tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266398932024-03-06T22:23:57.784-08:00Art SpiritThe art and adventures of Mary StanleyMary Stanley http://www.blogger.com/profile/16317507221182466529noreply@blogger.comBlogger1219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639893.post-43416752818859737422017-06-14T21:40:00.002-07:002017-06-14T21:43:24.136-07:00Flying off to England<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our stitching group is heading off to England to take a couple of workshops, visit friends and take in the sights. One week in London with visits to Jessie Chorley, Deborah Taffler, and a workshop with the wonderful Viv Sliwka of Hens Teeth at Hope and Elvis. Then a week in Cornwall with a 2 day workshop with the lovely Janet Bolton. Three of us will take a day tour to the wonderful Lake District and visit the home and garden of Beatrix Potter! Hope to get some photos for you and post when we return in July.<br />
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<br />Mary Stanley http://www.blogger.com/profile/16317507221182466529noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639893.post-86324507661961444942017-01-01T21:37:00.000-08:002017-01-01T21:37:30.508-08:00Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sending all good wishes for a new year filled with peace, love, harmony and happy surprises!Mary Stanley http://www.blogger.com/profile/16317507221182466529noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639893.post-46883736474997264452016-08-07T16:00:00.002-07:002016-08-07T16:12:18.652-07:00Always making things....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been busy these last few months....I am always making things! I love to sew, embroider, and rug hook and am always getting new ideas for things to create. I am applying for the Queen of Arts Show and Sale next November so I thought I'd better update my blog a bit to show what things I hope to have for sale. Here are some linen owls embellished with vintage lace that I am currently working on.</div>
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A bit of embroidery for various projects....</div>
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And some of my foxes made from recycled wool sweaters....</div>
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I've been having fun making these little pouches from vintage quilts with tiny fabric dolls.</div>
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Hearts are another favorite shape I am drawn to....</div>
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more hearts from vintage lace....</div>
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I thought it was time to make some zippered pouches and use some of the colorful fabric I seem to accumulate!</div>
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Mushrooms and birds are images that I tend to return to....</div>
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more small mushrooms and a hooked squirrel....</div>
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Dolls are fun to create...these have paper clay heads and ethnic textile outfits.</div>
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Owls are always great to rug hook and a good way to use up my wool strips left over from other projects.</div>
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Block printed sachets and a pin cushion filled with lavender and crushed walnut hulls with a bit of embroidery for a bit of texture. </div>
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Right now on my work table I have rocks to paint, fiber jewelry half way done, striped cats awaiting faces, little gift cards, paper clay mermaids, and embroidery samples for our upcoming workshop in Chiapas. That should keep me busy!</div>
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Hope you all have fun projects to work on this summer and time for a walk in nature or a dip in the ocean!</div>
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We are off to San Cristobal de las Casas for a wonderful textile workshop next February 10-27, 2017. </div>
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We will have field trips to local Mayan villages, a visit to the incredible new textile museum, time for shopping at the local markets and a fun workshop exploring Mayan and Otomi designs with applique and embroidery.</div>
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Just stopping by to wish you all a very Happy Easter! </div>
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Love to have you join us for a workshop that I will be teaching at Whimsy in Carpinteria on Saturday, February 13.</div>
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Inspired by the Sailor Hearts of yore, we will be giving ours a contemporary spin using vintage lace, shells, buttons, trinkets and trims. </div>
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Call Karen to register at 805-684-7211</div>
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I will be teaching a fun workshop this Sunday, December 13 at Whimsy Antiques in Carpinteria!<br />
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Would love to have you join us as we create some fabric garlands made from stars, mushrooms, houses, trees, and hearts. I will have things partially made and ready for you to embellish and put together in your own unique way.<br />
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Call or email Karen at 805-684-7211 or whimsyantiques@verizon.net for more information. Hope to see you there!<br />
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Whimsy Antiques<br />
5042 7th St.<br />
Carpinteria, CA 93013Mary Stanley http://www.blogger.com/profile/16317507221182466529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639893.post-7485461077465149452015-10-14T23:04:00.002-07:002015-10-14T23:04:43.812-07:00Guatemala here we come!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The most generous Mary Ann Moss, talented writer ( Dispatch from LA blog) , artist, and teacher of children and adults has offered to share a 400 year old house in Antigua, Guatemala with Syd McCutcheon and myself. We will be spending a week exploring, sketching and hopefully swimming and soaking in Lake Atitlan while we are there. Of course there will be some serious textile shopping and some chocolate sampling mixed in with our time for art journaling, people watching and trips to Mayan villages. I have always wanted to travel to Guatemala and have loved their beautiful textiles since I was young, so this is a dream come true. So grateful for Art Friends to share this wonderful life with!</div>
