Astrid Hilger Bennett

35 years of textile samples, part 5: weaving, intaglio & miscellaneous

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:July 8, 2012
Post category:dyeing mixed media art printmaking resist dyeing screenprinting sewing textile samples weaving

And how about all of those other areas of experimentation? I was once a weaver and a spinner, and I first learned to print and dye textiles because as a…

35 years of textile samples, part 4: non-stitched resists

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:July 7, 2012
Post category:African art batik resist dyeing silk dyeing surface design textile samples

Resists have always fascinated me. A resist is a substance or a mechanism used to prevent dye or colorant from acting upon a surface. My very first experiments with resist…

35 years of textile samples, part 2: stitched & clamped resists

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:July 5, 2012
Post category:Art cloth clamp resist dyeing resist dyeing shibori silk dyeing stitch resist surface design textile samples

In the previous post, I described needing a storage container and finding myself immersed in sorting through a career's worth of textile samples and explorations. Here is Part 2 of…

35 years of textile samples, part 1: early screen prints

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:July 4, 2012
Post category:dyeing printmaking screenprinting surface design textile classes

The day began with a search for a larger container to store fabric teaching samples. It ended with a journey through 35 years of creating fabrics. I had already edited…

35 years of textile samples, part 3: stitch resist (shibori, tritik)

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:July 3, 2012
Post category:clamp resist dyeing resist dyeing shibori silk dyeing stitch resist textile samples

This is the third in a series of posts revisiting a treasure trove of textile samples made while learning new techniques. In search of a storage box, I found myself…

ICON Gallery Exhibit, plus a night in Fairfield

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:October 13, 2011
Post category:Art cloth art quilt artquilt dyeing exhibitions Iowa City quilt guilds screenprinting surface design Surface Design Association

Contemporary Art Quilts of Astrid Hilger Bennett, Carol Coohey, BJ Parady and Judy Zoelzer Levine is featured exhibition at ICON Gallery in Fairfield, Iowa. What a wonderful installation: clean, light-filled…

SDA Confluence Conference, part one

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:July 8, 2011
Post category:exhibitions fashion/wearables Surface Design Association textile conferences

Tim Harding's Exhibit at the Nash GalleryIn June, I had the opportunity to attend Confluence, the biennial International Conference of the Surface Design Association. As an SDA Board member, I…

Anni Holm & the NetWorking Project

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:June 22, 2011
Post category:community art events Iowa City knitting Summer of the Arts

Iowa City's celebrated Iowa Arts Festival took place June 3-5, inaugurated by a Gallery Walk at 17 downtown locations including Iowa Artisans Gallery, the gallery that I am associated with.…

Bumping into The Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:March 10, 2011
Post category:artist residencies exhibitions mixed media art public art screenprinting surface design

In mid-February, I attended the Buyers' Market of American Craft as a buyer for Iowa Artisans Gallery. As we prepared to leave, we discovered our flight was canceled and rescheduled…

Clouds, Sky, Mountains

Post author:Astrid Bennett
Post published:January 16, 2011
Post category:Uncategorized

Flying to Santiago, Chile via Dallas, where we had an overnight flight delay due to airplane mechanical difficulties. The surprising benefit: we flew over South America during daylight- I got…