July meeting group

Meeting Notes

FAO Tulsa Chapter had their meeting Tuesday, July 14^th with 20 people in attendance. Kate Kline presented the program on recycled materials from thrift stores. She buys wool clothing items, washes them in hot water with tennis balls to help with the fulling process and then puts them in a very hot dryer. She also talked about wet felting explaining how you take the fibers and build up layers, wet and manipulate. She showed a blanket and a scarf made from fulled wool sweaters sewn together and an example of what happens when you cut off the bands on sweaters – it makes a pretty ravel. She mentioned a thrift store at Peoria and Latimer that has all garments for 50 cents. 

Announcements that were made:

FAO Membership dues of $20 are due in September.

Modern Materials is in Oklahoma City – July 10 through August 29 and Jean Ann has a piece in the exhibit.
Kate is teaching a surface design class at Water Works starting next Saturday.  

There is a Sashiko artist coming to B Sew Inn.   She described this as a Japanese hand stitching in intricate designs – used to pad areas on work clothes to keep them from getting worn – shoulders.  It’s $10 some time in August.

Jan Hawks is teaching sculpted threads classes at the Quilt Sampler in July and August at 61^st and Sheridan.

Next month Jean Ann is doing the program – showing a DVD from SDA.

Show and Tell

Lynn Rivers – textile sample from SDA class using Pigment inks taught by Gunnel Hag from Toronto.

Jean Ann Fausser – samples from the 2 classes she took at SDA – coated metals run through printers. She said the instructor, Kathyanne White has 3 YouTube demos.  You use an ink jet printer. (Note: These demos are very interesting so I hope you take the time to check it out.)

Sharyl Landis – pieces of sculpted threads made at class taught by Jan Hawks in Eureka Springs, AR

Jan Jawks – 2 pieces that were in Fiberworks

Debbie Ross – 2 items that were in Fiberworks

Pat Brant – cotton hand woven cloth top

Kate Klein – piece that was in Fiberworks

Peggy Spence announced her quilt she entered in the Houston was accepted.

Kate Kline conducts the July meeting

Lynn Rivers - textile sample from SDA class

Jean Ann Fausser showing samples from SDA class

Fiber Festival

I know I’ve advertised this in our newsletter but I thought I would remind everyone that the Fiber Christmas in July Fiber Festival is this Friday and Saturday.  I went last year with a couple of friends and it’s a very nice event so we should support our Oklahoma vendors.

Friday, July 24th, 12 – 9pm and Saturday, July 25th, 8am – 8pm

The Oklahoma Watermedia Association’s juried exhibit

is on display at the Norick Art Center located on the Oklahoma City University campus from July 5 – 31, 2009. We are proud to announce that four FAO members have work in this exhibit; Sharon Allred, Carla Houston, Kay Moore, and Dawne Pyles.

The Basketweavers Guild of Oklahoma is presenting an exhibit of over 80 baskets that will be on display August 16 – 20, 2009 at the Waurika Public Library which is located in the restored train depot, 105 S. Meridian St., Waurika, OK. 

“Baskets of Oklahoma” will include all kinds of baskets: traditional, contemporary, twilled, coiled, double-walled, non-wood, natural materials, and ribbed.  There will be beginners, intermediate, and advanced woven baskets. 

The exhibit opens on August 16th from 1:00-3:00 p.m.  Refreshments will be served and two weavers will be demonstrating basketweaving. 

Waurika Public Library

There is a wonderful exhibit by Josephine Myers-Wapp, a 97 year old weaver, at the East Gallery of the State Capitol. It will be on display from June 22 – August 23. You can read more about it here.

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

I made a trip back to the IAO Gallery where the Fiberworks 2009 exhibit is on display to take photos. All the lights were not on so they didn’t turn out very well. Carla took her fancy camera so maybe her photos will turn out better than mine.

Art by Stephanie Grubbs

The green felted & knotted vessel that is pictured was made by Stephanie Grubbs. This is just a close up view so you can’t see the whole sculpture but I liked the way the photo turned out and you can see inside the vessel from this angle.

Art by Sara Braden

The next photo is part of a knitted chess set by Sara Braden. She uses recycled silk yarn and the little chess pieces are so cute and tiny! Sara buys sweaters from the thrift shop then unravels them so that’s what I meant by ‘recycled silk yarn’. You can see part of the gallery in the background.

Art by Michi Susan

The last photo won “Most Innovative” and is made by Michi Susan. It’s mounted behind plexiglass and is constructed of hand made paper, twigs, and found objects like bottle caps and other things.

Yesterday was the last day that Fiberworks 2009 will be on display. It will be sad to see it disassembled on Monday when the artists come to pick up their work.  – Kay Moore

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.