Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild CONNECTING THREADS
www.sbfiberarts.org ☼ P.O. Box 30944, Santa Barbara, CA 93130-0944
September/October 2014 Saturday, October 4th Meeting:
London Cities and Guild Embroidery
Presidio Springs Community Center
721 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara. (between De La Guerra and Ortega) Please park in lot across the street or along the street
9:30 am Social time and refreshments 10:00 am Brief Business meeting followed by Raffle 10:30 am Program
London Cities and Guild Embroidery—Jerri Harrison
Jerri Harrison will be giving an informal presentation by sharing many of the pieces of embroidery she com- pleted during her course work to receive her Certifi- cate of Competence in stitchery and design from City and Guilds of London. This was a rigorous and comprehensive course that took 3 and a half years to complete. The program was taught in Coupeville, Washington on Whidbey Island and spon- sored at that time by the Coupeville Art Center.
Jerri will provide a brief historical overview, sharing design sketchbooks and worksheets illustrating the creative process along with stitchery techniques used Sample by Jerri Harrison for the creation of finished projects.
Page 1 of 12 2012-2013 EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENT’S LETTER
Elected Officers September in Santa Barbara. Hot, dry and sunny… Robin is off to misty Scotland in search of Co-Presidents Lena Scharfeld Alice Starmore! Robin Lewis Lena is leaving for Europe in a couple of weeks and Vice President Shannon Ludington is especially looking forward to seeing the Bayeux Tapestry in Normandy, France. This so called tapes- Secretary Bev Ryan try is about 225 feet long by 1.6 feet wide. It is em- broidered on linen cloth and dates back to 1070. It is Treasurer Agnes Petruska believed to have been designed and constructed in England. The tapestry tells the story leading up to the Past President Victoria Kline Battle of Hastings.
Committee Chairpersons In the 1880’s an English group thought England Programs Jeanette Warren should have its own copy and some Victorian ladies embroidered a replica of the Bayeux Tapestry. This is Social Media Susan Owens located in the town of Reading and maybe I can find my way there too. Membership Normah Halim Hopefully everybody has a chance to see the exhibit Newsletter Editor Cat Weeks at the Goleta Library during the month of September
Reporter D’Ann Lawson where all the fiber arts are represented!
Distribution Phyllis Haecker Lena and Robin
Publicity Hisako Vincent
Hospitality Janice Gose
Correspondence Secretary V. Kline
Facilities Reservations Caren Paulson
Silent Auction Claire Chytilo
Library A. Sandburg & M. Lindberg
Guild Raffle Flavia Valle & Linda Estrada
UCSB Fiber Program Kim Cooke
Asset Managers Kim Cooke Eileen Ray
Community Projects Reyna Lorele Tartan weaving in Callander in the highlands of Scotland
WoW N. Halim & H. Vincent EDITOR’S NOTE: I visited an exhibit at The Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA, Game Changers: Fiber Historian Matt Eardley Art Masters and Innovators, and have included a few photos to inspire you on page 9. Cat
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MEMBERSHIP
Membership dues are $35 for the year. Please mail your check to SB Fiber Arts Guild, PO Box 30944, Santa Barbara, CA 93130.
Meeting Refreshments
The Guild needs a new Refreshments Hostess to keep track of who has signed up to bring refreshments. If in- terested in taking on this role, please let one of the Presi- dents or the Vice President know. Thank You!
***************************************************************************** The Charity branch of our Guild is accepting donations of handmade blankets, hats, scarves and more to give to those in need. Whatever your creative heart desires to make, we can proba- bly find a charity that would love to receive it. We also accept yarn and fabric which our vol- unteers will put to good use. For more info on how you can get involved, contact Reyna Lorele, [email protected].
************************************************************************************ This is YOUR newsletter—please send me items that you feel would be of interest to our Guild mem- bers. I will include as much as possible within the pages of each issue. Deadline for the Nov/Dec 2014 issue is Nov 7th but it is great for me to receive as much as possible before then. THANKS! Cat ************************************************************************************ Page 3 of 12
NOVEMBER 8th — Bus trip - Visit to Central Coast Weavers Annual Sale and Gallery in Atascadero at the Strawbale Weaving Studio and visit Alpaca Farm near Lompoc.
Hurray, a Field Trip!
