Soft Sculpture: Couch Intervention, Rachel Barnes, Kelly Flegal, and Tatyana Grechina, Wednesday, November 2, 2011 – Saturday, November 5, 2011.

Soft Sculpture: Couch Intervention

Rachel Barnes, Kelly Flegal, and Tatyana Grechina

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 – Saturday, November 5, 2011

We seek to explore the idea of a contained sculptural space within a larger formal gallery setting. We investigate the space between what is revealed and what is concealed through the form that we have created. We are interested in discovering how color, texture and material can transform the sterility of a space and bring comfort. While the technique of crochet itself carries associations to craft history we hope to give it a new context, which overwhelms, delights and surrounds while expressing the greater form through only line. By creating a space in which the sitter is surrounded by or displayed within the couch setting, the couch space is fully understood from multiple perspectives.

Temple Gallery

Tyler School of Art, Temple University

12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19122

(215) 777-9144

Hours: Wed - Sat, 11 am - 6 pm

Fibers and Material Studies Area

http://tylerfiber.blogspot.com/

roberley bell

Wonder #1, 2008, Mechanic bird, preserved butterflies, moss balls, artificial and plastic elements, Flower Blob #73, 2006, Painted fiberglass with plastic flowers and novelty birds and fruit and inflatable, 58 x 24 x 24, Flower Blob #72, 2006, Cast aqua resin dyed plastic with plastic flowers and novelty bird and flocked fruit, 25 x 16 x10

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Historic Preservation Services, Fiber and Material Studies major Kristen Rosser, Friday November 4th

Historic Preservation Services  
Fiber Artist Kristen Rosser
Friday November 4th
252 E. King Street Chambersburg, PA
5pm- 10pm
Recent works in textiles and found materials.
A narrative.

Chambersburg, PA- Historic Preservation Services will be hosting Philadelphia artist Kristen Rosser for a first Friday show on November 4, 2011 in The Building at 252 E. King Street in Chambersburg. The show will feature recent works which are a combination of textiles and found materials and which are created using traditional and non-traditional methods.

Rosser is a currently a senior at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. Her works are influenced by her experiences in Philadelphia and her experiences as a runner. Rosser’s art contains dyed and rust printed fabrics embellished with embroidery and materials such as glass and plastic barrettes. Her work has been shown in the galleries at Tyler.

The show will open at 5pm. Refreshments will be provided. To find out about upcoming shows, e-mail the artist at kris.lynn.rosser@gmail.com.

Soft Sculpture: Couch Intervention, Christina Lukac and Caleigh Stednitz, Wednesday, October 26, 2011 – Saturday, October 29, 2011

Soft Sculpture: Couch Intervention

Christina Lukac and Caleigh Stednitz

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 – Saturday, October 29, 2011

Our exploration of the couch deals with texture and form through the use of found fabrics. Our inspiration begins with the artist, Judith Scott, who uses wrapping as means of therapeutic communication. We wanted to give this couch a “new life” by creating a solid object rather than a piece of furniture. The use of repetitive wrapping makes this possible by adding dimension and building up form. Our use of materials can relate to Scott by continuing her method of collecting found fabrics.

Temple Gallery

Tyler School of Art, Temple University

12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19122

(215) 777-9144

Hours: Wed - Sat, 11 am - 6 pm

Fibers and Material Studies Area

http://tylerfiber.blogspot.com/

Felt So Good, Some Things Looming, featuring Fibers and Material Studies area major Caleigh Stednitz.

Felt So Good

September 10 to November 5,  2011

Opening Reception: September 10, 1-4 pm

Closing Reception: November 5, 2-4 pm

"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be 
seen or even touched; they must be felt with the heart”  
Helen Keller

Dans Restaurant, 1049 Penn Street, Reading, will provide  refreshments and wine advice at the opening reception of  Felt So Good.   Bill and Monir will be on hand to answer your questions about  selecting and serving wine and to invite you to visit their  awesome restaurant.  Opened in 1989, Dans Restaurant is Reading’s premier fine  dining establishment. Dans Restaurant serves a contemporary  American  cuisine with a French influence. ‘some things looming’ proudly presents, “Felt So Good” an exhibit demonstrating the versatility of felt.  This exhibit presents  over 30 examples of the medium, representing the work of  15 artisans from across the country.  Utilizing felt techniques to express themselves in some surprising and always delightful  ways, this show must not be missed. One of the oldest forms of textile craft in the history of mankind,  felting predates spinning, weaving, and knitting.  Today, felt is  still widely used to create wearable and functional pieces, but it is  also used to create art in the form of wall hangings, sculpture,  installation pieces, home décor, whatever the imagination can  design!  Artists were challenged to create works created entirely with felt or  contained and incorporated felted components.
Felt, a non-woven cloth is produced by matting and pressing  animal fibers until they form together through a process called  wet felting.   Needle felting is a variation of the wet felting process,  using a special needle tool instead of wetting the wool and using  friction to bind the fibers. Closing Reception:  November 5th 1-4 pm Closing Reception/Book Signing:  Local artist and Muhlenberg HS  Art teacher, Kachina Martin was selected to appear in "500 Felt  Objects",  the latest book in the popular “500 Series”.   The “Felt So Good”  exhibit   makes a great back drop for sharing the book and from 2:00 to 4:00,  Kachina will be on hand to answer questions and to sign books.
About the author of “500 Felt Objects” Juror Susan Brown lives in New York and is the associate curator of  textiles at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. She curated the  exhibition “Fashioning Felt” and has written and lectured  extensively on the topic. She also co-curated “Quicktakes:  Rodarte” with Gregory Krum; “Color Moves: Art and  Fashion by Sonia Delaunay”; and “Extreme Textiles:  Designing for High Performance with Matilda McQuaid.”  She teaches in the School of Art and Design History and  Theory, Parsons The New School for Design, as well as  lecturing regularly for the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU.  Before joining the Museum, she worked as a costume  designer for theater, opera, and television.  (source:  amazon.com) Some Things Looming 526 washington street reading pa 19601 610.373.7337 http://www.somethingslooming.com/

federico uribe

abstract #22, 2009, pencils and plastic fasteners, 58x16, abstract #26, 2009, iris-safety pins, 16x10, abstract #8, 2009, buddha-pennies, 48x12

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Ancient Dyeing Lecture by Heather Veneziano, Monday, October 17th, 3:30PM-4:30PM, Tyler School of Art, B083.

Anu Tuominen

ice cream machine, 2005, crocheting, light green, 2000, toy, blueberry pie-eggtempera on canvas, 2006

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Paris Fashion Week: spring/summer 2012.

Paris Fashion Week: Viktor & Rolf spring/summer 2012. Picture: Vladimir Potop

Paris Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2012. Photo:GETTY

Paris Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2012. Photo: AFP

Paris Fashion Week: Alexander McQueen spring/summer 2012. Photo:AP

Paris Fashion Week: Alexander McQueen spring/summer 2012. Photo:AFP
See more: http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/hot-topics-group/222/paris-fashion-week.html

hilary berseth

Untitled 2 (Electrochemically Deposited Formation), 2008, Copper, 46 x 26.5 x 26.5, (sorry, no info on this last one), Programmed Hive #7, 2008, Honeybee comb on board mounted on hive super, wood, urethane, foam, wire, metal, paint, UV lacquer, 47.5 x 29 x 26.5

see more work here and read this short article explaining how honeycomb sculptures are made.