Lucy Arai’s sashiko pieces are a wonder to the eye. Learning the technique from her uncle, her innovative approaches combine her Japanese heritage and western art backgrounds.

Her mixed media compositions combine the Sashiko embroidery technique with paper and cotton indigo to create one of a kind works of art.

Don’t miss this evening with Lucy to hear about her process and see these amazing pieces up close and personal.

This video clip from KQED highlights Lucy’s techniques.

http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/spark/profile.jsp?essid=17665

Blacksheep Weavers’ Guild will be meeting on Stanford campus on Thursday, July 19th,  to see several works of art.  For those who would like to meet for supper, we will meet at 6 pm at Coupa Cafe by the Green Library:

You can see the menu and even order ahead of time here:

http://www.coupacafe.com/locations/stanford-green-library/

At 7 pm we will meet at the Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall, at the entrance by the Red Fountain, just off of Galvez, to see a tapestry called “Wordscapes” at the Green Library woven by famed Swedish weaver, Helena Hernmarck.  PLEASE BRING A PHOTO ID!

After we visit the Green Library, we will go to the new Knight Business School to look at  two outdoor exhibits by artist Peter Wegner, which have been put up recently at the (grand) new School of Business, by a man named Peter Wegner, one of which could also be called a wordscape.

We welcome acclaimed silk weaver Polly Barton to our April 19th guild meeting. Her website is http://www.pollybarton.com/

Her talk will be about the evolution of her work, the artists who have inspired her, and techniques she uses in her work.

Her  work is in the Sourcing the Museum show which opens this coming March 23rd at the Textile Museum.

She is also featured on the virtual tour of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC. http://www.textilemuseum.org/

Watch the video of Arab Spring

“How String Changed the World”

We welcome acclaimed fiber artist, Cameron Taylor-Brown to our guild meeting Thursday, February 16th, 7-9:30.

Our talk will start at 7:15, in order to be finished on time.

http://www.camerontaylor-brown.com/

Cameron is based in Los Angeles, and studied fiber arts with Ed Rossbach at UC Berkeley.

Her artwork is widely exhibited and has been published in American Craft, Fiberarts, Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot and the Fiberarts Design Books Four, Five, Six and Seven . She travels Southern California and Arizona as the regional representative for several top yarn companies, including Rowan, Filatura de Crosa and Manos del Uruguay. An experienced teacher and facilitator, she conducts workshops throughout the country exploring design, color, creativity and the collaborative process.

Cameron Taylor-Brown was a founder of ACCESS Community Arts & Education, a consulting partnership that worked with classroom teachers and artists to make direct connections between the arts, curriculum, educational content standards and community arts experiences. Two accessARTS models, Start with Art and Arts in the City , were developed with the support of California State Charter School Grants. These classroom-tested models were disseminated throughout the state of California in 2004-5. accessARTS strategies remain central in Cameron’s approach to teaching and learning.

Supplies each guild member should bring:

2-4 small sticks – each 10-12 ” long, no more than 1/2 inch or so in diameter

about 2-3 oz of plied yarn, 800-3,000 yards per pound

a handful of un-spun fiber, any type

a handful of small rocks (each about the size of a quarter or so)

scissors

masking or duct tape

digital camera suggested