SCAD Alumni Talent Part 2

To continue in my promise of highlighting some exceptional SCAD alumni work, below are some images of the beautiful mixed media sculptures of good friend and SCAD Alumnus Kara D'Angelo . After receiving her BFA in Fibers at SCAD she went on to receive her MFA in Textile Arts and Costume Design from University of California , Davis. Please look at her site for a full bio and more of her stunning work.

SCAD Alumni Talent

I am very proud to be an Alumnus of SCAD and along the way have met many other talented artists and designers who I would like to begin featuring here from time to time. I had the peasure of meeting Claire Sancheza few years ago in Savannah at Working Class Studio, durring an alumni presentation that we both participated in. Her bags are so charming and MADE in the USA!

Chandler Handbag

Lorin Carpet Bag

Kennedy Tote Bag

Madeline Shoulder Bag

Letter to Cast On's Brenda Dayne

Below is the letter I left for Brenda on the Cast On website after listening to her latest podcast. It brought up some serious issues for me and I thought it was a great episode. Check it out if you haven't already, knitter or not!

Brenda,

I admire you for shedding light on the behind the scene sometimes "Dirt" of the textile industry. I am a designer of textiles working in the carpet industry at the moment and I fully agree whith what both you and Anne M. said. Too often the majority of creative people ARE taken advantage of because they love what they do and are passionate about it. I have found it to be mainly a man's industry but the creative driving force is usually women. I believe these issues must be brought to the forefront with the up and coming generation of crafters to be aware of. I also found your reference to "Norma Rae" brilliant, the textile industry in the US may be historically known for not paying a living wage but what does it say about us that we have gone from that to shutting down our own mills just to outsource textile goods (and others) from other countries who pay even less!

So, I support your decision to follow your morals and not go with the sponsors that you just don't feel right about! Of course we can all make up our minds what to buy or not buy from advertisers but that's really not your point is it? And one last thank you for bringing up the issue of marketing "Green and Sustainable" as "Luxury" just to charge more and just because it's the buzz word of the moment. It's so much more than a buzz word and I'm glad you shed some light on it. Best to you in your future endavors towards making, hopefully, more than a living wage! I'll be listening to whatever you post, whenever...

Cheers~

Mosaic Monday

This weeks favs with a theme of golden light


1. Sky - Beauté Sombre, 2. Electric starburst, Wills Memorial Building, Bristol, 3. subtly altered curtains., 4. Fairy Frost 2, 5. Bees, 6. P2180050.JPG, 7. in/out, 8. P2200076.JPG, 9. mastic

ACC Baltimore Show Roundup 1 of 2

I've been attending the ACC show in Baltimore since moving back to DC metro and have always regarded it as THE show for the best in CRAFT. As a college student I began attending the shows when I could for inspiration and continued to attend the ACC show in ATL when living in GA. I even one a Student NICHE award while attending SCAD. I admire the creative exhibitors at this show and know that some of the most origional ideas and best quality work can be found because of the high standards of the jury procees. Below are photo's and links to some of my favorites from this years show. I find that the trends at this show are cyclical like all trends but this year there was some spectacular new work. Mixed media seems to be the latest trend, fibers with metal, glass with furniture, plastic jewlry, found objects incorporated or translated into pieces etc. There was also new signage indicating "Green Craft" which is a new category featuring artists using recycled, found, and/or other eco-friendly materials and tecniques. I hope you find their work as inspirational as I did.

"Searchlight Artists"

Jungyeon Choi, MFA, Fibers, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI


Andy Shaw Pottery, Philadelphia, PA




Someware Glass by Elizabeth Ware Perkins

These are CAST Glass Doilies, spectacular!





Chase Deforest Hosewares, Denver, CO ~GREENCRAFT~






Metalwork by Haley Reneé Bates MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI



Sugar Jewlery by Ana Claudia Crisan Calabria of the UK


YES~Spun SUGAR!

Part 2 still to come, sculpture, jewelry and the hilights of what came home with me~

Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova win best Song for their movie, Once

Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova's Oscar acceptance speeches were in my opinion the best part of the Oscars last PM (& their their performance of "Falling Slowly"). I was pretty disappointed with Jon Stewart and the whole show, perhaps the writers were scrambling to get it together and they sure did fill in with a lot of nonsense and musical numbers so we eventually switched it over to the season finale of Nip/Tuck...

Coming Soon ACC Baltimore & Moderating Comments

I had a wonderful day on Saturday in Baltimore at the ACC show. I will be posting photo's of some wonderful designers, artists, crafters, jewlry makers and much more. I love to attend this show every year, it really is the cream of the crop when it comes to craft. Check back this weekf or more!

Just a quick note to say I have had to enable comment moderation because of some "spam" scam comments...hope it's not too annoying.