CONTEXTURAL Artisan Sale

My next sale this fall will be on Saturday the 19th for the Annual Christmas Artisan Sale, showcasing unique fibre and multi-media works by local artists and Contextural members. There will be plenty of gift worthy items to help you get into the holiday spirit!

Annual Contextural Christmas Artisan Sale

Date: Saturday, November 19, 2016

Time: 10:00 - 6:00pm

Location: Christ Church Elbow Park, 3602 - 8th Street SW Calgary GoogleMaps/ChristChurchElbowParkCalgary

Details: Free admission; Cash, Credit or cheque accepted; Free street parking available.

Contextural is a community of textile artists fostering a cooperative creative environment in support of the production of new artistic works.

This textile-centric sale provides the opportunity for the public to meet the makers of silk-screened, EcoPrinted and/or hand-dyed scarves, pillows and bags, 2D and 3D art pieces, items for dogs and babies, clothing, accessories, and home decor.

More information and images click on the "NEWS" tab on our website: contextural.ca

 

EcoPrinting ... Natural Dyes... Botanical Prints...

Whatever you call it, I love doing it!
I spent the entire month of July at the Artist Residency printing clothing. After bundling them around different plant material and cooking them, the best part is opening up the packages and seeing what surprises there are for you.

At the end of the summer I have a rack of 70 pieces of clothing and the hardest part is picking 50 out to take to the Calyx Distinctive Arts show and sale on Saturday. (Good thing I have two more sales in November.)

I bought some display equipment and have been planning how to do a layout on it. This is the first stab at it. I will post from the sale tomorrow what the final display looked like.

Also on these racks I will have the oversized shawl scarves I dyed/printed.

In silk:

Silk Fleece:

Silk and cotton:

Silk and Cashmere:

Cashmere:

And then there are the 50 regular-sized Devore silk-rayon blend scarves + solid silks scarves + velvet scarves. I am ready!

CALYX DISTINCTIVE ARTS - SHOW AND SALE

After a very busy summer, spent in a 3-month residency in the Fibre Art Department at the Art College, then a couple of exhibits around town (I will post about these later)...

It's that time again - fall sales! I am going to be in three different ones this year. This first one is next weekend and the other two are at the end of November (more about them later).

I am taking part in the Calyx Distinctive Arts Show and Sale on SATURDAY, October 22 from 10am -4pm. This show is a classic and it's classy! Paintings, sculptures, ceramics and more. The best time is to arrive early. This is not a play! Really. Early is better as many people are in-the-know about this show and arrive to collect new work from their favourite artists.

I have a massive amount of silk scarves that I Eco-Dyed over the summer, as well as Eco-Printed up-cycled clothing. I have added a line of oversized scarves, out of some gorgeous fibres like cashmere, pashmina, superfine silk and fine linens.

Hope you can make it for a visit...

Clothing:

And the oversize scarves:

ECO Printing 1

So very excited with what I have been working on for the past couple months, here is the big reveal - Eco Printing on natural fibres (silk, wool, cotton, linen) using plant materials from around the neighbourhood. Here is a wool-Tencel blend, large scarf, done with onions skins, oak leaves, eucalyptus. It sold within the first ten minutes of my sale last weekend.

Here is a cotton-modal shawl scarf printed with Smokebush leaves.