Barbara O´Steen and Therese Stein used the walnuts from one the Barbara trees and created natural dyes. The final creations were two wonderful wool jackets.
Jacket made by Barbara
Jacket made by Therese
EVETTE ALLERDINGS AT THE SEWING & STICHERY EXPO
Award-winning Port Angeles, Wash. textile artist Evette Allerdings will introduce painting on silk to those attending the Washington State University Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, Wash. in March;
The Expo, which in the pre-pandemic era typically attracted as many as 30,000 attendees in its five-day run, is the largest annual sewing and textile event in the U.S. It was founded in 1984 to bring nationally known experts to western Washington to advise local professionals and expanded to serve hobbyists.
Registration is open now at sewexpo.showare.com for Allerdings’s March 1 workshop, “Silk Painting: Resist and No Resist,” a four-hour hands-on session of working both with and without the solution that blocks (resists) the flow of dye. Participants will paint two scarves: a silk charmeuse using an antifusant pretreatment and a silk habotai using Resistad. They will use such techniques as salt, alcohol, sponges, and brushes to create wearable art. Class cost is $90. The materials fee is $75.
The 90-minute March 4 workshop, “Intro to Silk Painting: The Basics,” is already oversubscribed, but names are being taken for the wait list. Topics include stretching silk on a frame, using water-soluble resists, mixing basic dyes to create unique colors, and creating special effects with salt, alcohol, sponges and different brushes.
Allerdings, who is the first to teach silk painting at an Expo, is a native of Hawaii where she spent decades creating award-winning costumes for community college theater productions, most recently “Phantom of the Opera.” The pursuit of specialty fabrics for the costumes led her to silk painting in 2015. She moved to the Northwest in 2018.
The recipient of multiple awards at the annual Silk Painters International Festivals, she also teaches at Northwind Art in Port Townsend, Wash., northwindart.org.
Claire is participating in Tenuous Thread exhibition at the Atlantic Gallery in New York
“Atlantic Gallery is very pleased to present TENUOUS THREADS, a two-part exhibition showcasing works incorporating textiles, fibers, threads and mixed media. Tenuous Threads alludes to the delicate lines that bring us together and sets us apart; that joins us yet repels us. All of life is connected through networks, systems, fibers and webs. Communication (visual, verbal, electrical, chemical, and kinetic) enables an exchange of information amongst all life forms. The exhibition includes innovative artworks that utilize textiles, fibers, threads (natural and synthetic) in sculpture, collage, 3D and 2D mixed media that communicates the strength and fragility of what binds all life.”
Barbara De Pirro’s sculpture ‘Blossom’ is included in this year’s CraftForms 2022. It will be on display in the Davenport Gallery of Wayne Art Center in Pennsylvania from DEC 2 through JAN 21, 2023. This is the 27th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, it includes the following mediums: basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood. This year’s juror is Jeannine Falino. Learn more here, http://www.craftforms.org/
Katazome Today presents contemporary visions of a unique and historically significant Japanese textile-dyeing process. Traditionally used for kimono dyeing, katazome involves the application of a rice-paste resist using special stencil papers with complex designs. Both the techniques of katazome, and those of the intricately hand carved stencil papers (katagami), have been passed down through generations of artisans over several centuries.
Although there is less demand for katazome products in Japan today, many artisans still practice it in its traditional form. The technique is increasingly gaining attention globally as contemporary artists explore katazome in new ways and see it as a form of artistic expression.
In this exhibition seven national and international artists share fresh perspectives on katazome through their current interpretations. They present a range of pictorial imagery, and non-traditional expressions such as large-scale installations and free-form painting techniques, relating katazome to themes of personal identity, shifting environments, and the globalization impacting the cultural landscapes of their home countries. The works preserve an endangered traditional technique while envisioning endless possibilities for dynamic cultural exchange.
Artists featured include Akemi Cohn (Chicago), Melinda Heal (Australia), Fumiyo Imafuku (Japan), Cheryl Lawrence (Washington), John Marshall (California), Yuken Teruya (Germany), and Mika Toba (Japan). Katazome Today is co-curated by Seiko A. Purdue, Professor in Fibers/Fabrics at Western Washington University and Amy Chaloupka, Curator of Art at the Whatcom Museum. A 48-page exhibition catalog will highlight the artists’ work in depth and will be available for purchase at the Museum Store.
Gabriela was selected to participate into the Visual Arts National Salon in Argentine. The exhibition is organize by the Secretary of Culture of the Nation. She get a Mention of the jury for the installation of 30 pieces called “How to Make Your Own Sanctuary II”.
“How To Make Your Own Sanctuary II” by Gabriela Nirino
“The hand is the window on to the mind” Immanuel Kant
SDA WA Members News
It have been a while since I publish a post. Sorry, life sometimes is just too much! I hope that you all are doing well and that you are founding joy in your art. Here are some news. You can also follow SDA WA on Instagram and on Facebook. If you tag @sdawashington when you post some news it is easier for me to share them. Thank you!
Gabi Nirino, SDA WA Communications Rep
“Interlinked 12” by Claire B Jones
Claire B Jones Solo Exhibition “A Perception of Failure” at Cascadia College
SDA-WA member Claire B Jones has a solo exhibition at Mobius Art Gallery where she will explore the idea that failure is partly about perception. In this exhibit, Claire displays a statement next to each piece explaining why it failed to meet her original objective. The viewer can then include this in their analysis and see how it impacts their opinion of the piece.
