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December guild meeting

We will be meeting on December 7th for a presentation on laking by Anna Bower, as well as some hands-on time afterward! Following Anna’s presentation, we will be having a potluck. Please RSVP for the potluck by emailing Robin or SBFAG1 @gmail.com. Bring brunch foods to share, and plan on labeling common allergens.

Introduction to Lake Pigments with Anna Bower

Have you ever wondered if there was a use for your leftover dye baths? Rather than pouring this precious liquid down the drain, you can “lake” your dyes and turn them into an insoluble, shelf-stable form. Lake pigments can be used to make watercolor, gouache (opaque watercolor), oil paint, tempera, ink, pastels, crayons, or for any other application with dried pigments such as paper marbling. Join Anna at our December meeting for a lake-making lesson and a chance to mull pigments prepared from the Guild’s 2024 Dye Day into watercolors.

Anna is the Assistant Curator of Living Collections at Ganna Walska Lotusland where she maintains records for all living plants on the property and runs the onsite nursery. She also tends a community garden plot filled with a variety of dye plants and a few vegetables.

September Guild Meeting – Dye Day share!

Gather for our monthly meeting to share results from our natural dye day. We can be inspired and learn from each other’s work. Meet at our usual place at the Goleta Community Center at 5679 Hollister Avenue! We’ll also have our ‘un-raffle’ and snacks!

March Guild Meeting – It’s a Fiber Frenzy -March 9th

March 9, 2024 FIBER FRENZY

Time: 9 am to 10 am EARLY BIRD ENTRY

10 am to 2 pm OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, no early entry fee

Location: St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
4575 Auhay Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93110

This bi-annual sale is a fundraiser to benefit our Guild’s Scholarship Fund.
What’s for sale…
Yarn, fiber, fabric, books, tools and equipment for fiber related arts such as spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet, quilting, needlework, and basketry. In addition, we have embroidery and needlepoint kits, sewing trims and accessories.

Frenzy Schedule
MARCH 8th Friday intake & setup at St. Andrews 9 am – 6 pm (Members)
MARCH 9th Saturday Guild members & early bird pre-sale 9 am – 10 am
Open to the Public 10 am – 2 pm

NEW this time: Early bird entry for non-members (Public) is $10 paid at the door. Members are free entry as is all entry after 10am.

November at the Guild, Members’ Show at the Faulkner Gallery in the Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu

The Show runs from November 2nd through November 29th, 2023

Opening Reception is November 2nd from 4-7 pm.

This exhibition by the Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild features diverse artistic works that center environment and change as our driving creative forces. Fiber Arts’ practices are always changing, we’ve learned, grown, and adapted to the world around us over our 70 years of Guild membership.

May 6th Guild Meeting w/ John Novak

Our in-person speaker is John Novak, co-proprietor of the Village Spinning and Weaving Shop formerly in Solvang and now an on-line only presence (www.villagespinweave.com).

The title of his talk is “A Conversation with John”.

Please join us as we resume in-person meetings at our new meeting space: the multipurpose room at the Church of Christ at 677 N. Turnpike, Goleta.

We return to our former format, a meet and greet social period from 9:30 to 10:00, call to order at 10:00, and the speaker program from 10:15 to 11:30.

January 7th, 2023 GUILD Meeting with Kellen Meyer

Kellen’s art is rooted in nature and story. Highly influenced by the natural world, she weaves the wild outdoors into her pieces and brings that love of nature inside. This talk will discuss how she utilizes natural materials including wool, fabric, cotton, wood, paper, willow, reed, etc. and what inspires her process. Each piece created is a unique, one-of-a-kind work of art. Zoom at 10 am.

LINK to join the 1-7-23 Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88623251637

Members Only Studio Tour same day 2-4 pm, let Brecia know if you plan on attending!

November 5th Guild Mtg – Lydia Tjioe Hall – One a Day – How Life Informs Process

“Sometimes life gives us constraints and it is our job as makers to embrace and find creative solutions to keep our practice going. This talk will address how time and space limitations have changed my practice, working in multiples, and cover a wide range of works I have done over the years using both metal and fiber. I will also share how my small collective, SPOOL, explores and examines our individual creative journeys as we collaborate on our upcoming show at gallery 203. I am interested in creating meaning and narrative through form and materials with my sculpture. The materials I use are an intrinsic part of my art making process. By exploring resonances between a single line and densely packed wire, my pieces become metaphors evoking themes of time, change, balance, tension, breath, and decay. These sculptural objects are created through repetitive and time intensive processes such as weaving, netting, and looping. The resulting forms are contemplative sounding boards that echo my impressions and experiences.” – www.Lydiatjioe.com

This will be a ZOOM presentation at 10 am, Saturday, November 5th. The link will be sent to members via email and posted here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789322885.