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Photos above from the colorful book, Guatemala Rainbow, full of the exquisite creations of the Mayan women of Guatemala.</div>
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And I have been busy with my rug hooking, stitching and teaching....</div>
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Velvet acorns now at Bon Fortune in Carpinteria.</div>
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Time for a fun Fall Workshop! </div>
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I will be teaching a rug hooking workshop at Whimsy, a charming antique shop in the seaside town of Carpinteria, CA.</div>
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We would love to have you join us on Saturday, Sept. 19, 12-4pm. A healthy lunch will be provided and a welcoming reception at Bon Fortune on Linden Ave. complete with lots of my hooked creations for sale.</div>
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Workshop is $75 and includes wool, frame, hook and an owl or pumpkin pattern on linen burlap.</div>
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Karen Clark 805-684-7211</div>
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Carpinteria, CA 93013</div>
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A lovely shop in Carpinteria, CA, "Bon Fortune," now has some of my fiber creations. I love how Gina creates her displays. She has wooly puppets and rug hooked creations ready for summer visitors.</div>
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The annual 4th of July show went really well. I used my same old suitcases as displays and filled them to the brim with lots of textile creations.</div>
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More of the linen and vintage lace owls...these are fun to make-each one different.</div>
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I felt so fortunate to be able to go to Janet Bolton's workshop at Les Soeurs Anglaises in SW France. Above are some of Janet's beautiful textile pieces that she had on display.</div>
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Janet is a wonderful teacher and to spend a week with her and the other fellow stitchers was a dream come true. She shared how she makes her textile art and many stories of her life and art adventures as well as how she put together her books.</div>
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My home for a week was in the lovely chateau this time.</div>
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I had my own cozy bedroom with a view of the garden and stream nearby.</div>
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The sitting room outside my door with the most comfy chair and a kitty to keep me company!</div>
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The gardens were particularly beautiful this time of year!</div>
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We made our visit to the local brocante, Ali Baba's cavern of delights! </div>
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And a trip to the local farmers market for some lunch goodies...</div>
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A quick stop at the vintage shop for more fun things to bring home.</div>
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Our lovely hostesses kept us smiling with their delicious meals....</div>
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Lots of time for stitching and help from Janet....</div>
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I got in a photo with Janet up at the studio on the first day.</div>
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Lovely meals outside with the English chefs kept everyone well fed and happy.</div>
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Here are 3 of the pieces I was working on...</div>
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Our show and tell on the last day...and the sisters came up to view as well.</div>
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A big Thank You to all who made this such a wonderful trip and experience!</div>
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We met up with our wonderful group of artists at the Casa Colonial in Oaxaca.</div>
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It feels like our home away from home...many of our group have returned for two and three times and we enjoy all of our time together trying new creative projects and many fun and informative field trips. There is always something new to see and experience in the thriving and beautiful World Heritage city of Oaxaca.</div>
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Our workshop at the Casa featured working with pre-felt . A fun little supply bag greeted everyone.</div>
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Before getting to our felting we had two incredible days of dyeing with natural materials native to the Oaxaca area. So many beautiful colors were obtained ....cochineal is being ground above before we begin the dyeing process.</div>
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Love these colors of handspun....</div>
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So many beautiful colors....all from natural dyes!</div>
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Time for some fun felting...so many fun and colorful creations from our talented ladies!</div>
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Just a small sampling of our Fun with Felt time.</div>
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Always time for some shopping...lots of hearts just before Valentine's Day!</div>
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On our last day we always leave a gift for the Casa...this time we each made a felt flower. They made a great bouquet for the communal ding room. </div>
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We are already planning our next trip for Jan. 2016 and would love to have you join us!</div>
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Please contact Colleen Darling at: colleen950@gmail.com for more information or to reserve a spot for our next exciting trip.</div>
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And now, tomorrow morning, bright and early I board a plane for France! Once again the Les Soeurs Anglaises beckons with a workshop by the wonderful English fiber artist, Janet Bolton. I will be traveling with childhood friend, Barbara Colvin who invited me to share a room with her. I have always loved Janet's work and am really excited to be able to spend a week stitching and enjoying the wonderful ambiance that the sisters have created. Lifelong friendships are formed and I love seeing what everyone makes as we inspire each other. I'm sure the time will fly by in one of my favorite places in the world. </div>