A Perception of Failure
Mobius Art Gallery
Tues November 15th – Tuesday December 13th 2022
Opening Reception: – tentatively scheduled for Tuesday November 15th 5pm-7pm. Please check Cascadia College
18345 Campus Way NE
Bothell, WA 98011
Gallery Hours: – Monday through Thursday 9am – 4pm
Pieces by Roberta Wagner
Seattle group meeting with Roberta Wagner
The Seattle group meeting during October was hosted by Claire Renaut. We have Roberta Wagner as a guest artist, showing some of her work and talking about her art journey. Thank you so much!
“Uncertain Interludes” by Terri Shinn (detail and full piece). Hand appliqué and machine quilted, hand dyed fabrics, 43” x 57”.
Terri Shinn on Quilt National ´23
Terri Shinn quilt “Uncertain Interludes” was juried into Quilt National ‘23. This exhibition is organized by the Dairy Barn Art Center. The jurors were Chiaki Dosho, Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi and Irene L. Roderick.
WWU Textile workshop
Seiko Purdue news
Seiko Atsuta Purdue is Professor in the Fibers/Fabrics area in the Department of Art and Art History at Western Washington University. She developed the Fiber area’s blog (Western Washington University). She said: “I had so many talented students since I started teaching here. It has been 20 years! Please view the images on each course and BFA. I am planning to offer the Japan trip course in Fall 2024. https://wp.wwu.edu/fiber/
One big project I have been putting lot of time and energy into is a Japanese textile exhibition that I am curating. It’s called Katazome Today: Migrations of a Japanese Art, and will be on view at the Whatcom Museum February 11 through June 10, 2023. The exhibition will travel next to the Boise Art Museum during the summer/fall 2023 and to a third and final West Coast venue in winter 2024. “Katazome Diaspora” (spreading important techniques) is my original idea and introducing both tradition/history and contemporary applications. I will bring a Japanese artist and more participating artists. I will let you know about the relevant events, lectures and workshops. “
“Hope & Triumph” by Leonie Castellino
Leonie Castelino on Through the Wall exhibition
A collaboration of three artists who through – the power of their art -passionately engage in dialog on women, pandemic and feminism. Inspired by Irene Osborn’s sculpture, ‘Through the Wall’, they seek understanding by turning to early feminist history, ‘On the Equality of the Two Sexes’ by Francois Poulain de la Barre, 1673. In this multimedia conversation, they weave their art in ethereal fabric, clay, bronze and haunting music into a mesmerizing and evocative exhibition.
You can download the full catalogue of the show here
“Persimmon chair” by Susan Clark
Susan Clark is going to participate in Bellevue Art Musuem Art Fair
I make one-of-a-kind art chairs, rugs, hangings. It was while living in Seattle that I truly discovered spectacular flowers from all over the world, as well as amazing native species The climate of the Northwest is a great contrast to our near Siberian climate on the western Canadian prairies. My husband was a graduate student, and I spent all my free time drawing en plein air and silk painting.
Coincidentally, my grandmother’s family fled Seattle during the 1918 Spanish flu and sought refuge in a sparsely populated northern Saskatchewan (Canada) sawmill town, where this grandmother ended up supporting her family as a seamstress.
I have had a lifelong attraction to beautiful color, which brought me to silk painting which allows me to achieve brilliant jewel-like colors on iridescent fabrics. I live in Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional lands of the Nêhiyawak, Nahkawe, Dakota, and the Métis people.
I invite you to visit my booth at the Bellevue Art Museum Art Fair
Using hundreds of strips of paper at a time, strips that are cut 3 millimeters wide with a pasta cutter from watercolor paper painted with acrylics, McGuinness weaves in original ways that build unique and intriguing forms. Her creations, whether baskets or sculptural art, exude energy and elegance. Here she shares for the first time, in fascinating photos and practical text, how to weave several basket shapes in diagonal twill, including instructions in undulating twill. Explore new structural forms: weaving multiple woven units together, asymmetrical corners, and multiple-stepped corners in tandem that add structure to the work. McGuinness demonstrates how to create several rim treatment finishes for the baskets. Next, learn some different ways to incorporate a sculptural element into your work. You’ll also explore how various color patterns in the base will weave up on the sides of the basket. Throughout, she encourages you to search your own interests for ideas to incorporate.
Paige is participating in Refashion, wearables made from repurposed materials, at Bainbridge Arts&Crafts until the end of April.
The current state of the fashion industry combined with my concern about the micro-plastic’s in the Pacific North West’s watersheds and salmon habitats inspired the conception of this piece. As we now know, polyester is one of the key contributors of micro plastics in our water.
The topographical maps of mountain ranges, such as our famous Mt. Rainier, were the inspiration for the thread lines and textures I created with free motion embroidery to secure together the multilayered fabric scraps. To finish the outer shell of the coat, I cut and sewed the pattern pieces from this “new” fabric to create a recycled polyester garment. The embroidery and beading on the pockets and lapels represent the intricate maps of the fragile salmon habitats we proudly tout in tourist brochures yet largely take for granted in our everyday lives.
*This sport coat is made from polyester/cotton blend garments from my closet, alteration off-cuts from my neighbor’s wedding dress and a repurposed bamboo bed sheet and pillow cases.
