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Letter From Our President,
Susan Allen
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The changing seasons are upon us! Hope you got to see the Blood Moon this week! Nature is full of awesome experiences if we take the time to smell the flowers, and trees, and leaves, and the air!
November marks the beginning of a new year for CFG. The new Board met and agreed to some exciting innovations to enhance membership! Most exciting is that we are offering a BOGO on membership for those who renew/join prior to December 31, 2022! More information is below under membership.
There will be additional Zoom lectures with well-known artists, free of charge for all members! They will be announced as they are available.
Plans are in the pipeline to video tape our quarterly meeting speakers, with their permission, and make the recording available following the meeting to those who are unable to attend in person. Our December speaker, Neroli Henderson, from Australia will be our first recording.
And we are pleased to have been invited back to Nevah Shalom and the lovely, comfortable room we used for our quarterly meetings…. prior to shut-down for COVID!
During October, our hand-stitching group had the first meeting! The resurgence of excitement about hand-stitching echos back to the beginning of CFG, over 50 years ago!
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Susan Allen, President
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from President Elect, Jane Wolfe
Do you like to dye fabrics? Teresa Ruch shared a tool that I found incredibly fun and easy to use. It makes shibori-like designs quickly and easily.
This tool (see below) is used to dock lambs' tails or castrate bulls. The green circles are some of the smaller ones that you can use and there is a variety of sizes available. I purchase mine from the local feed store, Orchards Feed Mill, and a similar one is available from Amazon.
I recently applied the rings with this tool all over a shirt of mine (below), some alone and some in multiples. The rings stayed on tight during the dye process and are reusable. I will be using this tool again in my next dyeing project.
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Hi, I am Karin Graves the new
Outreach facilitator for CFG
If you have any questions please contact me at: Karinagraves2@frontier.com
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In the past CFG has made wheelchair/walker bags (see example below) for the Veterans home in The Dalles and for various other assisted living facilities in Portland. Su Scott, our past President, designed the bag pattern. CFG has enough creative energies to generate anything they want! I would like to ask you to sew a bag or bags please. You may give me your finished bag at a quarterly meeting or at Creative Wearables or Surface Design.
My son, Max Graves, is the Activities Director at Pacifica Senior Living, Calaroga Terrace, downtown Portland. He says, "There is a need for bags, many people go without a way to carry their stuff".
For a CFG group project let's try and make 100 wheelchair bags. The instructions are below. Thank you everyone.
Questions? Contact Karin Karinagraves2@frontier.com
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Announcing a Membership Special!
Two years for the price of one!
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Columbia FiberArts Guild is offering a special for all who renew or join the Guild prior to December 31, 2022.
Your $50 membership this year will bring you workshop and speaker opportunities for two years!
There are additional Zoom lectures with well known artists being planned, and exciting opportunities for advancing your fiber-play skills!
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You can renew your Columbia FiberArts Guild membership for the 2022-2023 year on our website and pay online or send a check to our treasurer at: PO Box 19645, Portland, OR 97280.
The dues are $50 per year (students $25).
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Membership has its advantages:
· Three workshops with outstanding artists and teachers
· Four quarterly meetings with inspiring speakers
· Monthly newsletters and updates
· Service projects through Outreach
· Access to the special interest groups: Wearables, Surface Design, High Fiber Diet,
and Handstitching
· Promotion of your art through exhibits
· Opportunity to meet new people and connect with old friends.
Questions? Contact Carolyn Walwyn carolyn.walwyn@gmail.com
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News From Our Program Committee | |
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2023 Workshops and Workshop Registration
Don’t Forget!
Class sign ups (registrations) begin Sunday, December 11 at noon! Put the date on your calendar now, then, study class notes and be ready to register for fun, new learning experiences.
Detailed sign up information will be coming soon.
