frederico uribe

family harmony, 2005, colored pencils, 84x72, dangerous love, 2005, colored pencils, 84x72, minotaur, 2005, colored pencils, 72x48

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iWeaveIt- Pattern Drafting on the Go!

iWeaveIt pattern drafting software is now available for the iPad, iPhone, & iPod touch. So, if you are a tech savvy individual with a love of weaving you are in luck!

More info on the software can be found at:
www.weaveit.com

Art Gallery at City Hall exhibtion: Philadelphia Yarnbombing 101, March 12 - May 11, 2012 by Ishknits a.k.a. Jessie Hemmons.

Art Gallery at City Hall exhibtion:
Philadelphia Yarnbombing 101
March 12 - May 11, 2012
by Ishknits a.k.a. Jessie Hemmons,
the Philadelphia's Yarn Bomber
with accomplice artist, Christina LeFevre
and Streets Dept documentarian, Conrad Benner.

These exhibits are presented in the Art Gallery at City Hall (Room 116 East Portal Market St. entrance).  This website is inclusive of all exhibitions in City Hall.
Visit www.facebook.com/artincityhall.
Email us to get on our email listing for announcements: artincityhall@phila.gov
Exhibition Hours: M-F, 10am to 4pm
(closed weekends & holidays)
Please sign in at the front desk, NE corner, with destination for 1st, 2nd, 4th or 5th floors.
http://www.phila.gov/artincityhall/

rm fischer

rmf 4870, 2008-2009, vinyl, felt, fabric, thread, polyester fiberfil, brass, stainless steel wire, wood, 54x57x34, RMF-4D-332, 2011, brass, rubber hose, fabric, vinyl, thread, polyester fiberfil, chip board, paint, wood, stainless steel wire, copper wire, ink, 69 x 51 x 10, rmf 2782, 2009, vinyl, fabric, thread, polyester fiberfil, aluminum, steel, stainless steel wire, brass, 13x16x10

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Philadelphia fiber arts festival covers needlepoint to hammocks. Fibers and Material Studies majors work featured on NewsWorks.

Amy Orr, co-curator of the Fiber Arts exibit at the Crane Arts Building, caresses a felted sculpture by Kelly Flagel. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)



March 2, 2012
By Peter Crimmins
Photos by Emma Lee


A festival of fiber arts officially launches Friday. The city-wide showcase of rope sculpture, woven art, and textile objects has a new non-profit status and has stepped up its level of organization.
Fiber art is getting serious.
Many people buy needlepoint kits to stitch a image out of colored yarn, and sometimes never finish it. Strange as it may sound, many of those unfinished stitching projects are for sale.
Mary Smull buys them.
In her home studio in Fishtown, Smull has a half-finished portrait of a poodle she bought from a woman on eBay.
"Her father had began this needlepoint, and carefully matched the colors of the yarn to make this poodle portrait to their beloved pet poodle's fur," said Smull. "But he died before he could finish it."
Smull is the founder of the Society for the Prevention of Unfinished Needlepoint (SPUN). It's kind of a joke. But kind of not.  She fills in the unfished part with white yarn, so the original stitches made by the previous owner are presented on a pristine, blank field, similar to the way paintings are hung on the gallery walls.
Her pieces, now on view at Philadelphia International Airport, evoke domesticity, craft, handwork -- and the divide between those ideas and the world of fine art.
"Painting is a professional pursuit in the public eye, whereas an embroiderer doing this in the domestic sphere -- they're perceived completely differently," said Smull, an instructor at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. "One has a lot of respect and regard, the other is really just seen as a hobby."
Those issues are front and central at this year's Fiber Philadelphia Biennial. In the city-wide celebration, the word "fiber" is used quite liberally: there is patchwork leather made from fruit rinds, quilts fashioned from human hair, and a full-sized bodysuit in the style of a sockmonkey. A hammock made from old Vietnam War nurse's uniforms. A series of bone x-rays stitched into a human silhouette.
"When you look at a work put together with X-rays, and you see that it's a buttonhole stitch holding it together, that makes reference to quilts that grandmothers used to make," said festival director Amy Orr.
Starting small in 1998 at the Snyderman-Works gallery, Fiber Philadelphia is now under the non-profit umbrella of InLiquid Art and Design, and for the first time is hosting a competitive show attracting hundreds of objects from around the world.
"There is a lot of hand and stitch work. A few years ago, artists were all doing conceptual work," said curator Bruce Hooffman, the co-artistic director. "They were not bothering with process -- it's a negative word. Once critics start saying something negative about it, then artists say, no, maybe it's not a negative thing and maybe I want to explore that."
There is evidence of plenty of exploration: more than 40 venues around Philadelphia - including the hallowed halls of the Art Museum - are exhibiting hundreds of artists.

