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Printed design on silk by Maryann

Printed design on silk by Maryann
Printed design on silk by Maryann

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Sewing & Machine Embroidery Club
of Atchison, (KS-MO), Commings & Nortonville KS
The Sewing & Machine Embroidery (quilters) Club will hold their meeting this Saturday 29-SEPT-2012 at (1PM) in the K.F.C. meeting room of Atchison, Kansas.  
Maryann Hammond will be the guest speaker & will show her "art work" with a demo on "What is Surface Design"?  
 "Bug Out", by Maryann Hammond

Monday, September 10, 2012

Tomorrow is Sept 11, 2012 (911) an sad day in American History.  As we remember, I hope that all "Artists" out there will create a new piece of art work to keep on healing and to remember what you did on that day...

I will post later on here what I had started to create tomorrow, & I hope others will join in and submit to me what you started.  There does not need to be a reason why...

Thanks,
Maryann Hammond
Have you heard what the Missouri Fiber Artists are doing this year & clear into the next year?
An "Sketchbook Challenge"!!!

View the website for details, based on the first book of the same name.  (I'm going slow on this, but I'm included on the list of artists who are working on this project with "MoFA").

http://www.missourifiberartists.com/sketchbook.htm

Join them on FaceBook as well...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Missouri-Fiber-Artists-MoFA/136951573773


SNEAK PEEK!!!  Really...
30th Annual Weavers' Guild Sale in St. Louis, MO.
Check out their FaceBook page....

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.461035767270489.102272.416052095102190&type=1

Friday, July 13, 2012

New Website for Maryann Hammond

It took a long time, but I finally created a website for myself at: http://wildpatternsbymaryannhammond.webs.com/

Please send in comments at:  maryann4art@hotmail.com

Sunday, July 8, 2012

*Even if you have your own Website, have you tried to use more "Social Media" to get more traffic to your "Art Work"?  Here are ( 4 ) sites that are free to use & can get you noticed on the web a whole lot more.  If you have not tried any of them, please take a look at what I had created, then go from there...
1.  tumblr:   http://www.tumblr.com/blog/fibermaryannart

2.  Artists2artists:  http://www.artists2artists.net/photo/36-inch-silk-hand-dye-silk-screen-turq?commentId=3077055%3AComment%3A142162&xg_source=msg_com_photo

3.  Pinterest:  Create your own board of your own art work...  http://pinterest.com/blueartist/

4. LinkedIn:  Place your resume' on this networking site...

 © Hammond, Maryann* "Glitter Dragon Flower"Gouache on watercolor paper, shown June 2012  At Art takes Times Square, NYC     

                                         
*All of this can help if you are not doing a whole lot of work or you if you have so much you could fill a huge gallery, with more to show.

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY (for this post)!  It is 103.8 on this side of the state and about that much on the other side of Missouri.

     We have news of a member in SDA & MoFA (Rosemary Claus-Gray), who will have a show open on Friday (First Friday's) 6-JULY-2012 at the Randy Bacon Photograph Studio & Gallery Springfield, Missouri.  Ending 21-JULY-2012.  Here is the link:  http://woodhavenstudio.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/expressions-in-fiber-at-randy-bacon-photography-studio-and-gallery-springfield-missouri-through-july-31-2012/

And here is a link to Rosemary Claus-Gray's website for you to visit, if you can not make it to her show.
http://www.rosemaryclaus-gray.com/bio.htm

                                                    Rosemary Claus-Gray - Fractured
                                                           Congrats to Rosemary....
UPDATE:  08-JULY-2012, I was sent a publication wrote about Rosemary's show at:
http://pamdora.com/blog/2012/07/08/expressions-in-fiber-by-rosemary- 
claus-gray-at-monarch-art-factory/

Friday, June 8, 2012

Have you read the news that came out today about "Created Jobs for Artists"?
Take the time to read this and also as always read up on what is going on within the whole of SDA by clicking on the links for SDA.
Reminder, have you updated yourself on the main SDA website.  There are so many blank pictures of us or your artwork.   As for myself, I never have had a good picture taken of me anywhere, but I did updated my information.
Enjoy the article below...
Thanks Maryann...


http://artsusa.org/information_services/research/services/economic_impact/default.asp

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Live photo showing art work of Maryann Hammond* 
On Times Square NYC
I am excited about this "Artists Wanted" in NYC contest.  I wish I had known early about it, but I will be sure to contact all of you about this contest to show your ART in Times Square next year.  So be ready get on the list to show.  It is Free to join, no fees if you have plenty of people to Vote for you.  Here is what my link looks like.  (Twitter & amp; Face book)

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#ArtTakesTimesSquare @ArtistsWanted - help my work get shown http://MaryannHammond.artistswanted.org/atts2012
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By Maryann Hammond*
Glitter Dragon Flower
UPDATE:  My few seconds of fame came on the night of 18-JUNE-2012, where my art work that "Artists Wanted" chose to be shown on Times Square outside the NASDAQ, then again within the VIP party on screens shown on the wall where another stage was set up.  Thanks to Harold Garcia who took photo's when they found out the website to view the show went down.  More people (artists/public) had shown up than they were able to handle...  Mine is on the right, called "Glitter Dragon Flower"!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Reminder to read "What's New" posts from KCAI & Surface Design

There has been some new news updates at SurfaceDesign.org and the blog of KCAI.  click on the links on the right hand side for KCAI and just under the Missouri State heading...

