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Gorgeous velvet fall leaf lumbar pillow by LFN Textiles
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Laura describes her beautiful velvet pillow:
This is a really elegant pattern! I designed the fabric from a photo I had taken of magnolia leaves, and then manipulated. I had it printed on a rich polyester velvet fabric. The reverse is a rich sage green silk velvet (!wow!) filled with polyester, it is a small and gorgeous detail for your favorite armchair. The palette works really well with taupe, khaki, warm grey, and ivory backgrounds. The ground color is warm grey, ranging through a a variety of pale to deep viridian blue-green, accented by a coppery gold detail.
Message me if you would like to have this fabric made up as a larger pillow and I will get back to you with timing and a quote.
This one: $51
Uta Lenk dyes fabric in Germany and makes it available through her fabric club at justcolours.de. She also uses the fabric for her quilts at justquilts.de. Justquilts / justcolours.de Uta Lenk
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Starry Autumn Wall Hanging or table runner by Castilleja Cotton
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Beautiful and versatile Fall quilt by Diane! You can hang it on the wall or use it as a table runner. Here is Diane's description:
This Autumn table runner or wall quilt is a great way to decorate your home for Fall. This quilt was made with a pieced star background. The leaves and pumpkins have been fusible appliqued and the edges blanket stitched.
Free shipping within US and Canada.
On sale original price $105. Now only $49.18!!
Colors: brown, gold, orange, red
Size: Wall 18" wide by 42" long
Technique: Fusible Applique/Pieced
This quilt has a hanging sleeve on the back, along the top of the quilt. If you want to hang your quilt, simply insert a straight curtain rod (or a dowel) into this tube.
If you would like a personalized label, just write your text in the special instructions box when you check out and I'll attach a label to the back for you. (For example: Happy Birthday Diane, 2011; Love Mom and Dad, 2011"; Happy Anniversary Diane and Don, 2011; Merry Christmas Diane, 2011)
All materials are excellent quality 100% cotton. The binding is hand sewn to the back of the quilt.
Created in a smoke-free home
The quilt is unwashed since is mainly to be used as a wall quilt. It can be washed and dried on a cool setting. It will shrink some because of the quilting. Some of my quilts include crystals, beads or buttons, these quilts should be hand washed and laid flat to dry.
If you're not satisfied, just notify me within 7 days and return it for a full refund. I want you to be delighted with your quilt.
Bird Mug Brightly Colored Hand Painted Ceramic by Pamdesign.
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Pam is re-shooting images for her shop on Etsy and they look great! How do you like her assistant? 🙂
This mug's description:
Great color, pattern and fun birds march around this nice mug
300 ml/ 12 0z
10 cm / 4" tall
food and dishwasher safe
handpainted ceramic fired to cone 05
Pam Marwede : Great colorist; excellent with creatures and plants, patterns and moods. Super Muralist and Floorcloth artist. Amazing fabrics, outrageous pottery. Fun painted furniture. No colour out of bounds, my imagination+ your imagination= endless possibilities.
$54.84
Sally Gould Wright - Textile Artist, quilt artist, works out of her home studio in Los Angeles, USA. Her quilts reflect her interest in history, architecture and the natural world.
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California Dreaming: Down in the Grove
Wow!!
Beautiful!
Fabric necklaces Pri Fabrics and Beads
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Lina Sofía lived in Miami, Florida, while her aunt, Lavinia, is in Cali, Colombia, The two collaborate on creating jewelry and other crafts for their shop, PRI Fabrics and Beads. Lina Sofia moved back to Colombia and will reopen her shop once they are settled in. Meanwhile, sign up on her Etsy page to get an email when she opens back up!
Deanne Fitzpatrick Studio has one of a kind hooked rugs, rug hooking kits, patterns, and supplies. We have studio workshops on rug hooking and online course on rug hooking.I have a rug hooking studio in downtown Amherst, Nova Scotia where I show my one of a kind hooked rugs, create rug hooking kits, patterns, host workshops, and sell supplies.
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Tiny Landscapes Series
Giuse Maggi is an artist who loves to explore materials and their potentiality with antique and new techniques.
