Bloomington Spinners and Weavers Guild Holiday Sale

In just two days we'll be all set up for you to come to the 2017 Bloomington Spinners & Weavers Guild show and sale.  We hold this show in conjunction with the Glass Guild and the Local Clay Pottery Guild as part of a larger Artisan Guilds of Bloomington event.

This year, as always, I'll have a booth full of hand dyed yarns and handwoven lovelies, like the handwoven / hand-dyed silk scarf above. 

Our area is downstairs to the left [west].   We have two whole rooms - make sure you get to them both.  So many beautiful things.   Sign up for our very generous door prizes when you arrive.

Artisan Guilds of Bloomington
Holiday Sale
Friday, Nov 3  4-9pm
Saturday, Nov 4  9am-5pm 

Bloomington Convention Center

Corner of 3rd St and College Avenue.

Free parking and admission

MWC This Weekend!

Midwest Weavers Conference

Butler University

Indianapolis, Indiana

Marketplace:  June 16-17, 2017

http://www.midwestweavers.org/conference/

I'll have a huge booth at the show this weekend full of gorgeous yarns perfect for weaving!  Stop in and say hello and tell me what you've been creating lately.

Color Experiments: Anatomy of a Series, Part 1

One of my artistic goals lately has been to paint my landscapes using colors from my hand-dyed yarns.   It's been a great way to think about things differently and to punch up a ho-hum landscape.

Plus, it's been so much fun using colors that I've been using in my dye shop for decades in a whole new way.

Here is my photo inspiration - A local pond off the highway.  Now remember, I am in no way trying to paint a photorealistic copy of the reference photo.   That's what photographs are for.   I'm going to try to paint that landscape in a new way.

Here is my yarn inspiration:

This is my fine bamboo yarn in the colorway, Vineyard.   I've been wanting to use these colors in a landscape for a while.   

The first thing I did was paint the reference pretty close to what's actually there.   I like to really focus on the lights and darks and large shapes.   

© Robin Edmundson, 'Solsberry Pond #1', watercolor, 10 x 14 inches, unframed. 

In the next draft, I softened out some of the colors and played with the shapes, still trying to get a feel for the light and composition.  That's a lot of foreground, so I shortened it up a bit.

© Robin Edmundson, 'Solsberry Pond #2', watercolor, 10 x 14 inches, unframed.

Not a bad start.   In the next post, I'll show you #3 and #4, with the colors from the yarn.  

2016 Fiber Show and Sale!

It's that time of year again - Time to think about holiday gifts and winter projects.   Next weekend is the Bloomington Spinners and Weavers Guild Show and Sale, held at the Bloomington, Indiana downtown Convention Center in conjunction with the Local Clay pottery guild and the Bloomington Glass Guild.   Fine craft at its best!

2016 Fiber Show

Friday Nov 4,    4-9pm

Saturday, Nov 5,  9am-5pm 

Bloomington Convention Center

College Ave, Downtown, Bloomington, Indiana

Free admission and free parking

I'll be in the south room again, but in a new booth spot.  I'll have a lot of hand dyed yarns for your winter projects, including a whole lot of colors in my favorite superwash wool and tencel blend. I'll also have a selection of hand-dyed, handwoven silk scarves, a selection of dyed silks and a selection of hand dyed rayon circle scarves.    Stop by and say hello!