tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45199430804117560472024-02-22T02:55:21.190-08:00Studio 907Step inside Studio 907. Be surrounded by the artifacts of a life in progress. Watch out for the snapping photos, the sharp edges of metal smithing, the incredible act of felting, the painting of silk, the shifting grounds of travel, the click clack of the mah jongg tiles, vibrant smells from the kitchen and the warmth of an ever full house. Never mind the dogs barking - they're friendly to the core. Grab a cup of coffee, pour yourself a glass of wine. Come enjoy a journey with me.JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-47773685205359965512023-05-11T00:06:00.000-07:002023-05-11T00:06:07.501-07:00Felting in Boulder, Colorado<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/825735710?h=64ff888e30" width="640"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/825735710">Felting with Beth Marx in Boulder, Colorado - May 2023</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user11909572">Beth Marx</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">I just got back from a week in Boulder, Colorado where I taught 3 workshops and presented to the Boulder Hand Weaver's Guild - My Felting Journey - Creativity, Community and Connections. This was such a rewarding experience, so filled with joy, learning, friendship and of course more creativity, community and connections to add to my felting journey. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Click on the link above to get a sense of the creativity, community and connections we made together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqF7n5Wn2CBBOwYZMTSJTEEpKR_H9oLZru-B8D1uAGTgRzmT6alkODE0JCIu4Nja49s47MtR7E6yEHwHGHjLQ7_glRmMdQuLYBsQojaxCKuRkl2gHKfDtTDuUHydVRa1YqsDYYgxybcV0z9FVN62wmEkeNkyAkCqDAbLCz1r6tzDsFq2XpcezdOLk_Pg/s4032/72F6BC2D-3DD6-42D2-B5E8-51BEF1BEE728.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqF7n5Wn2CBBOwYZMTSJTEEpKR_H9oLZru-B8D1uAGTgRzmT6alkODE0JCIu4Nja49s47MtR7E6yEHwHGHjLQ7_glRmMdQuLYBsQojaxCKuRkl2gHKfDtTDuUHydVRa1YqsDYYgxybcV0z9FVN62wmEkeNkyAkCqDAbLCz1r6tzDsFq2XpcezdOLk_Pg/w300-h400/72F6BC2D-3DD6-42D2-B5E8-51BEF1BEE728.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the week, I stayed at Cathy Bickell's sheep farm and it was just an incredible experience. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobX7TyENYlSI4kUbDw-gCT_LXL-tZFnEqWsToBAbPPLOa0IGPZvQoz6e-94forviJndWZokdLDIKTTCPyUHOK49nSNdydi0pw8y4xvBU-d_T1iUxjmxNtBdg9bgjkH8itU5q74CS1cTxSxY0JKbCqJy_0MtyyiVuhTPDZncWcpuz-DAg-1r2hLGJjnw/s4032/D7C5136B-3767-4817-BF55-D5DFDB31E6AF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobX7TyENYlSI4kUbDw-gCT_LXL-tZFnEqWsToBAbPPLOa0IGPZvQoz6e-94forviJndWZokdLDIKTTCPyUHOK49nSNdydi0pw8y4xvBU-d_T1iUxjmxNtBdg9bgjkH8itU5q74CS1cTxSxY0JKbCqJy_0MtyyiVuhTPDZncWcpuz-DAg-1r2hLGJjnw/w300-h400/D7C5136B-3767-4817-BF55-D5DFDB31E6AF.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A day old lamb was abandoned by its mom and Cathy took it in to bottle feed. 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Picture yourself in the warm California desert in the middle of winter, felting all day followed by an al fresco dinner at one of the many restaurants that line gorgeous El Paseo Drive. Maybe some shopping, maybe the hot tub, definitely a relaxing slumber. Yep, it sounds like bliss, because it is!</span></h3><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzRW4Y5GP7QyqldlpQoKWnv_qJi2EX1I2uv9436a1SJ7gtHt0Cssz6i4bBH96Los1pxdudZnp2ZxrXBAcbEJFLhhad6SdxC3F-xvWRQFu1I7Q0yp6HFK5ELSIkZFL8be_SnPcolXcbm_WKJKGEzL9g7RHzKeYfuttvenbyJT_nCnVpTBrvC8_hN8gkg/s261/download.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="261" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzRW4Y5GP7QyqldlpQoKWnv_qJi2EX1I2uv9436a1SJ7gtHt0Cssz6i4bBH96Los1pxdudZnp2ZxrXBAcbEJFLhhad6SdxC3F-xvWRQFu1I7Q0yp6HFK5ELSIkZFL8be_SnPcolXcbm_WKJKGEzL9g7RHzKeYfuttvenbyJT_nCnVpTBrvC8_hN8gkg/w400-h296/download.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Three-Day Workshop, Jan. 27 - 29, 2023 - $580</span></p><p><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">CREATE, Center for the Arts, Palm Desert, California</span></p><p><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://createcentercv.org/workshops/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take your felting to the next level with this extensive three-day workshop with me. If you've ever wanted to learn to make seamless felted garments using a resist, make your own patterns, and de-mystify shrinkage calculations then this workshop is for you. You will learn how to make a pattern/resist from one of your own existing garments and to easily size it up to account for shrinkage using Beth’s Easy Peasy Shrinkage Calculation sheet. Beth's method for pattern making doesn't involve taking body measurements or using complicated math - you won’t even need to use a calculator! Make a vest or a pull over top/tunic/poncho, your choice. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">You will learn how to sandwich wool roving between layers of sheer silk fabric and embellish the garment as suits your taste and style. Beth will teach you how to create seamless edges, professionally finish the open areas like the armholes and hemline, and how to shape and size your garment to fit properly and flatteringly. Once you finish your garment, Beth will style you and take photos of you modeling your beautiful and unique felted garment.</span></p><p><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some prior felting experience is necessary. But even if you have only made scarves in the past, this workshop is for you. </span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://momence.com/Beth-Marx/Nuno-Felted-Seamless-Garment-Workshop/42632968" target="_blank">Students will need to bring their own materials and supplies</a>.</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span face="Inter, -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #1c1d1e; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">****************</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.05625.html?iata=00171880&ssob=BLBWI0004G&cid=BLBWI0004G:google:gmb:05625" target="_blank">Best Western Plus, Palm Desert </a>offers special rates to students from CREATE. Call them directly at 760 340-4441 and speak to someone in the sales department and let them know you have signed up with CREATE. </h3><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylZBgQ53cTRmK2lbqmDX55NIMbN4yrT2Mu6sxE9hqmNJigbHFkGBONbGxvUHXscS0gox2--i6_1T9S5tPJv61zxJjQDhvuYrQTwO1tARHZSaDlAGX8rCZLNITKaVSUab_pKwXKuXKEMqGtSnwgR1ZNgpXiu-JaiMU_qHU623RkZMUimbMwdVuRkrcvw/s3140/1F0669C0-7236-4E22-BDD3-6A442773DC23.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3140" data-original-width="2355" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylZBgQ53cTRmK2lbqmDX55NIMbN4yrT2Mu6sxE9hqmNJigbHFkGBONbGxvUHXscS0gox2--i6_1T9S5tPJv61zxJjQDhvuYrQTwO1tARHZSaDlAGX8rCZLNITKaVSUab_pKwXKuXKEMqGtSnwgR1ZNgpXiu-JaiMU_qHU623RkZMUimbMwdVuRkrcvw/w480-h640/1F0669C0-7236-4E22-BDD3-6A442773DC23.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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position: relative;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/750140177?h=5b35fbcb37&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" style="height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;" title="SHETLAND ISLAND FELTING RETREAT - Sept 2022.m4v"></iframe></div><div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I was all ready to go to Shetland in May 2020 and in late March 2020 we still thought it would happen. Of course it was postponed due to the Covid pandemic and later rescheduled for September 2020. That date came and went as did the next reschedule in September 2021. At that point it looked like it was never going to happen and I was so disappointed. But in early summer of 2022, Fiona Duthie was able to pull it off and rescheduled it for just a few months later, September 2022. Although many of the felters in the original group could unfortunately not commit given the short window, I decided I was without a doubt going to go. And my original roommate Pam also committed to go. We decided to not only be housemates in Shetland but to spend a few days in Glasgow, Scotland before the workshop and then extend the trip afterwards to visit Edinburgh and the Scottish highlands.</span></div><div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-tvQiE8XbPReHuOa3DY2IHeAhom4MM6rYz9u1CVcHpSPeAzv_oXdhD858DstuMOFGhfnDqcygsPhaf6k-NDH-IrCf6AJTtYVo-t2aRA2TANLqNrn1JPAk7d0y9MxUBjj7EPqvNlB1s4ILQWsizo9V-yCno22PGZXpYfuLy8Wb9c_DN644BHNJvyW9Q/s4032/FBE98B81-2CA9-4197-BB47-167597AE15CF.jpeg" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-tvQiE8XbPReHuOa3DY2IHeAhom4MM6rYz9u1CVcHpSPeAzv_oXdhD858DstuMOFGhfnDqcygsPhaf6k-NDH-IrCf6AJTtYVo-t2aRA2TANLqNrn1JPAk7d0y9MxUBjj7EPqvNlB1s4ILQWsizo9V-yCno22PGZXpYfuLy8Wb9c_DN644BHNJvyW9Q/w640-h480/FBE98B81-2CA9-4197-BB47-167597AE15CF.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFGwA0MvGO6nePUvgucV3NJAPNp8tkO3msHkQiH0D9MslE1i4qxUhZG8ALbv2fh8Rn8ubAIln7c-P84_b3U0eUBpK353KWoscB5gdwXJ_gGfL4rfLypgGCVhYi9EHFm20Cj5iQwXv3uXoWoVdETw9I9rVd9tQkptj8iBsBZ2oYmtG85ib9Sh4Xpowtg/s4032/E2A45768-721A-4AD4-8AF2-2F5DC3117DE4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFGwA0MvGO6nePUvgucV3NJAPNp8tkO3msHkQiH0D9MslE1i4qxUhZG8ALbv2fh8Rn8ubAIln7c-P84_b3U0eUBpK353KWoscB5gdwXJ_gGfL4rfLypgGCVhYi9EHFm20Cj5iQwXv3uXoWoVdETw9I9rVd9tQkptj8iBsBZ2oYmtG85ib9Sh4Xpowtg/s320/E2A45768-721A-4AD4-8AF2-2F5DC3117DE4.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div>Pam and I arrived at the Shetland Samburgh airport via LoganAir from Glasgow on 8/31/22 and we were met by Fiona and Graham who drove us about 45 minutes to to our Air B&B in Lerwig which turns out was the former home of Fiona's grandmother. Fiona showed us a photo of her as in infant in her grandmother lap in that said home. Our classroom was in Lerwig, which is the largest town in Shetland with a population of 7,500, about half of the population of the whole island.</span></div><div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The first full day we spent taking a chartered bus to various places on the island to get familiar with this magical, textile rich place. We visited the super cool shop called Nielanell owned by Niela, a contemporary knitwear designer. We later learned about Fair Isle knitting from Elizabeth. We visited the Shetland Textile Museum and later to an organic sheep farm where our host Ronnie Eunson talked to us about native Shetland Sheep. We were able to get our hands into the fleeces that we would be using in our felting projects. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">The landscape is gorgeous with stone walls, green as far as the eye can see, the gray North Sea, the winter, the smokey peet fires, super friendly people, so many sheep, darling Shetland ponies, the delicious fresh seafood. I took it all in and it would be the inspiration for the felted piece I would create in the 2 ½ days in the classroom.</span></div><div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOLwv1H7MDuS87BZcJ4lzi5cjHbqWjNi7acs9k40OE27_2AcACZLGvp0u02ymVF4yhyVSeMyQpGRW2Rgoz9Eula3lgj-Y0u0sGuRAnhV1gfd2m-6ZapyJ_sFwuFaAcyxf5wdVcvfpbm3JJ2FmvQnqW3fLN8a3eByJdnvAazEY26BC2_2OHloJz8eIxQ/s4032/C653460F-CEA3-41C9-9092-92F136F2BCD7.jpeg" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOLwv1H7MDuS87BZcJ4lzi5cjHbqWjNi7acs9k40OE27_2AcACZLGvp0u02ymVF4yhyVSeMyQpGRW2Rgoz9Eula3lgj-Y0u0sGuRAnhV1gfd2m-6ZapyJ_sFwuFaAcyxf5wdVcvfpbm3JJ2FmvQnqW3fLN8a3eByJdnvAazEY26BC2_2OHloJz8eIxQ/w480-h640/C653460F-CEA3-41C9-9092-92F136F2BCD7.jpeg" width="480" /></a><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Jarlshof, the best known prehistoric archeological site in Shetland; the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse with its incredible views, St. Ninian's Isle, a<span style="background-color: white; color: #161616; text-align: start;"> large tombolo (a natural sand causeway with sea on either side) on the west coast of Shetland, linking the South Mainland with the Isle; </span> Eshaness, the western tip of the main island (called Mainland) which has some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in Shetland and is in the opening credits of the Shetland series where Jimmy Perez is looking out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Shetland <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">is truly remarkable and I am so glad to have this opportunity to not only felt with </span><span style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; 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display: inline; transition-property: none;">Fiona Duthie</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the other amazing women but to have my senses piqued which is something we have missed these past few Zoom years. The scent of </span><span style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">the peat fire in the Croft house was glorious. