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Monthly Archives: October 2010

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drawing…

  • Post author:Astrid Bennett
  • Post published:October 19, 2010
  • Post category:community art events/drawing/sketching

For years, when my kids were around, I thought that the way to really make summers creatively productive would be to aim for a drawing a day. It was always…

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Iowa SDA-SAQA-IA Artquilters Meeting

  • Post author:Astrid Bennett
  • Post published:October 17, 2010
  • Post category:Art cloth/art quilt/dyeing/quilt guilds/screenprinting/studio/surface design

Iowa is a big state with a small population, smaller than the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Our Surface Design Association (SDA) and Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) are small enough…

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Out and about: meetings & presentations

  • Post author:Astrid Bennett
  • Post published:October 17, 2010
  • Post category:art quilt/dyeing/quilt guilds

Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of speaking to the Jewel Box Quilt Guild in Grinnell, Iowa, so named because of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Jewel Box…

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Necessities Vests!

  • Post author:Astrid Bennett
  • Post published:October 7, 2010
  • Post category:dyeing/fashion/wearables/mixed media art/screenprinting/surface design

My friend Connie Roberts is a professional artist who makes carved wooden whistle sculptures. She and I have collaborated for some time on thematic vests containing appropriate whistles. Our most…

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Harvesting light and marigolds. Still. Finally assembling one of the naturally dyed pieces (marigold, indigo, walnut and Lac on @maiwa_naturaldyes organic lightweight cotton.) These don’t have my beloved brush work but the alchemy of resist dyeing made the process, of creating them, interesting.
Was just going to do a test sample. After this week, I guess a channeling of energy was in store. Procion Mx dye with sunflower stalk tool. Not used to a cloudy, wet day. Be well, everyone.
I’ve learned so much in 8 years. Knowing the shape of the next 4 years only intensifies my commitment to community and inclusivity in my work with @surface_design and at the local level. Being an ally. DIVERSITY is America’s strength! I’ll be supporting national and local nonprofits who are doing that important work, and much more.
Keeping vigil. Keeping to the straight and narrow self care today. Proud of my fellow Iowa women especially those 65 and up highlighted in the Des Moines Register Selzer poll, voting their anger over what’s happened to curtail women’s rights, so hard won in their younger years, and what’s happening in this state, 2 to 1 supporting Harris. Rural America is a complex place and holds surprises. It should not be ignored. As Art Cullen, famous for The Storm Lake Times, points out, it holds clues for balance.
It started with a drawing of a plant that the Apps called a general prairie plant in the sunflower family, now a dried seed head. Riffed on it with black and grey thickened dye on cotton broadcloth, then mono printed til it was finished. Two lengths, one a Real Riff, hardly the original. I love brushwork!
Voting early at the very busy Johnson County Administration Building today was surprisingly emotional; I teared up big time when I was done. After the chaos and nastiness of the previous months- and years, — here we were, doing our best to participate in this citizen process. We were ordinary citizens of all kinds, workers after work ended, seniors with walkers, newly eligible teens, a multitude of skin color, hair styles, clothing, waiting patiently but with determination, to get this job done. Huge thanks to all the poll workers and to our county government employees making this possible. To those who haven’t done it yet, Please VOTE!

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