September 3rd Guild Meeting with Brecia Kravolic-Logan

Please join us for our September 3 meeting via Zoom at 10:00 AM With Brecia Kralovic Logan sharing the Women’s Woven Voices project tapestry at HGA Convergence. Brecia is a lifetime member of SBFAG, our Programs Chairperson, and the founder of the Women’s Woven Voices international collaborative art project that supports women’s empowerment through writing, weaving and sharing their stories. Brecia will share the inspiration for, history and evolution of the project highlighting the exhibit at Convergence in Knoxville a couple of weeks ago.

Brecia Kralovic-Logan is a champion of creativity, advocate for women, artist and author. She founded the Women’s Woven Voices project to promote creativity, community, and compassion and her book “ The Spiral of Creativity- Mastering the Art of a Spirited Life” supports people to claim their creative courage. Kralovic-Logan teaches, and lectures at international conferences including HGA convergence, Silk Painters International, Quilts Inc, and exhibits her art work nationally. She currently has work in Small Expressions 2022 as well as in the collections of museums and private collectors. Here is the Zoom link for the September 3 meeting. (This link will also be emailed to members separately a few days before the meeting). Time: September 3, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81162051701

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Our August meeting (August 1) will be at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. Guild members check in the office and will be checked in to hear our guest speaker. Come a little early so you have time to sign up as a Guild member!

Saturday, August 1st: Chumash Basketry with Jan Timbrook, Ph.D.

Jan Timbrook is an anthropologist and ethnobiologist—one who studies the interactions of human societies with plants and animals. She is the curator of ethnography at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Her specialty is the indigenous Chumash people of the Santa Barbara region, particularly their uses of plants in food, medicine and basketry.

“Chumash Basketry: Art in the Life of Native Californians”

Chumash baskets have been admired and collected since the first days of Spanish exploration. Of the few hundred older baskets now thought to exist, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History houses the largest collection, and nearly all of those are on display. Jan Timbrook’s talk will begin with an overview of the cultural context and diverse roles of basketry in the traditional daily life of Chumash peoples of southern California. She will then discuss the characteristics of Chumash basketry – weaving techniques, materials, design layout and patterns – and note the changes in designs, shapes and function that began with European settlement in the late 18th century. The last three old-time weavers died between 1902 and 1915. After a long hiatus, cultural revitalization of Chumash basket making traditions is now underway.

The presentation will take place at the Natural History Museum, entrance is free for the program.

The June meeting was a field trip! Please see our Facebook Page “Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild” to see the photos posted by our members who took the bus down to the Craft Show in Pasadena.

Month of June: Guild Showcase at the Goleta Library

In June the guild has mounted a display in the Goleta Public Library display case. It will be taken down on Tuesday June 30 so hurry over!

The theme is “Tools and Toys of Fiber Arts”, a display – of smaller items like scarves, hats, small wall hangings, mats, handspun skeins, and small tools!

Our July meeting will be special also, and not just because it will be the 4th of July! Stop by before going to the parade (or as an alternative to all that commotion!) as we prepare for the upcoming Yarn Blast at the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Here is a message from our coordinator for the event:

Come and Join the Fiber Blasting Party!

Bring your fiber friends, family and neighbors. Join us in knitting and crocheting up a storm at our next meeting on July 4th. We will be discussing designs and fabrication of pieces for the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden Yarn Blasting project. We have 10 site installations and need lots of creative fiber men/women to help make fun pieces including pom poms, flowers, small bugs, or animals. Bring your extra yarn or scraps of unfinished projects, (we will have yarn to use too). The installation of the project is set for the end of August. Karen Luckett will open up the meeting by discussing the details of the projects and show pictures of what we need. Creative ideas are welcome. We want to make this a fun party. Karen will supply the 4th of July themed goodies. For questions call Karen: (805) 570-0306.

PLEASE see our EVENTS page for upcoming events after July!