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2019 Runway Show: Garment Registration, Vendor Application/Contract, and more

January 16, 2019 By martywolins Leave a Comment

“FESTIVAL OF FABRICS”

Fiber Artists of San Antonio (FASA) invite you to our Annual Runway Show

Saturday, April 13, 2019

To see the Call for Entry page with the garment registration form, vendor application and contract, ticket sales, and detailed information, click here

NW Marriott

3233 NW Loop 410 located at Loop 410 and I-10

San Antonio, Texas 78213

9:00  Vendor Sales & Raffle Tickets Sales Open

11:00  Doors open for Runway Show

11:30  Runway Show

12:30  Lunch followed by drawing of Raffle Winners   

1:30  Runway Garment Sale and Vendors Sales Open

Tickets sales begin January 14, 2019 @ $65 a person

To buy individual or table tickets via PayPal or Credit Card, click here

For Guidelines for Entries and Garment Registration Form, click here

For more information, please email: fasarunway@gmail.com

Filed Under: Events, FASA Board Business, Monthly Programs

Ginny Eckley Workshop Jan 12-13

November 10, 2018 By martywolins Leave a Comment

Two Days with Ginny Eckley

January 12-13 (workshop). Ginny will be speaking at our FASA meeting at 10:00 on January 14.

Workshop Description:
 Dye, Print, & Paint – Learn stunning combinations of techniques

using silk-screens & non-toxic paints & dyes. We’ll start by painting
and dying fabrics. Using instant set dye, you’ll discover fun, fast & brilliant
ways to manipulate color on silk. Techniques will include how to apply
even color, faux shibori, fun with marbles, rubber bands and clothes pins!
For cottons, we’ll use both transparent and opaque paints. Working with
color mixing & color blending, we’ll achieve dynamic results.

The second day of our workshop,  we’ll add  imagery using silk screens. They can be used on
all fabrics, creating  the full range of soft imagery to
Discover the flexibility of dyeing, painting & printing, going back & forth
between the techniques as you work to create amazing results.

What to bring: If you have a fabric stash, bring silks and cottons. Realize that white fabric allows

the most possibilities, but all light colored fabrics are an option.
For silks, if you plan to sew on it,

I recommend a weight that is 12 MM or higher. Those thin, fly away scarves are usually 6 – 8 mm,

White on white fabrics are really fun, as when they are dyed,

the pattern shows up more. Feel free to email me if you have questions of what will work best.
We will be cutting the fabrics to approximately 15″ x 18″ , so even some of your remnants will be fun to use.
Everyone works at their own pace, but bring 6 pieces to play with. If in doubt, don’t cut your fabric until you are in class.

I will have white high thread count cotton and a variety of silks,  for purchase, if  you prefer.

Wear old clothes and an apron, bring 1 roll of paper towels and  gloves.

Cost for 2 day workshop is $130

Enrollment is limited to 20
Make checks payable to FASA
Bring to the November FASA meeting or mail to: ( no later than November 12, 2018 )

Bonnie Davis 12322 Capeswood St. San Antonio, Texas 78249

Wildflowers at Dusk : Created using  a combination of painting and printing on cotton.

The second image, attached is called  Carmine Bee Eaters.

Dyed, Printed and Painted on Silk Crepe.

 

All the best,

Ginny Eckley

fabricpaintings.com

EzArtScreen.

Filed Under: Events, FASA Board Business

“Telling Our Story” Quilt Exhibit Oct 3-Nov 9, 2018

September 29, 2018 By martywolins Leave a Comment

Telling Our Story: African American Influences on San Antonio’s History

Two of our artists have work that will be shown in the African American Influences on San Antonio’s History Quilt Exhibit – Please come support our fellow FASA members on Oct 3,  6:00-8:00 p.m. for the opening reception and then for the exhibit from Oct 3 – Nov 9, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. M-F at the Carver Cultural Community Center 226 N. Hackberry SATX 78220

http://events.mysanantonio.com/event/telling-our-stories-african-american-influences-on-san-antonio-s-history-quilt-exhibit

 

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August 13, 2018 12:30-3:30 Workshop: Get Your Wax On

July 25, 2018 By admin Leave a Comment

Get Your Wax On! By Mary Frances 

August 13, 2018 12:30pm – 3:30pm Following the FASA general meeting… SATX Botanical Center

$75  (All necessary supplies  are included)

Registration is open through August 10, 2018

Class limit: 20

Images of Mary Frances artwork, encaustic texturesWelcome to encaustics, where the medium is provided by bees and traces back to ancient Egypt! This is THE class for creatives and texture lovers of all kinds. The translucent nature of heated wax flows easily and allows us to build intricate layers of color and texture. When you paint with warm beeswax, the pigmented wax acts as both paint and glue, creating the ideal medium for incorporating multi-media elements.

In this class you will use encaustic painting to create your own exciting 2D or 3D (on a panel or free standing) project. This workshop will focus on creative explorations with an emphasis on fibers and textiles infused to wax. Mary Frances will do several small demos, as well as assist while you create your own unique artwork!

While all materials will be provided, an optional list a goodies you may wish to bring from home to personalize your experience will be sent to you at register.

Handouts will be provided and setup and safety of using encaustics will be covered. When you leave, you will have more than a great work of art to show your friends-you will have a new process and special techniques for expanding your own creative practice.

