Our usual summer event is our Natural Dye Day in August. THIS year we are meeting for our Members Only Dye Day event on July 29th (space is limited, thus the Members Only stipulation). We will have a show and tell open to all in September! Check back for details!
Myco-color: Mushrooms for Dye and Pigment
Anna Bower and Hallie Silva
Members Anna and Hallie report back from Julie Beeler’s workshop: Mushroom Color Atlas. Their presentation will include South Coast area mushroom identification for dye, methods for successful mushroom dye baths, and using exhaust dye baths for pigment making.
Anna Bio:
Anna is the Assistant Curator of Living Collections at Ganna Walska Lotusland. She enjoys propagating and harvesting dye plants, knitting, and making plant-based pigments for paint.
Hallie Bio:
Hallie teaches art at La Colina Junior High. She loves the experimental process of dyeing with natural materials. She forages for mushrooms and lichens in the Santa Barbara foothills and backcountry to create dyes for fabric and yarn.
This will be our second IN-PERSON meeting at the multipurpose room at the Church of Christ, 677 N. Turnpike Rd, Santa Barbara 93111. Please join us at 9:30 for socializing, short business announcements at 10, followed by the program.
Our in-person speaker is John Novak, co-proprietor of the Village Spinning and Weaving Shop formerly in Solvang and now an on-line only presence (www.villagespinweave.com).
The title of his talk is “A Conversation with John”.
Please join us as we resume in-person meetings at our new meeting space: the multipurpose room at the Church of Christ at 677 N. Turnpike, Goleta.
We return to our former format, a meet and greet social period from 9:30 to 10:00, call to order at 10:00, and the speaker program from 10:15 to 11:30.
This will be a members only meeting, in person! Directions to the site with parking suggestions will be sent to all members via email.
We’ll have the presentation of the slate of nominees for the next Board from the Nominating Committee and the election, then move on to brief announcements—mentioning the next programs, new meeting site, sign up for future refreshments, reminders of dye day and exhibit (assistants needed etc.,) then the survey. While the survey is being filled out, if time permits, we can have a brief show and tell. Maybe then, a refreshments break and suggestion of seating by interests.
Taking Our Fiber Art Beyond Where We’ve Been
“My presentation will be focused on thinking, going and working beyond what we usually do with our fiber art work, to expand our creative ideas and outcomes. This includes exploring and discovering new ways to work with fibers, which create exciting new processes and outcomes. I’ll share photos of my work to demonstrate how I apply these practices during my creative process.”
Vicki Assegued, M.A. is an innovative fiber artist, continually experimenting with, and discovering new techniques to bring out a wide range of effects and structures for both 2D and 3D art pieces. Vicki greatly enjoys working with the vast variety and possibilities that fabrics and fibers offer. She loves to share her techniques with her students and support them to create their own unique and stunning fiber art. She teaches privately and through various art schools and exhibits/sells her art at various galleries and shows. www.vickiart.com
Note: this will be a ZOOM presentation, 10am to 11:30, and here is the link:
Topic: FiberArtsGuild Monthly Meeting with Presenter Vicki Assegued
Time: Mar 4, 2023 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88388752340
| In-Person Meeting on Saturday February 4th 10 am – noon. Check the latest email from SBFAG for location details. The theme is Fiber Flurry and this will be an exciting meeting with a members-only sale focused on yarn! A chance to buy great yarns of all kinds at bargain prices. Sales will be cash or preferably checks, and NO CREDIT CARDS. |
Kellen’s art is rooted in nature and story. Highly influenced by the natural world, she weaves the wild outdoors into her pieces and brings that love of nature inside. This talk will discuss how she utilizes natural materials including wool, fabric, cotton, wood, paper, willow, reed, etc. and what inspires her process. Each piece created is a unique, one-of-a-kind work of art. Zoom at 10 am.
LINK to join the 1-7-23 Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88623251637
Members Only Studio Tour same day 2-4 pm, let Brecia know if you plan on attending!
“Sometimes life gives us constraints and it is our job as makers to embrace and find creative solutions to keep our practice going. This talk will address how time and space limitations have changed my practice, working in multiples, and cover a wide range of works I have done over the years using both metal and fiber. I will also share how my small collective, SPOOL, explores and examines our individual creative journeys as we collaborate on our upcoming show at gallery 203. I am interested in creating meaning and narrative through form and materials with my sculpture. The materials I use are an intrinsic part of my art making process. By exploring resonances between a single line and densely packed wire, my pieces become metaphors evoking themes of time, change, balance, tension, breath, and decay. These sculptural objects are created through repetitive and time intensive processes such as weaving, netting, and looping. The resulting forms are contemplative sounding boards that echo my impressions and experiences.” – www.Lydiatjioe.com
This will be a ZOOM presentation at 10 am, Saturday, November 5th. The link will be sent to members via email and posted here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789322885.
During the demonstration, Serge will introduce guild members to the body of his work in silk painting. Please see his website for photos! www.sergenepomnin.com
He will also talk about his creative process and a variety of silk painting techniques, concentrating on the Serti technique as his preferred method. There will be a time for Q&A at the end of the demonstration.
This meeting is via ZOOM on Saturday October 1st at 10am. The link is here:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85063241798 and Guild members will also get it the link via email.