Bainbridge Arts&Crafts 151 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA. Open Mon-Sat 10-6 + Sun 11-5
“In-betweenness” by Seiko Purdue. kozo (mulberry fiber), pins, 2022
NEW SEIKO PURDUE INSTALLATION “In-betweenness”
I have been casting clothing into handmade paper for a long time. Because I learned a pouring method of paper-making called “nagashikomi” in Echizen (Fukui, Japan) in 2015, I have been exploring the technique in order to cast the textures of clothing. This series is about human connection. Instead of fighting, I like to see that people are holding hands. Clothing without human bodies can show gestures, personalities, and what is lost.
Geheim Gallery
1228 Bay St. Bellingham WA Friday 3-7pm and Saturday/Sunday 11-4pm
“Directionless 1: An Ode to Escher” by Claire B. Jones. Cotton canvas and thread. Photo credit: Bret Corrington
CLAIRE B. JONES AT MOBIUS ART GALLERY
Claire B Jones is one of four artists exhibiting in Intersections = Math + Art: Showing Our Work at Mobius Gallery at Cascadia College in Bothell, WA. This exhibition features artists who integrate mathematical processes into their artworks. The results reflect a diversity of forms and an opportunity to share an interdisciplinary approach to both art and math. An opening reception and artist discussion is currently scheduled for Thursday May 12th, 12-2pm.
Intersections = Math + Art: Showing Our Work May 9 – June 3rd, 2022 Mobius Art Gallery, First Floor of CC3, Global & Learning Arts Building, 18345 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA, https://www.cascadia.edu/discover/visitors/gallery.aspx
Surfacing features art by Washington SDA artists. While this past year of social isolation has been challenging, many of us have continued making art, often creating pieces that reflect a period that forced all of us to confront personal feelings and global issues in an unprecedented way. Now, we are finally beginning to surface. Yet the pandemic represents only one interpretation of Surfacing. The word has a range of meanings, from calls for social change to personal reflection to looking at ourselves and the world in an entirely different way. And nowhere are we better able to express what Surfacing means to each of us than in our artwork. The jurors selected 23 pieces from the submitted works to be included in the online exhibition shown in the Surface Design Association website. These featured pieces can be appreciated in this Surfacing link. However, the creativity of all participants deserves to be celebrated. That is why this catalog shows all the works presented. We Surfaced together these difficult times as an artistic community. This is our strength.
“Four and Twenty Black Birds Baked in a Pie” by Danielle Bodine Coiled linen, cast mulberry paper, bone beads, wire
SDA WA MEMBERS AT MUSEO GALLERY Eat Dessert First
We are starting the New Year in the sweetest, most decadent way we could think of. Sandra Jarvis has curated this fantastic show highlighting work from new and old friends, with lots of surprises.
The Eat Dessert Firstshow opens January 22nd and closes February 27th, 2022
Museo Gallery, Langley, WA 98260
“Height of Sweetness” by Nancy Loreem Adams Stoneware, celadon and gold luster glazes
“Life is Just a (Virtual) Bowl of Cherries” by Jill Norfors Clark Lashed reed, layered and stitched hog casing
SDA WA South Central WA group news
Terri Fischer has three pieces in the Tri-City Quilters’ Guild Show at Gallery at the Park in Richland, WA, running January 4 – 29. Her pieces are entitled: Tokyo Boogie Woogie, Shapes and Shadows, and Flurry.
Deborah Ann will have a show at The Seasons Performance Hall Bistro and Gallery, 101 N Naches Ave., Yakima, WA 98901. The opening will be January 21, 5-7 pm and the show will close March 18. The hours are Thursday through Saturday 5-9 pm.
Jerry, by Deborah Ann
LINDA DOWNING WORK
Linda shared some of her recent pieces
Natures Collage, by Linda Downing. This is 24×20. Hand stitched on double layer cotton. Turtle is watercolor paint with stitching over, water is encaustic Crayon melted into fabric for clear color. Picture includes a selection of animals and natures beauty. Flower_SunflowertoSeeds by Linda Downing. This is 16 tiles 4×4 inch size hand stitched with perle cottons. Back is ultra suede. These are intended to be rearranged
While this past year of social isolation has been challenging, many of us have continued making art, often creating pieces that reflect a period that forced all of us to confront personal feelings and global issues in an unprecedented way. Now, we are finally beginning to surface.Yet the pandemic represents only one interpretation of Surfacing. The word has a range of meanings, from calls for social change to personal reflection to looking at ourselves and the world in an entirely different way. And nowhere are we better able to express what Surfacing means to each of us than in our artwork.
Elegibility: to be a member of SDA Washington State by the time of the deadline.
Creating in Washington but not a member? Enjoy 10% off your membership with the promo code SDAREGIONAL.
Deadline for submissions: September 15, 2021. The jurors will review all submissions. Each selected artist may have one image for the online gallery. Notifications will be sent October 15.
Requirements: You may submit one or two pieces of work. You will need to submit one image per piece (plus one detail, if necessary to appreciate the technique) and will need to complete this google form entry for each image submission. Work must be made between 2019-2021.
Images must be 2000 pixels minimum on the shortest side. Max file size is 3 MB.
Please send your image(s) to Gabi Nirino at sdagnirino@gmail.com and use “SDA WA Surfacing submission” for the email subject line. The jurors will have access to the images you submit but will not see your names. Please make sure to name your image file with the nickname of your choice, and use this format: “nickname_title of piece”.jpg. The nicknames are to mask artist names during the jurying review process only.