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Giuse Maggi
Originally from Italy, Giuse Maggi has lived in the Middle East for many years with the Kingdom of Bahrain as her current home. She has worked with many different media, including ceramics and glass, but has found a passion for recycling and now incorporates plastic and other waste in many of her works. Giuse also enjoys using natural materials found locally. She runs an art studio where she teaches and is available for workshops..
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#tafalist curated by Feltwerker - Recycled Felted Wool Accessories
Thanks for sharing! This wall hanging has been manufactured utilizing only discarded T-shirts. I invite everyone to give a second chance to any kind of clothes for art purpose. Cotton t-shirts can be turned in threads( you can find on Pinterest and/YouTube many demos how to make it) and then some macrame knowledge to create your unique wall hanging. My design is inspired by the heritage of the country where I live. What about yours? 😍
awesome Giuse Maggi
Today on the Selvedge blog...https://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/pile-on-the-passementerie
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'Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, that they shall make themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations.' The rAmie Starchuk Art, a Canadian textile artist who creates intricately-crafted, multi-layered fabric works of art from her private studio in Saudi Arabia.
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Handmade handpoured hand glazed scented candle by
Happy Clay
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A bit about Niki and this piece:
Inspired by New Orleans, influenced by the world, and crafted by hand, Happy Clay is the outflow of artisan Niki Buckley Crosby.
“My work reflects my life; layers of tension, tragedy, survival and celebration.”
Handmade / hand glazed ceramic tumbler candle
100% Soy wax candle in Tahitian Gardenia
Cedar wick crackles like a bonfire as it burns
60-80 hours burn time
4 inches tall, 3 inches in diameter, 12 oz.
When candle is complete tumbler can be put in dishwasher and used as a drinking glass, or displayed as a piece of artistic decor.
All the articles, exhibitions, and projects for this week’s Friday Fibers Roundup highlight the diversity and wonderment of the simple technique of embroidery.
Friday Fibers Roundup: Embroidery, Drawing with Thread - Surface Design Association
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All the articles, exhibitions, and projects for this week’s Friday Fibers Roundup highlight the diversity and wonderment of the simple technique of embroidery. 1) The interview Irem Yazici: Embroide...I rather like the look of the Game of Thrones tapestry...
Kris
Linda
Katie
Quilt makers and quilt lovers, if you find yourself in Lowell, MA, stop by the New England Quilt Museum and take a peek a Gilding the Lily. The show runs through the end of the year.
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a 3,000 year old ball of yarn! very cool.
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-a-3000yearold-ball-of-yarn
Oh, THAT'S where I put it!
Jeanne K McCartney And where there's one there's more! Lolol.
Fabulous
Dana Macphee Margaret Macisaac Ruth Subatchkoff Finnie Madeleine Östling
Innes Carmichael
Desi Liversage
Biscailuz Gallery at El Pueblo Historial Monument
125 Paseo De La Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Penny Morrill, who teaches at art history at George Mason University and has a PhD in Mesoamerican colonial art history from University of Maryland, will be giving a talk entitled "Mexican Silver Designers Imagine their Future with Roots in the Past" during the opening reception.
This exhibition focuses on influences between Mexican and American craft traditions, which will be on view in the Biscailuz Gallery at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument from November 16, 2017 through February 25, 2018. This exhibition of approximately thirty objects will highlight artwork in a variety of media made by artists from both the U.S. and from Mexico who will be featured in Craft in America’s BORDERS and NEIGHBORS episodes. In celebration of Craft in America’s tenth year on air, these episodes mark the series’ first in-depth foray into craft outside of the U.S. This exhibition, held at the site of the historic birthplace of the city of Los Angeles, will be an occasion to honor the spirit of creativity that transcends physical and cultural barriers and that unifies our cultures.
