The supplies are ordered! The scarves are drying! The class is full!

My workshop at the Frist will go well, I hope. Above you see some of the dozens of scarves I’m preparing for it, drying in my living room. When you’re an artist, you learn to take advantage of what space you have to get what you need done. In this case, it meant stringing up cotton twine across our living room several times to drape the 100 or so scarves on in order to dry.

Now I just have to fold them all!

I plan to take some photos during the workshop and post them here as well. I am looking forward to it and think it will be lots of fun and educational, of course. We should have a different camera then, so they won’t be a camera phone photo like above.

I am very happy to announce that I will be doing a workshop at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts on Saturday, September 13, in conjunction with their exhibition, Color As Field: American Painting, 1950–1975.

One of my favorite pieces from the show, Floral V by Morris Louis.

It will be held from 10 am – 4 pm that Saturday at the Frist, and the price of the workshop includes free admission to the exhibition. We will be using the works in the show to inspire us to create our own masterpieces on scarves. Each workshop participant will go home with several silk scarves and lots of new knowledge. You can make your own wearable art piece and show it off to friends and family!

It is only $40 for members, and $45 for non-members. All supplies are included. That’s a good deal for a workshop of this kind.

To register, click this link and fill out the registration form, then send it to the Frist Center.

I hope to see you there!

I wanted to post something quickly to say sorry for not updating this more.

I burnt myself out in December, trying to get ready for the CRAFT show and have been taking a nice break since then.  I have decided to change my course a little bit as well. I am applying to a Master’s in Information Sciences program and that is taking most of my time. I still intend to do crafting on the side, but this space will be rather empty until I at least get past the GRE.

Thanks for sticking around, if you’re still here.

I hate to post this, especially so late, but I have had to back out of today’s show at the Farmer’s Market. A couple mechanical failures of things like my car and washing machine have made it impossible for me to get there today.

There are still plenty of wonderful craftspeople who will be at the show, so head on out there! I made quite a few new things for the show, and will be posting them on my etsy sometime next week.

Happy holidays!

I just posted some pics of pieces I’m getting ready for the CRAFT show on Saturday.

Take a look! The gallery has a couple pieces created by my partner, Nat. There’s also one of Zeus with two scarves that recently left my care.

The rest of the week will be dyeing, dyeing, dyeing. It is lots of work, but it is very satisfying.

Well, this time of year certainly is big for craft fairs! There were a few openings at the CRAFT: a creative community @ the Farmer’s Market on the 22nd, and I have taken one.

So, look for me there from 10-4 Saturday, December 22. [directions] We will be inside the Interior Market, which houses the stores and restaurants. I think we will get some shopping done at Shreeji International Market that day, too.

I’m excited to have another fair this year, and will be making new items this weekend and next week. Hopefully, I’ll have a chance to stop and take pictures to post here before the show.

(Zeus shares his space with some new scarves.)

Hey everyone! Sorry it’s taken me a while to update after the show. I had lots of fun meeting fellow crafters and local craft enthusiasts. The crafting community here in Nashville is welcoming and open, and I am glad to be a part of it.

The pieces left over from my table at the show are now in my etsy shop. I can still get things to people by Christmas, and will even meet up with you to deliver something if you live in the area. I think I will be posting a few new items tonight, including some I didn’t have at the show (pics here).

I am also working on getting a workshop together for shibori, so shoot me an email if you want to sign up for it. If you gave me your email at the show, don’t worry. I have it and will email you when I have a place and date together.

Here are a few photos from the Rock Your Stocking Event. Thanks to Ray for taking this shot, and thanks to my friend Maria for taking the rest!

Well, tomorrow is the big day. I am very excited about this show!

Here is a photo of most of the pieces I will have in my booth. Click on it to see it full-size.

Remember, that’s:

December 2, 2007
at The Factory in Franklin
Jamison Hall
10AM – 5PM

click for map and directions

Here’s another pic of some new scarves for the RYS show on the 2nd. You can see the end of Zeus as he eats his dinner in the front of the pic. Not all of these are finished, and I will be taking some more pictures for my site photo album tomorrow. I posted some new scarves on the photo album last week, in case you missed them.

I also bought some new surikomi bake [pic] this week, from McClain’s Printmaking Supplies. They are beautiful! I already had a 6 and 10 from my college days, and I purchased the 2, 4, and 8 to have a bit more variety in brush size when using these. We bought them for our katazome semester, but I find them useful for more general dyeing tasks as well. They hold so much dye and are great for when you don’t have much dye but need it to go far. Plus, they are soft and beautifully made. You can tell which ones in this pic have endured years of use, as opposed to my fresh new brushes.

I have only one week to get ready for the show, and I’m equal parts excited and nervous. It will be my first show, and I just want everything to go well. Thank goodness I have sane people around me to calm me down and remind me that everything will be ok.

click here for poster

Just a week and a half until the Rock Your Stocking show on Sunday, December 2nd!