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/34766

miyoshi barosh

Love, 2007, Recycled knitted Afghans, acrylic yarn, black-and-white pom-poms, canvas, grommets, 96 x 114 x 10, composition with chair II, 2011, wooden chair frame, knitted fabric, tennis shoe, urethane tube, bondo, paint, 48x80x54, Our Lady of The Wellington, 2008, Recycled Afghans, sweaters, vintage table, yarn, gold leaf, 36 x 55 x 44

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Open Studio, Fibers and Material Studies Area, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, FiberPhiladelphia Opening Weekend, Saturday, March 3, 2012, 10:30am-4:00pm

Open Studio, Fibers and Material Studies Area

Tyler School of Art, Temple University 

FiberPhiladelphia Opening Weekend

Saturday, March 3, 2012, 10:30am-4:00pm

Tyler School of Art is located on Temple University's main campus in Philadelphia, PA. The Fibers & Materials Studies Program offers both BFA and MFA degrees with a strong interdisciplinary approach toward traditional textile processes in combination with innovative contemporary techniques. The Fibers & Materials Studies curriculum teaches technical skills to allow students to explore possibilities through loom and off-loom processes, dyeing, printing and digital output.

Visitors will see the Fibers and Material Studies studio which includes loom, off loom, dye, screen printing, sewing, toxic process, and digital printing on fabric areas.

Elizabeth Hamilton, Samantha Jones, and Ashley Rodriguez Reed, Fibers and Material Studies MFA candidates, will be in their studios preparing work for their Spring 2012 thesis exhibitions.

Fibers and Material Studies
Tyler School of Art
Temple University

250K, Second Floor
2001 N. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122  

Contact: C. Pazia Mannella, pazia@temple.edu

http://tylerfiber.blogspot.com/

8th International Fiber Biennial Opening March 2nd!

Fibers Sale Fundraiser!

"Indigo at Indigo: Indigo-dyed Textiles from Africa", Various artists, including Nigerian artist Gasali Adeyemo, March 3rd to April 28th, 2012.

"Indigo at Indigo:  Indigo-dyed Textiles from Africa"Various artists, including Nigerian artist Gasali AdeyemoMarch 3rd to April 28th, 2012

Indigo Arts Gallery
Crane Arts Bldg., Suite #104,
1400 N. American St., Phila. PA 19122www.indigoarts.com
215-765-1041
Contact person:  Anthony Fisher
Email:  indigofamily@indigoarts.com
Receptions:   Saturday, March 3rd, 5 to 8pm (to coincide with Outside/Inside the Box reception).  Nigerian indigo artist Gasali Adeyemo will also be demonstrating his technique and selling his work at the gallery from 2 to 8pm. Second Thursday Reception, March 8th, 6 to 9pm
Special Events:  Indigo dyeing demonstration and workshop by Yoruba, Nigeria master dyer, Gasali Adeyemo:  Sunday, March 4th, 12 to 3pm, in Rm. 207 (Dianne Hricko’s studio) in the Crane Arts Bldg.

Additional description:
In celebration of Fiber Philadelphia, and our 25th anniversary in Philadelphia, Indigo Arts Gallery presents an exhibit of the rich tradition of Indigo textiles.  The exhibit focuses on African indigo dyeing and weaving techniques, including the resist-dyed adire cloth of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, tie-dyes fabrics of the Yoruba and the Bamana people of Mali, and woven indigo kente cloth from the Ewe of Ghana and Togo.  A sampling of indigo textiles from other African, Asian and Latin American traditions will also be on display.  The exhibit will also feature a demonstration of cassava-starch resist dyeing and tie-dyeing by master Yoruba artist Gasali Adeyemo.  Mr. Adeyemo will be present to demonstrate his techniques at Indigo on the opening day, Saturday, March 3rd, and on Sunday, March 4th will conduct an indigo dyeing workshop in the building.  (Additional information on the artist at:org/index.php/profiles/entry/gasali_adeyemo/>)