What to do with leftover dye…
I like to mix thickened dyes and refrigerate them until ready for use. This eliminates some of the potential exposure to dry dye particles. Activator, which is used to make…
Karl Etoffe & Max Tessuti, a fine couture shop in lovely Freiburg
Karl Etoffe & Max Tessuti is a clothing design shop featuring the work of Gudrun von Kalckreuth. This charming shop recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and has two locations. Freiburg,…
Linda Gass: Seeing Green
My friend Linda Gass combines two passions in her career arc: fiber art and sustainability. Gass paints complex "birds' eye" view silk art quilts that explore themes of land use…
Painting & screenprinting at Home Ec Workshop
In May, I started introducing fiber reactive dyes to our local fabric enthusiasts here in Iowa City. The venue where I've been teaching is Home Ec Workshop, a charming fabric…
Another Kind of Surface Design
Sometimes you just have to visit the beach.The Iowa River's treacherous flooding from one year ago caused water to cross over the Coralville Dam's spillway for only the second time…
Hammerpress Letterpress Studio, Kansas City
Hammerpress Letterpress Studio is a charming, larger-scale letterpress shop that takes on the production of posters, cards and other projects. Finding it was one of the unexpected bonuses of attending…
Who knew?
My daughter just received her PhD from the University of Chicago (Go Math Women!) The cost to purchase this stunning ensemble is $800. Fellow fiber artists, don't you see an…
Surface Design Conference, Day 4
It was my job to introduce sculptor Jerry Bleem, who led us on an entertaining tour through the worlds of ten outsider artists in his talk, Off the Grid: Unconscious…
Surface Design Conference, Day 3
I'm deep into over-stimulation by now and loving it. We can only attend one third of the concurrent sessions available, so this listing will not be complete as far as…
Exhibit Day at the Surface Design Conference
Exhibitions at the BelgerA wonderful warehouse space in itself, complete with old fashioned freight elevator and loading dock for trucks. Here's a list of all the shows I attended.Stitches in…