Range Fiberarts Guild Display - Forest

The Range Fiberart Guild had a display titled Forest at the Lyric Center for the Arts from November 7, 2009 - December 5, 2009. Members guild were free to design what they wished with in the forest category. The variety was amazing.  It was a tremendous show with many members having items that they designed and created on display.  Art items included items felted, woven, knitted, crocheted, beaded, spinning, rug hooking, and more. Mediums used were yarns, rags, linen, birch bark, silk, wool, cotton, antlers, roots, canes, etc.    There was a special display commemorating the Year of the Natural Fiber.  The International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 aims at raising global awareness of the importance of natural fibers not only to producers and industry, but also to consumers and the environment. One of may favorite stories about the display was when a group of youth were told that they were going to tour this display.  The response (whether it was verbalized or not I'm not sure) was "BORING."  Then they went into the Lyric Center for the Arts and they came alive.  It was not what they expected.  During this holiday season might the fiber arts liven your life whether it is by something you make, use, wear or admire.

Christmas/Holiday Celebration

Top: Carol Sperling showing the towels that she wove at the Minnesota Discovery Center this past summer.
Bottom: Jody Guy-Krulc demonstrates the how she holds the yarn and knits the stitches in the continental method of knitting.

It is December which means that the members each brought a special food item to share at our meeting.  The food was terrific. The members know how to work with more than just fibers!  It was a time to relax, talk, and get to know each other just a little better.  Afterward, we had a business meeting.  There isn't a meeting in January for the Range Fiberart Guild; thus, a number of subjects needed to be addressed.  Then the highlight of the meeting was set on the table -the ornaments for the annual ornament exchange.  The creativity and the variety of the ornaments exchanged is always interesting.  A glimpse of how exhaustive the fiber arts can be is evident in a small way in this shared experience  The meetings are never complete until we see what  our members have been busy designing and creating.  "Show and Tell" revealed that our members have been very busy.