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in Oaxaca began we had the chance to visit San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico. We only had a few days to explore this charming town but we made the most of by taking a field trip to two different Mayan villages near by and taking the time to walk around town exploring the markets, trying new restaurants, and even finding a French bakery.<br />
Above is one of the colorful walking streets in San Cristobal-shops full of art, textiles, jewelry, clothing and lots of restaurants line each side of the street.<br />
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Beautiful skies and perfect weather greeted us....</div>
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A style of embroidery that is special to this area, done on handwoven wool.</div>
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Our first visit was to the Mayan village of Chamula. Our Mayan guide was from a different village and gave our group a historical overview and took us to visit the local Shaman's home and explained all of the symbology behind the altar and images within. </div>
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We also visited the Mayan village of Zincantan. Famous for their flowers that are shipped all over Mexico, their embroidery is covered with bright floral motifs. We visited the home of some local weavers where we were treated to homemade tortillas and salsa. Delicious!</div>
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Some of the Zincantan embroidery, even the men's shirts were covered in flowers.</div>
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Fresh corn tortillas for our group.</div>
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I found these colorful embroidered hearts in the market back in San Cristobal.</div>
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We had time to visit the Textile museum in San Cristobal located in a remodeled convent. The collection of embroidered huipils from all over Mexico and Guatemala was amazing and so inspiring.Everything was beautifully displayed in lighted drawers. The work was breathtaking and included so many techniques from so many different areas...almost too much to take in ....in one visit!</div>
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Just a tiny taste of the wonderful embroidery...</div>
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Our hotel had lovely folk art everywhere as well and great breakfasts, too.</div>
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Our next stop was Oaxaca and time to meet up with our wonderful group of women and get ready for our field trip and two days of dyeing with natural plants of Oaxaca. </div>
<br />Mary Stanley http://www.blogger.com/profile/16317507221182466529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639893.post-39511580646859118192015-02-06T15:58:00.002-08:002015-02-06T15:58:58.800-08:00Off we go to Oaxaca and Chiapas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Time to head to Mexico again for our Fiber Workshop in beautiful Oaxaca!</div>
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We will spend a few days in San Cristobal de las Casas, home of many beautiful textiles before we begin our workshop. Hope to get some photos to share with you! </div>
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<br />Mary Stanley http://www.blogger.com/profile/16317507221182466529noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639893.post-30986728931926383722015-01-26T22:34:00.000-08:002015-01-26T22:34:18.832-08:00Fiber art adventure in Beautiful Oaxaca, Mexico- Feb.12-19, 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been away for too long! It's just that it is so much easier to post a quick photo of what I've been making on Facebook. And I will hopefully get back to posting more of my latest projects soon, but I wanted you to know about our next fun trip to the incredible Heritage site of Oaxaca, Mexico!</div>
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We are busy getting ready for our next art adventure in the beautiful city of Oaxaca. We still have 2 spaces left if you can join us for our fun fiber art week filled with natural dyeing and felt making workshops as well as time for shopping, local festivals, delicious meals and getting to know our wonderful fellow artists. </div>
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Time for textile shopping....</div>
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visits to the local mercado with basket makers and local artisans,</div>
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visits to the many museums filled with vintage textiles and art,</div>
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colorful flowers at our casa and all the mercados,</div>
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festivals to be enjoyed,</div>
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art making in our own workspace at Casa Colonial,</div>
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delicious local cuisine at beautiful restaurants,</div>
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our home while in Oaxaca- Casa Colonial, filled with folk art, birds and gardens.</div>
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Our happy group of art adventurers from our trip in October. </div>
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We had a wonderful time and hope you can join us for our all new field trips and fiber art</div>
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For more information please contact Colleen Darling at colleen950@gmail.com</div>
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Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! </div>
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So grateful for all the many blessings in my life. I have wonderful friends, a supportive family and get to spend time doing art. And a bit of travel thrown in too!</div>
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Here is the family dining table before I got it cleaned off for Thanksgiving. It's my favorite spot for all the various art projects that I have going on. My sewing machine is on the end to the left. I'm sure it will go back on the table tomorrow!</div>
