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]]> Oh! I love this!

This just arrived in my mailbox from Jennifer Marsh (remember her? She’s the one who got people working together to cover derelict gas stations):

  • Hello All,

    Jennifer is very pleased to announce the next project at hand for the 2008-2009 year for the International Fiber Collective.  The title of this sculpture is called Interdependence. We will create a full sized tree that will be on display in April 09′ at Big Springs International Park in Huntsville, AL.
    Much like a live tree is interdependent on it’s leaves/roots for survival, like minded societies are interdependent on the greater whole, family units, communities, countries.

    The collective is calling for participants around the world to create leaves to contribute to the creation of the tree. In total I am looking for 30,000 leaves.

    Your leaf can be fiber/fiber technique related. Example: you can think about the ecologically interdependence of societies and then think about recycling and reusing of materials. (Plastics, Old Fabric, etc.) You can be as creative as you will for what materials and techniches you use, you can paint, stitch, crochet, patch, quilt, knit, glue (water resistant glue), just keep a fiber twist to it in some way.

    Each Leaf should measure roughly 2 1/2″ wide (at it’s thickest point) x 4 1/2″ from end to end. You do have the option to give it shape and dimension.

    You’re welcome to consider interdependence in a social, economical, political, ecological, or geographical way.

    The tree’s trunk and branches will all be wrapped with handmade fiber sleeves.

    Leaves are due by March 15, 2009.

    Please check out website for updates concerning mailing instructions. The website will be update with details on the new project with in the following weeks.

    http://www.internationalfibercollaborative.com/

    Visit Fiber Arts/Mixed Media at: http://www.fibermixedmedia.com

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/leaf-project/feed/ 1 Inspiration- Thread as line http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/inspiration-thread-as-line/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/inspiration-thread-as-line/#comments Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:35:06 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/inspiration-thread-as-line Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> Oooh! ooh! OOOOOOOOOH!!!!!

This show has me jumping up and down in my chair (I have to stop doing that…. it’s so hard on the chair….)

It’s the ‘Thread as line’ show in Washington DC……

 FAB art show

OOOOOH!  OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!  ooooooooo!

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/inspiration-thread-as-line/feed/ 1 Fish out of water http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/fish-out-of-water/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/fish-out-of-water/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:48:59 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/fish-out-of-water Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> Ming Yi Sung’s sculptural crochet is truly wonderful.

You HAVE to go see her Fish out of water! 

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/fish-out-of-water/feed/ 0 The Saga of the Missing Chicken http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/the-saga-of-the-missing-chicken/ http://www.blisstree.com/hankeringforyarn/the-saga-of-the-missing-chicken/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:45:40 +0000 Noreen Crone-Findlay http://www.hankeringforyarn.com/the-saga-of-the-missing-chicken Post from: Hankering for Yarn

]]> Ming Yi Sung is a fiber artist who has a wonderfully offbeat sense of humor. She did a very whimsical outdoor crocheted sculpture of a life size woman engaged in a mealtime battle with a reluctant chicken.

She posted a series of photographs of the installation and unveiling of the piece, and then…. oh no!

The chicken went missing….

Here’s the link: Chicken tale 

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