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNt9swlZtQr2liQQBzH53KEbrZ3Tw6hOvDQmJPa3QT9Ejkk4Gup8zvn4AQFnhNXWcSzdgoZ_YL9YiBf2i6CNQOBCZ47GmR1Qj8qSCEPX86QCY2fmqAEObnLH4UMkd33-lzvgbAEXKsgd7KBr7eE7t9np4F_8DnUUQ0V37Tg8ohn4sqDlCXg5mDK6bvQ/s4032/50DFAFA4-9737-446C-921D-F713EB7E351D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRNt9swlZtQr2liQQBzH53KEbrZ3Tw6hOvDQmJPa3QT9Ejkk4Gup8zvn4AQFnhNXWcSzdgoZ_YL9YiBf2i6CNQOBCZ47GmR1Qj8qSCEPX86QCY2fmqAEObnLH4UMkd33-lzvgbAEXKsgd7KBr7eE7t9np4F_8DnUUQ0V37Tg8ohn4sqDlCXg5mDK6bvQ/s320/50DFAFA4-9737-446C-921D-F713EB7E351D.jpeg" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJi_Zqe9PNoBDAxwsc5l3kaKplk-oH7BQWkxOCrBhwCNR8J66xlhV5cbLKfYZrkhaGzLqISGblucCpbhQtwUeJ-QXUiVDiONXK9bfj0q2xe2MOrOp5pCF2wcmL0VoczE3GC9LYzZUONWpePNuuzHxiEAYHp6UgN-G3IjA-Mt6Ad0v86d_Xqm3C4s5FpQ/s4032/99CA2146-E970-4447-851B-E6DF4FEFD19B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJi_Zqe9PNoBDAxwsc5l3kaKplk-oH7BQWkxOCrBhwCNR8J66xlhV5cbLKfYZrkhaGzLqISGblucCpbhQtwUeJ-QXUiVDiONXK9bfj0q2xe2MOrOp5pCF2wcmL0VoczE3GC9LYzZUONWpePNuuzHxiEAYHp6UgN-G3IjA-Mt6Ad0v86d_Xqm3C4s5FpQ/s320/99CA2146-E970-4447-851B-E6DF4FEFD19B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEUN9DswrTzttzxwbW_NpXo3JfyVl2fj0QUi7QEFyEbLjfzUQ47mjt94RGZHf89PJZUl-yUm2Wvrc7PBPbsCIVgKyWGqb357vthBR6hWiAZei0jil6GyerJMO2AsS-LTLXQj5uqF_7eiqK0y0nMqQYV_D6mVzohFqHefAvBlIA9_8cNtCv3Cd1U0nPw/s4032/B6C959DC-4010-4240-B7D5-A594063244DE.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEUN9DswrTzttzxwbW_NpXo3JfyVl2fj0QUi7QEFyEbLjfzUQ47mjt94RGZHf89PJZUl-yUm2Wvrc7PBPbsCIVgKyWGqb357vthBR6hWiAZei0jil6GyerJMO2AsS-LTLXQj5uqF_7eiqK0y0nMqQYV_D6mVzohFqHefAvBlIA9_8cNtCv3Cd1U0nPw/w480-h640/B6C959DC-4010-4240-B7D5-A594063244DE.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">My 3D felted piece was inspired by the undulating landscape, the peat bogs, the stone walls, the North Sea and of course the textiles. I incorporated the textiles of Shetland in my project which included fair isle </span><span style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;">knitting, tweed, lace, twine and Shetland wool in the form of fleece, roving and yarn. It also includes kozo paper and found objects from my walk on St. Ninian’s Isle including small stones and hard seaweed, the large piece of seaweed is reminisce of a Viking ship. How to get it home I had to flatten it and later reshape it and tack down the seaweed with Shetland yarn and rusty wire which was also an inspiration.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0y-ciMxmjf5ZJXnmXxXSHxwbPtnMkpxdD4Nuw1scjW9hBVexnPnJAPljVZqWEXfQEATYEp1n6Rk7KiqtV9uAh4C0FdFyZqJrSlRnbhA8wP64dzGWmDoNGDawJE4cOUy_Xs9iGwM5uLPVKwWcZLIuKcCOUxZlWSS_QEi0oBmz2g8rIZq81I7H1g4Vqw/s4032/CF8D3BAD-1441-4804-B257-B6B9F697296F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0y-ciMxmjf5ZJXnmXxXSHxwbPtnMkpxdD4Nuw1scjW9hBVexnPnJAPljVZqWEXfQEATYEp1n6Rk7KiqtV9uAh4C0FdFyZqJrSlRnbhA8wP64dzGWmDoNGDawJE4cOUy_Xs9iGwM5uLPVKwWcZLIuKcCOUxZlWSS_QEi0oBmz2g8rIZq81I7H1g4Vqw/s320/CF8D3BAD-1441-4804-B257-B6B9F697296F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Shetland <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">is truly remarkable and I am so glad to have this opportunity to not only felt with </span><span style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd d1w2l3lo tes86rjd" href="https://www.facebook.com/fiona.duthie.artist?__cft__[0]=AZV-9inVz3GUyRjugQ8NZ6YJUQ_w13sb5eL3OvMHn0fTaO3pHoeJHkLZ-WEFWJVOtCGY9_PYfYJ9lIjtvDArUOsVggPZO2d42ZMOOJayejzf4WhsvGAUrcx_9pCgK1l0edp0gC7JyMvZaDwcU5Caxmj6_TkHeab0lMy2lfwug1IITg&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; animation-name: none; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition-property: none;" tabindex="0"><span class="rse6dlih" style="animation-name: none; display: inline; transition-property: none;">Fiona Duthie</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and the other amazing women but to have my senses piqued which is something we have missed these past few Zoom years. The scent of </span><span style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a style="animation-name: none; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; transition-property: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">the peet fires and the incredible winds will stay in my bones forever.<br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvcMb-7M_X_KNKJ_rX38c96HX0Jo7N0fj4-ve9kDnc1b6-rAnATTqo3OLahhliwCaEAzPKADusgZmQyx3kJIl0yIW1wNVEBALonDlKv3hcNJU4eVkmmCmJfNprsrBtwmppoarBZOZO1LwLgsisK_g5SF0qdwgimoaLBfTzleqi7kxGeJqsgxYNaaGuA/s4032/2536511B-8352-4DB2-B423-A2D14FFF3E10.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvcMb-7M_X_KNKJ_rX38c96HX0Jo7N0fj4-ve9kDnc1b6-rAnATTqo3OLahhliwCaEAzPKADusgZmQyx3kJIl0yIW1wNVEBALonDlKv3hcNJU4eVkmmCmJfNprsrBtwmppoarBZOZO1LwLgsisK_g5SF0qdwgimoaLBfTzleqi7kxGeJqsgxYNaaGuA/s320/2536511B-8352-4DB2-B423-A2D14FFF3E10.jpeg" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Once home, I finished my Shetland felted project by shrinking it a bit more, forming it to my liking and attaching the seaweed that I found at the beach at St. Ninian's Isle with steel wire that should rust over time. It will grace my front door and be a constant reminder of my amazing experience in Shetland.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ba6MT5yteRz2UImtSgYyyk60xEBMH1x_URkUz7mZJv-LZSpaZh3RKIPAJ5mNpR77KunUW0NuMjClNBMNdiUy7k29lTh1ggU_fGvMuMHRwzaGI81IpQ-7UFf8QK6OND7eCJNBHPN2qVruQ9S5XvswKr8eSlrDlB7oQbf23XSR9FKK3iN_8WzGPStJuQ/s4032/8C0CA968-F88F-4D0A-94E4-E6BFCCF12155_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ba6MT5yteRz2UImtSgYyyk60xEBMH1x_URkUz7mZJv-LZSpaZh3RKIPAJ5mNpR77KunUW0NuMjClNBMNdiUy7k29lTh1ggU_fGvMuMHRwzaGI81IpQ-7UFf8QK6OND7eCJNBHPN2qVruQ9S5XvswKr8eSlrDlB7oQbf23XSR9FKK3iN_8WzGPStJuQ/w300-h400/8C0CA968-F88F-4D0A-94E4-E6BFCCF12155_1_201_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4UeKrfl1HXavQR9Vm7ZJHe2qnblQ9Qv57Lda3kWY4skDenUa753nyZWybo_M1hPuZ3IB-1cTApm3uhkQXRo9wTlb97MPx7m_AaAGEb_2f9_VwZ2u987J7LeAvDLo9V_4b5qnD9JV0i59iqUhd-mgHBbu1ca7Z3UKJlk6fA-GG2XywYvQVhbIggjhOjw/s4032/4A9B8FD5-A46C-4419-8425-8E07ED5E638B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;">Me and Deb Tewell at Rocky Mountain National Park</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span>I met Deb Tewell in March 2022 at Felter's Rendezvous in Colorado Springs, CO. She organizes this annual event (on hiatus since Covid) and hired me to teach a 4 day vest workshop. Although there are a total of five instructors, she decided to take my class. You can only imagine how nervous I was having the event organizer in my workshop. But after an hour in, she asked if I could move to Colorado and I knew then that all was well.<a href="https://www.studio907.com/search?q=rendezvous" target="_blank">2022 Felter's Rendevous.</a></span></span><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span> Deb and I really hit it off and earlier this year she came to Long Beach to take a one-on-one workshop at my studio. </span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span><br /></span><span>In 2021 Deb nominated me for the 9th annual invitational juried show called FACE of Fiber in the Rockies. </span><span>The annual international show is hosted and organized by the Fiber Arts Council of Estes (FACE) and presents a wide variety of fiber pieces. </span><span> </span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span>About a month or so before the opening reception for the six week FACE event, I spontaneously decided to attend. I contacted Deb and asked if she wanted to join me. She informed me that she was going to be a vendor at the Estes Park Wool Market which is always held at the same time as the reception for the FACE show. I said I would help her with her booth. Talk about serendipitous synchronicity - win/win! It is terrific helping Deb in her booth and styling customers with her felted garments. And Deb, who was formerly a naturalist, showed me around Rocky Mountain National Park on our spare day. </span></span></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span><br /></span><span>I felt so fortunate to not only have my three felted garments juried in to the show but to have two of them win awards! The purple pull over vest won the EXCELLENCE award and the white dress won the Surface Design Association Award. All three pieces are for sale at the show. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFA1cP7wbIj5GyLn9Lc5VA4h0qL03JKG9SUMNMpg5tqP_EW10Y5bjQT4T27eQf8kPNpPoTN7-tJYD71Z6AE0wEv7rWw3MY2CjYngDg07d3i7bELeAN5C1X4DvlFLn-Q7YOzoo0ai6cLoXWdUq78q6xiYspvPgFzJ9ycNUM5V3hNLwCLWF5kNheqDFhQ/s4032/F5F08962-E0D5-4D65-95A0-59BB6743B1F1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFA1cP7wbIj5GyLn9Lc5VA4h0qL03JKG9SUMNMpg5tqP_EW10Y5bjQT4T27eQf8kPNpPoTN7-tJYD71Z6AE0wEv7rWw3MY2CjYngDg07d3i7bELeAN5C1X4DvlFLn-Q7YOzoo0ai6cLoXWdUq78q6xiYspvPgFzJ9ycNUM5V3hNLwCLWF5kNheqDFhQ/s320/F5F08962-E0D5-4D65-95A0-59BB6743B1F1.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnPJCb_9ylhsr9qtnDfiVR2pO_I1syLKmEMS0N9Y8zvlwzy2WJAsqSDRBY_UuDWv-_BFycZH0z6_B8g-MiRaC7y7HUIz1beixdtB5VmBjjM8L1pc--eoNlp3CH4kZpIBIJN2x_mdocD4l_6i2ZNhZOfBHvDuB5fuCJJBYnLWRTvzQKu8uWw6-u4NIWw/s4032/79AE3DC1-7E65-4178-B681-A4C590F47399.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnPJCb_9ylhsr9qtnDfiVR2pO_I1syLKmEMS0N9Y8zvlwzy2WJAsqSDRBY_UuDWv-_BFycZH0z6_B8g-MiRaC7y7HUIz1beixdtB5VmBjjM8L1pc--eoNlp3CH4kZpIBIJN2x_mdocD4l_6i2ZNhZOfBHvDuB5fuCJJBYnLWRTvzQKu8uWw6-u4NIWw/w480-h640/79AE3DC1-7E65-4178-B681-A4C590F47399.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">This pull over vest called "Grape Vine" won the EXCELLENCE award. I was thrilled beyond belief when I was the first name called and for such a prestigious award. Thank you FACE of Fiber.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: courier; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbGkcS92ZsylTnCE6fpqZk7ggEe6m7DypR4yX-4n6REKDzItuxrCxCb-Z4UCICreb6QO4qhp5UDDcjQ4LKoCLUVUEBsP41GhYu9XJbY0xh15DBp0Ug1m-CZndrp0kUFub_OZ_zfWzIt4wYGmh9_C9vzlnMi0XYZfNoXiu30yrpoFL4mo8wIskQgR0yA/s4032/B2D89182-441F-4682-BC57-B731AEBAFF8A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbGkcS92ZsylTnCE6fpqZk7ggEe6m7DypR4yX-4n6REKDzItuxrCxCb-Z4UCICreb6QO4qhp5UDDcjQ4LKoCLUVUEBsP41GhYu9XJbY0xh15DBp0Ug1m-CZndrp0kUFub_OZ_zfWzIt4wYGmh9_C9vzlnMi0XYZfNoXiu30yrpoFL4mo8wIskQgR0yA/w480-h640/B2D89182-441F-4682-BC57-B731AEBAFF8A.jpeg" width="480" /></a><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xQWwRV2A9rkJ04yfun1wZRyKS2jWis7YsYNZc04JIPobo6SgDsF5lTPFtaSRXpPhjbS7UEV7OVgZMW1wJ0Ak2O7SMpZcTfMhgRp3PbSP6wLf6LezLM6HXo0dNK3ZG6x7U59hHlOUkdxLeGaK_PmxourNs4z41uzIbusJQAtVQdL9lHKR-iVZQU_gug/s4032/6748FB1D-F148-4FED-88C0-B6B7294D9184.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xQWwRV2A9rkJ04yfun1wZRyKS2jWis7YsYNZc04JIPobo6SgDsF5lTPFtaSRXpPhjbS7UEV7OVgZMW1wJ0Ak2O7SMpZcTfMhgRp3PbSP6wLf6LezLM6HXo0dNK3ZG6x7U59hHlOUkdxLeGaK_PmxourNs4z41uzIbusJQAtVQdL9lHKR-iVZQU_gug/w480-h640/6748FB1D-F148-4FED-88C0-B6B7294D9184.jpeg" width="480" /></span></a></p></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This vest is called "About Face" and was created with merino wool roving and my hand painted silks.</span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1TtwH8UrnYq7PIy_j9ONJnrfdGkSDIEZVrUG9xs5CxGHOmWV39EnhvnInEEWIY2rbD4lsYdOYKb-d1wdqrp8cJE0RQ7k4lpAlSnrz0Uo7BCG2EBkH2VDZy_gaBKMq8hWMvtnn2H8Pzh_J-YD-lf63nXO0NiIvZpu_dWoas5fWiw5RuSUxDI_u_m2xA/s4032/D08E495A-0BCC-4A8E-AFB4-AAE85C3F1472.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1TtwH8UrnYq7PIy_j9ONJnrfdGkSDIEZVrUG9xs5CxGHOmWV39EnhvnInEEWIY2rbD4lsYdOYKb-d1wdqrp8cJE0RQ7k4lpAlSnrz0Uo7BCG2EBkH2VDZy_gaBKMq8hWMvtnn2H8Pzh_J-YD-lf63nXO0NiIvZpu_dWoas5fWiw5RuSUxDI_u_m2xA/s320/D08E495A-0BCC-4A8E-AFB4-AAE85C3F1472.jpeg" width="240" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNkrurXuYwhOBDEBE0Y2Qo01YBbOxPdmFeUwKqUpnmI9F5PdJOmrnLAPiWVGBoN9FmFOC5ReMZeJCXUrORN0y5dv1JYQzIVzoRNkuOYQPhwy-rVCZuLeyh-nII5-tLoy0h5gBqUHeqSyT4a81xAu1gsGXRPdLEDKSjBui7EioRiq14l8coGoNmP0C6A/w480-h640/3A0CAC3B-E5F2-4165-8129-E08A92855898.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="480" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The dress called "Spattered Ink on Words" won the Surface Design Association Award. The criteria for this award is creativity, originality innovation and excellence of surface design and technique. I feel so honored to have won this award. I created this dress with super fine merino wool, viscose, hand dyed silks and other silks. Once it was felted I embellished it with sumi ink. It is so comfortable and wearable.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaNkrurXuYwhOBDEBE0Y2Qo01YBbOxPdmFeUwKqUpnmI9F5PdJOmrnLAPiWVGBoN9FmFOC5ReMZeJCXUrORN0y5dv1JYQzIVzoRNkuOYQPhwy-rVCZuLeyh-nII5-tLoy0h5gBqUHeqSyT4a81xAu1gsGXRPdLEDKSjBui7EioRiq14l8coGoNmP0C6A/s4032/3A0CAC3B-E5F2-4165-8129-E08A92855898.