This class is for you if:

  • You are stuck in your current process and you need a fresh infusion of creative energy.
  • You are looking for a new way to connect exotic fibers and textures.
  • You are curious about encaustics and would like to see how it might add to your own practice.
  • You love to experiment!

Space is limited. Pre-registration is highly encouraged. 

Image of registration button

 

 

Mary Frances
me@maryfrancesart.com

Filed Under: Events, FASA Board Business, Workshops Tagged With: Encaustic, Encaustic Demo, Mary Frances, Texture, Workshop

July 9, 2018 12:30-3:30 Workshop: Surface Design on ….Copper!

July 5, 2018 By martywolins Leave a Comment

Surface Design on ….Copper! taught by Dale Jenssen July 9, 2018

Approx. 12:30 – 3:30 July 9, after the FASA general meeting… SATX Botanical Center

$45 each

Sign-up through July 4

Class limit: 15

Have fun making a unique art piece on copper by employing some of the surface design methods commonly used on fabric or paper. Dale will show you how to stencil and stamp metal patina formulas on copper. Once that process is done, we will further texture our work with a variety of hammering and punching techniques. After that, it’s time to embellish! Bring beads, buttons, or whatever fun items you think you’d like to incorporate into your work… Dale will help you figure out how to attach them.

Once you are finished we will glue a block to the back of your piece, and your artwork will be ready to hang!

NOTE! Everyone will be given a piece of copper @ 1’ square. Please let Dale know by July 6 whether you would like it to be square, rectangular (and if so, the measurements), or a random shape like the one in the example.
What Dale will provide:

  • A piece of copper @ 12” square for each participant
  • The patinas and everything needed to apply them, and rinse them off
  • Texturing tools
  • Drills and bits
  • All the hammers she has
  • Misc. wire, head pins, etc. for attaching and/or hanging beads and the like
  • A selection of sharpie pens
  • A selection of stencils

What to bring:

  • Beads, doodads… or whatever you think might be fun to use
  • Your favorite stencils and/or stamps
  • An old towel
  • A piece of plastic to protect your work on the way home.. a grocery bag cut open should suffice.

Optional:

  • Your own hammer
  • Colored sharpies and/or alcohol inks if you have them and want to try them out.
  • Foam pouncers

Dale Jenssen
land line  210-733-7557
www.thesconcequeen.com

Filed Under: Events, FASA Board Business, Workshops

June 12, 6-8 p.m. Exhibition and Reception: Alejandrina Cue of Havana, Cuba

May 14, 2018 By martywolins Leave a Comment

Mixed Media Fiber Art by Alejandrina Cue of Havana, Cuba

Alejandrina Cue, mixed media fiber artist from Havana, Cuba, will exhibit her work at the Marisol Deluna Foundation, 418 Villita Street, Building 22, 78205 on Tuesday, June 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Alejandrina Cue was invited to come to San Antonio by the Fiber Artists of San Antonio, F.A.S.A. she is well known for producing whimsical art with a mix of textiles, paint, writing, and found objects. She creates incredibly imaginative examples of mixed media fiber art that fascinates and amuses the viewer. She often uses the female figure as her subject, exhibiting characteristics of strength as well as delicacy with a heavy dose of symbolism. Growing up in a household of women who sewed, she began to experiment with fabric scraps as a child. Because there is a scarcity of art materials in Cuba, she uses a potpourri of unusual materials, sometimes discarded, and includes them in her work with fabric. This combination adds depth, emotion, and mystery to her work. She specializes in free hand needle techniques, and includes poetry and words.

She has been recognized by art critics in the Cuban culture as the Precursor of Patchwork, influencing the use of patchwork and stitchery, and is one of Cuba’s most outstanding visual artists. She received first prize in “The Hundred Feeders” competition sponsored by The Vatican. Cue was in the top ten competition for the UNESCO Prize for Latin American Artists. She has exhibited in Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Columbia Venezuela, Tokyo, the United States, France and Cuba, and was part of the Havana Biennial. Her art was published in The Magical Art of Cuba. After her education in Cuba, she studied extensively at the Bihl Haus in Dessao, Germany and received a Masters in Industrial Design Scientific Center for Design VTK in Meissen, Germany.

Cue will be teaching a workshop titled Mascaras del Corazon (Masks of the Heart) for F.A.S.A. at the Southwest School of Art on June 9th and 10th. On June 11th she will give a presentation of her work, titled La Vida a Mano (Life by Hand) at the San Antonio Garden Center at 3310 N. New Braunfels Ave. 78209, at 10:00 p.m. The public is invited as guests of FASA.

Parking is free on Tuesday evenings in many locations nearby after 6 p.m.. Enter by the side gate on Villita Street. Please join us at the Marisol Deluna Foundation to meet Alejandrina Cue and enjoy a delightful evening of artistic surprises from Cuba.

To download a parking map for the June 12 event, please click here: Parking Map Alejandrina Cue

If you want to download and share the press release, click here: Press Release June 12 Alejandrina Cue

For more information on the artist, visit her website: http://www.alejandrinacue.com

Filed Under: Events, FASA Board Business

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FASA Meeting Information

GENERAL MEETINGS

San Antonio Garden Center
3310 N. New Braunfels Ave.
San Antonio, TX 78209

DATE & TIME

2nd Monday - 9:30 AM

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SPUTNIK MEETINGS

Jean Dahlgren Studio
240 East Huisache
San Antonio, TX 78212

DATE & TIME

2nd Sunday - 2:00 - 4:00 PM

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