After a pandemic and floods, please join us!
Placer Artists Tour
November 10-12, 10am-5:00pm
And encore weekend...
November 17-19, 10:00am-5:00pm
For more information about the Tour click here.
Previous Events:
Orchids: Nature’s Masterpiece
March 5-29, 2020
Presented by
Studios on the Park
1130 Pine Street, Paso Robles, California
I have three large silk paintings in this show. Join me for the Art After Dark Paso Opening Reception on March 7, 6-9 pm!
Making Connections - Exciting Anouncement!
I will join my good friend, internationally known fiber artist Nicola Brown, to present a collaborative show titled Making Connections at the Mendocino Art Center for the month of March 2021.
Nicola Brown from Ireland and I met through our mutual love of fiber arts, working with our hands and the beauty of the trees, plants and flowers surrounding our homes. We have studied, traveled, worked and taught together to expand and share our knowledge and skills in botanical printing, natural dyeing and felt making. We have both taught at the Mendocino Art Center and other locations. Nicola regularly teaches international workshops.
Making Connections will show at the Mendocino Art Center for the month of March 2020. The show, which will also travel to Ireland, is intended to display connection and friendship between the two makers in different parts of the world. It is a statement of how art can bring people together in a time that too often emphasizes discord - and it celebrates the beauty of nature where the artists live.
There will be an artists' reception and a workshop - more information to follow. We hope you will join us!
Merridee, Freddy and Nicola collecting leaves in Ireland
Loomis Art Loop!
Spring Mother's Day Weekend Studios Tour
10am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday,
May 9 and 10, 2020
Keith and I will NOT be able to participate in the Loomis Art Loop over the Mother's Day weekend this year, but you certainly should! This is a lovely event with several studios and a number of artists, all within a 10 minute drive of each other. The artists have a range of professional experience, several achieving honors locally, nationally and internationally. Fiber arts, painting, clay, jewelry, metal sculpture, glass and more along with and a drive in the beautiful springtime Loomis foothills - what could be a nicer way to spend Mother's Day?
For more information. click here: Loomis Art Loop
Nuno Felt & Eco Print: Wool+Silk+Nature=Wow
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street
P.O. Box 765
Mendocino, CA 95460
May 24 - 26, 2019
This three-day workshop will be a fun and intensive introduction to nuno felting and botanical printing. On the first day, we will use a wet felting method to fuse silk to extra fine Merino wool. The focus will be on making lovely scarves that are fine, light-weight and drapable, but that are also strong. Over the next two days, we will learn how to embellish the felted scarves with botanical prints. Lovely prints can be produced on silk and wool using plant materials found growing in our forests and back yards. While this subject can be happily explored at length, this class is an introduction to botanical printing on protein fibers such as silk and wool. We will discuss the production of botanical prints, including the use of simple mordants and ways to place, roll and tie the samples into bundles. We will steam or simmer the bundles to make the prints, then have the pleasure of opening them and seeing the magic! Stunning botanical prints with beautiful color subtleties and patterns are our goal!
For more information, clink on this link: Mendocino Art Center
The Crow Show
First Friday Closing Reception: 6-9pm
Sparrow Gallery, 1021 R Street, Sacramento
I will be attending this event! It is a fascination show. I hope you can join us.
Loomis Loop
Preview Show: 6-9pm
Embellishments, 1021 Lincoln Way Auburn
Join the artists of the Loomis Loop!
The Crow Show
March 10 - April 18, 2018
Sparrow Gallery
1021 R Street, Sacramento
Join me at the Second Saturday Opening Reception!
PlacerArts Studios Tour
November 10-12, 2017, 10am to 5pm
Old Library Art Studios (OLAS)
175 Almond Street, Auburn
Join Keith and me at my studio as we show our latest works. This is truly a fun event! Join us.
