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© linda scharf
linda at
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june
1, 2005
welcome to the second issue
of crochetlab report! i've gathered
some info that i was interested in finding more about over the past few
months. write (linda at crochetlab dotcom) if you have thoughts, comments.
for info that wasn't available by the time i decided to go live, see current
research (that accompanied issue 2). peace! linda
*next
report (#3)
due around august 8.
table
of contents:
x
interview with artist ana voog
x wool fairs and
fests
x ashetu: crocheted hats from cameroon
x uncinetto: crochet from
italy
x australian locker hooking
x competitions
you might want to enter
x tracy krumm teaching at haystack (maine) and penland
x tactille, new "magazine"
that will include
crochet stuff
wool fairs and fests
some new england fairs:
maine
fiber frolic: june 11 and 12
common ground
country fair, sponsored by the maine organic
gardeners and farmers assn. sept. 23-25
vermont sheep and
wool: oct. 1 and 2
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resources
to find more fairs around the world:
a list of nationwide wool festivals and fairs
from spinning fiber community at livejournal
a fiber arts calendar (includes wool fests, classes): fiberocity
ashetu: crocheted hats from cameroon
men
from the bamileke tribe in cameroon crochet and wear ashetu, prestige
hats. the hats are made from cotton, and some include pieces of wood,
around which they crochet. these are some of the most beautiful hats,
art, artifacts, whatever you want to call them, that i've ever seen!
examples are displayed (in photo, below) at hurst
gallery, in cambridge, ma, usa, where they can be seen thru the end
of july '05 if you're in the area, or travelling. many
thanks to shana dumont, gallery manager, for allowing me to take
pictures and for suggesting a few books for more research.
thanks also to my friend, artist kathleen volp, for a conversation about
the hats!
- more info online:
spectacular images from ethnix gallery, nyc::
this is a must see!!
continues for four pages on the site
hurst gallery, cambridge, ma
past exhibit at skidmore university
accompanying essay (skidmore show)
by hannah liverant
essay, continued::scroll down on their page to see text;it starts low on the page for some reason
hat horizons::includes some ashetu hats
and others from many cultures
hat horizons has info about a touring show,
schedule below:
Hats
and Headdresses: Adornment of the Head
From Around the World
October 23 - December
18, 2005
THE HAGGIN MUSEUM
Stockton, California
August 7 - October 2,
2005
MESA SOUTHWEST MUSEUM
Mesa, Arizona
October 23 - December
18, 2005
(Open date)
January 8 - March 5,
2006
(Open date)
uncinetto: crochet from italy
pretty earring examples here
and here
(crochet around wire)
thanks
to shannon at five
gallon bucket,
a neat little boutique, for drawing my attention to uncinetto.
also, related in my mind, these gloves
from powder room
australian
locker hooking
i had never heard of locker hooking before
i ran into betty stover at nh sheep & wool fest.
she had examples of items that looked like hooked rugs, which i like,
so i stopped to talk to her. a tool similar to a crochet hook is used
to pull wool thru a rug canvas. examples
by betty
she raises sheep, goats & rabbits and also sells
locker hooking kits. they might not be pictured yet on her
site, but ask her!
elizabeth stover will teach a locker hooking workshop
sunday, june 12 at fiber frolics (maine)
betty
stover from augusta, maine, usa above
- more
resources/info:
description of locker hooking from
1984 article from mother earth news
by Marilyn Livingston
deer run sheep farm (west virginia, usa)
has a tutorial (making a rug) and sells supplies
link for "anchored loop rugs",
mentioned in deer run tutorial, above
competitions you might want to enter
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raphael
prize for works in found materials
society for contemporary craft/pittsburgh
$5000 prize, catalog, show
deadline: june 10, 2005
entry
form scroll down for transformation 5
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tactille
info on their competition
deadline: june 15, 05
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american bamboo
society
arts & crafts award of $1000 for
creative uses of bamboo
deadline: july 1, 2005
entry
form
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enigma gallery
"pushing buttons"competition
from their site:
“Enigma invites artists to interpret
the exhibition’s title using a minimum of one (common) sewing button
or images of buttons in the completed entry.”
postmark deadline August
15, 2005
prospectus
$25 (us)entry fee, nonrefundable
juror's prize: $500 + solo show in '06
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“wearable
expressions” from palos verdes art center
deadline: slide or digital entries due aug. 27 2005
$25 entry fee, $35 up to 3
cash awards from $100-1000
prospectus here
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tracy krumm teaching
mixed media at haystack
july 31-aug 19 (3 weeks!)
in deer isle, maine usa
there was one opening available as of 5/23/05
she is also teaching at penland, and there were openings as of
5/23:
“big
fiber” june 12-24
tactille,
new "magazine" plans to include
crochet related stuff among other things due nov
05
info on their competition
deadline: june 15, 05
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