Brandeis (2019, Schiffer Publishing) through Interlibrary Loan. Even though I don’t do much embroidery, I do add eccentric marks to my coiled vessels and was curious about Brandeis’ book. Just flipping through the beautiful pages, I know I will be adding this one to my personal library!
Brandeis is a studio artist and Distinguished Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University’s College of Design. She wrote the book after retirement as the “all-in-one-place book fully exploring the amazing range of expressive stitchery—the range of the intentional thread” she had looked for, and never found, throughout her teaching career. This is a beautiful book with lots of closeup color images of stitches covering the elements of line and the use of shapes and spaces in design with “Try This!” exercises at the end of each chapter. This is a wonderful compendium of free-form hand- and machine-stitching. This book will be a great resource for anyone wishing to explore mark-making and freeform stitching with needle and thread. I highly recommend it; even if you don’t do much hand embroidery, the designs and images in the book are a great creative inspiration. You can see images of Brandeis’ work on her website, https://susanbrandeis.wordpress.ncsu.edu/ A source guide for the book can be found at: https://content.schifferbooks.com/theintentionalthread/
I recently got a copy of The Intentional Thread: a guide to drawing, gesture, and color in stitch by Susan Brandeis (2019, Schiffer Publishing) through Interlibrary Loan. Even though I don’t do much embroidery, I do add eccentric marks to my coiled vessels and was curious about Brandeis’ book. Just flipping through the beautiful pages, I know I will be adding this one to my personal library!
Brandeis is a studio artist and Distinguished Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University’s College of Design. She wrote the book after retirement as the “all-in-one-place book fully exploring the amazing range of expressive stitchery—the range of the intentional thread” she had looked for, and never found, throughout her teaching career. This is a beautiful book with lots of closeup color images of stitches covering the elements of line and the use of shapes and spaces in design with “Try This!” exercises at the end of each chapter. This is a wonderful compendium of free-form hand- and machine-stitching. This book will be a great resource for anyone wishing to explore mark-making and freeform stitching with needle and thread. I highly recommend it; even if you don’t do much hand embroidery, the designs and images in the book are a great creative inspiration. You can see images of Brandeis’ work on her website, https://susanbrandeis.wordpress.ncsu.edu/ A source guide for the book can be found at: https://content.schifferbooks.com/theintentionalthread/
I’m still busy writing and weaving—the first much more than the second. I hope to make a book release announcement before the end of the year (fingers crossed!). I’m teaching my tapestry class again online and have started a little experimental piece I work on during class titled, Study in Scarlet. I don’t use reds very much in my work and wanted to spend some time playing with this color. It measures about 6 inches across.
Do you have any weaving news to share? A photo of your current Work-in-progress or a finished item? Are you part of a study group? Share your news with us! I will be publishing on or around the first Monday of each month. You can send any news items to me by the Friday before at LBKFiberArts@gmail.com and I’ll include them.
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