Please complete the following form for each piece submitted and make sure to double-check your spelling. The information provided on this form will be used for the online gallery information. Note: the jurors will not see the artist name, email, nickname and website fields.
A Canadian who moved to Britain in 1976 with her American husband and family, Gail studied art in Canada, England and Scotland. She completed both Parts 1 and 2 (Diploma) of the Cithy and Guilds Design and Embroidery course with Distinction in both parts. She was awarded the Senior Qualification of Licentiateship (LCGI) by the City and Guilds Institute and continued on teaching City and Guilds and becoming an External Verifier for student work.
Returning to the US with her family in 1995, she pioneered the establishment of the first City & Guilds Creative Studies Centers in North America. Gail founded and operates the Gail Harker Creative Studies Center in La Conner, Washington, for the last 25 years. Over her career, she has taught thousands of students, sharing her passion for embroidery, textiles and design.
She has authored five books on embroidery published in both Britain and the U.S.
Pat Herkal is the featured artist at Port Townsend Gallery on Water Street in August. Her beadwork is paired with batik artist Melissa Bixby.Herkal’s work is a whimsical and colorful celebration of the natural world. Embellished with embroidery then beaded, her art features intricate hand sewn details. She mixes fiber, thread, beads and trinkets to create jewelry, sculptures, dolls and more.
715 Water St, Port Townsend 7 days a week. 10am-6pm
Evans Fletcher has a piece in the “Images of The Shrub-Steppe” 5th Annual Art Exhibition, featuring works inspired by the shrub-steppe lands of coliche Canyon Conservacy. It was juried by Carolyn Nelson
August 7 – 28, 2021 – Box Gallery, 616 Maple Street, Tieton, WA.
Dorothy McGuinness new book
Dorothy McGuinness has written a book on diagonal twill basketry in paper. The title is “The Art of Contemporary Woven Paper Basketry, Explorations in Diagonal Twill”. It will be available in September 2021 from Schiffer books or through Amazon. Congratulations!
Dorothy McGuinness´s new book
SDA Members in Small Expressions at the Pacific Northwest Quilts & Fibers Arts Museum
Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. (HGA) organized its 2021 annual juried exhibit of small works: Small Expressions. Featuring 36 contemporary small-scale art works by artists from 21 states and 2 countries, Small Expressions will tour galleries in the United States from July 2021 through June 2022.
Members participating: Danielle Bodine, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Dorothy McGuinness.
Terri Shinn and Dorothy McGuinness at Anacortes Art Festival
Terri and Dorothy participated in the Art in the Port event, during the Anacortes Art Festival. Terri won the Artistic Excellence Award, selected by Juror Carie Collver.
“Madrone” and “ Chinese Red Birch” are vessels from a series based on tree barks from around the world. Hand dyed fabrics, machine and hand stitched.
Carol Fletcher´s new quilt “Kathmandu”
“Kathmandu” by Carol Fletcher
Gabi Nirino news
Gabriela (Gabi) Nirino was accepted in four shows:
10x10x10 Tieton, Tieton, WA. August 7-October 10 with the piece “Tanka” a small sculptural weave, made with corn husk fiber. Tanka means “hat” in Aymara language.
Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA. August 27-29 with “Chunche” . The piece won 2nd prize in 3D category.
Shifting Tides, 14th Juried Art Exhibition. Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA. August 11-September 19, with “How to Make Your Own Sanctuary”. It is a group of 10 wood pieces based on the Argentine popular devotion of Gauchito Gil.
Earth Matters. Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minnesota. September 3-October 30. The work “Small Objects to Sow in a New World” is an installation of 22 pieces created with corn husk fiber.
“Tanka” by Gabi Nirino. Corn husk fiber
“Chunche” by Gabi Nirino. Corn husk fiber.
“How to Make Your Own Sanctuary” by Gabi Nirino. Found wood, paint, textiles, blood.
Barbara De Pirro Workshops
Online Painted Papers for Collage
Create your own unique stash of Collage papers! There are many different ways to create pattern and texture on paper; stencil, stamp, imprint, saturate, mask, resist, comb, dabble, brush, splatter…and so on. I will demonstrate using GOLDEN Fluid & High Flow Paints plus explore mark making techniques & gluing of these papers using various GOLDEN Acrylic Mediums & Gels. I’ll share all the tips & tricks!
De Pirro Art Workshops AUG 28, 11-1 Contact for registration: HERE
Online Mixed Media Textiles & Acrylic
Discover a range of techniques, tips & tricks that can transform your Fiber Art! We will explore a series of GOLDEN Acrylic products that can be used to create incredible surfaces, textures and patterns! These methods can be used to create sculpture, basketry, vessels, installation or 2 dimensional art. The focus is not intended for ‘everyday’ wearable art however definitely a possibility for costume. This workshop will open your eyes to a whole new approach in working with textiles. This event is co-hosted by Textile Study Guild of San Diego.
De Pirro Art Workshops SEPT 4, 1-3 Contact for registration: HERE
WA Regional SDA Meetings
Due to the COVID-19 situation, various meetings went online. Please contact the area leader. Online meetings are a good opportunity to participate in different groups.
