Crocheted Guns!

These faaaabulous crocheted guns were created by Inger Carina. Enjoy!

Bianca Green

I kind of wish Bianca Green made quilts instead of prints!

Sewnnews by Lauren DiCioccio

Sewnnews is an amazing project by artist Lauren DiCioccio in which she encases issues of The New York Times in cotton muslin and embroiders the fabric. The results are simply stunning. Take a look at Lauren’s portfolio to see more. She also embroiders on money, playing cards, slides, and more!

Colorful Deer Heads

Happy Sunday!

Here are some fancy, colorful deer heads (not quite fiber-art, but I found the patterns inspiring!) from Etsy seller Ruby's Lounge:

-Veronica

Hello, Spring Semester!

Hi everyone!

I recently sent out an email regarding Spring updates and meetings - if you aren't on the mailing list, please let me know so you can get on there! The dates for the Spring meetings are February 7th, March 7th, and April 11th.

Don’t forget to continue working on your piece for the upcoming 2^nd annual FAN Club show! Again, the theme is “Needling!” For more information on the theme, see below. The show goes up March 25^th!

The conceptual focus of this exhibition is the use of fiber sensibilities to create works that seek to disturb, unsettle, or challenge expectations and/or assumptions. Something draws us to the venue of what might be considered traditional household fiber techniques - perhaps a comfort from childhood. These works can carry strong connotations of home, craft, tradition, and family. But they can also gain great power when they are used to convey a broader social message. Turning those comfortable connotations upside down to convey sometimes uncomfortable social commentary transforms seemingly soft and friendly techniques into tools for powerful artistic and social voice. It is the twisting of those very "soft" connotations into "hard" social comment that evokes feelings of shock, discomfort, or poignancy - and serves as the basis for this year's exhibition theme - "NEEDLING".

Last, but not least, here are some blackbird pies and crocheted bulls!

Enjoy, and see you all in February!

Fiber Artists!

Hi everyone!

I hope you've all had a nice winter break :)

I just came across this website, which links to quite a few fiber artists' sites. A lot of different styles are represented--it looks like it could be a valuable resource when researching varying techniques and styles, or just wanting to look at some fun art!

-Veronica

New form of printing!

Hi everyone!

I hope finals went well :)

My friend works for this blog, and sent me the following link:

http://www.blog.dailybrink.com/?p=23

Apparently they are REDEFINING the future of printmaking!

Here is a little tidbit from the article:

The quality is astounding. There’s no banding or half-tones to be found, and the only limits on definition seem to be the original image and the thread count of the fabric itself. The images are monochrome but can be rendered in any single color, and the print extends across seams and stitching, creating a truly unique effect. How the process works is another question entirely. Genet and Angoulvant are tight-lipped on the details—as well they should be with a million-dollar idea like this. Whatever the case, they’ve put half a decade of research into Lumi and the result is tremendous.

Hope you all find it as exciting as I do! Let's send in some spies to figure out how they do it!

-Veronica

Knitting!

Hi everyone!

Stumbled upon a pretty nifty little blog...features new and exciting applications (a lot of yarn-bombing--such as putting leg warmings on a statue of Jefferson) of knitting, as well as some more traditionalish stuff!

http://www.knithacker.com/

-Veronica

Screen Printing Sale

Hey guys, a former employee of mine is selling all of his screen printing equipment...this includes everything from metal frames & inks to a manual printing press and exposure unit!

here is the craigslist add

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/for/2037624218.html

Most items he's selling in bulk, however, screens and frames he's selling separate for $5-$15 woo!

-Kristen

Guilds!

I'm not sure how many of you are already a member of (or at all interested) a weaver's/spinners/etc guild, but there are several in the Valley.

The webside for the Arizona Federation of Weavers is: http://www.azfed.org/

It lists all of the guilds in the area, and each guild has a site and benefits of being a member (grants, workshops, resources, books, films, show opportunities...).

The Arizona Desert Weavers and Spinners Guild serves the Greater Phoenix Area: http://adwsg.org/

They sound like they can be valuable resources to us, and a way to stay involved once we graduate!