On Saturday Nov. 8 we will be going to: CENTRAL COAST WEAVERS 6th ANNUAL SALE AND GALLERY SHOW Strawbale Barn Weaving Studio 9156 Santa Margarita Rd., Atascadero
Followed by
Our Santa Barbara Airbus will leave promptly at 8:30am, Sat. Nov. 8th from SB Airbus, 750 Tech- nology Dr, Goleta, CA 93117. You can park in back if leaving car at the Airbus
$25 members /$35 nonmembers Bring your lunch/snacks/drinks and $
We plan to arrive approximately 10:30am and leave Central Coast Weavers at noon. Weather per- mitting, we will have lunch at Atascadero Lake (presence of lake not guaranteed.) If it’s cold or rainy we can find a place inside at the Strawbale Barn. http://www.centralcoastweavers.org/guild_sale.html
Then we head for the Ranch of the Oaks, to arrive between 2 and 3. This is at 3269 Crucero Rd. Lompoc CA93436 http://www.ranchoftheoaks.com/
We will leave Ranch of the Oaks by 5pm, about a 1 hour drive back to the SB Airbus, arrive about 6pm. Does this sound like fun or what!! ——————————————————————————————————————
DECEMBER 6th — Holiday Pot Luck Luncheon - Silent Auction
JANUARY 3rd— presentation by Flavia Valle
FEBRUARY 7th—Guild Fashion Show
MARCH 7th—Crimp and Create with Dianna Totten
If you have a speaker, topic or workshop to suggest for a future Program, please contact Jeanette Warren at: [email protected]
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Wonders of Weaving, WoW is a group of individuals devoted to saving Santa Barbara’s 60 year-old floor weav- ing class at Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL, formerly SBCC Adult Ed.)
WoW will have its second annual sale in November 2014. Proceeds from this sale will offset 50% of the fees charged by CLL.
Last year, members of the guild were very supportive and donated many beautiful handmade items for the sale. WoW cannot thank every one of you enough.
This year we are again seeking your kind donations. If you would like to donate any handmade items, please con- tact Hisako Vincent, [email protected] or (805) 452-9737.
We are also exploring the possibility of having this sale at another location on Saturday November 8th. If you know of a location or someone who can assist please contact Normah Halim, [email protected] or (805) 452-5892.
In the mean time, save this date.
Dates: November 6 & 7 Time: 11 am – 5:30 pm Location: Grassini Family Vineyards Tasting Room El Paseo, 813 Anacapa St #6 Santa Barbara, CA
Community Projects Calling all knitters, crocheters, and quilters! Our Guild Community Projects group will be meeting on Saturday, October 11 from 1 to 3 in the afternoon. We will plan our projects, and decide on a regular monthly meeting time and place. Bring whatever projects you are working on, whether for charity or otherwise, to add your voice and creativity to the group. For more information, please contact Reyna, [email protected]. See you In October!
Many Thanks, Reyna
Lecture and workshops by Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably
October 16, 17 and 18, 2014: October 16 is knitting workshop with Brandon Mably and lecture in evening by Kaffe and Brandon. October 17 and 18 there are quilting workshops.
For more information call Roxanne's in Carpinteria at 805-566-1250.
Page 5 of 12 August Meeting: Garden Palettes - Exuberant Design from Glorious Gardens
Nature Photo with Yarn Wrap Cameron Taylor Brown
By D’Ann Lawson
Cameron Taylor Brown has immersed herself in the worlds of fiber, education and commerce since the 1970’s. She studied Fiber Art at the UC Berkeley and Textile design at the Philadelphia College of Tex- tiles and Science. She worked in New York City as a stylist of upholstery and home furnishing fabrics, taught textile design and worked as an exhibition curator. Since 1985 she has lived in LA where she maintains a studio and is active in several art organizations. She has been featured in American Craft Magazine and Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot. She teaches fiber workshops at schools, guilds, museums and conferences throughout the United States.
Cameron shared with us her passion of color, shapes and textures that are found in nature and how we can translate what we see into what we make using fiber to knit, crochet or weave. Her topic was Gar- den Palettes as Inspiration. She begins each project with an image taken from a magazine or photo of nature. She then pulls together the fiber that matches, blends, and is drawn from that picture to make the hands-on project. Cameron shared several quotes from a book by Robert Irwin, Garden at the Getty Center. “I want to get the thing as exuberant, as wild, and as absolutely spectacular, color-wise, as I can.” “I’ll put color combinations together which really shock each other, where traditional gardeners would say you can’t put those colors together.” “The color is not just the color. The color is in the texture and the juxtaposi- tion..suddenly a depth of color supplied by the texture comes into play.” Cameron also shared amazing photos from her trip to Monet’s Garden in France, aa well as Zoe’s garden from a local home in Santa Barbara, and David Ellwand’s Garden, Fairie-ality. All of these have inspired her to continue to create amazing fiber art pieces and to share her knowledge and inspiration with others. Next it was our turn to create textiles from garden pictures. She brought pictures of gardens and flow- ers for us to take our inspiration from. We chose a small piece of the big picture to mark off and study. We then went and found the fiber that was closest to the colors in the square. We wrapped a few strands of each color around a piece of cardboard to make a color palate to then knit, crochet or weave with. Cameron reminded us that the order of the wrap does not have to be exactly what we were going to make. It is just a start, an idea to move forward from. The wrap is like a jump start to get us going and gives us a tangible place to start our inspiration.