Introduction to Botanical Printing on Cellulose Fibers
Sponsored by the Sacramento Center for the Textile Arts
June 10 - June 11, 2017
Shepard Garden and Art Center
This workshop is suitable for participants who have had a class or previous experience in botanical printing on silk and wool. We will discuss fabric preparation and the use of mordants to get the prints to strongly adhere to the fabric. Cellulose fibers are not as receptive to printing with natural materials as are protein fibers, therefore additional preparation steps must be taken to obtain good results. Participants will learn how to place the botanical materials on the fabric, roll and tie them into bundles, and steam or simmer the bundles. We will all then have the pleasure of opening them and seeing the magic!
Participants will have the opportunity to practice the techniques, experiment with different fabrics and plant materials, and document results, thus creating the start of a notebook for future reference. They will print scarves, then other items of their choice, perhaps fabric, a cotton shirt or an item from a thrift shop. Stunning botanical prints with beautiful color subtleties and patterns are our goal!
This workshop is full.
Great Group in Mendocino!
Exploring Botanical Printing on Protein and Cellulose Fibers
Mendocino Art Center, May 5 - May 8, 2017
While the wind blew a gale outside, our five students produced beautiful prints in the studio. Our thanks to all of you for your attention, hard work, enthusiasm and fun!
My thanks to Dale Moyer for some of the photos.
Examples of work on both protein and cellulose fabrics
Rene's printed cotton displayed with her metal leaf artwork - lovely!
Join us for the PlacerArts Studios Tour!
Keith and I will be showing at my studio in the
Old Library Art Studios, OLAS, 175 Almond Street, Auburn
November 11, 12 and 13, 2016 from 10 to 5 each day
Botanical Printing on Silk and Wool
Sacramento Center for the Textile Arts
September 3 and 4, 2016 from 10 to 4 each day
3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
On Day 1, students will focus on exploring printing on silk and wool fibers using iron and/or alum as mordants. Participants will learn ways to place, roll and tie the samples into bundles. They will simmer the bundles to make the prints, then have the pleasure of opening them and seeing the magic! Day 2 is slated for personal exploration. Students will have time to experiment with different plant materials, then will print two scarves and other items of their choice. Stunning botanical prints with beautiful color subtleties and patterns are our goal!
Please note: This workshop is currently full. For more information, contact Diana Bosley at bosley.diana@gmail.com, or 916.736.2014.
Mendocino Class!
A great group of enthusiastic students who did beautiful work!
Introduction to Botanical Printing on Protein and Cellulose Fibers
May 6–8, 2016 Friday–Sunday, 9:30am–4:30pm
Mendocino Art Center
Lovely botanical prints can be produced on natural fibers: wool, silk, cotton, linen and others using plant materials found growing in our forests and back yards. This is a fascinating process, with much current exciting innovation. Come join us for an exciting three days! Mendocino will be gorgeous in May, and there should be many botanical materials we can experiment with.
Please note that MAC has a scholarship fund to support students. In order to apply for a scholarship, get in touch with Karen Bowers, MAC Education Director
Click below for more information about the class and how to register.
Mendocino Art Center - More Class Information
Natural Dyeing and Printing Class
What a fabulous group of talented, engaged and enthusiastic students we had in our class in Mendocino!
Workshop at Mendocino Art Center!
Come join in the fun of discovery! My husband, Keith, and I have taught this class both in Mendocino, California and Volcano, Hawaii. We have had great experiences with exciting printing and dyeing, and enjoying the wonderful folks in the class and beautiful surroundings.
For more information, visit: Mendocino Art Center
Workshops with Irit Dulman
I just completed two workshops with excellent fiber artist, Irit Dulman. (To see images of her amazing work, visit Gaia's Echo.) We learned how to make a felted clutch with complex texture and new dyeing and printing techniques Irit has been developing. It was fast, busy, complex and SO worthwhile!
Just out of the dye bath - wool printed with eucalyptus leaves and iron, dyed with cochineal
Felted clutch bag with complex texture
Beautiful madder bath