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I have been busy making lots of things since we returned from Mexico. These funny little guys are off to a show and sale at Art From Scrap for the month of December. All of the linen animals were created from one sample book of designer Italian linen that I found at the reuse store. I loved all the dots and have enough to make a few more.</div>
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Beaded hearts make nice ornaments and a great way to use up some of those beads that we collect.</div>
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Some wool owls and a little wolf went off to the Art Hus in Solvang.</div>
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Mrs. Crow and her friends below will be going to "Just folk" in Summerland tomorrow for their annual Christmas tree.</div>
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A few hooked ornaments that were pretty quick to make.</div>
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Mr. Gnome took a few evenings to hook.</div>
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And more hearts with a kind of primitive look for Just folk.</div>
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I made 20 dog ornaments for their tree this year out of felted sweaters.</div>
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I still have quite a few projects to finish up before the Holiday Marketplace sale at the Wilding Museum on Dec. 6 in Solvang. Come by and say Hello if you are in the area! I hope to have lots of new hooked items for sale.</div>
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Before our workshop started a few of us went off on a little adventure to Josefina Aguilar's home and studio. We all came home with some of her wonderful ceramic pieces. She is now blind so it was even more special to get a chance visit her home and give our respects and appreciation for her lovely art.</div>
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We visited the Rudolfo Morales museum again and saw some of his murals and collage work.</div>
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A wonderful lunch with local squash blossoms at Jacoba's on our way home.</div>
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A stop by the small weaving village of San Tomas was a new adventure full of color and local women weavers selling their wares.</div>
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The next day we took a trip to town to visit the Stamp Museum (MUFI) in Oaxaca. They had an interesting show of letterboxes that were created by local artists.</div>
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Our next stop was the Graphic Arts museum with wonderful bird watercolors by an early scientist-adventurer documenting birds and wildlife in the New World.</div>
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We had time to visit many of the colorful markets that were filled with flowers and treats in preparation for the Dia de los Muertos celebrations.</div>
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Here's our wonderful group of adventurers. Back row, Colleen, Sandy, Bonnie & Joely.</div>
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Front row, me, Sue, Syd, Petti, & Karen.</div>
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Our first exercise led by Syd got us all loosened up. We made 6 timed collages using paper that we chose and then passed on the next person. It was fun to see how our collages changed as we had less time and paper to work with. These pages then could be used in our art journals as backgrounds.</div>
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Each Journal was prepared with a "Pocket" that we could use to put our fellow travelers' paper dolls in. We had the most fun making 10 dolls of ourselves to share with each other and also put in our art piece for Casa Colonial.</div>
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Petti's colorful dolls: paint, paper, fabric...some even had moveable arms and legs!</div>
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We had a beautiful day for our first field trip out into the countryside. The Toledo art center was once a textile factory, now a wonderful art museum and workspace with a great gift shop.</div>
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A few of the old looms were still saved in a small room.</div>
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Outside an interesting staircase that was designed by Toledo.</div>
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Nearby was the paper making studio. We were given a nice demonstration of the process and then treated to a visit to their wonderful shop.</div>
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Love the colors of the handmade paper. I think most everyone had to buy some!</div>
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Necklaces made from rolled beads of the handmade paper.</div>
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Succulents on the patio with a wonderful view of the Etla Valley.</div>
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Colleen, Syd, and I will be heading off to Oaxaca again for our art workshop- "Colors of Oaxaca"with a great group of creative women.</div>
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We will have fun making some paper and fabric art journals and visit some new museums and art studios with plenty of time for shopping for textiles, wood carvings and all manner of other goodies.</div>
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Back around Oct.24 just in time to get busy making things for the Holiday season.</div>
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We will be playing with stamps, paints, colored pencils, and collage.</div>
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Got in a quick visit to the Art Hus in Solvang to take a few things over before we leave. Here's my little spot- managed to get a few new hooked things in there.</div>
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Our home in Oaxaca, Casa Colonial...just a quick walk to the city center.</div>
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Just got this hooked crow finished up. I have two more in the works. I think they look best in a group. Hope to put them into our shop in Solvang next week. </div>
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Heat wave here again...may have to go cool off in the Pacific Ocean today!</div>
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We had a great time hooking Saturday at French General in Los Angeles. Everyone got a good start on their projects. These are the fun faces that showed up! </div>