In partnership with El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Borders and Neighbors: Craft Connectivity Between the U.S. and Mexico will explore the symbiotic relationships that Mexican and American artists have on each other, their craft and their communities. Featuring a broad range of work by weavers, ceramic artists, papermakers, jewelers, muralists, altar makers – these objects touch on the people, history and traditions behind the craft. The stories they represent confirm the idea that art is without borders. Among the highlights in this exhibition:
-Contemporary Barro Negro blackware pottery figurines made in the ancient Zapotec style outside of Oaxaca
-Blown and hot-sculpted glass Pre-Columbian figurine replicas by Los Angeles artist Jaime Guerrero
-Paper bead jewelry designed by artist Kiff Slemmons and executed by the Taller Arte Papel, Oaxaca
-A site-specific installation by Los Angeles master altar maker Ofelia Esparza
-Interactive media, portraits and footage from the episodes will complement the displayed artworks and engage visitors profoundly. Additional public programming will expand upon the themes of the exhibition.
“There are two kinds of borders; borders in the mind and physical borders." –Evelina Marquez Morga, artisan at Taller Arte Papel Oaxaca
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Getting Here: L.A. Stories of Childhood Immigration
Craft in America invites visitors to share their own stories of childhood migration to Los Angeles in the form of handwritten letters. The letters will also be digitized on craftinamerica.org where they will continue to be shared virtually. This participatory public history collection project is intended to deepen community understanding of child immigrant experiences and how they impact our city.
El Pueblo is an important cultural and historical destination for those visiting Los Angeles. Located across the street from Union Station, it currently attracts over two million visitors a year from throughout the United States and from every continent in the world. It also hosts more than 400,000 students annually. El Pueblo is a living museum that plays a unique role as the historic and symbolic heart of the city, celebrating the Native American, African American, Spanish, Anglo, Mexican, Chinese, Italian and French cultures that contributed to its early history. It is the ideal site to host this exhibition that fundamentally celebrates how art can build and strengthen bonds between cultures.
About El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument: El Pueblo is near the site of the early pueblo or town where forty-four settlers of Native American, African, and European heritage journeyed more than one-thousand miles across the desert from present-day northern Mexico and established Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula on September 4, 1781, which was the foundation for the city of Los Angeles. Of the Monument’s twenty-seven historic buildings, eleven are open to the public as businesses or have been restored as museums.
About the Biscailuz Gallery: This building, located on the site of the Juan Sepulveda adobe, was designed as the United Methodist Church Conference Headquarters and the Plaza Community Center. In 1968, the building was re-named after Eugene Biscailuz, a former Los Angeles Coutnry Sheriff, who had helped Christine Sterling in her struggle to save this historic section of Los Angeles. In 1979, Leo Politi painted a mural on the south and east facades that depicts the Blessing of the Animals, a traditional event held in the Park every year on Easter Sunday.
Borders and Neighbors Exhibition Opening Reception
125 Paseo De La Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Penny Morrill, who teaches at art history at George Mason University and has a PhD in Mesoamerican colonial art history from University of Maryland, will be giving a talk entitled "Mexican Silver Designers Imagine their Future with Roots in the Past" during the opening reception.
This exhibition focuses on influences between Mexican and American craft traditions, which will be on view in the Biscailuz Gallery at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument from November 16, 2017 through February 25, 2018. This exhibition of approximately thirty objects will highlight artwork in a variety of media made by artists from both the U.S. and from Mexico who will be featured in Craft in America’s BORDERS and NEIGHBORS episodes. In celebration of Craft in America’s tenth year on air, these episodes mark the series’ first in-depth foray into craft outside of the U.S. This exhibition, held at the site of the historic birthplace of the city of Los Angeles, will be an occasion to honor the spirit of creativity that transcends physical and cultural barriers and that unifies our cultures.
In partnership with El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument, Borders and Neighbors: Craft Connectivity Between the U.S. and Mexico will explore the symbiotic relationships that Mexican and American artists have on each other, their craft and their communities. Featuring a broad range of work by weavers, ceramic artists, papermakers, jewelers, muralists, altar makers – these objects touch on the people, history and traditions behind the craft. The stories they represent confirm the idea that art is without borders. Among the highlights in this exhibition:
-Contemporary Barro Negro blackware pottery figurines made in the ancient Zapotec style outside of Oaxaca
-Blown and hot-sculpted glass Pre-Columbian figurine replicas by Los Angeles artist Jaime Guerrero
-Paper bead jewelry designed by artist Kiff Slemmons and executed by the Taller Arte Papel, Oaxaca
-A site-specific installation by Los Angeles master altar maker Ofelia Esparza
-Interactive media, portraits and footage from the episodes will complement the displayed artworks and engage visitors profoundly. Additional public programming will expand upon the themes of the exhibition.