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7XbXPp19qrBCI3kJPhRALVtX60jg8vb-VJ2xe9RLvPLikFHKYJqzmEE2-m9oFhB5KxBvbhGYWhz5-g7r5j18uZpxQ7E-GTDtdib_XAxdnRTPHovKKe7n-59aERFtDZdoP-lF85zaX8jOL_IJrV3-RpTl2B7xUvsvRQk3aW5aZUNgBSRXbBCTxfqBvw/s4032/898F6E5B-364F-4132-A287-FBA5D64C9D9C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh7XbXPp19qrBCI3kJPhRALVtX60jg8vb-VJ2xe9RLvPLikFHKYJqzmEE2-m9oFhB5KxBvbhGYWhz5-g7r5j18uZpxQ7E-GTDtdib_XAxdnRTPHovKKe7n-59aERFtDZdoP-lF85zaX8jOL_IJrV3-RpTl2B7xUvsvRQk3aW5aZUNgBSRXbBCTxfqBvw/s320/898F6E5B-364F-4132-A287-FBA5D64C9D9C.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;">FACE committee members Pauline Bustamante (far left) and Lis Lord (far right) and me and Deb Tewell in the middle.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMFo055DFtnbHvNm8fQwcWlpSpHqwZBfazlM3hBNq7-guEBvAxRvtd78i0r3oiMJQ8hE9YpgoRghuBHwHw3hEQ3Nr5CsS4Oxw5RqdKqaYnl4-B6s4vSNZFD7jghLf4BP1Q-Gsjc_VkWvSMz_8RwX_QjkTzboDDriahXzruWXqKERnbbrRXE_8vwsuwA/s4032/ABBB23B3-8EAB-4658-B5B3-75F0903CD2EB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMFo055DFtnbHvNm8fQwcWlpSpHqwZBfazlM3hBNq7-guEBvAxRvtd78i0r3oiMJQ8hE9YpgoRghuBHwHw3hEQ3Nr5CsS4Oxw5RqdKqaYnl4-B6s4vSNZFD7jghLf4BP1Q-Gsjc_VkWvSMz_8RwX_QjkTzboDDriahXzruWXqKERnbbrRXE_8vwsuwA/w300-h400/ABBB23B3-8EAB-4658-B5B3-75F0903CD2EB.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: courier; 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Here's judge Margaret Tullis and beaming me.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2HWoCSUNwfhZGRMX5VBeJVSkn1-8PJ0IW82r6RHCo0YzQfTv0-xBtlAU7Yrela-VW5nQDhvG1mnjljERLZtNlTtVcqlar-Xk8qpfkaRwFIxns4Tvu2Pu4ufSdaH08wihKxchbRiZpgAxI1XAl9ccX-O2RXQuLNX6PIYtdbqJciNjeqLZculdnSf2iA/s3088/6B6B3957-8FCE-4545-8075-9D4812B5EDBD.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2HWoCSUNwfhZGRMX5VBeJVSkn1-8PJ0IW82r6RHCo0YzQfTv0-xBtlAU7Yrela-VW5nQDhvG1mnjljERLZtNlTtVcqlar-Xk8qpfkaRwFIxns4Tvu2Pu4ufSdaH08wihKxchbRiZpgAxI1XAl9ccX-O2RXQuLNX6PIYtdbqJciNjeqLZculdnSf2iA/s320/6B6B3957-8FCE-4545-8075-9D4812B5EDBD.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p>Deb Tewell gifted me this darling felted beret that she created. I love it with my outfit.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJ0l2TFAbHB4XriqS1wobUdidVAOhouLC207F-vPQMaYJuv9UEjbbeGavHNar8ZhJtZEgNr_gHwGkP6Yv9XRkhJrwTWbAnPoiIZNJJac92oJf_Uhk-wMVP1CAf6ikW6BNZJ7qLYfAAPQTpLp5FCTBoatPXbroxAOe7lTjQNzxhd_pAAaWp11LFYxiYg/s4032/D23D9391-FF94-4D8A-8828-B07ADB08A07A_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJ0l2TFAbHB4XriqS1wobUdidVAOhouLC207F-vPQMaYJuv9UEjbbeGavHNar8ZhJtZEgNr_gHwGkP6Yv9XRkhJrwTWbAnPoiIZNJJac92oJf_Uhk-wMVP1CAf6ikW6BNZJ7qLYfAAPQTpLp5FCTBoatPXbroxAOe7lTjQNzxhd_pAAaWp11LFYxiYg/s4032/D23D9391-FF94-4D8A-8828-B07ADB08A07A_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJ0l2TFAbHB4XriqS1wobUdidVAOhouLC207F-vPQMaYJuv9UEjbbeGavHNar8ZhJtZEgNr_gHwGkP6Yv9XRkhJrwTWbAnPoiIZNJJac92oJf_Uhk-wMVP1CAf6ikW6BNZJ7qLYfAAPQTpLp5FCTBoatPXbroxAOe7lTjQNzxhd_pAAaWp11LFYxiYg/s320/D23D9391-FF94-4D8A-8828-B07ADB08A07A_1_201_a.jpeg" width="240" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">I wanted to take this little girl Ivy home with me, a darling nubian goat.</span></div><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-77113968929752039452021-10-11T11:46:00.161-07:002021-10-11T15:10:00.715-07:00Felt Inspired by my adventure in Iceland, the Land of Fire and Ice<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzQqrxamLVy5fMrCXvC0JKON7pfCgz2FXkM8Tid5FVrFhVZa3hxCw8TehrI2Ic3HOq_2_57CoJLo_8TnH6zFw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Diverse and beautiful, Iceland is home to some of the largest glaciers in Europe, as well as some of the world's most active volcanoes. The Icelandic landscape is characterized by a huge number of waterfalls, geysers, volcanoes, black sand beaches, and steaming lava fields, reminiscent of an almost alien landscape.</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">This magical, otherworldly landscape inspired me to create felted garments. This short slideshow reflects some of the landscape along with my interpretation.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_toKRi9tUxEOY66ettvRtJ1Vzo3R8KkkilRJHo7o3yG9ft1Fy4y5RcVh9SiIx5hDbEFJwv_O7kWiZqfuJmKdbAxMbhe8PplAJpwT-fT9e2JGkWZkdbhJ6zcbjWQhWMbj0LOViiUGSFKj/s4032/IMG_7426.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_toKRi9tUxEOY66ettvRtJ1Vzo3R8KkkilRJHo7o3yG9ft1Fy4y5RcVh9SiIx5hDbEFJwv_O7kWiZqfuJmKdbAxMbhe8PplAJpwT-fT9e2JGkWZkdbhJ6zcbjWQhWMbj0LOViiUGSFKj/w480-h640/IMG_7426.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtWxo3gh3R4n7nMo-KvCjIsvRlp5PWv8eIHKyuwl5idgwIdMZ6GLEhQyMPwDCEbMtI2IKiL3LNpsswW6BewPUPGVJV1eBASj_r0DvAdVnKbQu3FVNAFRXT9nVZRzDi0Z2LJIr001I4S5N/s2048/fullsizeoutput_e932.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtWxo3gh3R4n7nMo-KvCjIsvRlp5PWv8eIHKyuwl5idgwIdMZ6GLEhQyMPwDCEbMtI2IKiL3LNpsswW6BewPUPGVJV1eBASj_r0DvAdVnKbQu3FVNAFRXT9nVZRzDi0Z2LJIr001I4S5N/s320/fullsizeoutput_e932.heic" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: courier; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JbVwMH0Im39tmKzK75wHeYr-deTqF2CeBQ6sMQLAgKit1-bxgNk3TQf-Lrk2tJKZSS6SOrAwECRX0xW14vne3wttpWQe72ZaO4kXT0bsDA_owIgvMIQg16L2aFb6q64-ckmk_pZcnv-K/s2048/fullsizeoutput_e787.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JbVwMH0Im39tmKzK75wHeYr-deTqF2CeBQ6sMQLAgKit1-bxgNk3TQf-Lrk2tJKZSS6SOrAwECRX0xW14vne3wttpWQe72ZaO4kXT0bsDA_owIgvMIQg16L2aFb6q64-ckmk_pZcnv-K/s320/fullsizeoutput_e787.heic" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; text-align: left;">Iceland was the perfect place for this southern California gal to wear her felted garments and accessories. I was actually surprised to not see much felt there </span><span style="font-family: courier; text-align: left;">but the hand knit sweaters are gorgeous and I treated myself to one. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-Yd7yLNvzzX5i58CwgS4YPiNLVHa7LhanvsYUZN6sMbV6PVAhYfp3ub90BFy3mQTNrnvn8M4FxA0x7GthgoMjoD2rldGmTsWpZEKz0sLGoQeZp4kXPVjkxz16JRSRszHcCkD9y8Co_tj/s2048/fullsizeoutput_e744.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-Yd7yLNvzzX5i58CwgS4YPiNLVHa7LhanvsYUZN6sMbV6PVAhYfp3ub90BFy3mQTNrnvn8M4FxA0x7GthgoMjoD2rldGmTsWpZEKz0sLGoQeZp4kXPVjkxz16JRSRszHcCkD9y8Co_tj/w300-h400/fullsizeoutput_e744.heic" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFEb25vC94jN-S2Ce4BQiK6SSrCUZIHyhv8mylOwPEO7naYq93PI3A49oqj5fDCd4B-LeBd-cKIkLyLKLCm8vHePnkGfEArsqP_BZ-R9HXmpU3XnMGDKJT5DhS3npukHvh-IpGQBPKeRmA/s2048/fullsizeoutput_e89e.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LNb_5QQygGYwYTBokWp9ZGLwd4gEp6Yhehu_uVoapi45ivK0RuK3dVkM7ksb7H6PHaTRXfqVHQhLm6gB5PY4puEn-dWI92AdAW4N5183q7Ty_xLwseLrVkW_JWawolmhG7axAVUphKls/s4032/IMG_7195.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9LNb_5QQygGYwYTBokWp9ZGLwd4gEp6Yhehu_uVoapi45ivK0RuK3dVkM7ksb7H6PHaTRXfqVHQhLm6gB5PY4puEn-dWI92AdAW4N5183q7Ty_xLwseLrVkW_JWawolmhG7axAVUphKls/w300-h400/IMG_7195.jpeg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sweater I bought at Pingborg.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">For a more in depth look into our two week adventure around Iceland via the ring road, take a look at my 12 minute slideshow <a href="https://vimeo.com/618269566" target="_blank">HERE.</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">We booked the trip through <a href="https://www.nordicvisitor.com/" target="_blank">Nordic Visitor</a>, which I would highly recommend. They took car of everything from the car rental which was equipped with invaluable Wifi, our lodging with breakfast, and the extras which for us included horseback riding, helicopter tour, Blue Lagoon, Baths at Vok and whale watching in Husavik which was unfortunately cancelled due to weather. I thought the Blue Lagoon would be too commercial and overrated but it was fantastic. Do not miss it if you plan a trip to Iceland.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5FICudcFFH8FBUbXI8fhoq5jKqeZjtRTPSzKngf3WBG7AmuxVRRNYxPfMViTiCltxc0_1wlTmkMMF_1Qs3Ji86YpASb8nm2swDlKeaBKpi7etfCUYxMkmUGBlIG3gMmz2JVjnlM7jxBI/s4032/IMG_6491.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5FICudcFFH8FBUbXI8fhoq5jKqeZjtRTPSzKngf3WBG7AmuxVRRNYxPfMViTiCltxc0_1wlTmkMMF_1Qs3Ji86YpASb8nm2swDlKeaBKpi7etfCUYxMkmUGBlIG3gMmz2JVjnlM7jxBI/s320/IMG_6491.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-19014278521889598292021-08-11T01:38:00.003-07:002021-08-11T01:38:25.807-07:00Transforming painted silks into a poncho<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyMo6Tu8t-EtGC0K3rbj2cZM4nKOSh3aRu3ekLg4RfN_raYdc3faor2Jr_cGaLRyq03wrONuCewjTyf-9C8pw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">From painting abstract images on silk fabric to creating a design and witnessing the alchemy that happens when wool and silk transform themselves to create a new textile, the felting process is a magical experience. It never ceases to amaze me how with just soap, water and some elbow grease, the process results in a felted piece with rich and incredible layering of textures and colors.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">These abstract faces are kind of fun and I was interested to see how they'd felt; I was pleased to see that they pretty much held their own. </span> </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXy6PnJaAMZCtq_cGXvbtqVhMrKBtpp17FAiNA2oy1L-GDb0hcq7lkPie9p-n7EhqBNqWkFb8WmoHqDJfT6Otif7XtSOmP8nFTmcyEohV0IPk0RDqmluxNqFMLdN5oMFgkCfBywTu0PsLq/s2048/lNDQljHhSdG0DwLZbeCmhA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXy6PnJaAMZCtq_cGXvbtqVhMrKBtpp17FAiNA2oy1L-GDb0hcq7lkPie9p-n7EhqBNqWkFb8WmoHqDJfT6Otif7XtSOmP8nFTmcyEohV0IPk0RDqmluxNqFMLdN5oMFgkCfBywTu0PsLq/s320/lNDQljHhSdG0DwLZbeCmhA.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/560594890" width="640"></iframe></div><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/560594890">Nuno Felting Vest Workshop, Carneros Studios - June 2021.m4v</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user11909572">Beth Marx</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The nuno felted vest workshop at Lisa & Marvin Paul's Carneros Studios in the Napa Valley was beyond belief. It was everyone's first real outing since the Covid pandemic in March 2020 and what a first rate experience for our return to civilization. And civilized was what it was with felting being just the tip of the iceberg. Lisa made this event first class; the only down side is that it's sure going to be hard to top it in the future. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Lisa and Marvin welcomed the group to their recently completed gorgeous barn with a wine & appetizer reception the evening before the start of the felting workshop - blown away is more the expression when seeing the interior of this 5,500 square foot barn. I literally could be happy living in the bathroom! We were introduced to Sur, a delightful top notch sommelier, who formerly worked at the French Laundry, a three star Michelin award winning restaurant. Sur guided us as we tasted numerous Napa Valley wines. He even took the time to provide similarities between grape production and wine making with wool and felting. Some of the same words can be used to describe both wine and felt like texture, balance, harmony, meritage, ph, art, complexity, layering, blending, richness, palette, microclimate, strong and soft.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">The weekend continued with home cooked meals, flowing wine, live music and happy felters. We shared, we laughed and came away with full hearts. Real friendships were developed which is something that is not quite possible from the Zoom felting workshops many of us attended during the pandemic. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Everyone made a beautiful and unique vest which fitted them perfectly. On the afternoon of the last day, everyone got cleaned up, put on some makeup or at least lipstick and just beamed while modeling their beautiful nuno felted vest creation. I was one proud teacher!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Take a look at the short slideshow above and the photos and three short video clips below to get a glimpse of this amazing experience. My heart is full with love and gratitude and I can't seem to wipe the smile from my face!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghPqX8t7YcCkLh0CaM-OGetqyI9QJLsBalFuvlxF_QtFnamyDbHP8AQtxczbqkkkkQq32XsM5EK8CRuFAk4zEcGWTqUg_90xpyUEe-43j5-90xiDoH845W-J391PIxX0dS_XNosLcN4rg/s2048/fullsizeoutput_d96c.heic" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghPqX8t7YcCkLh0CaM-OGetqyI9QJLsBalFuvlxF_QtFnamyDbHP8AQtxczbqkkkkQq32XsM5EK8CRuFAk4zEcGWTqUg_90xpyUEe-43j5-90xiDoH845W-J391PIxX0dS_XNosLcN4rg/s320/fullsizeoutput_d96c.heic" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martha Lumia - Palm Desert, CA</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-8285816582352849212021-04-24T13:52:00.000-07:002021-04-24T13:52:16.693-07:00Organization and Management<p><span style="font-family: courier;">How organized are you? Is your studio in complete chaos making it difficult to get through any project or are you so anal that you cannot move forward unless every every tiny detail is in order? I would call myself organized but in a casual sort of way. I like to spread out and make a mess when I am creating. But once I finish a project, I quickly clean up and am ready to start anew. I have come up with a little system and although not earth shattering, it helps me to quickly clean up and to stay organized. