There is less than a week to decide to enter the fiber challenge! The idea was to involve you who are too far away to easily attend meetings. So far we have someone from Traverse City and Fort Gratiot participating. How about those of you in the U.P.? No one yet from Kalamazoo or Grand Rapids.
Don't delay, write your check today! (Do I sound like a car salesman?) Don't miss out!
Susie Krage
1731 Seminole St.
Detroit, MI 48214
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Artist's Reception, Jennifer Gould
Join us for a Holiday Open House
and an Artist's Reception for
"Leaves of Change"
by fiber artist Jennifer Gould
November 1st, 2012
Thursday, 4-9 p.m.
Meet our gallery artists
Begin your holiday shopping
Win Door Prizes
and
Enjoy the Walborn Family's favorite holiday treats!
At
YT Galleria, LLC
966 Cherry St.
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
(616) 451-8817
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Fanciful Fibers Challenge Update
Hi, Folks,
Here is an update on the Fanciful Fibers Challenge. There have been nine responses to the challenge but mostly from the "usual suspects". The farthest afield came from Fort Gratiot. How about some of you from the new Kalamazoo area group and I know we have some U.P. members. Join the fun and send your check for $5.00 and participate in a terrific group project without too much effort! The deadline is November. 5th. Do it before the holidays take all of your time.
Some of the comments received along with the checks have been:
"What a great idea!"
"Sounds like a lot of fun!"
"Great idea".
"Thank you for establishing the challenge. Its just what I needed to get the creative juices flowing."
Susie Krage
1731 Seminole St.
Detroit, Mi 48214
Here is an update on the Fanciful Fibers Challenge. There have been nine responses to the challenge but mostly from the "usual suspects". The farthest afield came from Fort Gratiot. How about some of you from the new Kalamazoo area group and I know we have some U.P. members. Join the fun and send your check for $5.00 and participate in a terrific group project without too much effort! The deadline is November. 5th. Do it before the holidays take all of your time.
Some of the comments received along with the checks have been:
"What a great idea!"
"Sounds like a lot of fun!"
"Great idea".
"Thank you for establishing the challenge. Its just what I needed to get the creative juices flowing."
Susie Krage
1731 Seminole St.
Detroit, Mi 48214
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Kalamazoo SDA Meeting Notes
October
14, 2012
Meeting
of West Michigan Surface Design
Attending:
Angelica Roberts a.reginaroberts@gmail.com
Not able to attend
Cheryl Dineen Ferrin Cheryl@cdineenferrin.com
Time
was spent sharing our art and talking about the connections that we shared
through the creation of our work.
We
discussed the vision for the West Michigan and encouraging others to join with
us. We agreed that the meetings should
not be over scheduled, but rather a treat to look forward to attending. Starting small and growing is a good way to
form bonds that will make the group strong.
Next
Meeting January 20, 2012 2:00 pm
Location: 2313 Parkview Ave
Kalamazoo, MI
Contact Karin Larsen for
directions or questions
Agenda:
Bring item(s) that others might use
that you no longer
need, for a friendly gifting exchange.
Time for introducing ourselves and sharing
about the Michigan Challenge.
Upcoming shows and networking
Two members will share their experience
with selling on the internet with those that haven’t sold on the net yet.
A new technique will be shared to add to
your bag of tricks.
Future meetings will follow the same
format
Exchange time
Sharing our work to support one another
Upcoming shows in the area and networking
Technology
Navigating
the SDA site
Blogging
Photography
for better sales
Etc.
New Technique
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Michigan Artist Exhibit-Jacqueline Sullivan
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Saturday, October 13, 2012
Indigo Magic Workshop
There are still a couple of spaces for the "Indigo Magic" workshop on October 25, (Thursday) from 9:30-4:30, at my home in Detroit. E-mail skrage2@att.net, if you are interested. An entire day to manipulate and indigo dye...lots of fun and mess! You can leave the mess at my house and just take home beautiful fabrics.
Susie
Susie
Friday, October 12, 2012
Exhibit Opportunity
Jennifer Gould is sharing this information in case someone might be interested.......
Dear Jennifer,
I hope you are well and in good health.
I am the exhibition manager for Parallax Art Fair USA, an
art fair for artists. I wondered whether an exhibiting
opportunity in the second edition of the New York fair might
interest you? I hope you don't mind, I got your contact from
Artists Who Teach website.