Bellingham – There is a small new group, please email Seiko Purdue for more information: atsutas@wwu.edu
North Peninsula—Please, contact Sue Gale for more information msgale63@gmail.com. https://sda-np.com
In normal times, the North Olympic chapter meets monthly, with meetings rotated between Port Townsend, Sequim and Port Angeles. Guests are welcome
North Sound (Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom and Island Counties). Please, contact area leader Valerie Wootton vjwcamis@earthlink.net or new co-leader Tesi Vara (in charge of membership) tvc2c@frontier.com.
Seattle– Meetings every second Wednesday of the month. Please, contact Therese for more information tmstein47@aol.com. We alternate on-line and in presence activities.
South Central— Deborah Ann will host our September 8th meeting at her home in Yakima, starting at 10 am. We will be making block printing plates out of Sculpy clay. Masks will be required for this indoor meeting or whatever is recommended by the CDC. Please email Vicki Gerton (vgerton@gmail.com) for a list of what to bring and directions to Deborah Ann’s house
South Sound—Please contact Faith Hagenhofer at faithatcatspaw@yahoo.com for more information.
Vancouver, WA—Please contact Mary Arnold for more information marnold48@comcast.net
While this past year of social isolation has been challenging, many of us have continued making art, often creating pieces that reflect a period that forced all of us to confront personal feelings and global issues in an unprecedented way. Now, we are finally beginning to surface.Yet the pandemic represents only one interpretation of Surfacing. The word has a range of meanings, from calls for social change to personal reflection to looking at ourselves and the world in an entirely different way. And nowhere are we better able to express what Surfacing means to each of us than in our artwork.
Elegibility: to be a member of SDA Washington State by the time of the deadline. Creating in Washington but not a member? Enjoy 10% off your membership with the promo code SDAREGIONAL.
Deadline for submissions: September 15, 2021. The jurors will review all submissions. Each selected artist may have one image for the online gallery. Notifications will be sent October 15.
Requirements: You may submit one or two pieces of work. You will need to submit one image per piece (plus one detail, if necessary to appreciate the technique) and will need to complete this google form entry for each image submission. Work must be made between 2019-2021.
Images must be 2000 pixels minimum on the shortest side. Max file size is 3 MB.
Please send your image(s) to Gabi Nirino at sdagnirino@gmail.com and use “SDA WA Surfacing submission” for the email subject line. The jurors will have access to the images you submit but will not see your names. Please make sure to name your image file with the nickname of your choice, and use this format: “nickname_title of piece”.jpg. The nicknames are to mask artist names during the jurying review process only.
Please complete the following form for each piece submitted and make sure to double-check your spelling. The information provided on this form will be used for the online gallery information. Note: the jurors will not see the artist name, email, nickname and website fields.
More about the jurors. This month: Francesca Piñol
She holds a BA in Antropology by the University of Barcelona (UB) in 1995, an MA in Textile Design by the Catalonian Politecnique University (UPC), an MA in African Studies by the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) in 1996), an MA in ArtTherapy by the UB in 2004 , and at that moment she is doing her PhD, a research about Naturat Dyes and Digital Textile Design.
She extended studies with stages abroad: at the Skolen for Brugskunst (School of Design) of Copenhagen in 1989 and at CIETA (International d’Etude Centres des Textiles Anciens) of Lyons in 1994 and 95. Also some artistic residence has done as Contextile in Portugal in 2012 and Arctic Circle 2015 (15th expedition).
Although it combines various techniques, materials and textures, weaving is the technique most commonly used with the incorporation of digital Jacquard technology and the color obtained from natural dyeing with materials from the surroundings, making unique pieces or short series.
Her collaboration between Art and Neuroscience, a crosstalk between professionals from arts and neuroscience, has been selected at the international competition Art of Neuroscience 2018 and awared with the Honorable Mention 2018.
Her studio Laboratori Tèxtilis a space for research and experimentation with textures, natural color and digital fabric. It combines artistic creation with research and teaching.
RESIDENCIES
2016. Design School, Kolding, Dinamarca.
2015. The Circle Arctic. Illes Svalbard, Noruega.
2014. Design School, Kolding, Dinamarca.
2012. Contextile, Guimaraes, Portugal.
1989. Experiencia de Tecnología y Escuela Libre y Jornadas de Diseño
Industrial. Seminario de Sargadelos, Cervo, Lugo.
EXHIBITIONS
Since 1982 he has exhibed her work in different cities and countries: Girona, Barcelona, Lloret de Mar, Padova (Italy), Sant Agustí –Eivissa-, Kobenhavn, Farum (Denmark), Esparraguera, Terrassa, Granada, Loures (Portugal), Málaga, Sitges, Lodz (Poland), El Vendrell, Palma de Mallorca, Menorca, Olot, Sabadell, Salou, Sant Cugat, Aleppo (Syria), Rauma (Finland), Barbastro (Huesca), Torino (Italy), Cairo (Egypt), Guimaraes (Portugal), Écomusée Textile, Husseren_Wesserling (França), Olot, Lleida, Girona, Vilassar de Mar, Terrassa, Estambul (Turquia), Arles (França), C-Mine (Belgica), Madrid.
“I am celebrating this moment when the collection of people’s strength, patience, creativity, compassion, and spirit comes together in this exhibition by presenting “Kumihimo Wishes: Current Times.”
Kumihimo is a Japanese rope/cord making art form. Traditionally people use a wooden tool called marudai or a floor loom to make elaborate designs. Kumihimo came from China around the 8th century and was used for scrolls, sutras, swords, and armor. During the 19th century, Kumihimo became a necessary item for wearing kimono.