Enjoy,
Maryann Hammond

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Missouri Fiber Artists Conference

Missouri Fiber Artists Conference
May 18-20, 2012
Tan Tar A Resort, Osage Beach, State Road KK
Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
Featuring workshops with  Bob Adams and Victoria Payne Crowder and keynote speaker, Annie Helmericks-Louder

Registration Form MoFA 2012 Conference on website    www.missouirfiberartist.com
Registration Deadline:  April 18, 2012
Contact information: zemancarol@rocket.net

Also, a word from Carlene Fullerton
Fiber Friends,
 
If I do not hear from you by March 5th that you do NOT want to be on this list for occasional announcements from MoFA,
I  will assume that you still want to receive info.
 
Thank you to all who have responded!
 
Check out our FAcebook page and website  www.missourifiberartists.com.   Info about the conference in May is posted.!
 
 
Best wishes,
 
Carlene
The MoFA Gadfly
 
Thanks for the info Carlene, Maryann...

Thursday, January 26, 2012

TIME CAPSULE STORY QUILTS WORKSHOP with SUSAN SHIE

Time Capsule Story Quilts Workshop 
with Susan Shie 
at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild 

View a better picture of this at the St. Louis Artists Guild website.



A three-day workshop with world 
renowned quilt artist Susan Shie 
Friday, February 17th, 2012; 10am–5pm 
Saturday, February 18th, 2012; 10am–5pm 
Sunday, February 19th, 2012; 10am–5pm 
Registration Fee 
SLAG Members: $400 
Non-Members: $450 
To register, please call 314.727.6266, or 
register online at our website: 
time-capsule-story-quilts 
St. Louis Artists’ Guild 
Two Oak Knoll Park 
Clayton MO 63105 
314.727.6266 
Create intuitive whole cloth art quilts about life 
around you, using fabric paints, markers, and 
optional airpen. Reconnect to your inborn ability to 
create  spontaneously, while drawing, painting, and 
possibly writing in your stories of today in a small 
starter painting and a second larger piece you’ll quilt 
in class. Sketchbook work will lead to the stories 
and images for our class projects.  Instead of 
judging your work, switch to enjoying the thrill of 
taking art risks, which turn into leaps of creative 
freedom.  I's fine if you thing you can't draw, 
paint, or write. 
 In this class you'll find it easy to express yourself, 
like you did when you were little. 
Artists must provide supplies. A supply list will be  
provided when the workshop meets the minimum  
registration requirement. 
About Susan Shie 
Susan Shie describes her artwork as “personal diary 
work with themes focusing around the kitchen and 
family...astrology, tarot, peace and the environment, 
with a whole lot of emphasis on peace and  
compassion-centered politics.” Her work is a 
combination of painting, drawing, and quilting. In her 
current work, Shie draws on to blank fabric with an 
current events. 
Shie holds a BA in Painting from the College of 
Wooster in Ohio and a MFA in Painting from Kent 
State University in Ohio. She has been awarded two 
Individual Artist Fellowships from the National  
internationally, including venues such as the  
Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts (Houston, 
TX), the Ohio Craft Museum (Columbus OH), and the 
Arrowmont School of Art (Gatlinburg, TN). 
time-capsule-story-quilts 

WEAVER'S GUILD OF ST. LOUIS PRESENT: SILK FUSION


Weaver’s Guild of St. Louis Presents:

  Silk Fusion
      Instructor:
   Karen Selk

Monday, March 5, 2012     9:00 am – 4:30 pm


TOPIC: Silk Fusion

Format: 1 day workshop

Description:

What ever you call it, it is hot and beautiful.  A spectrum of unspun silk fibres will be arranged and fused with textile adhesive to produce a “felt” of varying thicknesses.  Silk fused fibres can be crinkled while wet and hold its shape.  Other fibres, feathers and ribbons can be incorporated into the silk fusion.  It becomes a perfect canvas for machine or hand stitching, quilting, three dimensional sculptures, jewelry, wearable art, book coverings, collage and on and on.  We will make one or two pieces to be taken home to dry.


