Fall News and Annual Open Studio Event

Hi everyone! The snow is coming and the leaves are almost down as we look to forward to the new winter’s snow.

           

            Open Studio Event

The Salmon Falls Mill Building where my studio, #336, is located will have it’s annual Open Studios Event this Nov 19 & 20- 10-5. This year, instead of new work, I will feature a host of items, a quick art sale of seconds and slightly older works- really priced to fit your budgets, tons of my collage baggies that have been so popular and my usual line of vintage and gently used clothing.

            I will also have an Antique and Vintage area, with a special section of antique tools for the men and a swell treadle sewing machine.

            Please join me and lots of other artists for this pre-holiday event sure to bring you into the Holiday Spirit!

            Directions can be found at www.millartists.com or GPS- 1 Front St, Rollinsford, NH

Spring 2012 Studio Workshops in Designing Fabric   Dates TBA

This 4-week series covers a variety of surface design methods, more later or ask about it at the Open Studio event. I always post announcements on my blog.

Fab Fabric Painting

Basic Silk-screening

Stalking the Wild Print

The Thermal Fax

Recent Acceptances

CROSSING LINES: THE MANY FACES OF FIBER

Three World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY

Courtyard Gallery- sponsored by the Textile Study Group of New York 

My work Crumpled will be exhibited.

 SAQA Showcase artists chosen

Jurors Judith Content and Carolyn Ducey have chosen the artists for "SAQA Showcase" to be exhibited at the International Quilt Study Center from July through October 2012.

ARTISTS SELECTED:

Deidre Adams


Michael Cummings


Gay Lasher


Jan Myers-Newbury


Wen Redmond


Susan Shie

Shaking the Tree of Imagination, juried into “Interpretations 2011” at Visions Art Museum, CA: Contemporary Quilts + Textiles. The jurors selected 40 quilts from over 200 entries for a stunning exhibition. They had a challenging assignment, as the quality and craftsmanship of the entries were very high.

To Be Published

New York critic and curator Sandra Sider founded an artists' monograph series, THE STUDIO QUILT, available via Amazon.com, artists books include Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer, Linda Colsh, Barbara W.Watler, Ludmila Aristova, Jetta Clover, Erika Carter, Virginia Spiegel, Judith Plotner, myself and more!

OPEN STUDIOS !!!

OPEN STUDIOS !!!                                   Visit Wen's Studio #336!

Twice a year, the Saturday before Mothers' Day in May and the Saturday and Sunday before Thanksgiving, the artists of the Salmon Falls Mills open their studios to the public.

• Visit artists studios
• Learn how & why artists do their work
• See artists at work
• Buy art directly from its maker
• Ask as many questions as you want!

Salmon Falls Mills Spring Open Studios
Saturday, May 7, 2011, 10 am-5 pm
The Upper Mill is not handicap accessible.  No dogs please.

directions here

Studio 2

            I am fortunate I have two studios. One was just featured in Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine Fall issue. It's my ‘out of home’ studio located in an old mill. See other studios here AND here

I also work at my in home studio. They function differently. I use my converted master bedroom studio for office work, shipping, mounting work, quilting and computer storage and printing. The room has ¾ walls or knee walls, which presents a challenge.

I don’t have design wall as a result but use 3x4' sheets of foam installation that I have cut and foam boards of the same size. These rest in a pile against the wall and I just pull out the current work. The foam boards provide a unique transport system for traveling to my other studio during composition times. 

            A large table made from 2 large gorilla shelves, 36” high, are topped with a plywood tabletop, dominates the center of the room. I cover this with acrylic felt cotton duck and occasionally plastic. It’s a great base for most printing, surface design and ironing. When I need to have a cutting table I simply flip a large cutting mat on top!

            I store fabric and supplies underneath, very handy. On one side, I tuck my ironing board, ready to use and the other side has a large freestanding kitchen island found at a local thrift store.

               One other item I love about my studio is rocks. I collect large rocks when I go to the nearby beach. They are beautiful and I use them for weights when I need to press books or when I’m mounting work.

Invitation to my Studio

I am so pleased to announce my studio is currently being featured in Cloth Paper Scissors Studio Magazine Fall 2010, available now.

Here

I’ve included a few more shots of the studio for you. I usually have visitors during annual Open Studio events around Thanksgiving and Mothers day and during workshops. Here’s a peek just for you.

It was a delight to work again with Cate Coulacos Prato, Editor at Studios and Barbara Delaney, Assistant Editor. They took the article and really made a great 4 page spread. I hope you will take a break and come my studio!

Open Studios

Please join with me for the annual OPEN STUDIOS!

May 8th 2010 Studio #336

SATURDAY 11-5

Southern NH and ME- for directions WWW.millartists.com

Also- This was just included with the latest email from Quilting Arts Magazine. Pokey's favorite issue is the issue I published my article!- Holographic Memories, May 2007!

You can get a CD of my technique- here- item# DVD Item Number: 08QM18

Thank YOU Pokey!!

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