During this pandemic time I have been thinking about the power of “craft” deeply. Handwork really helps while being isolated. As a Japanese artist, I decided to share Kumihimo. I made more than 365 Kumihimo kits, each containing a foam disk and 8 strands of yarns that I dyed with natural dyes. I wanted to emphasize the numbers of days, one year, that seemed like a long time to experience the pandemic.
Many people responded to the Kumhimo project and spread it quickly. Some people returned it by mail and I was excited to open each package. Some people offered to introduce it to their friends and families. It went to different states and even overseas. I see that some people spent lots of time on their pieces besides weaving ropes. I got so much energy from people’s positive responses and I am grateful to honor people’s handworks, creativity, and voices here.
When I started this project, in November 2020, I thought that our life should be normal in one year. I wrote senryu (similar to haiku) during spring 2020; looking at those now reminds me of what it was like to stay at home all the time with no people on the streets. I can’t forget what it was like one year ago. The numbers of people who got COVID19 became enormous all over the world and several waves seem to continue. Although many countries are still suffering, vaccinations are changing our lives. I am saddened to think of the people who lost family and friends. I must express gratitude to the people who worked for others to save lives, helped by taking risks, and did something for others. We have learned so much from our experiences and we should not forget it even after COVID is under control. It is amazing to feel free without a mask and going to a restaurant and hugging friends!
There are so many things that have been coming out from the ground that we haven’t seriously faced or confronted. As a Japanese female artist who lives in the US, I had a chance to think farther during this pandemic, particularly about race, human rights, and freedom. I really wish that people in the world would become more connected instead of fighting. I love the way that craft techniques have been passed from generation to generation. It creates very strong ties to human relationships peacefully. “
Seiko Purdue
“Kumihimo Wishes: Current Times” by Seiko Purdue (partial view)
June 3 – August 26, 2021 – Jansen Art Center – 321 Front Street, Lynden, WA.
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“Satellite” by Dorothy McGuinness ‐ Acrylic ‐ Paper ‐ 12″ x 15″ x 12″
Online Collage & Layering by Barbara De Pirro
Barbara De Pirro Workshops
Online Collage & Layering
We will explore techniques combining paper, found materials and acrylic to create inspirational artworks! Learn how to develop pattern, imagery & texture, combining methods using Golden Paints, Mediums, Gels, Pastes for Collage. Experiment by building up the surface with both smooth & textural layers, revealing & concealing imagery plus transferring images of your own artwork, drawings or photographs into the surface.
De Pirro Art Workshops JUL 25, 1-4 Contact for registration: HERE $60
Online Printmaking for Collage
We will explore techniques using your own printed imagery to create inspirational Collage artworks! Learn the basics of creating monotype, collagraph, thermofax and relief printed images. All of this can be done without a press, using water based, slow drying GOLDEN acrylic paints. These methods create unique results; the pressure of printing creates texture and pattern not possible when painting directly on paper. Several examples & demonstrations will show how these prints can then be used in Collage & which products work best for gluing various weights of paper. Gain a broad understanding of product, material, method, tips & tricks.
De Pirro Art Workshops AUG 8, 1-4 Contact for registration: HERE Fee: $60
WA Regional SDA Meetings
Due to the COVID-19 situation, various meetings went online. Please contact the area leader. Online meetings are a good opportunity to participate in different groups.
Bellingham – There is a small new group, please email Seiko Purdue for more information: atsutas@wwu.edu
North Peninsula—Please, contact Sue Gale for more information msgale63@gmail.com. https://sda-np.com
In normal times, the North Olympic chapter meets monthly, with meetings rotated between Port Townsend, Sequim and Port Angeles. Guests are welcome
North Sound (Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom and Island Counties). Please, contact area leader Valerie Wootton vjwcamis@earthlink.net or new co-leader Tesi Vara (in charge of membership) tvc2c@frontier.com.
Seattle– Meetings every second Wednesday of the month. Please, contact Therese for more information tmstein47@aol.com.
In June we had our first in-person meeting since the pandemic began.
South Central— Please email Vicki Gerton for more information vgerton@gmail.com.
South Sound—Please contact Faith Hagenhofer at faithkeh@hotmail.com for more information.
Vancouver, WA—Please contact Mary Arnold for more information marnold48@comcast.net
While this past year of social isolation has been challenging, many of us have continued making art, often creating pieces that reflect a period that forced all of us to confront personal feelings and global issues in an unprecedented way. Now, we are finally beginning to surface.Yet the pandemic represents only one interpretation of Surfacing. The word has a range of meanings, from calls for social change to personal reflection to looking at ourselves and the world in an entirely different way. And nowhere are we better able to express what Surfacing means to each of us than in our artwork.
Elegibility: to be a member of SDA Washington State by the time of the deadline.
Deadline for submissions: September 15, 2021. The jurors will review all submissions. Each selected artist may have one image for the online gallery. Notifications will be sent October 15.
Requirements: You may submit one or two pieces of work. You will need to submit one image per piece (plus one detail, if necessary to appreciate the technique) and will need to complete this google form entry for each image submission. Work must be made between 2019-2021.
Images must be 2000 pixels minimum on the shortest side. Max file size is 3 MB.
Please send your image(s) to Gabi Nirino at sdagnirino@gmail.com and use “SDA WA Surfacing submission” for the email subject line. The jurors will have access to the images you submit but will not see your names. Please make sure to name your image file with the nickname of your choice, and use this format: “nickname_title of piece”.jpg. The nicknames are to mask artist names during the jurying review process only.
