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Janaury ... A new year begins! Ahhhhhhh the smell of a new year, new opportunities, a clean slate ... I always feel like I have an artist's palette in front of me, ready to go ... all I have to do is dab on the different colours to bring my new world to life! What does the new year mean to you??I'd love to hear from you - snippets about anything! As mentioned, I'm looking into the complete overhaul of this site, and am also investigating blogs ... have any of you used one with any success? Please let me know - the more info, the better prepared I'll be! Ciao till next time, 
Screen printing on Silk A course I recently attended The catalogs arrive in the post, I glance over them, not really paying too much attention, but this one grabbed me ... it was just two streets away!I've been painting on silk since 1980, and I've only ever attended one painting class since then ... [make that two ... now!]. The first class was a couple of years ago in Sydney, and I desperately wanted to know how to paint on cotton to turn it into clothing [like my silk clothing]. I attended the class, moved to the tropics, and a new range of Teena clothes was born! Here's one of my first cotton TeenaTops at right ==> [No, that's not me ... :o)] Being in the tropics really brought home the fact that I needed to paint on cotton and linen, natural fabrics, as a way to survive in the oppressive humid *hot season*. I wore one of my cotton tops nearly every day I was there, and boy I loved them!  Above you will see another one of my cotton tops, they're great for dress up, or casual, over swimsuit or with little short pants for summer days. Getting back to the thread ... so I saw a course advertised locally, and it was for something I'd always wanted to do - screen printing on fabric! I know, I know, most people learn how to do this at school but we never were that lucky. There were 8 adult students and we all had different reasons for learning, and what we hoped to be able to achieve at the end of the class. Although the teacher kept telling me I was to paint *only on cotton*, I'd bought silk scraps with me because this too was part of my goal. :o) Here are some photos to show you how much fun I had, and how much I learnt : First of all we had to cut stencils out of thick sheets of special silk screen plastic. I hadn't given any thought to what I'd want to create, so I was put on the spot - yikes! All I could think of was *apostrophes* [from my Humble Apostrophe site I'd been working on the night before]. After cutting out the stencil, we were ready to go! 
You might see a hint of my apostrophe in this design: 
Above: We stretched our cotton lawn fabric by taping it to a large work table. My piece of material is about 12x48inches [30x122cms]. The original stencil is the size of a sheet of typing paper [A4 / Letter] - they can be larger or smaller. After silk screening the design several times along the length of fabric, I then had to wash the screen and the stencil, and apply the second colour [below]: 
Wow!!! This is fun! All the mystery has been explained!!! Now I want to do lots more, haha! Everyone had such different ideas and results, it was fabulous to be part of an art class - thoroughly inspiring and it was great to be in the collective creativity. Silken Fish!My next stencil was also very simple - I drew an outline of a fish, I made it up as I went, and had to learn how NOT to make mistakes on the stencil ... Here is my result which I did on SILK CHARMEUSE:
I really wanted to master cutting out the stencil, so my next [and last] design of the course was a simple shape - a koala, also on SILK CHARMEUSE. I could have created other stencils and filled in the designs with more colour, but I was happy just to do the outlines this time - here it is below: 
I also screened my koala design onto two linen teatowels:  Some of the other students had grand plans for metres of fabric - here is an example below: 
You might want a tiny intricate design on the edge of a silk shawl, scarf or piece of clothing or furnishing ... a silk screened design will make it so much easier than trying to do a gutta one! Let your creativity run wild ... let me know your results if you have a go, I'd love to see them!
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Articles online News around the internet Gallery 9 features Arscott, GarrettPort Townsend Leader - Port Townsend,WA,USA ... She has been painting in antique style on silk and a more contemporary style on paper. These include traditional flowers, animals and landscapes. ... Items of many cultures at store Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA ... Some of them are everyday but with a twist: silk-painted miniature notebooks from ... is a Mexican artist known simply as Nau, who fashions painting-cum-sculptures ... Three artists offer three styles at OSU Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA ... Gallery, located in the LaSells Stewart Center, presents an exhibit featuring three Northwest artists in three mediums -- watercolor, silk painting and oils. ... Crafts from across the nation News Today - India ... Black metal, brass, pooja items, pyramid vasthu, stone-painting, radium, carvings in wood, whitewood, Orissa sarees, silk painting, white metal, rosewood ... Las Olas Art Fair brings chance to check out $15 million worth of ... Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA ... Peter Moore, 58, of Parkland, bought silk painting prints from Pembroke Pines-based artist Diane Lublinski. "It's a great event," Moore said. ... Winter Arts Preview Nashville Scene - TN, USA ... She makes her felt from silk cocoons and wool and colors it with plant-based dyes. ... "Paths to Impressionism: French & American Landscape Painting From the ... Area illustrator creates piece to honor Bengals News Record - Cincinnati,OH,USA ... The aged original piece, a 10-foot inked-and-dyed hanging silk scroll in the ... of "Who Dey" is painted on the piece in both English and Chinese in the painting. ... Art galleries get new year off to a promising start North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA ... 25. The Escondido Arts Partnership's Art Connection program resumes this weekend with a free lecture/demonstration on silk painting by artist Loy Pamela Waian. ... Events calendar for this week San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA ... Traci deCastro. Silk Painting. Through January. The Steaming Bean, 1651 Shell Beach Road, Shell Beach. ... 