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtngeIWbvKdOm6k0ixXOA6n22a101Ed19iEJEFNZjDmj9kTK-M0n4s06i70bRiWDavyXlI2p4f5CzMDoAZuTUwxgJvjivx4dbuh-qWl1dU_5khWFxLnj5wNKm35KGe17o5hGELf9QxMp1V/s2048/IMG_1826.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtngeIWbvKdOm6k0ixXOA6n22a101Ed19iEJEFNZjDmj9kTK-M0n4s06i70bRiWDavyXlI2p4f5CzMDoAZuTUwxgJvjivx4dbuh-qWl1dU_5khWFxLnj5wNKm35KGe17o5hGELf9QxMp1V/w640-h480/IMG_1826.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">As you know, when you felt you have lots of little left overs, like wool roving that cannot easily be put back into your larger ball. You have pieces of silk that are small but that you certainly want to keep. And maybe fully felted pieces that you've cut off to open up a resist. Or little pieces of prefelt. I have four containers, one for each of these items: wool roving, fabric, fully felted pieces which make great inclusions in projects, and pieces of prefelt both commercial and my own. Just separate what's what and voila, clean up is basically done.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dA-IXrMj1cq7YP465dUgf7f_VstRbwELqeOCYDcIGIP4cGNo0QUTejTOcmAzc5rGjtEzLCBhtmn23sEWQXKxQVJdr1aq1a2x1sKdKX_Yp4P_uEz5_ooq0Rxd1dvNtWYAgcnKu8ldwGXC/s2048/IMG_1833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dA-IXrMj1cq7YP465dUgf7f_VstRbwELqeOCYDcIGIP4cGNo0QUTejTOcmAzc5rGjtEzLCBhtmn23sEWQXKxQVJdr1aq1a2x1sKdKX_Yp4P_uEz5_ooq0Rxd1dvNtWYAgcnKu8ldwGXC/w240-h320/IMG_1833.JPG" title="Wool roving pieces" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wool roving</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3p_Y5uR4gBPkY9s5tGGP6CWhkKtVAcFRI_QG0c1ujnEh0Rf0wuVjkyBI0Hg4a45eXSrARjtkf5horYPH6SF-L7lepPk2KZtJloD1soXihfZvtxp3XcooNEyMniBm9631Ol3tRg3StbrJ/s2048/IMG_1835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; font-family: courier; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ3p_Y5uR4gBPkY9s5tGGP6CWhkKtVAcFRI_QG0c1ujnEh0Rf0wuVjkyBI0Hg4a45eXSrARjtkf5horYPH6SF-L7lepPk2KZtJloD1soXihfZvtxp3XcooNEyMniBm9631Ol3tRg3StbrJ/s320/IMG_1835.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fabric pieces</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>C</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NW6Gk2SfG4MRbmnSMXSHUlM6GlkIkXvRlezVSfhsHcgMshQucOxo79zocwrekgJiHr2CPjgzI_dtS-p08VB6qdMio6FU2xz1IpvmWUmIbhgPzKr0i3xfh_YOpBp0EuSD2hagKeAVgkoM/s2048/IMG_1837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NW6Gk2SfG4MRbmnSMXSHUlM6GlkIkXvRlezVSfhsHcgMshQucOxo79zocwrekgJiHr2CPjgzI_dtS-p08VB6qdMio6FU2xz1IpvmWUmIbhgPzKr0i3xfh_YOpBp0EuSD2hagKeAVgkoM/s320/IMG_1837.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small pieces of prefelt</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7eC8LyswYv1h6z3NpcUUug3eSfXTtkyF6F8b_1mUCW8CwMVbrT_QJ37-jG5WnL_vKaYu6RT4orHXfuWZhd2m-8gPJMDWnt9r_FopDwHrN4CUo_svajkj4QEublItpCz-raxGImMHyWsZ/s2048/IMG_1832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7eC8LyswYv1h6z3NpcUUug3eSfXTtkyF6F8b_1mUCW8CwMVbrT_QJ37-jG5WnL_vKaYu6RT4orHXfuWZhd2m-8gPJMDWnt9r_FopDwHrN4CUo_svajkj4QEublItpCz-raxGImMHyWsZ/s320/IMG_1832.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fully felted pieces</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br />There are so many benefits to being organized. <a href="https://organizedmindandlife.com/benefits-of-being-organized/" target="_blank">Read more about it here.</a><br /></span><span style="font-family: courier;"><br />An old but true adage: A place for everything and everything in its place. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">So you are not already doing it, get organized to help you better manage yourself, your time and your stuff.</span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="font-family: courier;" /></div><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UJwllh0bJnlMhnZs0CKVxITmNPIC19Qm9ueswefZQOnIMv-NUDlqa-7SVz-VfbKpPgZ4Kp6NbZo4-00G3yOK6t2aGJRrwwVE7axsXzCzWNN3vrxb2P_yHM8YlTViuhtYDYvNwhbEWV36/s2048/IMG_1853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UJwllh0bJnlMhnZs0CKVxITmNPIC19Qm9ueswefZQOnIMv-NUDlqa-7SVz-VfbKpPgZ4Kp6NbZo4-00G3yOK6t2aGJRrwwVE7axsXzCzWNN3vrxb2P_yHM8YlTViuhtYDYvNwhbEWV36/w300-h400/IMG_1853.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Metal pieces for resist dyeing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UwACsRujpJONZFwkvSi7cYYtfZqgcA-gWiSM3oNpzr3U_UUIoLYLng3VDvUPCf-bhB7nXHGSRtcwPJZSr5MpClTuv7bIxRK0AzsNQuIppB9T3oJeIkXXUymtRcxWPE7Ebr7Smr458SFB/s2048/IMG_1850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UwACsRujpJONZFwkvSi7cYYtfZqgcA-gWiSM3oNpzr3U_UUIoLYLng3VDvUPCf-bhB7nXHGSRtcwPJZSr5MpClTuv7bIxRK0AzsNQuIppB9T3oJeIkXXUymtRcxWPE7Ebr7Smr458SFB/s320/IMG_1850.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clothes pins for lots of things</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhrzFhW3LLi5ltPRu2FcRA-Pqx4dWNIdvHuGx8f06Gv0VeOS5AxZvgLgvD1ZlrtXjVCkNu1DKstcxkfQ82Iy9_GMjeSpFllBWU5LIOIAEmRUDvm44icdRv4-yfXtYWmfkpBH8wZwoid5o/s2048/IMG_1846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEhrzFhW3LLi5ltPRu2FcRA-Pqx4dWNIdvHuGx8f06Gv0VeOS5AxZvgLgvD1ZlrtXjVCkNu1DKstcxkfQ82Iy9_GMjeSpFllBWU5LIOIAEmRUDvm44icdRv4-yfXtYWmfkpBH8wZwoid5o/s320/IMG_1846.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rocks are so handy for weighing things down</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjNcAWl-1mkD-74GjNDDSmYfVW_G8g9BCp_7BET7-r8I2g5DF7GE_buJVJVPM3DzJB4bYldofHwq9m7WAIJ_QplitfYFd3x5wU-wKKCuLYflrN1OunN7MEQx6Kv1sLY5ggu-OzBRc_gq3/s2048/IMG_1845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjNcAWl-1mkD-74GjNDDSmYfVW_G8g9BCp_7BET7-r8I2g5DF7GE_buJVJVPM3DzJB4bYldofHwq9m7WAIJ_QplitfYFd3x5wU-wKKCuLYflrN1OunN7MEQx6Kv1sLY5ggu-OzBRc_gq3/s320/IMG_1845.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Foam brushes in one cup, large brushes in another cup, fabric markers in yet another cup.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-2zIhInfBAY1e_aFI9vt2SU1jLL-3gWoZZJvxuLw73vNpHHwsxv5Mz_8fVmKJvIakYD_2PmZ_uZz1lVpiEkmzMxhUixKlOLtPiVMucYc2H8mSu7zCajbrTgeYpPJDwTLNF4TMlmMfl0K/s2048/IMG_1840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-2zIhInfBAY1e_aFI9vt2SU1jLL-3gWoZZJvxuLw73vNpHHwsxv5Mz_8fVmKJvIakYD_2PmZ_uZz1lVpiEkmzMxhUixKlOLtPiVMucYc2H8mSu7zCajbrTgeYpPJDwTLNF4TMlmMfl0K/s320/IMG_1840.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Felting rollers and mats in one large bucket</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUtgVrvuGzCNgQXK_B3C_lYmoeds4pFLMGJhGBDnQl04k9OqHzDby2UKXGkD1R3tIzkX0jkem-q2xerYzaeNKLPtSNBMhyphenhyphen3tTnEJ8XeEA8wHefbDLgluJetgvNkRDFCxt-yLxODwUXizi/s2048/IMG_1838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Vr6SwCz1__0bgrUKvWtDMRS7CIj1vL1kF8uUN190Ztcl4sKCLRkgU6G9NDmyEsG1MnArdzvdBhb1zXtu0iJj0Pt05cqlmBIiKkR7zuYsc90xcoV3Dw0iZM49k4GcQiZDRk3l63jmqurs/s320/IMG_1828.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large scissors in one place and small ones in another place.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwNmQYCUdoBXhgrmdzAaJyjc7Xn7PGpTLfMVnpK3wHJFGXygsNFCA3LZYbw12RNSU2FKlYnl7MnjdRjnqL7r8JKY159GdSFLVD8FrpI5EzjVuhV2sgmCgMdZbL3zjeWpcXjqfNS5_Ak_t/s2048/IMG_1831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwNmQYCUdoBXhgrmdzAaJyjc7Xn7PGpTLfMVnpK3wHJFGXygsNFCA3LZYbw12RNSU2FKlYnl7MnjdRjnqL7r8JKY159GdSFLVD8FrpI5EzjVuhV2sgmCgMdZbL3zjeWpcXjqfNS5_Ak_t/s320/IMG_1831.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even rubber bands have a home</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-66334729023807760292021-03-15T11:44:00.008-07:002021-03-19T04:51:24.152-07:00JUNE 3-JUNE 6, 2021, FELTING, FOOD AND WINE IN NAPA VALLEY!!<div><h2 style="background-color: #f9faed; box-sizing: border-box; color: #453028; font-family: tofino_bold, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: large;">JOIN ME FOR AN IMMERSIVE FELTING, FOOD AND WINE EXPERIENCE IN THE NAPA VALLEY</span></h2></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: #f9faed; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; line-height: 3rem; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> It looks like there is finally a light at the end of this pandemic tunnel. Many of us have already been vaccinated and the rest of us folks in the USA should be by the end of May. Zoom has been great but there is nothing that replaces an in-person workshop experience. It's not just about the learning but about the whole experience using all of our senses, the community, and the friendships we develop and sustain. So we are very happy to announce that the workshop that was originally planned for February 2021 is now <u>going to take place June 3-June 6, 2021.</u> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">I am so excited to be the first guest instructor at Carneros Studios located in the Napa Valley and housed in a 5,000 square foot barn with a lovely first-floor fireplace and gathering area. </span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Wg8r5OS1TEpOOS4G3qV_LXT6uu85m1uItS-AEVzZoyvBVoP0j7MVO7oZIVMY3gFxskzTwFLbD6SuhFcfggbgCOMo-gEMoodGADw71VgP7nfiR55Wk4lFr1LPvVULn80R9NCqV_y14mJk/s1536/carneros-studios_IMG_7749-crop-1536x1386.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Wg8r5OS1TEpOOS4G3qV_LXT6uu85m1uItS-AEVzZoyvBVoP0j7MVO7oZIVMY3gFxskzTwFLbD6SuhFcfggbgCOMo-gEMoodGADw71VgP7nfiR55Wk4lFr1LPvVULn80R9NCqV_y14mJk/s320/carneros-studios_IMG_7749-crop-1536x1386.jpg.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOYD-NSDlc-XvVQmDNL5ppd8xquo29qC3lBrBqZQ4gCbZcJNT2qE_i_xJ-IVVZTFlk694GO6v86L7RL8fyVAEu1PavYx_lkPpiPJjy7-wMpWsz-iccvnOTm9b8cymd-NO6oZEOgO4HXmD/s4032/IMG_0448.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOYD-NSDlc-XvVQmDNL5ppd8xquo29qC3lBrBqZQ4gCbZcJNT2qE_i_xJ-IVVZTFlk694GO6v86L7RL8fyVAEu1PavYx_lkPpiPJjy7-wMpWsz-iccvnOTm9b8cymd-NO6oZEOgO4HXmD/s320/IMG_0448.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvDmhK8GJgLw47n8mpwoWc3nsyHgxtNcFWU6nSTHnDO-bpVjd4YtO457hag4np8YjbgT-l9SRYxsrMtFeDRTJ7mXG7b6K69lJBgpcLUV489XRaXnJu6HYccIBZw-fX-Y8NE3sxuCq6av7/s4032/IMG_0443.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvDmhK8GJgLw47n8mpwoWc3nsyHgxtNcFWU6nSTHnDO-bpVjd4YtO457hag4np8YjbgT-l9SRYxsrMtFeDRTJ7mXG7b6K69lJBgpcLUV489XRaXnJu6HYccIBZw-fX-Y8NE3sxuCq6av7/s320/IMG_0443.jpg" /></a><br /></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>NUNO FELTED VEST WORKSHOP WITH BETH MARX<b></b></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Welcome reception - Thursday evening, JUNE 3, 2021 </span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">3 day Workshop - Friday, JUNE 4 - Sunday, JUNE 6, 2021 </span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">$1,250</span></h2><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This extensive workshop with Beth includes three nights of accommodations on property in the beautiful Carneros region of the Napa Valley. Over the course of the weekend, you will enjoy a welcome wine tasting reception, three breakfasts, three lunches, and a dinner prepared by a local Napa Valley chef, in addition to Napa Valley vineyard views during your three-day workshop. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">You will use a resist to create a one of kind seamless nuno felted vest that can be worn inside out and upside down, hence the 4-Way Vest. You will learn how to make a pattern/resist from one of your own existing garments and to easily size it up to account for shrinkage using Beth’s “Easy Peasy Shrinkage Calculation” sheet. Beth’s method for pattern making doesn’t involve taking body measurements or using complicated math – you won’t even need to use a calculator. You will learn how to sandwich wool roving between layers of sheer silk fabric and embellish the vest as suits your taste and style. Beth will teach you how to create seamless edges, professionally finish the open areas like the armholes and hemline, and how to shape and size your vest to fit properly and flatteringly. You will also learn about various closures for your vest. Once you finish your vest, Beth will style you and take photos of you modeling your beautiful unique vest in a multitude of ways. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Skill level: This is an intermediate felting workshop. Students should be familiar with how to lay out wool roving for wet felting. This workshop does require some stamina. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">If you are interested, don't wait too long to enroll. Only room for 6 students.