At the beginning of each year, VIVA Gallery takes a month to celebrate the talents of its members with a themed show, and this January our member show is called Connections. Â Members are encouraged to interpret what Connection means to them. Â Choosing this theme was in part a response to how divisive our country and [...]
Our April weavers gathering met at Denise's sweet brick farmhouse in Gays Mills. With the sounds of geese honking and the rush of the Kickapoo River nearby, spring's abundance was everywhere. As a spring celebration we came bearing eggs to learn how to dye them with pieces of silk fabric. Denise showed us how to [...]
So I have decided to take a little break from my black and white obsession to play with color in the form of dyeing some tencel warps for some twill scarves. Although I do a lot of dyeing of protein fibers with acid dyes and have that process down pat, I am leery of dyeing [...]
In my warped (hey, that's a good pun) way of thinking I am weaving and knitting everything I can that is wooly and warm; in the hopes that it will trick spring temperatures into returning to normal. It has been cold and dreary and if it keeps up I will be wearing the black and [...]
With our lovely fall colors comes a plethora of artist studio tours to tempt me from getting back to weaving. This year hubby and I did the Fresh Art Tour in west central WI. I had so much fun talking with two weavers in Alma, WI that I almost didn't make it to the actual [...]