“There are two kinds of borders; borders in the mind and physical borders." –Evelina Marquez Morga, artisan at Taller Arte Papel Oaxaca
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Getting Here: L.A. Stories of Childhood Immigration
Craft in America invites visitors to share their own stories of childhood migration to Los Angeles in the form of handwritten letters. The letters will also be digitized on craftinamerica.org where they will continue to be shared virtually. This participatory public history collection project is intended to deepen community understanding of child immigrant experiences and how they impact our city.
El Pueblo is an important cultural and historical destination for those visiting Los Angeles. Located across the street from Union Station, it currently attracts over two million visitors a year from throughout the United States and from every continent in the world. It also hosts more than 400,000 students annually. El Pueblo is a living museum that plays a unique role as the historic and symbolic heart of the city, celebrating the Native American, African American, Spanish, Anglo, Mexican, Chinese, Italian and French cultures that contributed to its early history. It is the ideal site to host this exhibition that fundamentally celebrates how art can build and strengthen bonds between cultures.
About El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument: El Pueblo is near the site of the early pueblo or town where forty-four settlers of Native American, African, and European heritage journeyed more than one-thousand miles across the desert from present-day northern Mexico and established Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula on September 4, 1781, which was the foundation for the city of Los Angeles. Of the Monument’s twenty-seven historic buildings, eleven are open to the public as businesses or have been restored as museums.
About the Biscailuz Gallery: This building, located on the site of the Juan Sepulveda adobe, was designed as the United Methodist Church Conference Headquarters and the Plaza Community Center. In 1968, the building was re-named after Eugene Biscailuz, a former Los Angeles Coutnry Sheriff, who had helped Christine Sterling in her struggle to save this historic section of Los Angeles. In 1979, Leo Politi painted a mural on the south and east facades that depicts the Blessing of the Animals, a traditional event held in the Park every year on Easter Sunday.
A year’s worth of festivities celebrated the 50th anniversary of Rhode Island School of Design's glass program. Pictured: An installation by Yidan Zeng and Saba Yazdjerdi created in Synthesis of Light a recent interdisciplinary studio co-taught by glass critic Stefanie Pender and visiting designer James Carpenter.
Yearlong RISD Glass Celebration Concludes | American Craft Council
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A year’s worth of festivities celebrated the 50th anniversary of Rhode Island School of Design's glass program.This Sunday at 2pm, join Craft in America and three artists from our most recent episodes of BORDERS and NEIGHBORS for a screening of the documentary series with a Q&A to follow.
Ofelia Esparza, Jaime Guerrero, and Gerardo Monterrubio will be speaking and answering questions after the screening. This is a wonderful opportunity to see and hear from some amazing artists.
The event is free and open to the public.
Reserve a seat online by clicking the link below:
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Just to clarify: the event takes place at the Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library.
Here is a sneak peek from the Self Help Graphics & Art and Ofelia Esparza segment featuring Day of the Dead altars at Grand Park in downtown L.A.: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT3gi0jAHeA
Take a peek at P Michael Quinn's installation at Burning Man. Its simplicity and delicate nature is poetic and meditative. It's a great way to start the morning!
handeyemagazine.com/content/temporary-nature.
www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/the-future-is-fabulous
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For anyone who can’t stand to throw out that seasons-old jacket or even the last drop of milk, don’t despair – there is in fact a line to be drawn between hoardBack to the future, ❤️love this!
Anna Cawdron
The Week in Craft: American Craft wins a FOLIO: award, The Guardian asks an important question about important questions, People of Craft, and more.