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a private studio in the beautiful Napa Valley that requires you to <a href="https://www.carneros-studios.com/register/" target="_blank">PRE REGISTER HERE</a>. Once you become a member (which may take up to 24 hours) you will receive approval at which time you can review the material & supply list and enroll in the workshop by clicking: <a href="https://www.carneros-studios.com/schedule/nuno-felted-vest-workshop-with-beth-marx/" target="_blank">SIGN UP HERE</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The sooner you enroll, the sooner you have your pick of the accommodations which you can arrange with Lisa Paul: </span><span style="font-size: medium;">info@carneros-studios.com</span></div><div><span face="tofino_bold, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9faed; color: #453028; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="tofino_bold, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f9faed; color: #453028; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase;">WORKSHOP AGENDA</span></div><div><h3 style="background-color: #f9faed; box-sizing: border-box; color: #78b1ae; font-family: wayward_sansregular, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: medium;">THURSDAY, JUNE 3</span></h3><ul style="background-color: #f9faed; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6:00pm – 9pm: Meet the Artist Welcome Reception Wine & Appetizers View & Purchase Beth Marx creations</span></li></ul><h3 style="background-color: #f9faed; box-sizing: border-box; color: #78b1ae; font-family: wayward_sansregular, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: medium;">FRIDAY, JUNE 4</span></h3><ul style="background-color: #f9faed; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">8:00 am: Breakfast</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">9:00 am – 4:30 pm: Class with luncheon</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6:00 pm: Group Dinner with local Napa Valley chef</span></li></ul><h3 style="background-color: #f9faed; box-sizing: border-box; color: #78b1ae; font-family: wayward_sansregular, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-size: medium;">SATURDAY, JUNE 5</span></h3><ul style="background-color: #f9faed; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">8:00 am: Breakfast</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">9:00 am – 4:30 pm: Class with luncheon</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">6:00 pm: Dinner on your own</span></li></ul><h3 style="background-color: #f9faed; 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A reversal of direction and a complete 180 from 2020 is what I wish and hope for this new year. Not only do we need to put the killer Covid 19 pandemic behind us but we also need to change our attitudes, act civilly and do the right thing. At a minimum wear a mask and get vaccinated when it's available to you and by all means support your local restaurants and shops. Be kind, strong, empathetic and loving. </span><span style="font-family: courier;">My hope is for less chaos in our country and more working together to get the USA and the world back on track from our lost ways. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7UvEeIhlvTf01Aohp4mtWY8Rm72IOVHqw-xLgegiV9BTmxtR6WXUVgZBRiQBc7cby04WsXpaJl333CA0dBuKCWcQ10RnMKCr48aBuvrwvWr0R39uuug9H87RMbiHVFKdUnNqzgeOQTsK/s2048/IMG_8987.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7UvEeIhlvTf01Aohp4mtWY8Rm72IOVHqw-xLgegiV9BTmxtR6WXUVgZBRiQBc7cby04WsXpaJl333CA0dBuKCWcQ10RnMKCr48aBuvrwvWr0R39uuug9H87RMbiHVFKdUnNqzgeOQTsK/w480-h640/IMG_8987.jpeg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCmkKWDbBZg8JDl7rlPdvwrx0mFcDN9nCKODTpQJuyyt_a76DtxHhK3H-UwVZ8zahIsrtDGAEhoYvWmen2mofo_Ky-vl8qdwykCxyzEB3lH7gE32TX_K82zIhDWO6_706aOzZ4ZZupTYB/s2048/IMG_9031.jpeg" style="font-family: Times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCmkKWDbBZg8JDl7rlPdvwrx0mFcDN9nCKODTpQJuyyt_a76DtxHhK3H-UwVZ8zahIsrtDGAEhoYvWmen2mofo_Ky-vl8qdwykCxyzEB3lH7gE32TX_K82zIhDWO6_706aOzZ4ZZupTYB/w150-h200/IMG_9031.jpeg" width="150" /></a>My "About Face" felted neck warmer is also about women facing challenges and fears to go forward with fortitude and strength being the best woman you can be in this new year. Several women's faces are abstractly incorporated in this felted piece along with my message of being bold and brave engraved in the form of free motion stitching.</span><p></p><p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-iNaWGJWIDNUG0o9eujoYeecmjOppLJ55qY_RHD4c8aemrDpT-vfjgoz6YsEHFR8hSm5jVkxQsMDDeTE8eNHeTLH9C7jtrPkO8sLv-9s4OV3qcyrA4Lmp-tHGipBpbdr4ltpTTzP5d_PH/s2048/IMG_8979.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-iNaWGJWIDNUG0o9eujoYeecmjOppLJ55qY_RHD4c8aemrDpT-vfjgoz6YsEHFR8hSm5jVkxQsMDDeTE8eNHeTLH9C7jtrPkO8sLv-9s4OV3qcyrA4Lmp-tHGipBpbdr4ltpTTzP5d_PH/w480-h640/IMG_8979.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This felted cowl was created with super fine merino wool roving, hand painted silks and other silk fabric, viscose, ramie, tussah silk, Kozo paper, free motion stitching and colored markers and paints.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the women's faces in the felted neck warmer:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIwaAr3D2KVj1PAXX6fbFlVjs5XkU3-3fHv2wfOtIB2UBjwCcNDHowrZjQHP1UoKBbuTNN3yTWCyKkZwTbj_Z2gvvOp2-jaoPZFWDKdUdufTwoGDMcxLZcpuq4KIFJBYaJLuZoFfWAxL_/s2048/fullsizeoutput_ce54.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgIwaAr3D2KVj1PAXX6fbFlVjs5XkU3-3fHv2wfOtIB2UBjwCcNDHowrZjQHP1UoKBbuTNN3yTWCyKkZwTbj_Z2gvvOp2-jaoPZFWDKdUdufTwoGDMcxLZcpuq4KIFJBYaJLuZoFfWAxL_/s320/fullsizeoutput_ce54.jpeg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcEopfD_EAweUoA7paqcB7981Cwn-iUVHVUUUJv-bS8SokuVBIfGdhFacmPi13mEVVNUDjae5rpWPtryh_M_xOdnce6fp7TxdoLqUHt0-5Ze5ULAVZS7VSQQDiLvizCApWsITnNNuIU0q/s2048/fullsizeoutput_ce3c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-68415859846285043532020-11-13T14:16:00.001-08:002020-11-13T14:16:35.364-08:00Felt: Fiber Transformed 2020<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I am so grateful for the daily chats, strong bond and lasting friendship that <a href="http://www.ecolamfibrearts.com/" target="_blank">Linda Armstrong</a> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: courier; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">and I have developed over these many months of the pandemic. Although we are separated by thousands of miles (she in Ontario, Canada and me in southern California), we have been collaborating on several felted pieces starting with complex, hand painted nuno felted garments that we submitted in response to Fiona Duthie's <a href="https://www.fionaduthie.com/separate-yet-connected-online-members-exhibition/?fbclid=IwAR1tDdTZz4tyxPklLA5daQ0TIc8PzNZzJnlHQFLykmoHeb-QWQl-lBzomTM" target="_blank">"Separate Yet Connected" challenge.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: courier; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: courier; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Several months ago, I entered our second garment collaboration in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FiberArtNow" target="_blank">Fiber Arts Now</a> Magazine </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: courier; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">juried competition called Felt: Fiber Transformed. Of hundreds of applicants, we were one of a handful of lucky winners. The Fall 2020 magazine issue featured only one photo of my garment and not both of our works so I want to share with you both of these beautiful garments.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/FiberArtNow/?__cft__[0]=AZXzChQ3r9bTyUsge6USYkTITyrRytkXSgW3HCOCAkKmGdO8bV6hh1GKiNcnJ-bP7MflET_FUR25HuvJcHrl8H4x-mRpUi9ljb35od3DrPhyi-MbrxxY_D4jQDkfXEJtUc3hn9d2AYMwFFMc6jZgxPE3&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: courier; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0"></a></div><p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJ0Jxhgg-S8DvfOfJ8l3pG-PZoc2KJ_RDbgNPgeXXwT2M5qnnRmrMofRp5iWeCSbfgkI7lUQkSGvJv2e0VL3W175zSLwg8HS1wjVTNeufz43PbjVka8CJCOPpef6Wm1r0aoXPzmr3ej0q/s849/5a40b274-74a9-4155-9c5d-ca8d476a5449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="849" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJ0Jxhgg-S8DvfOfJ8l3pG-PZoc2KJ_RDbgNPgeXXwT2M5qnnRmrMofRp5iWeCSbfgkI7lUQkSGvJv2e0VL3W175zSLwg8HS1wjVTNeufz43PbjVka8CJCOPpef6Wm1r0aoXPzmr3ej0q/s320/5a40b274-74a9-4155-9c5d-ca8d476a5449.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>OUR WORK WAS SELECTED!</b></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPrd61-JE_iziBLrgCDVeEbmfodzVS9-Xxi88oTTUKN80HyQZncSS6kPH3LJtaumSRhn2Ya-IHuILvAngk-FMq70xZaJ3NEDJ_NinDzmHM2t_GUASj8A04Wt-RCGC0poGL4zPVL1gn3bC/s2048/IMG_7117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPrd61-JE_iziBLrgCDVeEbmfodzVS9-Xxi88oTTUKN80HyQZncSS6kPH3LJtaumSRhn2Ya-IHuILvAngk-FMq70xZaJ3NEDJ_NinDzmHM2t_GUASj8A04Wt-RCGC0poGL4zPVL1gn3bC/w480-h640/IMG_7117.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fall 2020 issue of Fiber Art Now <br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6KaD2McChKT7aXNXk9_KqRbzxzuGR0X4iic9RjbSzSwwhuavEuRncqNKAZpFum_63aRSoakEbBI8eaO-Ub632hdvJyhtNRLG5kcaz2FEPgoT2UwFdBGQEBdrzM9y8_Gkb-dtDbvg4-Fe/s2048/IMG_7116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6KaD2McChKT7aXNXk9_KqRbzxzuGR0X4iic9RjbSzSwwhuavEuRncqNKAZpFum_63aRSoakEbBI8eaO-Ub632hdvJyhtNRLG5kcaz2FEPgoT2UwFdBGQEBdrzM9y8_Gkb-dtDbvg4-Fe/w480-h640/IMG_7116.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are shown as #2 in the Fall 2020 issue of Fiber Art Now magazine.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Our design was inspired by one of Linda's cool designer tops. We made several changes including changing the hem line, adding a godet in the wide cowl neckline and adding long sleeves. Using methods that we both learned from <a href="https://colorsofellen.com/en" target="_blank">Ellen Bakker</a> from The Netherlands, we </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: courier; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">each painted silks in the palette of our choice and incorporated them with wool roving and other textiles to make these winning garments! Cheers to us my dear friend and collaborator, Linda Armstrong.</span><span style="font-family: courier; text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpJuwErWYzV6tSsc_-xGhVo7MTa7yCX8fdjNw2v31TjuQjfvTZjRv3-uApCG4xLCBVXBVWEtFeGhHJywEOPh7bsiL-T6AywIhGyUsaO3XiInGeUB9F5X38eDlpxHWi2w5XOrH50SK6Zcx/s2048/LArmstrong_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdpJuwErWYzV6tSsc_-xGhVo7MTa7yCX8fdjNw2v31TjuQjfvTZjRv3-uApCG4xLCBVXBVWEtFeGhHJywEOPh7bsiL-T6AywIhGyUsaO3XiInGeUB9F5X38eDlpxHWi2w5XOrH50SK6Zcx/w300-h400/LArmstrong_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_1.jpg" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BoG0p9JUklPVlYrmaNtzkjz4uwicHKtjcZTBKGpspWb9LXFN55LdxWGaMdKw3FLal2woJrJ5n1mM3mm-WWmpuUzl3IFSh6DtnTSaxLuPbDDboJDMEhqTF3MjtINgKEkdBQ25OYlLvlL4/s2048/BMarx_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_1jpeg.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BoG0p9JUklPVlYrmaNtzkjz4uwicHKtjcZTBKGpspWb9LXFN55LdxWGaMdKw3FLal2woJrJ5n1mM3mm-WWmpuUzl3IFSh6DtnTSaxLuPbDDboJDMEhqTF3MjtINgKEkdBQ25OYlLvlL4/w300-h400/BMarx_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_1jpeg.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCatVWfoI6Xx39r4e2KAu3KGKZnkLFS5DEALcEAzGquk6o0moVy5zWkp8sMybK-JN6YQN0k88KcGuaE8OTOEMNhJzhVZboiXjS4fZ8w2AVWrIEbICgiRGYlI71y3H4JNWoazB96Wtgkxp/s2048/LArmstrong_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1175" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCatVWfoI6Xx39r4e2KAu3KGKZnkLFS5DEALcEAzGquk6o0moVy5zWkp8sMybK-JN6YQN0k88KcGuaE8OTOEMNhJzhVZboiXjS4fZ8w2AVWrIEbICgiRGYlI71y3H4JNWoazB96Wtgkxp/w368-h640/LArmstrong_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_3.jpg" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are those tall, green boots to die for!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLm8A9TRWpEV8d0ER9Zb9vz32bNPrAhborBw-pkgYdK238DEWrdzogT3BQ-86nwCaSgd6dX_IrVNCpAP6ngYUGpHRvCMMSEJi0RwtSY1xcDVkuHLMJ66UyjNx2rePkvuxA1efGiYGAdHO/s2048/BMarx-CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXLm8A9TRWpEV8d0ER9Zb9vz32bNPrAhborBw-pkgYdK238DEWrdzogT3BQ-86nwCaSgd6dX_IrVNCpAP6ngYUGpHRvCMMSEJi0RwtSY1xcDVkuHLMJ66UyjNx2rePkvuxA1efGiYGAdHO/w480-h640/BMarx-CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My fun boots are by Papucci. I made the earrings from my late friend Charlie Warner's stunning lamp work beads.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiXnYf-HUhfiU2VsUlFbIFS7qL39KAzaoUI0u2ujmNsJUUkwi8-hKC_YLssBft2YM0UHuMO5UQS1lBjiRjtkw5HC2MyVKReV8Xk6SJrfRjqJoBOU26FWi_FlnVLe3qXsHsuApQBPJ0DYg/s2004/BMarx_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="1503" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHiXnYf-HUhfiU2VsUlFbIFS7qL39KAzaoUI0u2ujmNsJUUkwi8-hKC_YLssBft2YM0UHuMO5UQS1lBjiRjtkw5HC2MyVKReV8Xk6SJrfRjqJoBOU26FWi_FlnVLe3qXsHsuApQBPJ0DYg/s320/BMarx_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_3.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Check out that fun felted bracelet. