Creative Missives

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Originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

This is a super soft blend of merino, corriedale, and shiny handpainted tussah silk.

I loved making these coils.

I'd been on about a week and a half of no spinning.

My fiber addiction: fed.

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Before plying
Originally uploaded by polyartgirl.

Today I feel like I'm being torn into so many pieces...down so many paths...

Every few minutes I have to close my eyes and just breathe.

Time is filled with a way to make enough money to live and provide...but I don't want to be so full and busy. I don't want to rush around and wonder where my days went. I want to be still and quiet. I want to sit with my feet treadling a spinning wheel...for making yarn or throwing pots.

I want calm though on fire... so different than busy.

It's good though, I'm on the verge of a weekend that will probably have some rain and some sunshine literally and figuratively.

Tomorrow I'll do a spinning demonstration. As per my usual unpredictable moods...all of the sudden, I don't want to show anybody what I'm doing. I want to hide in the corner and covet the little coily strands.

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Alamosa Art Walk

A full day of fun. I'll be doing a demo at 1pm on Creative Plying Techniques...

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Paper Clay excellent blog...

Intrigued...

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Folk Arts and Fibers: "SLV Folk Art and Fiber Festival

The first annual SLV Folk Art and Fiber Festival will be held July 13-15th in Monte Vista, CO in Marsh Park.

We are actively recruiting artists in the following media to set up booths, provide demos and workshops: Wood,clay,metal and fibers-to include fabric, plant, animal fibers, paper, bead work, and glass. Participants are not limited to neither the San Luis Valley nor Colorado--all are welcome!
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