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Carol Anne Grotrain
Slow Stitch Inspiration: Boro & Kantha
March 9-10, 2023
Cost: $200
The art of Japanese Boro and Kantha from India and Bangladesh offer inspiration for a wide range of contemporary fiber art — art cloth, quilts, wearables and more. Born of a need to revive & reuse worn textiles, fabrics are layered and “mended” by hand into renewed fabric. Though the basic technique is a simple running stitch, the stitchery is energetic, designs are often improvisational and the end result can be elegant and complex.
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Susan Brubaker Knapp
Whole Cloth Painting from Original Photos
June 15-16, 2023
Cost: $200
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Learn the basics of painting on fabric to make wholecloth painted quilts. Working from one’s own original photographs, students use acrylic textile paints to recreate them on fabric. Students begin one or two projects, learning how to select the right photos for great results; mix colors, shades and tints; choose paints and fabrics to use and why; transfer the design to fabric; and paint and blend colors. Note: No machine work. Experience Level: All | |
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Paula Kovarik
At Play in the Garden of Stitch
September 14-16, 2023
Cost $250
In this 3 day workshop devoted to free motion quilting, collage, and composition, students will make a mess, think in thread, and cut it up! Using stitch in artwork begins with an expressive line.
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Participants will accumulate a toolbox of techniques for seeing, interpreting and completing concept-driven work as they build their stitching vocabulary and trust the thread to tell the story! Open to all skill levels, free-motion quilting experience a plus. | |
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Next Quarterly Meeting,
December 14 on Zoom
Neroli Henderson, Australian textile artist, from St Kilda, Melbourne is often called an Artivist creating feminist, political and other artwork focusing on the human condition and fighting for social change.
An accident at home severely restricted her ability to move for 7 years until her mum dragged her to a quilting exhibition and her love of stitch began.
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As a woman, Neroli recognized women often encounter phrases aimed at their gender which seem innocuous, but each leaves its mark, tainting one’s ego, personality and sense of self. Comments about how her work has positively affected viewers matter more to her than any other element in an art piece. Her challenge is trying to turn a feeling into a work of beauty.
When planning a quilt, she asks “What do I want it to say? How do I want it to look?” then, sketches a design. Technique is last often resulting with various combinations. Recently, she has favored painting, using photos, embellishing with stitch & metal foil, often including machine trapunto.
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The Churning
by Neroli Henderson
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Neroli Henderson art
Her work regularly features nude images.
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Future Quarterly Meeting Speakers
March 8, 2023 Carol Anne Grotrian - Lecture: Shibori and Me.
June 14, 2023 Susan Brubaker Knapp - Lecture: Wholecloth Painting.
September 13, 2023 Paula Kovarik - Lecture: At Play in the Garden of Stitch.
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Online Gallery Call for Entry
There is still time to enter the current CFG Online Exhibit with the theme of Hand Stitching. Submissions close at the end of November.
Your fiber art can be completely hand stitched, or a combo of machine and handwork, but hand stitching should be highlighted. You may submit up to three entries of any type of fiber art.
For the submission form:
You will need to have two photographs – one full and one detail of the hand work.
- The full shot must be oriented correctly, and show all edges of the work in a JPG (no TIFF files). The longest side of the ‘live’ area of the artwork (not including background) should be at least 2100 pixels. Larger is fine so long as the longest side of the overall image does not exceed 4200 pixels. If you have trouble with the pixels, ask for help from a friend, and be sure to give us your best photographs.
- Please fill out separate submission forms for second and third entries.
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Submissions are due November 1-30. The artworks will be up on the website in mid January and will be featured for six months.
We look forward to seeing your work.
Further questions can be directed to Jill Hoddick hoddick@up.edu
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News from Teresa Ruch
CFG member, Teresa Ruch, is exhibiting in the holiday gallery at Rain Spark Gallery in Lake Oswego (corner of 2nd and A) from November 1 to December 24,10-6 daily. There are 33 local artists in this co-op gallery.
Please drop by and see Teresa's work, and the other artists' work too!