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhtMgZk0gAzFF8OS96u9Qo1aaOukfYQ2gExYzkuBqgP8AJNpQ4TsG8Zesm6KKohj2y31poxV-J0H48Wq0SglSXlDQbDg_QWTUdTy7VZvkD2kRC2I6jrgvwVwTOgLezPJUyh3RX7Njh-GT/s2048/LArmstrong_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_2jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1559" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrhtMgZk0gAzFF8OS96u9Qo1aaOukfYQ2gExYzkuBqgP8AJNpQ4TsG8Zesm6KKohj2y31poxV-J0H48Wq0SglSXlDQbDg_QWTUdTy7VZvkD2kRC2I6jrgvwVwTOgLezPJUyh3RX7Njh-GT/s320/LArmstrong_CollaboratingWhileSelfIsolating_2jpg.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-82208180876554968122020-11-12T19:42:00.005-08:002020-11-12T19:47:24.285-08:00City Felt - Fall, 2020<p><span style="font-family: courier;">It was an exceptionally cool day today in southern California and just the perfect temp to don some felted pieces. So we four friends biked to downtown Long Beach and explored our city finding some of the fab murals around town as a back drop for a photo shoot of our young and beautiful friend Alena originally from Belarus. But we all got in to the modeling act, young and young at heart!</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/478757588" width="640"></iframe></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/478757588">City Felt - Fall 2020</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user11909572">Beth Marx</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</span></p><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1eyCPRJJ3jsPZ5bWljFJrTIMENSECd6wcaOarfDzKMip2gGWT40F-019Mw7pb-OIMGXVaert7QHeyrcqDw2cse1kGxzKc4KFL6FgbEc272S5dntcBHEzdPIP9cSg36F6A_ScClAq7cAg/s4032/fullsizeoutput_c8b6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbXpOhpuPm5FKHdSqXWT_t19wMmi-igoFvlStEWzZnfvsx83O4RUkFd7aN1xDCXbqKMR3faG5Ni7Dr7soZtsJADyIj4UMPZBJaJYM0WFRQv39OGc-FwQwRw6gb0hJZS6E5QxSP9RwKdDp/s2048/IMG_5489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCbXpOhpuPm5FKHdSqXWT_t19wMmi-igoFvlStEWzZnfvsx83O4RUkFd7aN1xDCXbqKMR3faG5Ni7Dr7soZtsJADyIj4UMPZBJaJYM0WFRQv39OGc-FwQwRw6gb0hJZS6E5QxSP9RwKdDp/w480-h640/IMG_5489.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Making felted hats is so satisfying. Not only does it involve collaging of silk fabrics, silk and plant fibers, wool and more, it involves sculpting the hat to a beautiful and flattering shape for wearing. I never dreamed this would be so fun. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVtsEkjbC9Mc3hD3ufrhT8vmptzd0AyhFGpEgCx3TlmKsQ5OOGhRAWCBVwtOy0p5wkiurAnPZ8em6_mLIZK05qPQ9lKi4GfJFwwGBSFmZF1JY2KScf9KyGXzFfmu6Tk_H80VpBv9k7L_0/s4032/IMG_6018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVtsEkjbC9Mc3hD3ufrhT8vmptzd0AyhFGpEgCx3TlmKsQ5OOGhRAWCBVwtOy0p5wkiurAnPZ8em6_mLIZK05qPQ9lKi4GfJFwwGBSFmZF1JY2KScf9KyGXzFfmu6Tk_H80VpBv9k7L_0/w480-h640/IMG_6018.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymptkLIblTGqw3Y8iOYDeqyBiZid56WSYdEMcdQ2jb_20XstHyKYBg9vesN-v8E-3KHCCUlXMKPbg_jcIvqe57elyk30EOzBIwiFpIAuwjoDMoaECbzmgO95U9ZA_pC_nL5RZxJlBE2vM/s4032/IMG_6008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEr6Ec2uQUug4H_zNn1e8kJMHh489C0lWybq-K7cWu5OGZ37So5O0OPMMnRkcw1Tc_QkgIIeODIjuKi9GBcpRxgvPUDDLTkjJQE0SGkRbtl2bVm-aSNSl-upyDoKX0DHLPyqud9ie_M66M/s2048/%252Bt5zluo9TpyEd5DwoNbpwQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEr6Ec2uQUug4H_zNn1e8kJMHh489C0lWybq-K7cWu5OGZ37So5O0OPMMnRkcw1Tc_QkgIIeODIjuKi9GBcpRxgvPUDDLTkjJQE0SGkRbtl2bVm-aSNSl-upyDoKX0DHLPyqud9ie_M66M/w469-h625/%252Bt5zluo9TpyEd5DwoNbpwQ.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="courier">Camouflage is the perfect neutral and so versatile. And wearing it now is so apropos to symbolically fight against Covid 19, our invisible enemy. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="courier"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="courier">I created this dress and matching shawl with hand dyed merino roving, both dyed and hand painted silk and other textiles like mesh and jute. African trade beads line the neckline hanging from repurposed torn tee shirts. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="courier"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="courier">I have styled the dress with polka dot leggings and top by AMB Designs, boots by Walk, my hand made earrings, vintage bakelite bracelets and a felted camo cuff on my right wrist.</font></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67vKZ6keCGeuG_uxlSqIKcI9dL2Pmq0cUtFdCSYFHTb0UcjSyXr78yW5luf5FylWRZcsO2KTvnWH0SdUUpAXUwssTAxmTE43RRJOeuP8Za8eqlzxfrylfO5MR7bSxUHwKsfGWA546i8A3/s2048/H%252Bn5j2nJST%252BqyUXyuVIxgw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67vKZ6keCGeuG_uxlSqIKcI9dL2Pmq0cUtFdCSYFHTb0UcjSyXr78yW5luf5FylWRZcsO2KTvnWH0SdUUpAXUwssTAxmTE43RRJOeuP8Za8eqlzxfrylfO5MR7bSxUHwKsfGWA546i8A3/w469-h625/H%252Bn5j2nJST%252BqyUXyuVIxgw.jpg" width="469" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEr6Ec2uQUug4H_zNn1e8kJMHh489C0lWybq-K7cWu5OGZ37So5O0OPMMnRkcw1Tc_QkgIIeODIjuKi9GBcpRxgvPUDDLTkjJQE0SGkRbtl2bVm-aSNSl-upyDoKX0DHLPyqud9ie_M66M/s2048/%252Bt5zluo9TpyEd5DwoNbpwQ.jpg" style="font-family: courier; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01); color: #141414; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Camo is a super versatile print," Los Angeles-based </span><span style="background: 0px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01); border-bottom: 1px solid; box-sizing: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 0.15rem; text-align: left; transition-duration: 0.25s; transition-timing-function: ease-out; word-break: break-word;">stylist Sarah Schussheim</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01); color: #141414; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"> says. "You can treat it either as a main print in your wardrobe and pair some camo pants with a great simple cashmere sweater. On the other hand, you can also treat it as a neutral and toss a light camo jacket over anything, really! Stripes, plaid, solids..." T</span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><font face="courier"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFG3uXmQK0-Of0aDyG2r2Lo4ENsEsxYHVhviCTHYDVoAREvzuOvMsNzYaNQYlD0Q3AS3uuz74ABKqUXw8Ka0TsQAcBrmq91VayFjT8FOl3d7qL1ljdYaSzJsJiQYLDb9qIiBXjN-v60I4N/w375-h500/IMG_5024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="375" /></font></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="courier">Camo purse with flap, inside pocket, and twisted leather strap. 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTY3q3A9iCUlkL3fKLepTYgH_8nbbz6xM6nrcDtcxRcj3Wj19sRSZ0oxGFDviAEJj8QnSLjlsKMDNAGU6It9zoKHFI9r1ZEoh1Zmat3UzEgtmf9aPJWdjX-YmAZV8RyhahCn7qZl6JYdjn/s2048/fOHkFKZeQYqD6JQt95ijkw.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><font face="courier"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTY3q3A9iCUlkL3fKLepTYgH_8nbbz6xM6nrcDtcxRcj3Wj19sRSZ0oxGFDviAEJj8QnSLjlsKMDNAGU6It9zoKHFI9r1ZEoh1Zmat3UzEgtmf9aPJWdjX-YmAZV8RyhahCn7qZl6JYdjn/w375-h500/fOHkFKZeQYqD6JQt95ijkw.jpg" width="375" /></font></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="courier">Wearing the shawl as a skirt along with a camouflage poncho.<br /></font></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eAPf5QLeOxTDYzQzJu__d97Z6zSJjz0-_CFQQxjrvj6oaOBIo6amDmy71hU0LV9ADlpLZOq88VLzaWs40ZFEOC_KjMr8iS4xO2ypI9xjbHTT3zCtZRkf8_MrfZYI_jzuJ_KndYVrdhyy/s2048/fullsizeoutput_c4b3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eAPf5QLeOxTDYzQzJu__d97Z6zSJjz0-_CFQQxjrvj6oaOBIo6amDmy71hU0LV9ADlpLZOq88VLzaWs40ZFEOC_KjMr8iS4xO2ypI9xjbHTT3zCtZRkf8_MrfZYI_jzuJ_KndYVrdhyy/w375-h500/fullsizeoutput_c4b3.jpeg" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="courier">Like a camo cocoon!</font><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeE-30dL20DSLzNX3J3547l9oXrlKJVii_iZgg7pgIHPxeaKjS6xFMuOQ4eqgGe-a43GhNGRiskInWkjcJmalJNMmomcAINw0eNxmSLyERhcfK6lduvDnjrhD7t-lnNEEGvC0hqMHMQI27/s2048/0oN%2525RgPDTMSA3hoMxL8KJQ.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><font face="courier">We had to keep everything under wraps for a few months. But we can now share the felted pieces that we created for the on-line challenge 'Separate Yet Connected' that Fiona Duthie posed to her former students during this period of self isolation. Seems very apropos timing to now be able to share our creations just as we are crawling out of our cocoons to a slowly opening world. For details about my garment and to be blown away by the variety of felted projects and creativity generated by our felting community during this period of self isolation, go to: <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fionaduthie.com%2Fseparate-yet-connected-online-exhibition%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0Sw6lKHTNLEQSDteeKtlbLU63qUztfrYAjPySXmCY5G6pbL0C8ImV9-_8&h=AT0DcU6ygY-Ot1qbacXgyOsfw4VNTmiK33dbeEZrcFBNXHUpbw1HmIToayKNnWTckWHoCpgTYYDA9vA9Cfe6A2WnGAUF_4Tj2ZTWQdZs0qUAGCIWOPJT5MnVGKyEDnGN8QmtkOI&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT1ZmMMhcW48b_rw941kLYARLfC-weiDxw-n8WPPSlsvG9OgjeISdJGvWFvQC9m8O3tLzmMXvoS3N1Pv8do4tjrVY5b3SwFPf63HnBWSKMoZJPn17gAElg4vgYxqHixbTOU1DapDCJojjFRU3X45sg" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.fionaduthie.com/separate-yet-connected-online-exhibition/</a></font></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwmnCmhazunEMSev3tyXpKjkq4vhCnj1zB2AI8Acd9Thlh_OEIB_AtfxQ9_37T5QEl1rDoZ55mqBq_o5-aGa1UJU1W7jo3iu4NScbfixJUlXyQzRWiIywrB170rpcBYI3pA20RdpR7KO4/s1080/Untitled+%25284%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwmnCmhazunEMSev3tyXpKjkq4vhCnj1zB2AI8Acd9Thlh_OEIB_AtfxQ9_37T5QEl1rDoZ55mqBq_o5-aGa1UJU1W7jo3iu4NScbfixJUlXyQzRWiIywrB170rpcBYI3pA20RdpR7KO4/w400-h400/Untitled+%25284%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="courier">I thank Fiona tremendously for her mentorship, friendship, inspiration, community and so much more. I have stretched and reached creatively during this time of self isolation with gratitute to Fiona.</font></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="courier"><br /></font></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="courier"><br /></font></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="courier">To view the challenge projects in book form, click here: <a href="https://issuu.com/fiona_duthie/docs/separateyetconnected_catalogue_2020.final" target="_blank">https://issuu.com/fiona_duthie/docs/separateyetconnected_catalogue_2020.final</a><br /></font></span></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2609" data-original-width="1205" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVUCMmtepJ7K_zkiXKAmOuFYCNg9-V5AUD9XIdmFDzoRf0fP5Ve0NWRZXVXb_uB5rXAXfjHalT5wWVLjT_CZzM4eV_UUSFFyfEAW9_97wn72DBponTjaPnFkGLzqRXzWOmCWMtv4G6fkY/s320/IMG_1582.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1kOJAt_JNE2ZXXUwsoRx2bK6_ty74UeMvKBC493Z8GIwGn_N8wrOWUSTGf5PrS0YZ2YjUc2914XbWjPxfL3wY0NOiCMLVFp7_jeUJk6t6zlim6CpHv4Vh2fcRoS8ba_h76paq1zyKq7n/s2609/IMG_1586.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2609" data-original-width="1205" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1kOJAt_JNE2ZXXUwsoRx2bK6_ty74UeMvKBC493Z8GIwGn_N8wrOWUSTGf5PrS0YZ2YjUc2914XbWjPxfL3wY0NOiCMLVFp7_jeUJk6t6zlim6CpHv4Vh2fcRoS8ba_h76paq1zyKq7n/s320/IMG_1586.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="courier">For the challenge, I collaborated with <a href="http://www.ecolamfibrearts.com/" target="_blank">Linda Armstrong (Ecolam Fibrearts)</a>, a felter that I met in 2017 at Felter's Fling, who lives in Ontario, Canada thousands of miles away from my home in Long Beach, California. We have developed a wonderful friendship and even now months after our collaboration for Fiona's challenge, we have collaborated on several additional projects and text and talk just about every day. Having Linda by my "Separate Yet Connected" side during the Covid crisis has been invaluable. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="courier"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="courier"> Beth's challenge garment: <a href="https://www.fionaduthie.com/portfolio-items/separate-yet-connected-beth-marx/?portfolioCats=187" target="_blank">https://www.fionaduthie.com/portfolio-items/separate-yet-connected-beth-marx/?portfolioCats=187</a> </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="courier"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="courier"> Linda's challenge garment:<a href="https://www.fionaduthie.com/portfolio-items/separate-yet-connected-linda-armstrong/?portfolioCats=187" target="_blank">https://www.fionaduthie.com/portfolio-items/separate-yet-connected-linda-armstrong/?portfolioCats=187</a></font><br /></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnlLAXQy8twRIrn-ql3ZzALbNNvVctNbjqbGjkP_B_npNtHdf0ED0pShfgHI-m2vV26vnkK6U-iymU-bpXv2p3EkFU2gtDUB6VFy7dJhTqVMq5AVv7FvKQtB6GRFFbDMg_vTqx2puMsii/s1920/Untitled+%25285%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBnlLAXQy8twRIrn-ql3ZzALbNNvVctNbjqbGjkP_B_npNtHdf0ED0pShfgHI-m2vV26vnkK6U-iymU-bpXv2p3EkFU2gtDUB6VFy7dJhTqVMq5AVv7FvKQtB6GRFFbDMg_vTqx2puMsii/w281-h500/Untitled+%25285%2529.