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Michigan League of Handweavers Biennial Fiber Show

I spent a lovely summer afternoon in Holland, Michigan for the last day of the Michigan League of Handweavers Biennial Fiber Show – complete with refreshments, awards ceremony and Ann Keister’s comments on jurying the show as well as a PowerPoint presentation of her work.

Surround Sound Vest won 3rd place in the Functional Fiber category and besides being presented with a lovely woven & beaded ribbon…. I got $75 in prize money too!!

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It was nice to see ‘Surround Sound Vest’ and my ‘Green Man’ tapestry, as well as all the other fabulous fiber works of art displayed so beautifully.  Hats off to everyone at MLH who worked so hard to put 80 items on display!!

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Surround Sound and Green Man make the cut!

Surround Sound Vest’ wins FUNCTIONAL FIBER 3rd Place award!

Surround Sound vest

83 pieces were entered into the Michigan League of Handweavers 18th Biennial Show.

The ‘Green Man’ tapestry was also accepted into the show.

Green Man_Barbara Schutzgruber

The exhibit at the Holland Area Arts Council, 150 E. 8th Street, Holland MI 49423, runs from May 17-June 29, 2014. (Regular hours: Monday-Thursday 10am-8pm, Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-3pm)

The reception, awards ceremony and talk by juror Ann Keister (retired professor of Art & Design at Grand Valley State University) will be on Sunday, June 29, 2014 from 2-4pm.

Read stories behind the creation of these pieces
Surround Sound Vest

The Saga of the Green Man
part 1  –  part 2  –  part 3

 

The Saga of the Green Man (pt2)

When we last left our hero…. he was awaiting my decision:
Do I chuck all that I’ve done so far… cutting my losses (literally!)
and start over?

Or do I continue on and see what happens?

I am a ‘process’ artist rather than a ‘project’ artist which means I am more interested in the journey than I am in reaching the original destination.  So of course…. my decision was to move the cartoon lower, realigning the eyes, and continued on!!

The Green Man’s features were now more square than the original design.  The good thing about choosing a Green Man for my first attempt to weave a face is that a Green Man is not “human”.  As long as I kept his eyes focused, the rest of his face was open to interpretation.  Not wanting to redo the cartoon, I continued to follow the original, trying to keep my beating pressure the same as I had used the year before.

9_continue weaving  10_15inches  11_16 to 17 inches

Once his forehead was finished…
12_19.5 inches   

I packed down the new weaving to match the new proportions of his lower face.

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I was VERY pleased with how he came out but there was still more to do…..