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News from Jill Hoddick
Artist Jill P Hoddick viewed High Fiber Diet's newest exhibit, What's Your 8?, at the Fiber Arts Studio Gallery at Lincoln City's Cultural Center.
The show can be viewed Thursday through Sunday 10-4 pm until January 2, 2023. Her piece is the red-orange flower behind her head and represents Cultivate.
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News from Peggy Ellis
Peggy Ellis has seven pieces (four are shown below) in High Fiber Diet's newest exhibit, What's Your 8? See the High Fiber Diet section for details of the show.
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News from Joyce Brustad Gordon
Joyce Brustad Gordon is very pleased and honored to have her hand appliqué and embroidered stories of women in a juried SDA member exhibit, Forecast//Recast, which brings together artists and artworks that explore ideas of predicting, reshaping, and re-predicting - works that offer a glimpse of possible futures, re-examine historical narratives, shed light on needed social and ecological interventions, and bend inquiry towards new aims to reframe the way we view the world.
The exhibit is at Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E Sheridan St, Newberg, Oregon, December 6 - January 27, 2023. Opening reception December 9, 5-7pm.
Joyce's work is a visual story of the many women who have had no voice past or present making a strong social statement toward change in our world.
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Women of the World: More than a Five Minute Soundbite
by Joyce Brustad Gordon
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High Fiber Diet has a new show (see photos above) open in Lincoln City at the Cultural Center Fiber Arts Studio/Gallery. Please stop by to see the collection of 8"x8" artworks in the What's Your 8? show. Each piece illustrates a word that terminates in "ate". There are lots of them and it was fun choosing which words to depict. Hours are 10-4, Thursday - Sunday until January 2, 2023. They are all for sale for $75 each. | |
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Don't Slam the Door on Your Way Out!
by Jo Noble
25" x 35"
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from left to right above:
Red Hot Notes
by Mary Arnold
Voices of the Ancestors
by Elizabeth Bamberger
Let Me Outta Here
by Beverly Woodard
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The final venue for High Fiber Diet's Can You Hear It? is at Latimer Quilt and Textile Center in Tillamook through the end of the year. See two images above from the show.
We are looking forward to the opening of our next show, Tightwire, at Mount Hood Community College in February. More details about that next month.
For questions or further information contact Pam Pilcher pilcherpam@gmail.com
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At our November meeting a very talented guest, Carla Fox, will be sharing her beautiful and amazing neck ornaments/accessories (see examples above) and members will be sharing their garments from past challenges as we collect them to travel to Lincoln City for the Metaphors on Marriage, Stand Alone Skirts and Dare to Lead exhibit there January 6 - March 19, 2023!
All this at the November 21 (not to be missed) Creative Wearables meeting, 10am at St Andrew's Church, 3228 Sunset Blvd (corner of SW Dosch Rd) Portland, OR.
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Surface Design is a group of fiber artists focused on all facets of applied design, where members inspire creativity and innovation in textile art through workshops, demonstrations, speakers, and field trips along with sharing of each other's work and problem-solving techniques. | |
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The Surface Design group meets online via Zoom on the first Tuesday of each month 11am-1pm. The next meeting is on December 6. The last Zoom meeting included a presentation from Jane Wolfe who showed many techniques she has incorporated into her upcycled garments. The illusion of precision pleating by Heidi Parkes was also discussed.Participation in the Surface Design group is free with Columbia FiberArts membership. To join us, please contact Bev Woodward BeverlyWoodward67@gmail.com or Beth Wells Bessielouwells@yahoo.com. | |
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For Sale by CFG Member, Margaret Blake
Beautiful, handmade quilt frame for sale, made by a Portland cabinet maker in the 1980s. Dimensions are: width 34" x length 94".
The long pieces are fir, end stands likely maple or pine.
It has not been used, in the box basically. Does not include the bench in the picture.