Ability Level:

Everyone


Student Supply List:
Will be sent to participants


Maximum class size: 20


BIOGRAPHY
Karen has been a textile designer and artist since 1972.  Her primary focus has been weaving and fusing felt with silk.  A quest for knowledge of all aspects of silk has taken her throughout Asia researching the history and heritage of silk traditions.  She travel teaches sharing her approach through lectures and workshops.  The cloth, culture and people of other countries as well as the life in Karen’s garden are the source of her creative spirit.  Karen is the author of numerous magazine articles, an educational poster about the life cycle of the silkworm and a silk fusion video.  As managing director of Treenway Silks for 30 years she has designed and developed new yarns, fibres, kits and colour palettes.


Registration Form


Registration:  Please complete the form below, detach, and mail with a check** to:

Dale Pessin
831 Fairfield Lake Dr.
Town & Country, MO 63017

Cancellation Policy:  A 100% refund until one month prior to the workshop and a 50% refund between 4 and 2 weeks prior apply.  There is no refund for cancellation within 2 weeks of the workshop.

Questions:  For further information, please contact:
Dale Pessin at: dale@pessin.net  314-392-9999 or 314-614-7375                                                                             

Note:  A maximum of 20 students will be accepted.

Location:  The workshop location is still to be determined.

Reserve early!
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Silken Fusion
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Monday     March 5, 2012    9:00 am – 4:30 pm



Name: _________________________________                        Daytime phone number: __________________




Address: _______________________________                        Evening phone number: __________________



City: _____________________                        State: _______            Zip: ________            E-mail:__________________________


Total:  $100.00*_____________Member                   $150.00*__________ Non-member

                                                Membership fee: $35.00______________________

Please make your check payable to the Weavers Guild of St. Louis

Deadline for registration February1, 2011

*Workshop fee:  The workshop fee includes all materials from Karen:
50 grams of Tussah fibre, 25 grams of dyed tussah roving, 4 oz bottle of textile medium, handout
shared bottles of gloss, silk hankies, & misc. ribbon
Lunch is also included

This workshop is underwritten by the Doris Oglander Scholarship Fund and is priced accordingly!




Monday, January 16, 2012

Submission deadline is February 1, 2012 for CURRENTS MoFA

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Refuse/Reseen Refuse/Reseen
April 14-June 2, 2012
Reading, PA                                                                                           
 
PROSPECTUS

Refuse/Reseen encourages artists working in fiber to become infatuated with the idea of exploring the possibilities of disposable and disregarded stuff as the basis for this submission. Our challenge for fiber artists everywhere is to take the most ordinary, non-precious and every day materials and to create the most extraordinary. The reuse of every conceivable material is already imbedded in the psyches of many working artists today. This exhibit will require the use of materials which are not durable and are normally considered ephemeral and short lived. Exhibit will be on display at some things looming in Reading, PA. 
Submission deadline is February 25, 2012.

Juror Warren Seelig lives and works in Rockland, Maine. He holds the rank of distinguished visiting professor in the Fibers/Mixed Media program at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia where he teaches, curates and writes on various subjects related to textile, fiber and material studies.
    CURRENTS CURRENTS: MoFA Conference 2012 Exhibit
April 18-May 29, 2012

The Vine Gallery, Osage Beach, MO                                                                                    

  ENTRY FORM
Juror and Speaker: Bob Adams
Opening Reception: May 18, 2012

CURRENTS, an exhibition in conjunction with the 2012 Missouri Fiber Artists Conference, seeks submission of artworks that, literally or figuratively, explore the artist’s story and use fiber media or other media using fiber techniques to transform concept into substance. CURRENTS is open to all artists using fiber as a media or other materials using fiber techniques, and artists are invited to submit up to three artworks. 
 Submission deadline is February 1, 2012.
http://www.missourifiberartists.com/exhibitions.htm#currents

Sunday, January 15, 2012

SDA Members and MoFA Members (FYI)

There are several Upcoming Exhibitions 2012 for all Fiber Artists who are members & non-members from the Missouri Fiber Artists website:     http://www.missourifiberartists.com/exhibitions.htm

Deadlines starting this coming February 25, 2012 for CURRENTS:  MoFA Conference 2012 Exhibit at the Vine Gallery, Osage Beach, MO

New INNOVATION IN TEXTILES (tech textiles online) Industry Events in 2012.   http://www.innovationintextiles.com/articles/1032.php

If you are going to be in NYC starting January 16-18, 2012 then go to the Texworld USA  http://www.texworldusa.com/   This event will focus on newest collections for Spring/Summer 2013 Season  At the Javits Convention Center.

Do not forget the Surface Design Association Conference called (Identity:  Context and Reflection) 2012 in Philadelphia.   http://www.surfacedesign.org/conference/conferences  (You can review past conference events at both the SDA website and the MoFA website.

The details for the 2013 International Surface Design Association Conference June 6-9, 2013, San Antonio, Texas  Go here to check out guidelines for submissions at this site with proposals for each in (workshops, exhibitions & demo's starting January 17 - March1, 2012   http://www.surfacedesign.org/conference/future-conferences