Our Contemporary Fiber Arts Guild has a creative connection with the Arts Center of Corvallis. An event to promote all the Arts Center guilds was held on January 16, 17 and 18th noon to 5 pm. Here  is our exhibit space for this event.

 The guild met on Tuesday, January 14th for a program with guild member Beth Rietveld. Beth has spent time in Japan on several extended trips. She shared stories about her experiences with a Japanese quilt group, fabric shopping, navigating around Tokyo and time spent in Kyoto. We loved every minute of her talk, and Beth encouraged us to travel to Japan for those who have not yet had the experience. 

Below are three quilt panels Beth made as a result of a block exchange she organized with a group of Japanese quilters with the Marys River Quilt Guild.

Beth also discussed the art of wrapping packages with cloth. Furoshiki. She assured us nearly every shape can be wrapped in cloth, from a wine bottle to a round object. We were encouraged to try it - no more wasted paper wrappings

! 

Thank you Beth!

We gathered on December 10th for the annual Holiday Make and Take. This meeting always includes holiday treats to share. We created Victorian Puzzle Purses with a holiday flare. Here are some photos from the evening of fun.

 

Kathi Borrego, multi media artist, was our program speaker at our meeting held on November 12. Kathi talked about her use of the theme, "Houses" across a range of media including metal house shapes (she is also a metal artist) transferred onto rusted cloth, pieced quilting, cyanotype printing and other paper arts. 

December 3 2019 Holiday Gathering

Our guild met at member Beth Rietveld's home on Tuesday, Dec 3, 2019 for a lovely evening of fun, food, and lots of laughter as we folded paper stars.

Here are a few photos from our evening:

Call and Response program on April 4, 2017

We were treated to an interactive Call and Response program at the April 4, 2017 Contemporary Fiber Arts Guild program. Three CFA members from Call and Response each brought one of their art pieces, concealed from view until we were divided into three groups at 3 tables. At that time, one of the art pieces was revealed for each table. We had about 15 minutes to create a response to the call at our table. We used paper, scissors, glue, crayons, colored pencils, pastels, needle and thread, and other media supplied by our presenters. The room was charged with energy and creativity. I wish I could have taken some photos of the creative process.  Here are the results.

Call #1 from Sally Ishikawa, a fused glass piece (sorry that the reflection from the glass blurred the image):

Responses to Call #1:

Call #2 from Mariana Mace, a woven basket with innie and outie shoulders (technical terms):

Responses to Call #2:

Call #2 and All Responses:

Call from Karen Tornow at Table #3, a felted (actually fulled) wool jacket:

Responses to Call #3:

Call #3 and All Responses

Shibori Workshop with Barbara and Michael Pickett

The Contemporary Fiber Arts Guild hosted a Shibori Indigo Dye Workshop on June 2, 2012.
Our instructors were Barbara and Michael Pickett from Eugene.

Ten members had a great time dyeing with indigo and Colorhue dyes. Projects included a circle scarf in cotton jersey using a tie dye technique, a rayon/bamboo scarf using a choice of one of the various shibori techniques presented by Barbara, and a silk habatai scarf done with Colorhue dyes and a choice of clamping techniques.

The most fascinating aspect for me, an indigo novice, was pulling the dyed piece from the indigo vat and watching it "bloom" from pale green when removed from the dye bath to dark blue after exposure to oxygen. Wow.
Our tied scarves are submerged in the indigo dye bath. Let no oxygen into the dye bath!
 

Out of the dye bath, the scarves are pale green at this point.

After blooming the scarves are dark blue!

And Voila, Virginia's finished scarf,

Arashi wrapping a scarf onto a PVC pipe

And some finished results,

 Barbara shows us some finished scarves made using wine bottles or PVC pipe for Bomaki wrapping.

Some Bomaki wrapped results,

We could use the pleater to create a resist for the dye. Libby gave this device a try.

Barbara shows us a sample scarf made with a fold and clamp resist technique.

And Virginia's finished Colorhue scarf (while wet it doesn't have the full visual impact),

We made quite a disarray out of the beautiful Mihara Scarves during our shopping frenzy. Michael ponders the pile of scarves, reflected in the mirror.

Thank you Barbara and Michael for a wonderful workshop, and to our photographers Heather Hodney and Barbara Gordon who had to stop what they were working on to take photos.

We  shared some of our results at the June CFA guild meeting.