MIA

Yes, I've been missing in action - well, maybe not so much action, just trying to tread water and in all honesty I had nothing to share, not much creative going on here. I'm almost ready for the holidays and will be so happy when they are over - yep, that's how I feel this year and I won't apologize for it.

The brochure for the WeGO traveling exhibit is done, I received it via email the other day. This is the front and back of it, the inside has a list of all exhibitors names and awards. Three of us in my local weaving guild entered items for judging and all three of us had our items accepted - kudos to my fellow guild members Lucy & Kathy. That's one of my scarves on the front cover although not the one that won the Complex Weaver's award. On the back cover is a close up pic of the fabric in Lucy's vest. The closest the exhibit will be to us is in May/June around an hour north. I can't wait to see the  exhibit - I think there are something like 66 pieces.

Today I was embroidering some long sleeve t's for a gift and decided to embroider myself one - I love this lotus and am happy I had time to do this today, I've had it sitting aside to do for myself for a while.

In case anyone is interested there is curling Olympic trials on tv on the Olympic channel which on Dish is channel 389. I put it on while embroidering thinking I could listen to it but it bugged the heck out of me just hearing them yell - have figured out it's one of those things I have to actually watch......hope I can steal a little time this week to watch an hour or two although it's looking doubtful. Yes, I am a curling fan........

A bit of inkle weaving in the works for ornaments.

Nice news for me last weekend. I entered 3 scarves in the WeGO 2018 Traveling Exhibit and all 3 were accepted and 1 of them won the Complex Weavers Award. WeGO stands for Weaving Guilds of Oregon. This exhibit will travel the state next year, in the past we've had it in our area but the closest it will be to us this time is the Arts Center in Roseburg - not too bad, a bit over an hour north of us so I'll get to see the exhibit in April/May. It was a real bright spot for me last weekend to get the email about the exhibit as we were running back and forth to the hospital an hour away due to a critically ill relative.

We had a quiet Thanksgiving which suited us just fine and no Black Friday shopping for us, we didn't leave the property. Now it's panic time thinking about getting holiday gifts finished up, some need to be mailed. I can't wait until the holidays are over this year - I need some time to nest/hibernate in my studio. Life has been overwhelming this past year and I see no let up in the near future......more studio time, when I can grab it, will be good for my mental health.

WeGO Traveling Exhibit 2013 - Threads to New Worlds....A Collection of Fiber Arts

I promised I'd post pictures of the WeGO (Weaving Guilds of Oregon) traveling exhibit after friend Kathy and I sat it a couple weeks ago - finally I've got the pictures off the camera...such as they are....lighting wasn't good and I was trying to take them quickly in-between visitors. I took pictures in order of the brochure so I could match them up to post them here. If I know the weaver I'll say a few words about her/him. Nancy Hoskins was the juror of this show - she had a couple of small pieces of boundweave in it as juror but I forgot to take pictures of them. ( I didn't like the way the scarves were displayed - in Portland and North Bend they tied/looped them around the frames - I thought they looked much better than just hanging in these pictures)


This is a tencel & bamboo network drafted scarf woven by Sally Glynn of Crescent City, CA - she's a member of the Webfoot Weavers and Humbug Mountain Guild both on the SW Oregon coast. (I know Sally, she's an elegant woman who weaves beautifully)

Space-dyed Silk Scarf by Dorothy Golik of Salem, OR



This is one of my scarves - I've posted it on my blog in the past in a photo that better shows the variations of color in the handspun merino/tencel warp, it has a commercial bamboo weft and there is a beaded embellishment in-between the fringe bundles. This scarf sold before the show even opened

 

Here is my other scarf in the show - my ginkgo scarf in 8/2 tencel - it won the Complex Weavers Award. This scarf sold when the exhibit was on display up in Portland but all sold items stay with the exhibit through the first quarter of 2014.

Hand-dyed Tencel Block Twill Scarf by Cindy Pentony who is a member of the Salem Fibrearts Guild

The scarf was woven by Nadine Purcell who is a fellow guild member and friend of mine. This scarf is an 8 shaft point twill of space dyed tencel warp and a 30/2 silk weft. I really wish I took close-ups of all this work. Nadine is an incredibly generous fiber artist with her time and expertise.

