I left on a great fiber adventure this week… I’ve been traveling in the United States, completely immersed in felt making and fiber art.
First stop was the beautiful Craft Guild of Dallas. It is an amazing facility, with purpose built and architecturally designed studios for many mediums.
I gave an artist lecture to a small but very interesting group of women. It was quite wonderful to give a talk in an intimate setting that flowed afterwards into conversations of fibre, art and life.
My first class at the Craft Guild was in Joomchi Scarves. It was a full house! We talked about the foundations, the metaphors and the techniques.
Everyone’s compositions were wonderful…well thought out, and therefore laid out…. It is such a pleasure to teach a class with a group of creative people that take the new ideas and run with them.
The next day we worked on Surface Design. I think it was the quietest Surface Design class I have ever taught. Everyone was focused and engaged in their processes!
In the class were visual artists, weavers, jewelry makers, bookbinders, as well as feltmakers, and everyone found their own interesting ways in exploring our surfaces.
Every minute I was not at the Guild, I was working on the Surface Design Online class… now in week 4. I am having some technical challenges while traveling, and spent most of Saturday night and well into Sunday morning, working with two computers, trying to get the class uploaded!
I have a selection of work on display in the Guild gallery shop until the end of March.
Thank you to everyone who came! It was such a pleasure to spend a weekend with you all, and special thanks to Suzanne Morgan, who initiated these classes, and my most generous host, Lisa Covert, President of the Craft Guild.
I can hardly believe, and very much appreciate, that I get to live my life this way!
I’m looking forward to returning to Dallas sometime, maybe next year for a longer workshop series now in discussions…but for now…. I’m on my way with my big bags of wool, on to Colorado, for the Felter’s Rendezvous!
Warm wishes,
Fiona
