http://craftingchaos.com "We adore chaos because we love to produce order." -M.C. Escher Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:13:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yvette Doss sent me a copy of her eBook Crunchy Granola Charm to review. From her book: "If, like me, you’re fascinated by the 1960s and the ideals that era embodied, you might be part of the way to crunchy. Fueled by the most amazing soundtrack any era has ever produced, the 1960s ... http://craftingchaos.com/2010/03/11/crunchy-granola-charm-ebook-review/ Linda Berger will be in this year's Beyond The Fringe show. Here she is posing by one of her pieces. What drives you to create? Creating is just inside of me and MUST come out. Mostly as an image in my mind, then drawn and incorporated into a fiber medium. Why did you ... http://craftingchaos.com/2010/03/10/beyond-the-fringe-interview-linda-berger/ The postcards for this year's Beyond The Fringe are here: The artists listed on the front are: Violette Alby Linda Berger Linda Michel-Cassidy Connie Fernandez Lois Fernandez Kimberly Hamill Carolyn Hinske Jana Greiner Twilight Kallisti Mary K. Lyon Merce Mitchell Nina Silfverberg Faith Welsh Karen Wittwer Abigail Z The text on the back reads: Beyond the Fringe March 26-April 1, 2010 A fine fiber art exhibition Opening reception Friday, March 2, 5-8pm Stables ... http://craftingchaos.com/2010/03/08/beyond-the-fringe-postcard/ Here's Faith standing by her piece at the opening of the new Taos Town Hall this year. It's called Martin's Song and is a 36" x 36" acrylic collage on clay panel. She was in last year's Beyond The Fringe and will be in this year's as well. What drives you ... http://craftingchaos.com/2010/03/06/beyond-the-fringe-interview-faith-welsh/ I've made more leaves for the Green Man. This is some wool I bought at that sweet yarn sale I went to last year. I'm planning on felting these. In other knitting news, I've started a scarf for my friend Helen. I'm going to make her a version of my scarf hoodie. I'm ... http://craftingchaos.com/2010/03/05/leaves-and-a-scarf/ Artist Linda Michel-Cassidy will be in this year's Beyond The Fringe show. The pictures in this post are of her piece Residue. The installed dimensions are 10 ' high by 6' wide and the pods are the pods are assorted wools, alpaca and yak. What drives you to create? I have come ... http://craftingchaos.com/2010/03/03/beyond-the-fringe-interview-linda-michel-cassidy/ Beyond The Fringe artist Violette Alby sent me pictures of her quilts. Untitled 2009 Yellow, colour of the middle 85" x 75" http://craftingchaos.com/2010/02/28/violette-alby%e2%80%99s-quilts/ Artist Carolyn Hinske will be in this year's Beyond The Fringe. The picture above is of her art work space. I enjoy seeing where artists work. It's a peak into their techniques and inspirations. What drives you to create? an internal force Why did you choose fiber as your medium? my grandmothers and mother ... http://craftingchaos.com/2010/02/27/beyond-the-fringe-interview-carolyn-hinske/ Beyond The Fringe curator and artist Merce Mitchell sent me some pictures of her art. Thrown wool fleece, natural plant dyes, nylon thread, metallic acrylic paint hand felted, hand stitched construction construction 2009 Nigella wool fleece, natural plant dyes, nylon thread, fiberfill hand felted, hand stitched construction 2009 Stellaria wool fleece, natural plant dyes, lichen, nylon thread, ... http://craftingchaos.com/2010/02/26/merce-mitchell-art-pics/ I've been sewing, sewing, sewing leaves onto the Green Man. Prana has been helping: I've been working on a new leaf. I found this pattern via Crafty Galore's blog. This is acrylic boucle so I took Prana's cat brush to fluff up the leaves. Speaking of Prana, he wanted to help with ... http://craftingchaos.com/2010/02/25/my-furry-assistant-helps-with-the-green-man/