Alice’s Art Show

19 Mar 2010 3 Comments

by debinca in Art, Color, Fiber, Uncategorized Tags: Art, library, Mahopac, papermaking, printmaking, spinning

Here’s a flyer about Alice’s art show at the Mahopac Public Library, which is up for two more weeks. Alice’s Art Show Flier I had a great time visiting her in late January while she was in high gear.  We bundled up, went to her studio where cell reception is limited, and cranked up the tunes. While she worked on her pieces, she graciously allowed me to go nuts on some of the educational panels that explain some of her process – papermaking, printmaking, and a little bit about the old-fashioned library card catalogs that inspired each work in the show. When I got home, I was inspired to spin an art scarf to celebrate the show.  It’s hand-painted merino/silk (not by me, by Blue Moon Fiber Arts, which has amazing colorways in yarn and roving), deliberately overspun thick-and-thin, then plied with silk and sterling cobweb-weight commercial yarn strung with laminated bits of library catalog cards, sterling silver monogram charms, freshwater pearls and other semi-precious stones (Jasper, turquoise, coral) and little alphabet beads that spell out “Ex Libris: Found Art From a Public Library” when the scarf is all stretched out in one long line.  It’s highly energized and springs back on itself to form a kind of dreadlocky artsy half-necklace/half-scarf thing.

Alice’s Art Scarf

Alice’s Art Scarf – Closeup

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