The New York fair will take place at the Prince George from
16-18 November. The idea behind the event is to provide an
affordable platform for artists to exhibit their work in an
event underpinned by new theoretical thinking from art
history. There is no application fee; the only charge is the
hire fee, determined by how many panels/plinths the artist
chooses. All exhibitors have to submit hanging plans. We
also have a free storage/hanging service for artists that
ship work. The last edition was featured in the Huffington
Post and Departures Magazine.
You can find the application form and further information
here (as well as a link to the UK site and info about our
Miami show): http://www.parallaxaf.com/applicationform.html
For photographs of previous events, articles and updates,
artist reviews, please do join our facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Parallax-Art-Fair/122785194457908
I look forward to seeing examples of your work.
Thanks for your time.
Best,
Amreen Khan
Dear Jennifer,
I hope you are well and in good health.
I am the exhibition manager for Parallax Art Fair USA, an
art fair for artists. I wondered whether an exhibiting
opportunity in the second edition of the New York fair might
interest you? I hope you don't mind, I got your contact from
Artists Who Teach website.
The New York fair will take place at the Prince George from
16-18 November. The idea behind the event is to provide an
affordable platform for artists to exhibit their work in an
event underpinned by new theoretical thinking from art
history. There is no application fee; the only charge is the
hire fee, determined by how many panels/plinths the artist
chooses. All exhibitors have to submit hanging plans. We
also have a free storage/hanging service for artists that
ship work. The last edition was featured in the Huffington
Post and Departures Magazine.
You can find the application form and further information
here (as well as a link to the UK site and info about our
Miami show): http://www.parallaxaf.com/applicationform.html
For photographs of previous events, articles and updates,
artist reviews, please do join our facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Parallax-Art-Fair/122785194457908
I look forward to seeing examples of your work.
Thanks for your time.
Best,
Amreen Khan
Thursday, October 11, 2012
NEW! Kalamazoo Meeting
Our new west coast Ambassador, Karin Larsen, has scheduled an SDA meeting at her home in Kalamazoo. If you live in or are visiting the area, please stop in. If you e-mail Karin directly at <karinlarsen@mediopic.com>, she will send you the directions. The meeting will include show and tell, so don't miss out. Here is a great chance to see what other artists are doing and participate in planning for your area SDA.
Sunday, October 14 at 2 p.m. That is this Sunday!
Susie Krage
SDA Michigan Representative
Sunday, October 14 at 2 p.m. That is this Sunday!
Susie Krage
SDA Michigan Representative
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Labels
At our recent Arashi Shibori workshop, Jennifer Gould shared some of her exquisite dolls with us. Each one had a beautiful black satin label with gold writing. Jennifer;s signature was in her own handwriting. Of course, we all wanted to know where she had them made. So here is the information.
Sterling Name Tape Co. - www.sterlingnametape.com
Winsted CT 06098
1-800-654-5210
There is a set -up fee to make the printing plate. Once that is done, it can be used for each re-order. Jennifer said that in 2009, she re-ordered 1000 labels for $108.
To make labels at home, I'd like to refer you to a tutorial on Connie Hester's website, http://www.conniehester.com/personalized-labels-tutorial.htm
I tried it and must say it worked! Surprise. I used inexpensive polyester ribbon on a roll from JoAnns. I printed on cardstock and then taped the ribbon, as described. I had no issues with feeding the entire thing through my straight loading printer with pigment ink. My only issue is that there is a very slight blurriness to the print and that is it fiddly. For a few labels, it is a good technique. If I needed 100's, I wouldn't bother.
Susie
Sterling Name Tape Co. - www.sterlingnametape.com
Winsted CT 06098
1-800-654-5210
There is a set -up fee to make the printing plate. Once that is done, it can be used for each re-order. Jennifer said that in 2009, she re-ordered 1000 labels for $108.
To make labels at home, I'd like to refer you to a tutorial on Connie Hester's website, http://www.conniehester.com/personalized-labels-tutorial.htm
I tried it and must say it worked! Surprise. I used inexpensive polyester ribbon on a roll from JoAnns. I printed on cardstock and then taped the ribbon, as described. I had no issues with feeding the entire thing through my straight loading printer with pigment ink. My only issue is that there is a very slight blurriness to the print and that is it fiddly. For a few labels, it is a good technique. If I needed 100's, I wouldn't bother.
Susie
Thursday, October 4, 2012
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