Please complete the following form for each piece submitted and make sure to double-check your spelling. The information provided on this form will be used for the online gallery information. Note: the jurors will not see the artist name, email, nickname and website fields.
” I created them perhaps 25 years ago and a friend purchased both pieces. She has proudly displayed them for all these years. One is a large floor pillow. She and I and husbands shared the hippie years when we had living rooms with nothing but carpet and pillows. Mine have mostly gone but she continued to use her pillow, yet I’m surprised how clean it looks. The tapestry is Mt. St. Helens blowing on May 18 of 1980. I watched that from the high deck from my house and soon started on the tapestry. Three months later when the annual event of Bumbershoot was at the Seattle Center they set up a large gallery of juried art that was about the volcano and mine was included.
“The Volcano” by Barbara O´Steen. 52″ x 36″, wool.Floor pillow by Barbara O´Steen. 41″ x 27″, wool.“Birdhouse” by Pat Herkal
She will be exhibiting and selling her beaded jewelry, vessels and ‘critters. The Gallery is at 715 Water Street. Starting in June it will be open seven days a week 10:00 – 5:00.
Pat creates to fill her life with joy, to discover how to mix colors and textures, to honor the environment and to keep her brain nimble.Whimsy, color and the natural world inspire her work. Mixing fiber, thread, beads, trinkets, shells, stones and found objects – man made and natural – Pat creates jewelry, sculptures, wall hangings, critters and dolls. Most are hand sewn adding one bead at a time. The smaller the bead the better. Her work is often embellished with embroidery. She has fun making, so when people see her work, we hope it makes them smile.
“Familiars” and “Greens&Turquoise” by Pat Herkal
“See the USA Road Trip” and “Raccoon” by Pat Herkal
Online Encaustic & Resin Effects Workshop by Barbara De Pirro
Barbara De Pirro Workshops
Online Encaustic & Resin Effects w/Acrylic
Create a mysterious & luminous depth, enriching your artwork! Discover how to create the luscious effect of wax encaustic & resin pours using GOLDEN Acrylic products. This online class includes demonstrations of how to achieve this effect using various acrylic mediums & gels; transparent & translucent, tinted & un-tinted, smooth & textured. In the process you’ll discover the unique qualities of each product. I’ll also share multiple samples of these methods in use within both collage & painted surfaces including how I incorporate them into my own artwork. These techniques enable you to create an intriguing depth, further developing imagery, pattern & texture within the layers of your art.
Schack Art Center JUN 5, 1-4 Contact for registration: HERE NOTE: 3 WA State Educator OSPI Clock hours are available for this class. Fee: M $60 NM $65
Online Fabric Painting w/Acrylics
Discover a range of techniques that can transform your Fiber Art, creating incredible surfaces and patterns! We will explore a series of Golden Acrylic products, the combination of these can be heat set, creating a soft hand that can also be laundered. Whether you choose to use your fabrics for art to wear, functional art, wall hangings, sculpture or art installations, this workshop will open your eyes to a whole new approach.
De Pirro Art Workshops JUN 13, 1-3 Contact for registration: HERE $40
Due to the COVID-19 situation, various meetings went online. Please contact the area leader. Online meetings are a good opportunity to participate in different groups.
Bellingham – There is a small new group, please email Seiko Purdue for more information: atsutas@wwu.edu
North Peninsula—Please, contact Sue Gale for more information msgale63@gmail.com. https://sda-np.com
In normal times, the North Olympic chapter meets monthly, with meetings rotated between Port Townsend, Sequim and Port Angeles. Guests are welcome
North Sound (Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom and Island Counties). Please, contact area leader Valerie Wootton vjwcamis@earthlink.net or new co-leader Tesi Vara (in charge of membership) tvc2c@frontier.com.
Seattle– Online meetings every second Wednesday of the month. Please, contact Therese for more information tmstein47@aol.com.
South Central— Please email Vicki Gerton for more information vgerton@gmail.com.
South Sound—Please contact Faith Hagenhofer at faithkeh@hotmail.com for more information.
Vancouver, WA—Please contact Sharon Svec atsharon@smsvec.comfor more information.
“Waiting for Grendel” by Barbara Osborne. Coiled pine needles with shed deer antlers, slices of rock and bones
SDA member Barbara Osborne and her basket cronies David Chambers and Sharon Kita will be joined by fiber artist Tininha Silva and painter Sean Yearian for a show named Weave at Northwind Arts Gallery, 701 Water St. in Port Townsend, WA. The show will be both in person and online. Gallery dates and hours to see the show in person are 12-5 Thursdays-Sundays from April 29 to May 30. To see the show online, go to northwindarts.org, then exhibits; this show will be in the Best Gallery. Additionally, Northwind Arts is hosting a Zoom night on Wednesday May 19 at 7:00 PM where the artists will talk about their work and processes. This presentation is free, but you must register through the Northwind Arts website to be sent the access link to the Zoom panel.
SDA-WA North Peninsula Members´ News
“Zoanthids” by Pat Herkal
SDA North Peninsula Members at Northwind Art’s Grover Gallery
Port Townsend’s Northwind Art’s Grover Gallery presents Undersea through May 30. Tangled Fiber SDA-NP artists Pat Herkal,Barbara Ramsey, Jean-Marie Tarascio and Cathie Wier reflect their varied views of the Salish Sea interpreted through the textile arts. Some of the creatures are true to life while others are expressions of the groups ocean inspired imaginations. The collection is composed of fiber, wire, yarn, paper and beads.
