Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Art Trek

A few weeks ago, Fredericton Arts Alliance had an Art Trek. The basic idea was that practicing artists and crafts people would open up their studios and the public would be able to drop in and have a look around and purchase you wares if they were interested.

My studio (a small corner carved out of a messy room) is NOT where I want to be inviting people so my friend Karen said that she would host any of our fiber group that was interested. Trish and I took her up on her offer.
Karen has a beautiful house over looking the St John River. She has sunny windows and a husband that dressed up and played doorman.
Trish is a felter of hats and garments. The garments take a lot of time and I think that she has much more fun with the hats so she had many hats. Many many different hats.
Here is my corner of the room. You can see a couple of Trish's scarves and her large vessel that are also made of felt.
Here is Trish working on her needle felted world ornament. She has family scattered all over and has given some of them a felted world. The idea is that each Christmas pins with the other family members names are placed on the world in the correct location.
Eric is taking a break from being the greeter with a quick look through the paper. Doesn't he look spiffy?
It was a fun weekend and I even made a couple of sales!

2 comments:

Julia said...

That's a neat idea and it sounds like a lot of fun.
I spied with my little eyes a hooked rug underfoot.
I'm interested in hooked wool rugs. I only made one and enjoyed making it. And of course it's a picture of a cow. I would like to make some more but need a better frame and time. A free standing one that you can pivot, with little wires to hold the rug in place. Someday when I have spare time.

Christine said...

Are you still doing the Market at Carleton Place?