Price $500
Please contact Margaret Blake blake.margaret50@gmail.com 503-490-3854.
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Call for Entry
The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild is pleased to announce a call for entries beginning November 1, 2022 for the 2023 Juried Exhibition, Transformation, for artists working in all fiber media. The exhibit will run from May 6 - July 15, 2023 in Duluth, GA.
Exhibit theme: Transformation
In the period leading up to Transformation, we have experienced a global pandemic, isolation, and unexpected changes to how we work, live, and socialize. This drastic shift has brought out a resilience, which has led us to find new approaches to creating works of art, including how we source materials, produce fiber arts, and innovate using techniques and skills.
Have you grown in skills and techniques? Have you taken a genre of fiber and explored it in a new and exciting way? Have you transformed materials used? What does Transformation mean to you? Everyone’s path through the pandemic is personal and unique. Transformation celebrates your journey and how changes in your creative process have resulted from your experiences.
Juror
Tommye McClure Scanlin, Professor Emerita, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, has been weaving for over 40 years and has explored many different techniques for creating images with woven structures. In 1988 she left most other weaving methods behind as she began her journey in tapestry weaving. Her tapestries have been exhibited nationally and internationally since 1990. Scanlin is a Fellow of the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and of the Lillian E Smith Center. She is the author of two books, The Nature of Things: Essays of a Tapestry Weaver and Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond: Planning and Weaving with Confidence.
Eligibility and entry fees
This exhibition is open to all fiber artists. You may enter up to 2 pieces. Size of your entries is limited to no more than 60” in any direction and no more than 80 pounds. Work must have been completed since November 2020. Work must be of original design, executed by the entrant, and one of a kind.
Entry fees are as follows:
· For non CHG members, $45 for up to 2 entries
· For CHG members, $25 for up to 2 entries
· For students, $25 for up to 2 entries
Entry fees are non-refundable. Checks are made payable to The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild.
Important dates
November 1, 2022 – January 31, 2023 - Entries submitted through café
April 29, 2023 - Selected artwork due to The Hudgens Center for Art & Learning
May 6, 2023 – Opening Reception, juror remarks and award announcements, 2-4pm.
July 15, 2023 – Exhibition closes
July 22, 2023 – Work to be picked up by artist or shipped to artist (pre-paid shipping label required)
Entry procedure
Entries are to be submitted online from November 1 2022 - January 31 2023. Here is the link to the prospectus and entry form: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=10525.
Additional information is available on our website at chgweavers.org
We are looking forward to all the amazing entries in this show that express the Transformation you've experienced over the past two years.
For further information contact: Pat Webb, Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild,
Juried Exhibit Chair juriedexhibits@chgweavers.org
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The Fine Print
Please send items for publication in the newsletter to:
columbiafiberartsnews@gmail.com
The Columbia FiberArts Guild meets quarterly in March, June, September and December. No newsletter is published in those months. The newsletter is published seven times a year: October, November, January, February, April, May, July/August. Deadline for articles is around the 10th of the month of publication and will be detailed in the email reminder for articles.
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2021-2022 Executive Board & Committee Chairs
President: Susan Allen
President Elect: Jane Wolfe
Past President: Cheri Jolivette
Secretary: Linda Dyer
Treasurer: Beth Wells
Online Exhibits: Jill Hoddick
Membership: Carolyn Walwyn
Newsletter: Sue Redhead
Outreach: Karin Graves
Program: Lottie Smith, Emily Stevens, Carol Anderson
Program Elect: Laura Lehroff, Marnie Murray, Sally Trude
Publicity:
Webmaster: Doug Garnett &
Judith Quinn Garnett
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CFG Board Meetings
Meetings are held monthly on the first Monday when there is no quarterly meeting and are open to the membership to attend. Contact the President for more information.
Committees are: Exhibits, Membership, Newsletter, Outreach, Programs, Publicity and Webmaster
Minutes of meetings are posted in the CFG Newsletter.
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