The Week in Craft: October 18, 2017 | American Craft Council
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American Craft wins a Folio award, The Guardian asks an important question about important questions, People of Craft, and more.If you have yet to visit Ofelia Esparza's Altar at Freehand Gallery, please come by and view the work the master altar artist has created with her daughter. Read more about the display below.
This Sunday, October 22 from 2-3:30pm, please join us for a very special event with our good friends at the Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library. There will a special Screening of the BORDERS and NEIGHBORS episodes followed by a Q&A featuring Ofelia herself.
CRAFT IN AMERICA | Ofelia Esparza Altar at Freehand Gallery
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In conjunction with Freehand Gallery, Craft in America has commissioned an altar from master altar maker Ofelia Esparza and her daughter Rosanna to be displayed in the window next to the Center at Fre...#FTFVerified businesses make a holistic commitment to the FTF's fair trade principles for all of their products and practices.
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On the blog today we discuss Josef Frank, breaking the Scandi-chic mould... www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/perennial-prints
Such beauty
Passport to Folk Art Trips...a life-changing opportunity to meet master folk artists in their home countries, experience rich histories and traditions firsthand, and connect with the artists that are creating a better future for their communities through folk art. www.folkartalliance.org/passport/
Cuba: January January 12 – 22, 2018...Only Two Spots Left!!
Indonesia: Java & Bali, September 17-29, 2018
Visit www.folkartalliance.org/passport/ and book your trip today! #wanderlust #passportfolkart #folkart15 #folkartfan
We would like to thank everyone that joined us at our opening reception for Gerardo Monterrubio.
If you haven't had a chance to see it yet, the exhibition is on view through November 25, 2017 at the Center.
#pstlala #gerardomonterrubio #craftinamerica #manomade #ceramics @ Craft in America
New journal alert! Our Fall 2017 Journal, Color is out now. Become a member today to receive our quarterly journals. Cover image is from Jesse Harrod, titled “Rangers–Blue One.”
To learn more visit: www.surfacedesign.org/journal/about-the-journal/
Reminder: Wednesday night is our next Library Salon Series event in Minneapolis. We're thrilled to welcome the husband-and-wife furniture-making duo Ali Sandifer from Detroit to discuss their story and their work, which is “born from a simple belief that design, material, and craft must work together to achieve intelligence, beauty, and longevity.” Please join us at 7 p.m. for this free event at ACC.
Inside Scoop: Ali Sandifer | American Craft Council
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Library Salon Series: Founded by Abir Ali and Andre Sandifer in 2004, Ali Sandifer is known for exquisitely made furniture with a modern edge.#TrunkShowTuesday for October 17, 2017
In this week’s #TrunkShowTuesday presentation, we feature artwork by SAQA members Pamela Burns, Robynne Cole, Sarah Entsminger, Julia Graber, Lynda Mariani, Denise Oyama Miller, Sonya Prchal, and Alison Schwabe.
Check out the entire #TrunkShow and learn how YOU can host a trunk: saqa.com/trunkshow
Stop back each Tuesday for more art quilt inspiration!
We had so many great comments when we had our trunk show in Sheridan, WY. It was wonderful exposure for art quilts.
Fast forward to next summer... and you could be basket weaving at Chateau Dumas with Annemarie O'Sullivan. Take a look at this beautiful video by Alun Callender of O'Sullivan at work... To find out more visit our website: bit.ly/2yrwc6bFollowing artist Annemarie O’Sullivan from cutting her willow at the start of the year in the midst of winter to the summer at her studio in East Sussex where…
Look at these bugs!
Wow. They look so realistic!!
2017 ACC Emerging Artist Jennifer Ling Datchuk
Meet this year's ACC Emerging Voices Artist award winner, Jennifer Ling Datchuk. Full profile and video: ow.ly/G8W130fVjJH.
Tate Modern, one of the most prestigious and well-known contemporary art museums in the world, recently opened its doors to host a functioning ceramics factory. We caught up with British artist Clare Twomey, the mastermind behind it, to learn more.
Assembly Line Ceramics at Tate Modern | American Craft Council
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One of the most prestigious and well-known contemporary art museums in the world recently opened its doors to host a functioning ceramics factory."Color" our Fall 2017 Journal is out now!