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div></div>JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-34876360741461903272020-07-17T12:23:00.000-07:002020-07-17T12:23:05.537-07:00Abstract Silk Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UN73SG7ToyF6Xqqw2lM96sg6GqkSEQo7OewnEcB3kl738-Ol-FkS2GN-Mx0_gorUI62JqiTv9-q8dO8Q23roJz5Cqz7EW_O_Nc04rvTDhn0drVN9sE1vSSTTRnq3ui5QjVfoAArEn0CV/s2048/IMG_1071.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UN73SG7ToyF6Xqqw2lM96sg6GqkSEQo7OewnEcB3kl738-Ol-FkS2GN-Mx0_gorUI62JqiTv9-q8dO8Q23roJz5Cqz7EW_O_Nc04rvTDhn0drVN9sE1vSSTTRnq3ui5QjVfoAArEn0CV/w625-h469/IMG_1071.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><div><br /></div><font face="courier">I always thought silk painting was an old ladies' hobby. Not that I'm denigrating old ladies, I am one as a matter of fact. But when I think of painting on silk, I conjure up images of old ladies wearing babushkas or sophisticated women from the late 50's donning a flowered headscarf to cover their hair while driving around in a convertible. Both dated or so I thought. </font><div><font face="courier"><br /></font></div><div><font face="courier">But </font><font face="courier">according to <a href="http://www.2ofakindmag.com/babushka-style-headscarves-making-comeback/" target="_blank">2ofakindmag</a>, "<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px;">Truth is this simple piece of cloth is very versatile, sending out the mixed messages of being the style of monarch and peasant woman alike, of elderly and young sleek lady, both having a bad hair day. Also, as we are living in a period where all boundaries are blurred, headscarves knotted in babushka or whatever style are ideally fitting young blokes as well! Not only it’s now fashionably acceptable but it feels so fresh and exciting that we are sure that it will soon be an off-catwalks favourite. And with its </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">‘one size fits all’</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px;"> appeal, this is a catwalk trend that genuinely transcends fashion’s usual boundaries."</span></font></div><div><div><font color="#444444" face=""><br /></font></div><div><font color="#444444"><font face="courier">Whether or not you are ready to be a fashion icon wearing a headscarf, there are so many ways to paint and use silks. I personally love painting bold abstracts. I use the painted pieces in my felted garments as well as adorning myself and my home. I am so lucky to have learned silk painting from <a href="https://colorsofellen.com/en" target="_blank">Ellen Baker</a> and to open up my world to exploding color and fun.</font><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiLibtVCT3WvMX4U5PH-oqq0oTGrB1zvZTQP20ehHGYE-g5ZLKGOC0ydgUV1bSzAScyMq3v3MYvkz-5WMMhq8as3fVNH8XtSUlo5HKYOims5X_ATepki4nsix3Y7LIzX_RNdj01aMr5rL/s2048/IMG_3096.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiLibtVCT3WvMX4U5PH-oqq0oTGrB1zvZTQP20ehHGYE-g5ZLKGOC0ydgUV1bSzAScyMq3v3MYvkz-5WMMhq8as3fVNH8XtSUlo5HKYOims5X_ATepki4nsix3Y7LIzX_RNdj01aMr5rL/w500-h375/IMG_3096.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier; text-align: left;">Use a scarf as a bathing suit coverup or drape over an ottoman or a table. Maybe get it stretched over a piece of canvas and hang it where you want to display a big piece of art. Go wild and use your imagination to conjure up new ways for a silk scarf. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: courier; text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfF6f4s1SITQQhAlvraNR980vY6rQ3o1PtZly-NtpcD1PhuXEP3Dm-4atTNlX9lbjYB8hUv6JrGDd5f5xbitRSEVgeA0FkcnCJai3RQXozHRoSYHVIh6uIjJgRVV_jwZ2nvp4pQQxceGFG/s2048/IMG_8366.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfF6f4s1SITQQhAlvraNR980vY6rQ3o1PtZly-NtpcD1PhuXEP3Dm-4atTNlX9lbjYB8hUv6JrGDd5f5xbitRSEVgeA0FkcnCJai3RQXozHRoSYHVIh6uIjJgRVV_jwZ2nvp4pQQxceGFG/s320/IMG_8366.JPG" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; 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margin-right: auto;" width="240" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="courier">Margilan silk with prefelts made with wool and hand painted silks.</font><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6NkHTqZANO7Ttl3yFj35v7isqEjfeSpdCiVq8CRVOoWhC8ENaixXyvC5fFaw02K9Z5CWM7VvU0N7BlJpThrV2smenBGga-vA7-ZoL3X1il0R38EUhon2hD-fXv5d8DH_72nRyct8oicX/s2048/IMG_2636.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><font face="courier"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6NkHTqZANO7Ttl3yFj35v7isqEjfeSpdCiVq8CRVOoWhC8ENaixXyvC5fFaw02K9Z5CWM7VvU0N7BlJpThrV2smenBGga-vA7-ZoL3X1il0R38EUhon2hD-fXv5d8DH_72nRyct8oicX/w320-h240/IMG_2636.JPG" title="My silk frame on 4 folding tables." width="320" /></font></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><font face="courier">My silk painting area which can easily be set up and torn down.<br /></font></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: left;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuno felted camouflage dress with hand painted silks<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitiQbRH35vSr2FnT_ezt03Ae_rxv4ChyphenhyphenD55Xfvr7r-kxN-uCsc60pTHQbRu0Kj4P2zcELRK_uJVWhz2RtQfCDGmD-Y3LUXju-_tYmwtW-wkZbxJqdKyIrqZ8b0uX3d7xlYuW0lLlC9RiWS/w300-h400/IMG_2693.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="300" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This painted Margilan silk was used to create the nuno felted camouflage dress.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Q_BZ5k6061Kci23ojje2ifTyQoCnQ6W0R7-pEGmWfHs_C0dBHx7yqtEpaXm_k9hjVvoNeJGhudnXIiFDX5OF0SPdwaI-TAvh_WSVuuY8iIjzc5nrR7FHPwwi6bhC803O7VF-a6LzRKB4/s2048/IMG_0374.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is the ultimate artist's smock. And although you might not want to wear it for painting, it is so cool with all its pockets which literally could hold all your tools. But what a garment to wear for traveling if we ever get that chance again. You can pocket your cell phone, keys, wallet, passport and even keepsakes and talisman,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Ever since I got back from Ellen Baker's silk painting workshop on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, I have been obsessed with painting silk and using them in felted garments. And although I did not have the time to also take Fiona Duthie's complex garment workshop which used the painted silks, I was just blown away and totally inspired by the gorgeous felted garments in their <a href="https://colorcollaboration.com/" target="_blank">Color Collaborations </a>exhibit which was located in the same hall as our silk painting class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I arrived home just days before countries started closing their borders and stay at home orders issued. During this pandemic, I have had the time to create in my studio even more than usual. With the extra time and Fiona's motivation from her on-line challenge (mums the word on what I made for the challenge but you will see it in a few months when the photos are published) and her direction to push and stretch ourselves artistically, I have been teaching myself how to make complex garments using multiple resists. I have also been figuring out ways to make closures by using things like snaps and grommets.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">I am loving painting silk using the method I learned from <a href="https://colorsofellen.com/en/ellen-bakker" target="_blank">Ellen Bakker.</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I placed grommets in the felt pieces to make them look more like buttons. And then I threaded thin felted cords through them to close up the pockets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Fun, colorful, graphic, freedom, pockets, swinging, sculptural - all ways to describe this complex garment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">On my walks I see the local high school quiet and gated. I see all the closed shops. It reminds me of a Sunday from my childhood when businesses were closed and families hung out together. But seeing playgrounds surrounded by yellow tape, local restaurants shuttered, people safe distancing from each other and local beaches closed is an awakening that this is not the 50's; this is our reality, our new normal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I for one have it good; I am thriving in my creativity. I am healthy and I hope it stays that way; I wish the same for my friends and family. Some people have burst my bubble and chastised me for being happy while so many in the world are suffering. But while we can have patience and compassion, we need to embrace the uncertainty in the best way we can. For me it is mainly through my creative effort and spirit. So far, I have been fortunate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Fiona Duthie's current on-line felting challenge, SEPARATE YET TOGETHER, offered to all her former students has been a source of inspiration and friendship as was Ellen Bakker's silk painting workshop on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia hosted by Fiona. Unfortunately I did not have the time to take both Fiona's felted garment workshop along with Ellen's workshop but I have been so inspired by their <a href="https://colorcollaboration.com/" target="_blank">Color Collaboration</a> which was exhibited on the stage in the same room where we were working.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In a bubble on Salt Spring Island we were just learning more and more about the Covid 19 virus. It was when the news came out that Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson had contracted the virus, that it became a reality. I even painted silks in the workshop inspired by the horrible, contagious virus with the message on the silk to stay home although it had not yet become a requirement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">But just days after returning home the situation had drastically changed. The USA/Canadian border closed, non essential businesses were shut down and shelter in place orders instituted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The social media communication of my friends and colleagues in the felting community has been my life blood right now. Fiona's challenge to stretch ourselves and to go outside of our comfort zone to create a felted piece for the SEPARATE YET CONNECTED challenge is metaphorically rich. We are all stretching ourselves and we are all out of our comfort zone even if it means as little as not getting your regular mani/pedi or not getting your hair cut and colored by your stylist to experiencing the absolute worst scenario which is unimaginable to me.</span><br />
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I<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> have been making samples and some cowls in preparation for my larger challenge garment. I am using the vibrancy of my hand painted silks which I have immersed myself in since returning from Ellen's workshop. The first week back I made a silk stretcher frame, bought supplies and made a make-shift stove top steamer. I have also painted both nuno prefelts and silk fabric with sumi ink and steamed them both along with the painted pieces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The color vibrancy is my happy place, the connected part but actually even the separate part since I am happy alone. The wool locks in the samples represent our locked situation, our requirement to self quarantine, stay home and relinquish our usual comings and goings. But the locks are open on one side, moving freely and will be set free at some point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This piece has two channels with felted cords threaded thru the channels. The channels and cords are our means of communicating and connecting, channelling our efforts through social media, Facetime, texting, email and now Zoom. We are channeling new ways to communicate and we're reaching out to others, some of whom we have not spoken to for awhile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">But there are knots in the cords, still connecting but knotted, closing up, twisted and anxiously knotted to create a barrier from socializing and from connecting physically with the outside world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">But as horrible as this Covid 19 war is, we will grow and learn from our new normal; we'll have more compassion, more love and patience and more appreciation for the little things. The world is connected right now fighting this crisis. We are SEPARATE YET CONNECTED to fight this common enemy of our universe, the universe for all of us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">My finished prefelts are blowing in the wind. I'll use them to enhance felted garments. I'll cut them up and use them both under and on top of my silk fabrics or even directly on the wool roving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Here's my method for making prefelts using the dryer. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; text-align: center;">For more on the dryer method for felting go to:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And prefelts are such a great thing to make when you're not feeling particularly creative but still want to spend time in the studio. And when you need that little extra embellishment later on...voila, it's already done!</span><br />
