Peace Fibres- stitching a soulful world

Serendipity has been such a strong feature of my life. When one is able to cultivate to attitude of welcome, of "yes", one can see the connections and the offerings that the world has to give. Today was another opportunity of "yes." While working diligently on number crunching and financial projections ( yuck!), I received a phone call from a Minnesota author wishing to see the current exhibition.

While Libbie Soffer was here, I attended Shepherd's Harvest and she went to the Textile Center and we both met Karen Lohn, the author of Peace Fibres. Karen and her friend Katie, a contributor to the book, spent time among Libbie's textile stories. A thoroughly delightful respite from numbers!

Ars domestica ending soon

Libbie Soffer returns to Philadelphia but her art work remains for a bit more time. Please call or email and set a time to see the show. I will be IN most of the time. The show runs through May 28.

ars domestica

by Libbie Soffer

through May 28

Suited for Metaphor

Suits for lean times.
A suit for the runway.

Libbie Soffer and Carolyn Halliday work at times along the edges of fashion, fashioning wearable and unwearable suits for metaphor.

ars domestica by Libbie Soffer

through May 28.

My Father's Religion by Carolyn Halliday

June 4-July 12

reception June 17, 7-9pm

Hands at Work at the Mending Soiree

Hands, hands, hands

Friday evening, the Mending Soiree met as the spring rain pelted the windows. Libbie shared her stories, people knit, sewed, operated cameras...hands always at work.

Zach Pearl was here for a wedding and a few days break from his studies in Toronto. We had a wonderful lunch together, talking about his experiences in grad school, the past, present and future of art and art criticism. Then he came by for the first part of the Mending Soiree and, just like the old days when he still worked for the gallery, he took pictures.

There is ONE MORE Mending Circle opportunity:

Monday, May 23, noon-5 pm

Fashioning the unwearable

Fashioning the unwearable

Between the dress for two with no hem and the kimono from sharp brass flashing, Libbie and Carolyn both share a love of fashion as metaphor.

ars domestica, by Libbie Soffer continues through May 28. The last Mending Circle Monday, May 23, noon-5.

My Father's Religion by Carolyn Halliday runs June 4-July 12, with an opening reception June 17, 7-9pm.

Her show is in conjunction with:

Piecework- as textiles grow

Textiles have always grown incrementally, piece by piece. When it was industrialized, workers were paid by the piece. The work of Libbie Soffer and Carolyn Halliday both reflect the reality of the repetition, the piecework inherant in women's production. In the tiny little picture of Carolyn, you see her working slowly, with both her arms in casts. She broke both her wrists during the production phase and had to piece-out some of the work to family members.

ars domestica

More Mending Circles:

Daytime circles: May 23, noon -5pm

Evening Circle: May 20, 5pm

My Father's Religion

by Carolyn Halliday

June 4-July12

opening reception June 17, 7-9

My Father's Religion is shown in conjunction with

Sewing Circles began

The Sewing Circles began last Friday with much storytelling, much darning of socks and a few jeans patched.

More than anything, the pleasure was in the shared time together, linking ourselves to the history of making do.

Don't forget the opening reception of ars domestica, Friday May 13, 7-10pm.

More Mending Circles:

Daytime circles: May 16, 17,18 & 23, noon -5pm

Evening Circle: May 20, 5pm

Unmending-Libbie Soffer

ars domestica

by Libbie Soffer

May6-28

opening reception May 13, 7-10pm

Mending Circle

May 6,9,16,17,18 & 23, noon-5

Mending Circle Soiree: May 20, starting at 5pm. A dialogue led by fiber artist Carolyn Halliday will begin around 7pm.