"Color"—Out Now! - Surface Design Association
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Surface Design Association is excited to annouce “Color”, our Fall edition of Surface Design Journal! This Journal considers the theme of color from multiple angles and viewpoints–from aesthetic...SAQA member volunteers are still needed to help with exhibitions and the booth at International Quilt Festival in Houston. There are several different roles; one is sure to strike your fancy!
Come meet your fellow members and share your love of art quilts and SAQA with Festival visitors!
Get the details: www.saqa.com/hotnews.php?ID=469
SAQA News and EventsJoin us at Quilt Festival Houston!
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We are looking for volunteers to assist at the SAQA Booth at Quilt Festival Houston - it's super FUN and you get to hang out with other fabulous SAQA members!Gerardo Monterrubio's work is painted around the abstract forms he creates; the imagery wraps around each piece and interacts with the forms (making his work extremely difficult to photograph).
Join us in person for the full 3D experience this afternoon from 4-6pm at the Center for Monterrubio's opening reception.
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Have you subscribed to our FREE email publication Fiber Art Friday?
Yesterday's edition featured news of art quilt exhibitions, and a great selection of artwork eye candy, too! Check it out!
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Your sign up form asks for a zip code of 5 numbers. UK postcodes are longer and include letters - fortunately it accepted 12345
Hmmm...I wasn't asked for my zip/postal code, but for my e-mail address. All seemed to go well, and I was told I'd get an e-mail with a link to double-confirm *my* e-mail address...but it hasn't come (that was over an hour ago...).
I love these square beads! We usually have several shades of green jade but right now just have the emerald ones listed. Only $22 a strand!
Check them out:
www.etsy.com/listing/153572360/emerald-square-bead-strand-8-mm-squareAfghan Tribal Arts
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Wonderful square jade beads that were hand cut!
Average Dimensions:
Bead Size: 8 mm
Strand Length: 15 inches (37 centimeters)
These beads are emerald jade, a deep forest green, almost looks black. $22 per strand
Jade Properties: (JewelrySupplier.com)
Mental Healing
According to followers of the New Age, Jade encourages practicality, wisdom, mental peace and tolerance of others. They also believe it can rejuvenate during periods of stress, reduce fears, banish negative thoughts and increase a person’s capacity for giving and receiving love. Jade makes a good worry stone and is often used in rosaries.
Spiritual healers attribute different abilities to each color of Jade. They recommend blue for aid in meditation, brown when entering a new phase in life, green for the management of passionate feelings, lavender for repairing a broken heart, red for generating emotional energy, white for problem-solving, yellow for people with a lack of energy.
Physical Healing
Crystal healers associate Jade with ailments of the immune system, thymus, heart, kidney and nervous system. Nephrite is actually derived from the Greek word for kidneys and is still a remedy among healers for Nephritic Colic. The crystal healing followers also believe it can stimulate white blood cell and adrenaline production, which could account for its long association with sports. Eastern athletes believe it can darken in times of superior fitness and lighten when illness comes.
Chakras
Crown Chakra
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Afghan Tribal Arts specializes in handcut, unpolished beads from Afghanistan and the region. Working with artisans directly in the Peshawar region, your purchase helps support small workshops who work in traditions established over centuries in the Silk Road. Afghanistan has great wealth in its natural resources, including an endless variety of semi-precious stones. Unpolished stones take in the oils of the skin with wear and develop a deep patina over time.
Amazing sculpting process!
Juliana Lepine Sculptures
A little bit of the process of sculpting Freddie Mercury <3
Music by Gary Smyth:
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Join us in celebrating #FairTradeMonth with a fair trade giveaway! Enter to win one of 18 fair trade products:
1. Tell us about your favorite item from an #FTFverified business in a post on Facebook.
2. Make sure to like and tag us!
See prize details and sweepstakes rules at www.fairtradefederation.org/fairtrademonth-giveaway/.
This week’s Friday Fibers Roundup features a groundbreaking exhibition series, maps of embroidery techniques by country, as well as silk recreations of homes and objects.