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Selecting the Yarns Wrapping the color choices
Cameron Taylor Brown’s Process:
Cut two L shaped frames from your 5x7 card Select garden photo for inspiration Frame pie shape area you want to explore in detail Select yarn palate of colors and textiles Create a wrapping with your yarn palate that expresses your garden inspiration Then look at what you have and decide if it is going to be a knitted sweater, shawl, or scarf Make sure to think about all the different textures and fibers to make sure they can be used to- gether Always do a sample weave or knit (put on some nice music and start your sample) There are variables you can’t answer unless you do a sample first This is a craft that is not instant. Remember the fiber, twist and gauge may be different and you will have to be creative
Lena knits from her selected pallette Bev shows her inspiration and sample
Page 7 of 12 Rug by Annie Guillemette, Wall hanging by Bev Ryan, Scarf by Lynn Lopez View of one wall of the exhibit September Guild Show
The Guild’s show at the Goleta Library is another success! The items hanging on the wall in- side the library really perk up the place. The reception on September 4 was well attended and fun. We have a variety of items displayed, from dolls to jewelry to rugs.
Upon reflection about the Reuse/Repurpose Challenge - take something used and give it a sec- ond life - there were some fun pieces submitted:
Boyhood marbles turned into a necklace - Stan Haley VHS tape used to make a bag by Jeanette Warren Recycled Jeans made into purses by Bev Ryan Dolls made from recycled curtains and clothing by Joan Melendez Bev Ryan made a basket from a bleach bottle and computer/TV cables inspired by Julie Kornblum Judyl made a scarf from an abandoned warp and sari silk And of course, bags made from plastic bags
The show will be up until Sept. 30 so try to see it before then. The library is on Fairview Ave above Calle Real.
NOTE: Volunteers are still needed to help to take down the Show at 4 pm on Tuesday, Sept 30th. Please contact Bev Ryan at [email protected] if you can help.
by Stan Haley by Bev Ryan by Joan Melendez by Bev Ryan Page 8 of 12 More Show Images
Pablo Picasso's Peace Scarf by Lena Scharfeld
Lynn Lopez, A Table for Five
Windblown Flowers Bag by Lena Scharfeld Shannon Ludington’s Goodbye Shaft Switching 1 & 2 - Matt Eardley
Exhibit: Game Changers: Fiber Art Masters and Innovators at The Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA, July 2014—November 2014
Random Order XIV by Dawn Walden—cedar bark, cedar roots, and bear grass
5 Temari– Sashiko Spheres by Lucy Arai Out of Water by Annette Bellamy— fish skins and artificial sinew
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Our Guild Member Vendors
Seams Incredible, 805-685-3336, Eileen Ray, quality custom clothing for women and children, alterations and zipper repairs.
Dr. D’Ann Lawson, Chiropractic Care, Massage Therapy & Life Coach, 25 E. Arrel- laga Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 805-963-3439, (fax 805-963-8740).
Reyna Thera Lorele, Knit and crochet repair, finishing, and custom work, YIYO Designs, 805-845-4882 , [email protected].
Santa Barbara Yarns & Finished Goods, local hand-spun yarns dyed from local plants, knitting patterns, felted items, etc. Randy Meaney, santabar- [email protected], 805-680-6522.
Village Spinning & Weaving Shop 425 Alisal Road, Solvang CA 93463 (805) 686-1192
toll free (888) 686-1192 email: [email protected]
www.villagespinweave.com
New Hours starting June 1, 2014: 9:30-5:30 Thursday thru Saturday + 11 - 5 Sunday
Closed *Mon, Tues, Wed*, Holidays & a few other days as necessary
If you Spin, Weave, Felt, Dye, Knit, Braid or a myriad of other fiber arts… give us a try!
Page 10 of 12 Spinning Star Alpacas and Morning Star Studio. Alpaca yarn, mill & hand spun designer yarns, roving, raw fiber, alpaca sales & products. Morning Star Studio: Fine art & design, oil monotypes, paintings and fiber art. Hedy Price Paley, (805) 687-6173, www.SpinningStarAlpacas.com and www.MorningStarFineArt.com
Pebble in the Pond Art Studio - fiber art and creativity workshops. Please visit www.breciacreative.com for more information. Brecia Kralovic-Logan, [email protected], (805) 896-3287.
Michael Rohde – Tapestries & Rugs www.michaelrohde.com
AmazonSmile Program
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets you enjoy the same selec- tion of products, prices and shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the eligible charitable or- ganization of your choice. Hopefully you will choose the Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild!
The first time you go to smile.amazon.com, you choose your charitable organiza-
tion in a drop down window. Your sign in will be the same as your amazon.com.
Same email address, same password. That’s all. You can also use our link, which
is: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/77-0545645
The Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild meets once a month on the First Saturday. For more information, please visit our Website: www.sbfiberarts.org To contribute to the Connecting Threads newsletter, please send your information to the Editor, Cat Weeks: [email protected]
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Connecting Threads Inside This Issue:
October Meeting: London Cities and Guild Embroidery
November Field Trip: Central Coast Weavers Annual Sale
Upcoming Meetings & Workshops Sample by Jerri Harrison
Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild P.O. Box 30944 Santa Barbara, CA 93130-0944
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