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Intersections 5: Colors_Concepts_Contours
Exhibiting fiber/Dimensions artists to offer demonstrations to public on Fridays during exhibition
San Francisco, CA - fiber/DIMENSIONS biennial group show, Intersections 5, will be held October 13th to December 19th 2010 at the Presidio of San Francisco Officers' Club. Thirty-Five artists will be exhibiting their works with disciplines ranging from quilting to welding. Many of the fiber/Dimensions artists will be sharing their secrets and techniques with the public at six Friday demonstrations given at the Presidio of San Francisco Officer’s Club from 1:30 to 2:30 beginning October 29th. The Presidio Officer’s Club is located at 50 Moraga Ave. San Francisco, CA 94129- For more information please visit: http://www.fiberdimensions.com/
Adult Lectures/Demonstrations
October 29 Regula Allenspach Weill - Gift Wrapping
November 5 Allegra Burke – Prodded Rag Rugs
November 12 Emily Dvorin - Coiled Basketry
November 19 Lucy Matzger - Coffee Filter Collage
December 3 Jeanette Carr - Machine Made Lace
December 10 Melissa Woodburn - Pine Needle Baskets
Demo Descriptions:
October 29
Moving Beyond a Brown Bag and a Bow To a Creative Gift Presentation with Regula Allenspach Weill:
If you have always wanted to be more creative in presenting gifts, this lecture will fascinate and inspire you. Regula will show how to use art scraps, new and recycled paper, textiles, and found objects to enhance the impact of gift presentations. When done right, the gift becomes a temporary object d'art. Indeed, appreciative recipients may choose to preserve them indefinitely, even if it means leaving the gift unopened!
November 5
An Adventure into Prodding a Rag Rug with Allegra Burke
Prodding is the traditional way to make a rag into a rug. New interest in this absorbing craft and art form is growing alongside recycling and 'green' movements, and among people using traditional crafts to express their creativity. Allegra will demonstrate this very simple and safe technique of rug making - using recycled clothing, wool and plastic bags. The first 30 attendees can make their own sample.
November 12
Coiled Basketry - New Materials with Emily Dvorin
In this demonstration, Emily will create a basket while she speaks about her "Transordinary Vessels" and the idea of "up-cycling" elaborating on the "anything can be basket material" philosophy. Modern materials will be used with a traditional coiled technique. A variety of ways to start the basket as well as how to add and attach plastics, ordinary re-cycled elements, personal treasures and unexpected ingredients to it will be illustrated. The experience will be anything but "ordinary".
November 19
Coffee Filter Collage with Lucy Matzger
Lucy will demonstrate how used and dried coffee filters can be utilized as a collage material. She will show the many different steps involved in creating one of her beautiful "kimonos". Each filter is brushed clean, emptied of most coffee grounds, ironed flat and painted with a coat of polymer medium to protect the surface. Sewing, stapling, and stamping are some of the ways she will describe to embellish the filters before forming them into different shapes.
December 3
Sewing Machine Made Lace with Jeanette Carr
Put down your crochet hook and learn to make beautiful lace fast, easy and inexpensively! By using a basic sewing machine and thread Jeanette Carr will demonstrate how to create lace using Solvy, a plastic, water-soluble "fabric". Finished product can be formed and shaped into two dimensional art or three-dimensional sculptures.
December 10
Making Pine Needle Baskets with Melissa Woodburn
In this demo Melissa will discuss some of the history of the pine needle basket as well as show how needles are gathered and stitched. She will demonstrate the two main stitches used in coiled baskets: how to make the “Start” and how to keep the wall even. Discussions will also include non-traditional materials and shapes.
Children’s classes will also be offered by fiber/Dimension Artists during the Intersections 5 Exhibition to select Bay Area School students coordinated by the Presidio Trust. Myrna Tater will help students create imaginative Game Boxes, Allegra Burke will show students how to recycle discarded clothing and left over materials to create Rag Rugs, Emily Dvorin will help children create “Wacky Baskets” working with hardware cloth and attachments, Joan Klein will have students weaving colorful patterns on a board with string, Kathryn Grothe will teach how to finger crochet little sculptures, and Rose Marie Ginsburg will help students create woven bookmarks on a cardboard loom.
Exhibit Details:
Where: Presidio of San Francisco Officers' Club
50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129
When: October 13th to December 19th 2010
Wednesday through Sunday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Venue website and directions: http://www.presidio.gov/calendar/
Phone for info: 415 - 499 - 1655
Admission is free
Media Contact: Erma Murphy erma@murphyproductions.com
Phone: 415-389-5072