Friday Fibers Roundup: Mapping / Vision / Traces - Surface Design Association
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This week’s Friday Fibers Roundup features a groundbreaking exhibition series, maps of embroidery techniques by country, as well as silk recreations of homes and objects. 1) “Artistic Maps of Paki...
Kids Design The House Of The Future, And It’s Chilling
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Whimsical tree houses . . . and war-proof bunkers.New journal is on the horizon, but here's one from our Summer 2017 Journal, Making our Mark. Have you subscribed yet?
Piece is from Magda Soboń, titled Venus.
Are you ready? Do you want to introduce your products at a major U.S. wholesale market but don’t know first steps to take? Join us at the 2018 Winter Las Vegas Market - January 28th – February 1st, 2018. Become an exhibitor at the nation’s fastest growing trade show for gift and home décor market and the leading furniture marketplace, Be part of two pre- market interactive webinars, and on-site individual mentoring and coaching from Aid To Artisans consultants and make your LVM experience a success!
Reserve your spot today!
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#TrunkShowTuesday for October 10, 2017
We now return you to our regularly scheduled #TrunkShowTuesday presentation!
This week we feature artwork by Julea Boswell, Maya Chaimovich, Gerrie Congdon, Linda Filby-Fisher, Ellen Lindner, Patricia Porter, June Robertson, and Kate Schneider-Braus.
Check out the entire #TrunkShow on the website: saqa.com/trunkshow
For the weavers: Schiffer Publishing has a new book out--Ondulé Weaving: Weaving Contours with a Fan Reed. We liked it and recommend it for intermediate to advanced weavers who want to add a new technique. Take a peek:
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Who is "Reed", in the second paragraph?
Kathy Woollett
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Dana Blair is taking the experience she has had with Threads of Peru to a new, sustainable social enterprise: Pichinku naturally dyed yarns. Her Kickstarter campaign funded the initial phase and yarns are expected to hit the market by October 2017.
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Cindy Grisdela Art Quilts: Festival schedule and a nice display of what's available in her Etsy shop.
Mayamam Weavers, a fair trade cooperative of women in Cajolá, Guatemala, specializes in home textiles and fashion accessories.
Folkwear Patterns are based on authentic ethnic and vintage garments, used by theatre and dance costumers, historic reenactors, art-to-wear aficionados, and anyone who enjoys dressing up.
Jane Dunnewold is an artist, teacher and author of surface design techniques. She teaches and lectures internationally and at her studio in San Antonio, Texas.
The Pacific Northwest Art School offers workshops and classes in Fiber Arts, Mixed Media, Painting, and Photography. Whidbey Island, Washington, USA.
Transformative textile art, Threads of Awakening, based in Buddhist tradition. Online apprenticeships and commissions. Prints. Training. Your spiritual path. Your creative practice. Connected. Leslie's monthly newsletter.
MarketPlace: Handwork of India, empowering women and breaking the cycle of poverty! Fair Trade and handmade, long-lasting elegance!
Laura Lee Burch is an American artist and author living in Israel. Her current passion lies in needle felting animals and people with humor and sometimes, a message. She welcomes special commissions of her work.
Textiil sells artisanal fabrics, and creates modern global home decor and accessories from batik, ikat and songket sourced in Indonesia and Malaysia. They have a growing stock of sustainably made plant based dye batiks and natural dye silks.
CulturalPatina Gallery sells tribal art from around the world, with a special focus on SouthWestern Navajo rugs and Native American pottery. Holiday sale through December 22, 2015!
Elena Ulyanova has a passion for eco and botanical dye processes and has taught her methods in many European countries. Originally from the Ukraine, she now lives in Poland. She sells upcycled garments and accessories that she dyes on Etsy.
Silvia Piza-Tandlich has exhibited her work around the world and runs Galeria Octagono in Costa Rica. Community oriented, all of her work is made by hand, often inspired by themes drawn on from Latin American mythology.
Folt Bolt is Kriszta Kemény’s exceptional effort at promoting artists and the handmade community. She runs curated collections on her website and has developed an active and successful community through her Facebook page.
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