Linda Temple’s topic for the OKC FAO meeting last night was about WARP, Weave A Real Peace.  She wanted to show us a few of the members’ interesting websites but we had technical difficulties with the computer. The following is a list of the websites she wanted to show us. Enjoy!

Threads of Life - Indonesian Textile Arts

Endangered Threads Documentaries - small California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation founded in 2004. 

African Craft - A portal dedicated to promoting the arts and the artisans of Africa.

Karen Piegorsch - Synergo Arts – Ergonomics for artists and artisans

SERRV – ArtisanWork  SERRV is committed to working with small-scale artisans around the world, providing them with skills and tools to improve their lives.

Betsy Rowland and Mary Tevington presenting the FAO program

Two of our FAO members, Mary Tevington and Betsy Rowland, presented the October meeting on Radical Jewelry Makeover. It was a great meeting! They allowed everyone to rummage through their stuff and made their own jewerly…..what fun!

Having fun after the presentation.

Janie Wester with her woven show and tell item.

Sara Braden with her cute knitted animals.

Charlotte Hickman showing pin and earrings made in Janet Hawks workshop.

Necklace made with old Bayer Aspirin tin

Kate Kline - Encaustic wax piece

Sharyl Landis and Kate Kline - showing Kate's quilt

Candace Kenyon-Dove - Flower Power, free motion sewn, cut pieces, all raw edges.

Quilt by Debbie Ross

Quilt by Debbie Ross

•  Soy wax batik with skillets holding the wax.\
• Belger Art Gallery – Jennifer Angus show called Small Wonders; Secrets of a Collector, she used insects ordered out of Indonesia to make wall designs and house structures with the insects displayed whimsically in the structures.
• El Anatsui had pieces made from aluminum wrappings, tin tops and other discarded type of pieces from Africa. (Please note that El Anatsui will have an exhibit in OKC at the ArtSpace at [Untitled], Sept. 18 – Nov. 7, 2009.
• Alice Kettle, from England, had huge thread paintings.
• Raymond Materson had very small pieces that he started making in prison. He unravels socks and embroiders with the sock thread.

Shirley conducting her last meeting as President

FAO members elected officers, board members, and committee chairman at the Potluck Dinner meeting on June 20th.

Sara Braden, Elia Woods, and Sue Moss Sullivan

Here is the line up for the coming year:

Stephanie Grubbs – President

Sara Braden and Joan Galbraith – Program Directors

Dorothy Dinsmoor – Treasure

Kay Moore – Newsletter

Barbara Kline – Membership Director

Stephanie Grubbs – Historian

Sue Moss Sullivan – Fiberworks Chairman

June 20th on Saturday night was the Fiber Artists of Oklahoma (FAO) annual potluck dinner meeting. This year Sue Moss Sullivan invited FAO members to her vacation cabin in Chandler and it was a treat! She has a beautiful log cabin in the woods with a nice pond and it was such a relaxing place to hang out and enjoy everyone’s company. We have some excellent cooks in the group so in my opinion we always have the very best potluck dinners in the world! In the photo above Elia, Kate, and Janie are in line to fill their plates.