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The Fine Art of Fiber 2009

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

 

I am still trying to catch up on domestic stuff after our long weekend of the Fine Art of Fiber at the Chicago Botanic Gardens.  I took pictures, but my battery died before I caught all the pieces I would have liked to.

 

 

I had my 15 minutes of fame when my piece, “Herons”  ended up on the channel 7 news or the Sunday version of Good Morning America-I never did find out which.  Very exciting!

"Herons" (c) 2008 by Tracy McCabe Stewart

"Herons" (c) 2008 by Tracy McCabe Stewart

 It was a fabulous show!  Here’s some of the pieces:

Shelley  put in this lovely piece:

My friend Shelley Brucar's great window piece

My friend Shelley Brucar's great window piece

Maggie Weiss had a few pieces in the show.  here’s one using sheers and raw applique:

a great piece by Maggie Weiss

a great piece by Maggie Weiss

The fabulous Mary Jo Bowers working in some new colors on this gorgeous piece:

a wonderful piece by Mary Jo Bowers

a wonderful piece by Mary Jo Bowers

I really love the fractured technique that Val used on this beauty:

I love this piece by Val Rodelli

I love this piece by Val Rodelli

ere’s a beautiful work by Sabrina Cassidy:

Gingko piece by Sabrina Cassidy

Gingko piece by Sabrina Cassidy

I loved the ceramic heads on this great piece by Cathy Mendola:

Mixed media piece by Cathy Mendola

Mixed media piece by Cathy Mendola

Gerry’s piece got knocked askew by the fans.  I hope you can still tell how pretty it is:

mixed media piece by Gerry Macsai

mixed media piece by Gerry Macsai

Roz used every needle technique in the book on this beauty:

 

a beautiful triptych by Roz DeBoer

a beautiful triptych by Roz DeBoer

Gale Wessel made this piece based on techniques she learned in Maggie weiss’ class:

Gale wessel won the botanic challenge with this piece

Gale wessel won the botanic challenge with this piece

as usual, I love this entry by Barbara Schneider-I rarely see anything of hers that I don’t love!

A gorgeous piece by Barbara Schneider

A gorgeous piece by Barbara Schneider

 

Here's a great piece by Virginia Cruz Carlson

Here's a great piece by Virginia Cruz Carlson

Here’a beautiful piece by Debbie Plato based on cliffs near her home in England:

Here's a fantastic piece by Debbie Plato

Here's a fantastic piece by Debbie Plato

here’s a great one from pat Kroth:

Love this one by Pat Kroth

 I ran out of batteries at this point.  What a great show.  I will be posting pictures from SOFA over the next few days.