466-5997. Traci deCastro. Silk Painting. Ongoing. ... A cultural legacy of extraordinary riches Seattle Times - United States ... You don't have a clue about Chinese painting? ... Mostly on silk or paper, sometimes over gold, the paintings are either by gifted amateurs known as "literati" or ... Thinking Outside the Cubicle Motley Fool - USA ... With my new painting under my arm, an idea comes to mind. Others might enjoy this service, as well. ... Once I bought ten silk shirts for myself in Thailand. ... Decorating : Fabrics : Silk Window Panel : Home & Garden Television water-soluble resists and other silk supplies - Silkpaint Corporation Silkpaint Corporation Waldron, MO USA Toll Free Phone: 800-563-0074 ... Craft Rendezvous at Stephen Foster State Park; regional artists ... Jasper News - Jasper,FL,USA ... includes blacksmithing, pottery, spinning, making a garden trough, stained glass, pine needle baskets, homemade jelly, decorated gourds, silk painting and fine ... Art calendar Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA ... "Painting the Western States," a collection of work by Barry John Raybould at 183 Forest Ave., Suite 4, Pacific ... "New Weavings: Wool and Silk Abstractions" by ... Spirit of the age Guardian Unlimited - UK ... Seasons, the recent show of Catenaries - is about as dull as painting can get ... of such decay-prone and evanescent materials - goat hair, cheap silk, a beetle's ... Slew of products on show at handicrafts fair Hindu - Chennai,India CHENNAI: "It takes us about 20 days to complete one painting," said Sankarnarayan, an ... Orissa cottons and Sambal Pur prints on silk were available in the price ... PJ's Painting Party BiZBash - New York,NY,USA PJ's Painting Party brightens up any event--from a corporate gathering to a wedding--with fashionable silk art that guests create. ... Preserving a tradition of lush beauty' Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA ... groups are doing everything from teaching Japanese embroidery to raising silk worms ... The result is "Painting with Threads: The Art of Japanese Embroidery," which ... Show's imaginative pieces prove this isn't just 'women's work' San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA ... That's not a long time when you consider that painting is thousands of years ... detailed images of internal organs that she then attached to larger silk tapestries ...
This one and many others can be found in my collection, and I have put books on silk painting on this website, click here to check out the Books page [a new window will open as it is outside the Membership Area]. You can do an Amazon search for whichever country you are in.  The Best of Silk Painting by Diane Tuckman & Jan Janas
International textile events :: If you'd like to enter a competition or exhibition, or attend one, visit their website which is updated monthly.
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NEWSLETTERS 1. Art Promotehttp://www.artpromote.com 2. State of the Arts newsletter State of the Arts Weekly Newsletter is published by iMedia Asia Pacific P/L, the leading publisher of arts content in print and online in Australia and New Zealand. You can find us at: Suite 1, Level 1, 137 - 151 Crown St Darlinghurst NSW 2010 All mail to PO Box 243 Kings Cross NSW 1340 Phone: 61 + 2 9360 7755 Fax: 61 2 9360 7740 Email: content@stateart.com.au stateart.com.au 3. Artoteque www.artoteque.com
EXHIBITIONS APRIL 6, 2006BATIK ART GROUP BARCELONA - MIAMI - LOS ANGELES - DAMASCUS XXXII ANNIVERSARY BATIK Batik Art Group is an alliance of art publications, galleries, critics and artists with over 30 years of history in the art world. It is our goal to promote new art from around the world. We are pleased to invite you to participate in our Anniversary Show. Our Artistic Department, would like to offer you space in our gallery for, One collective exhibition in our art gallery in Barcelona, (Spain), Sala Barna, to be held from April 6th to May 1st, 2006. *In the attached documents you will find our resume, details of option 1 and 2, as well as the participation conditions. *For further information please send an email to flagler_salabarna@auna.com or contact us at the following telephone number: 00-34-93-414.56.55 We invite you to visit our web site: www.GrupoBatikArt.com
EXHIBITIONS & INFORMATION Weavers' Studio In Jan '06 we will be participating in the gift fairs mentioned and we are happy to invite you to visit us at the fairs where we have mentioned our section and booth numbers.VEDA COMMERCIAL( P) Ltd. ( brand - Weavers Studio ) will be showcasing a collection of handwoven,hand-spun khadi, Muga silk , hand block printed & batik , tie n dyed ( Shibori techniques) in natural Dyes ( including Indigo) , hand embroidered , rollered n textured , patchwork - scarves & stoles, scrolls & fabrics. www.weaversstudio.com Marlene Antico Fine Arts ... is relocating, with new premises to be announced in 2006. Business will continue as usual throughout the transition period.We look forward to exhibiting at Mary Place Gallery, located at 12 Mary Place Paddington, in June and August and will be conducting the Paddington Art Prize 2006 in November. We are proud to announce that the distinguished Melbourne artist, Eleanor Hart, will be exhibiting with us this year. The Elements¹ (153x122cm; oil on canvas) can be viewed below. With eighteen solo exhibitions to her credit, and numerous paintings in renowned national and international collections, I can highly recommend Eleanor as more than an artist, but as a master of her craft. Further information and images of Eleanor¹s works can be viewed on the gallery website. MarleneAntico.com.au In 2006, Marlene Antico Fine Arts will be expanding the roles of art consultancy, managing commissions and sourcing works upon request. For assistance regarding your next art investment or for experienced advice in adding to your existing collection, please do not hesitate to contact us. WOMAN IN TEXTILE ART Remember deadline :: IV International Biennial Costa Rica 2006MAN+WOMAN=CREATION will be April 28, 2006 !!!! wta-online.org Annual World of Art Award for the Best in Art & Creativity Entry for selection today by opening the link WorldofartMagazine.com
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