This is why I adore this woman!
World of Threads Festival
Ive applied to World of Threads Festival a few times in the past and was not accepted. This year is different, I finally was accepted.
I am please to share that part of my microagressions installation, Blackity Black Blanket Ladders will be on display along with hundreds of other international fiber artists.
Bottom line… try and if you don’t succeed, try again. Eventually, you will hit your mark.
Ive already booked my flight to attend the opening reception in Oakville Canada.
World of Threads Festival
Exhibition Dates: October 10 – December 17, 2023
Opening Reception: October 14, 2023, 1:00-3:00pm
Location: Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre; 2302 Bridge Rd, Oakville, ON L6L 3L5, Canada
Bottlecap Pearls = Pony Beads
Inspired by…
Theda in NJ for Cross Cultural Perspectives: NAF 2023
I will be in town for the Newark Art’s Festival at the Newark Museum of Art in the Cross Cultural Perspectives exhibit!
I hope you can join me at the Opening Reception on September 27th from 5:00pm – 10:00pm.
Please direct message me if you want to link while I am in town for the festival.
My installation Politics of Hair is included in the show.
Paper Making Process
2023 Summer Recap
Making Cordage from Yucca plants
I’ve got plenty of Yucca plants. And after spending the cordage workshop at St. Georges Botanical Garden, I know how to process the fibers. The only thing I’m not so sure about, is the chewing part. I’ll leave that part alone.
St. Georges Botanical Garden Fiber Workshops
I’m a fiber artist who processes repurposed materials. Now that I am on St Croix, I am itching to explore the abundance of natural fibers just outside my door, palms, coconut, vines, bamboo, to name a few. Last month, St. Georges Botanical Garden hosted three natural fiber workshops using materials sources from their garden. Naturally, I showed up ready to learn and experiment.
This is how it went
Rope making using invasive snake plants.
Paper making is sparking new ideas.
And I spent a morning palm weaving…
Ive been thinking incorporating these experiments into my practice and new ideas are percolating. Meanwhile, I am building a tool kit of garden sheers, gloves, buckets, and bins to process natural fibers at Sky Garden Retreat in St. Croix.
Meet me in St. Croix USVI
For several years, St Croix has been my island escape from life in NY/NJ. St Croix USVI is my real life. We relocated full time in August 2023 and now call St. Croix home.
Sky Garden Gallery’s instagram account will chronicle the possibility of artful living while rediscovering ourselves and rehabbing our off the grid compound in St. Croix USVI.
Upcoming projects, finish installing outdoor kitchen, replace car port with a 20 foot shipping container garage for McCarty’s tools.
If you want to see what we are up to, give us a follow on @skygardengallery
In the meantime, enjoy the view..