Shades of Gray - a double weave pick-up scarf by Tom Seymour, it says in the brochure that he is a new weaver - he won the Best New Weaver Award for this piece

This scarf won the Best use of Color & Design for Donna Stor who is a member of the Salem Fibrearts Guild - it is hand-dyed silk woven in twill variations

Ladella Williams is a member of the Portland Handweavers Guild - this is a kumihimo spiral neckpiece - she used space-dyed fibers, rayon and rat-tail cord

Ladella also created this Kumihimo neckpiece using space-dyed fibers and sparkle yarn

Petroglifos de Codornices is the name of this rug woven by Linda David of Sisters, OR - I love this rug!  Linda is a very talented weaver, wonderful workshop teacher.

Kathy Fennell wove this piece and the one below. Kathy is one of my fellow guild members belonging to the Saturday Handweavers Guild in Medford, OR - she used photo collages of her previous weavings, cut them into strips and then rewove them - very fun pieces.

Kathy won the Juror's Choice Award for this one

Rag Rug by Beth Glascock of the Salem Fibrearts Guild. This rug is woven in Ripsmatta (Rep Weave) - she used hand-dyed weft from flannel sheets - she is a new weaver having woven for just 1 1/2 years

Rag Rug by Dorothy Golik

Krokbradg Rug by Mark Marker of the Columbia Fibres Guild - linen warp, wood weft

This is a pillow made from handspun yarn embellished with a piece of hand-made bobbin lace. Shirley McFarland of my weaving guild created this piece - the photo just does not do this lace justice - very intricate

Shaft switching, weft face rug with a cotton wrap and wool weft by Cindy Pentony

Tapestry wall hanging by Linda Rees of the Eugene Weavers Guild using wool, synthetics and cassette tape

Emma Lou Scherf wove this waste paper basket with bouquet from actual 'waste' paper - she's a member of the Eugene Weavers Guild. This is fun

Tom Seymour also wove this piece -it's a double weave table runner in a geometric design that color coordinates with a scarf he wove that I can't seem to find the picture of - argh.

Penny Unverzgat wove this framed cotton and rag wool rug, she's a member of the Salem Fibrearts Guild

Petroglifos de Ovejas is another rug by Linda Davis in Taquete. This rug won Best of Show Award and once seeing it in person I could understand why

A traditional overshot table runner by Marlene Lloyd of the Salem Fibrearts Guild - she also had some coordinating placemats woven in ripsmatta (rep weave) - can't seem to find this photo either

Anne Abendroth - King's Coat: Henry VIII. Cotton, rayon, silk, beads and buttons, kimono style wall piece. Anne is a member of the Portland Handweavers Guild

My friend JoAnn Sutter wove the fabric for this vest and then constructed it. It is tencel and space-dyed cotton in honeycomb weave and huck weave variations. JoAnn is a member of the Webfoot Weavers Guild. She won an award for her vest but it's not listed in the brochure - I think it was for Technical Excellence, I think

Carol Wylie of Klamath Falls woven tencel fabric to construct her long vest. Carol a real sweetheart. (I have to say Kathy and I love it so much we thoroughly examined her vest to see how she constructed it)

Phew....the waiting is over.....

Phew, the waiting is over - two of my scarves were accepted into the WeGO (Weaving Guilds of Oregon) traveling exhibit - all pieces will travel the state for a year. One of my scarves is the one above - it's handspun merino/tencel warp and a commercial black bamboo weft and beaded accents on each edge in-between the twisted fringe ends.

 

The other, which was awarded the Complex Weavers Award (Complex Weavers organization) is my ginkgo scarf shown in a terrible picture in my post from yesterday. I'm sorry I didn't take a better picture of it, that is a small section a larger quick picture taken showing how it is to be displayed in the exhibit - it will hang over a clear plexiglass rod showing the front and back of the scarf. I was working on a deadline to get it finished and in on time so that's as good as it gets. 

 

Now off to the loom to work on finishing up that ginkgo scarf warp - will be using different wefts on at least 2 of the remaining scarves.