“Textured Waves” by Barbara Ramsey
“Tangled Fibers”. Collaborative piece
“Blue Seaweed with Plankton” by Jean-Marie Tarascio
“Low Tide”by Jean-Marie Tarascio, h24″ x w 20”. Recycled tea bags, pattern paper, wire.
“Seaweed” by Cathie Wier
Erika Wurm Hitchcock at Howell’s Sandwich Co
Erika Wurm Hitchcock has 2 pieces hanging at Howell’s Sandwich Co. in Port Townsend, WA. In this series of 6 all together she reuses as much repurposed material as possible to breathe new life into found objects but also keep them out of the landfill. They were created to highlight endangered species of the Olympic Peninsula, WA area. The first one depicts Sperm Whales, the largest toothed predator of the oceans and how they encircle their young, old and sick when they feel threatened; leaving their strong tails facing outward to whack away any enemies. This piece is 12″ x 12″. The second piece is inspired by Leatherback Sea Turtles, their largest recorded size measured 10ft in length which is the height of a regulated basketball hoop. This piece is 14.5 ” x 12 “.
SDA North Peninsula Members at Walk-by Textile Exhibit
Walk-by Textile Exhibit on Tyler features 25 Quilts, Vintage and Contemporary “Past and Present Quilts” is the new display at 675 Tyler St., Port Townsend, in the walk-by exhibit of the North Olympic Chapter of the Surface Design Association. Created or collected by eight textile artists, the 25 pieces on view through May include art quilts and patchwork, some dating from the 1940s and 1950s, pieced by great-great aunts and grandmothers. Some are handstitched, some made with hand-dyed fabric. New pieces, some inspired by the Gee’s Bend quilts, feature vivid colors and improvisational designs.
Participating artists and collectors include:
Port Townsend: Leslie Dickinson, Sue Gale, Pat Herkel, Debra Olson, Mary Tyler. Port Ludlow: Jeri Auty Sequim: Linda Carlson, Kathie Cook.
Information on the quilts is posted in the window and on the chapter’s website, sda-np.com.
Walk-by Textile Exhibit
SDA Members in Art of Recycling-Repurpose with a Purpose
SDA members Danielle Bodine, Barbara DePirro, Patti Shaw and Terri Shinn are participating in the exhibition Art of Recycling-Repurpose with a Purpose, at the Shack Art Center. Participating artists showcase their creativity by turning otherwise discarded materials into works of art. This exhibit aims to shine a spotlight on the environmental, social and emotional impact of waste as well as explore new ideas about recycling and repurposing.
Schack Art Center
2921 Hoyt Ave. Everett, WA.
April 1 – June 5, 2021
“Tek-Space Avian” by Danielle Bodine. 43”Hx15”Wx8”D Recycled computer cables, Italian cleaning brush, coiled black backer rod, synthetic sinew
“Sometimes I Feel Like This” by Patti Shaw. 27”w x 39”h. Burned aluminum votive candle wick tabs, waxed linen thread.
“October Tangle” by Terri Shinn. 10” x 22”. “Red Flag Warning”. by Terri Shinn. 12” x 24”. Old quilt remnants, acrylic on wooden panel
“Autumn Blaze” by Terri Shinn 12” x 36” Old quilt remnants, acrylic on wood panel
“Kelp Forest” by Barbara de Pirro. 200 recycled plastic bottles were collected, washed, cut and reassembled.
“Cluster” by Barbara de Pirro. Non-recyclable poly strapping that would otherwise be discarded.
Barbara de Pirro Online Environmental Sculpture Workshop
Discover how De Pirro creates environmental sculptural forms and installations using both reclaimed & organic materials. She will share a range of techniques that transform these found materials into a ‘fiber’ that can be manipulated into dimensional structures. Learn how to translate methods traditionally found in the textile, jewelry, basketry & industrial arts using unconventional materials. In addition to creating samplings of each of the techniques, De Pirro will share photos, samples & insight about creating large scale sculptural art installations. In this process you will learn how to develop these small ideas into large scale structures and environments.
Schack Art Center (Co-host) MAY 15, 10-1 Contact for registration: HERE
WA Regional SDA Meetings
Due to the COVID-19 situation, various meetings went online. Please contact the area leader. Online meetings are a good opportunity to participate in different groups.
Bellingham – There is a small new group, please email Seiko Purdue for more information: atsutas@wwu.edu
North Peninsula—Please, contact Sue Gale for more information msgale63@gmail.com. https://sda-np.com
In normal times, the North Olympic chapter meets monthly, with meetings rotated between Port Townsend, Sequim and Port Angeles. Guests are welcome
North Sound (Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom and Island Counties). Please, contact area leader Valerie Wootton vjwcamis@earthlink.net or new co-leader Tesi Vara (in charge of membership) tvc2c@frontier.com.
Seattle– Online meetings every second Wednesday of the month. Please, contact Cynthia for more information cynthiawriter@gmail.com
South Central— Please email Vicki Gerton for more information vgerton@gmail.com.
South Sound—Please contact Faith Hagenhofer at faithkeh@hotmail.com for more information.
Vancouver, WA—Please contact Sharon Svec atsharon@smsvec.comfor more information.
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