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<br />JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-71386366558970827182020-03-22T22:35:00.000-07:002020-03-22T22:35:01.373-07:00Nuno Felted Seamless Collage Vest Workshop - Felters Rendezvous, March 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I was lucky enough to be invited by Deb Tewell, the organizer of the annual Felter's Rendezvous in Colorado Springs and owner of the <a href="http://www.thefeltingsource.com/" target="_blank">Felting Source</a> to teach at the March 7-10, 2020 Rendezvous. This event was absolutely amazing, so much fun and so wonderful to reunite with felter friends and make so many new ones. And thank heaven that this event went off without a hitch right before all the ensuing tumult resulting from the coronavirus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I taught a four day nuno felted seamless collage vest workshop. Since the class size was smaller than expected, mainly due to just too many garment classes, I made lemonade from lemons and encouraged each student to go out of their comfort zone to create a more complicated vest than I would normally invite in a larger workshop. What a win/win!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Deb's husband Duncan was a former park ranger and was the best guide to me and Perla at the Garden of the Gods.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had always wanted to visit the majestic Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs and I was lucky enough to have the tine and the best guide.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Going out to dinner with Deb Koesters, Ellen Castleberry and Kathy Krein at the <a href="https://www.rabbitholedinner.com/" target="_blank">Rabbit Hole</a>, a super fun upscale restaurant in downtown Colorado Springs.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jill Gully, owner of <a href="https://www.outbackfibers.com/" target="_blank">Outback Fibers,</a> was one of the vendors at the Rendezvous market place. I took my very first felting workshop from her in 2007 in Fallbrook, CA. </span></td></tr>
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<br />JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-104324383702485572020-03-22T16:18:00.006-07:002020-03-22T16:54:50.387-07:00Covid 19 Inspired Painted and Felted Silk<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.1429px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I just finished felting one of the 5 momme habotai silks that I created last week in Ellen Bakker's silk painting workshop on charming Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Fiona Duthie and Ellen teamed up in Fiona's neck of the woods to combine the beauty of Ellen's silk painting with Fiona's felting. </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qadhq1Aa-mSg3T8abXomZJs5Ue0v0M7qFd0DlSIoev4i5GH7UObI0Jrd-jJ9A7lxXoQimNBXC96Z6y2H9jj1jHgPMTq7L2CbnDkkBssxY3ySG1msnValJMCr89LNo7tixto5rUVrviF1/s1600/IMG_7280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; font-size: 12.8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qadhq1Aa-mSg3T8abXomZJs5Ue0v0M7qFd0DlSIoev4i5GH7UObI0Jrd-jJ9A7lxXoQimNBXC96Z6y2H9jj1jHgPMTq7L2CbnDkkBssxY3ySG1msnValJMCr89LNo7tixto5rUVrviF1/s320/IMG_7280.JPG" width="240" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">From ugly duckling Covid 19 inspired painted silk to a beautiful felted wrap. I am so jazzed! And jazzed too that I was able to even attend this outstanding, inspirational workshop and then able to depart Canada just days before the borders were closed due trying to flatten the curve on the spread of the Covid 19 virus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.1429px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.1429px;">I cut the 44" x 84" painted silk in half to create two long pieces which I slightly overlapped to create an L shape. I laid it on my table right side down (I had painted words so it did matter). Using four different colors of merino wool roving including one that is variegated and called Peacock, I laid down one layer in a herringbone pattern. I then added additional silks in various colors including a green one with black polka dots and another which was the first painted small sample. On top I added some prefelts that I had previous created with sumi ink that I had learned from Fiona in another workshop. I also added a few black prefelt circles. The shrinkage was about 35%. This long wrap can be worn in lots of different ways. I love it!</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.1429px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.1429px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.1429px;">Thank you Ellen and Fiona for such an outstanding experience on beautiful Salt Spring Island. We all made it home in the nick of time! </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used four different colors of roving. I did not use the green roving in the top right but instead added a dark blue.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Last week I was bike riding on a chilly day in February with my Peruvian scarf wrapped around my neck and hanging down. Needless to say, I have discovered that this is not such a good idea while riding a bike. Thank God I wasn't going too fast when I felt a pull against my neck. I looked down and my pretty scarf was twisted around the sprocket. I tried to gently pull but nope, I had to more like yank it out. Unfortunately it was greasy and full of holes. BUMMER! I Soaked it and washed it trying to make sure I didn't felt it in the process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Well the grease never came out so I decided that I needed to make lemonade out of lemons and use some of the scarf to create a felted cowel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I created a resist 2" longer than the 17" I wanted and about 14" wide for a total of 28" around. I allowed for a 35% shrinkage rate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I cut off the crocheted pieces from my messed up scarf and felted some of them into felted cords that I created using a bamboo blind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I worked this piece from the inside out. I laid out some decorative silk fabrics. On top I placed the cords and some inclusions cut from the messed up scarf. Then I laid out one layer of merino roving in a herringbone pattern with one row facing right and the next row left. I used black, red, orange and yellow merino. Then I added more silk fabric and cut up scarf embellishments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And then voila, a new nuno felted cowel from repurposed and recycled materials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A new cowel and definitely the ol' proverbial...When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade!</span><br />
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<br />JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-32318535710876336662020-02-10T14:38:00.002-08:002020-02-10T14:40:39.834-08:00A Bevy of Felted Vests<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I love making vests. I generally promote them as 4-way vests since they are so versatile and can be worn in so many ways like inside out and upside down. Here a few of the vests I have made so far in 2020. Some have pockets, some are high collared and one has two different colored lapels. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I start every project like it is going to be the best thing I've ever created. Sometimes it is and sometimes not. But I try to push myself and try new techniques and new uses of the materials. Always fun and rewarding even if it's just an learning experience and opportunity to do better next time.</span><br />
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<br />JP Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038537241747851769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519943080411756047.post-21332424993283977582020-02-01T13:22:00.000-08:002020-02-01T13:22:45.976-08:00Felted vessels inspired by Pacific Ocean <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I remember when my mother was planning to go to her 50th high school reunion and my reaction was to question if enough of them were still alive to even have a reunion! Well my day has come and my friends and I are alive and well and 2020 is the clear year for our 50th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I graduated in 1970 from Liberty High School in Youngstown, Ohio and although most of us moved away and lived our lives separately from each other, we still manage to have a girl's get together every few years. On this celebratory year, my buddies Rachel from Boulder, Colorado and Debbie from Columbus, Ohio came to Long Beach, California to stay with me for a long weekend. Their only request was to visit the ocean which we certainly did. We absorbed the Pacific in all in its glory and walked the full boardwalk of Seal Beach feeling enveloped by the ocean as we looked down from above. We watched surfers continue to both catch and tumble with the waves. Back in Long Beach, we saw boats in the harbor, took in the seabirds at the lagoon, and culminated our ocean visit with a glorious gondola sunset ride through the Naples Island canals with a singing gondolier, a bottle of Prosecco and appetizers. Life is certainly good!</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGfyk7lrDLYYK-NVrF8_OJ0B02rGJ4teIurX12hPVfOZYlDV95YpoY1TCSMBiP4_q3YDKBfm5WOrcFeuHljPlyEaA3ucETZZiAgTEDJ8WgDTjITc8f8YlFQfIe_bm_xmguCbCI8CzWtey/s1600/IMG_6742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGfyk7lrDLYYK-NVrF8_OJ0B02rGJ4teIurX12hPVfOZYlDV95YpoY1TCSMBiP4_q3YDKBfm5WOrcFeuHljPlyEaA3ucETZZiAgTEDJ8WgDTjITc8f8YlFQfIe_bm_xmguCbCI8CzWtey/s320/IMG_6742.JPG" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The crashing waves cresting with blues, greens and browns blended together with white foam all hitting the shore and dissipating into that clear water color blending with beiges, grays and white inspired all of us to want to create. Rachel and Debbie had never felted before but I was confident that they would really enjoy creating a felted vessel inspired by the Pacific Ocean. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">What gorgeous and inspiring vessels we all made. I was amazed by what both Debbie and Rachel created and they were so very pleased as well. I am so grateful for them in my life and so happy that they came to visit and were able to take home a piece of the Pacific with them in the form of a felted vessel. They can proudly display them in their homes and will always be able to admire them and smile about the memories we made during our 50th high school graduation celebration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I was so jazzed about what we made that I went on to create a few more Pacific Ocean inspired vessels in the few days after Rachel and Debbie went home.</span><br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/261869471">Felting Workshop March 2018</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user11909572">Beth Marx</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">No matter how you style it, it's a real pleasure to wear a hand created seamless felted garment. From the hand dyed silks to creating a seamless nuno felted garment with no sewing, I am always amazed at process.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The marriage that takes place when the silk fabric penetrates and entangles with the wool is like alchemy creating a new and beautiful textile. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before I start a project, I gather my silks and wools together.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I create a resist out of underlayment to use to build my seamless garment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this new spout and it is a lot easier on the hands than a ball brauser. Be sure to use a bottle like this (Target brand) and not a bottle with a long neck. I bought the spout on Amazon. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M6E9QK9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">Click here</a>.</td></tr>
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