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Wonderful ladies and wonderful work!</div>
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Now I need to go and get some hooking done for some upcoming shows and sales.</div>
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<br />Mary Stanley http://www.blogger.com/profile/16317507221182466529noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639893.post-46190349414518171522014-09-17T13:15:00.000-07:002014-09-17T13:17:57.737-07:00Owl and Pumpkin Workshop at French General-Coming soon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you would like to learn to rug hook I will be teaching a workshop in Los Angeles this September 27, a Saturday, at French General, 2009 Riverside Dr., LA, CA 90039.</div>
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We will be hooking either an owl or pumpkin just in time for the fall season.</div>
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Would love to have you join us and have fun with this unique fiber art that you can use in many different ways....rugs, purses, book covers, stuffed animals, ornaments, fiber jewelry and more!</div>
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I wanted to hook another pumpkin that wasn't "orange"...and a new crow and squirrel.</div>
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Spent half a day dyeing some nice "Pumpkin" colors for the workshop using Dorr wool.</div>
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Syd McCutcheon, Colleen Darling and I invite you to join us for a fun and art filled adventure in the beautiful city of Oaxaca, a Unesco World Heritage site known for its friendly people, delicious food, world renowned artists, pre-Columbian ruins and colonial architecture.</div>
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Time for shopping at the many marketplaces in Beautiful Oaxaca!</div>
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Our retreat at the wonderful Casa Colonial filled with local folk art!</div>
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We include delicious dinners out in special restaurants reserved for our group with homemade specialties of Oaxacan food! Fresh corn tortillas, mole and more! Come enjoy the wonderful </div>
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We had a wonderful 2 weeks in France, with a few days in Amsterdam at the beginning and end of our trip. Lots of sunshine and a few sprinkles, warm summer weather for lots of walking and visits to farmers markets and local flea markets- so fun!</div>
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Our wonderful group at Chateau Dumas where we spent a week of stitching, shopping and dyeing. We are all wearing our "woad dyed" clothing from our day of dyeing with Denise Lambert, woad expert. </div>
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We explored the beautiful grounds of the chateau and had our workshop upstairs in this building at the entrance surrounded by lavender and a forest of trees.</div>
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In our rooms we found a treasure bag with lots of special goods for our week of creating. Moda French General fabric to play with, a sampler to stitch of the chateau, threads, a hoop and special soap.</div>
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Everyone got to work on their fiber collages and fiber jewelry projects and in the first day of stitching so many beautiful creations appeared. The following photos are of the first days work....we didn't have time for a show and tell at the end of the week so this is a taste of what was made.</div>
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This is the photo of the Chateau crew of lovely folks who took such good care of us. The food was divine and all of our needs so carefully met. Thank you to all who made our stay such an amazing experience! </div>
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Colleen Darling and I are heading off to France and the Netherlands to take part in the wonderful world of French General's Chateau workshop. I was given the incredible opportunity to teach a fiber workshop in an 18th century chateau near Toulouse, France. But first we will spend a few days in Amsterdam and visit with one of our art buddies from our adventures last year. Hopefully Giova will be available for a little lunch and shopping while we are there. Then off to Toulouse to meet up with the lovely Meng women, Kaari, Molly and their mother Kick. We had so much fun in Oaxaca with them that this will be a fun reunion. We look forward to meeting all the adventurous women who come from all over the world to share a week of creating, dyeing and a bit of shopping!</div>
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These are some of the little fabric collages that we are calling "Souvenirs of France".</div>
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Inspired by Mandy Patullo...I made this piece from old vintage quilt pieces...</div>
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A work in progress....a collage of vintage laces, embroideries, and other odd pieces of fabric.</div>
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this one is made from Liberty of London fabrics...</div>
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and some little necklaces from vintage fabric...</div>
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Some little house collages for everyone to embellish if they wish...</div>
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OH! And just before I left on my trip Syd and I had the pleasure of hosting an ART DAY at my home with sisters Carol and Mary Ann Moss, the famous creator of "Dispatch from LA" blogdom! What fun! I gave sweet Carol a rug hooking lesson and she took off and got hooking her bird right away. Mary Ann got into her sketch mode and then water colored her wonderful owl below. That hooked birdie flew home with her to join her rabbit. Super fun to have the Moss sisters in the house!</div>
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We all had fun visiting and inspiring each other and catching up on everyone's creative activities.</div>
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Syd got some painting done in her art journal after ice cream and cake. A fun way to end a busy week.</div>
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Back in about 2 weeks...until then have a creative sun filled June!</div>
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