Rowena Art

Dawn Elliott Showing at Arts Prescott Gallery

Folk Art by Dawn Elliott

"A Village, a Jeweler and Border Impressions"

Dawn Elliott is one of three artists showing at Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery for the July 15 to August 14, 2007 Guest Artist Show.

During the Prescott's 4th Friday Art Walk the Artist Reception brought many friends of Dawn Elliot, along with the public enjoying the monthly Art Walk. http://www.artthe4th.com/

Dawn specialized in Rustic Inspirational Art. This collection is called "Alter Ego Mexicana"

"I am a collector at heart who loves to tinker with much of what I find. In the past, I've worked with silver, batik, and mosaics, but my most recent endeavors were inspired by my travels deep into Mexico. I love the soulfulness of the people I've met, the the depth of their spirituality, and the richness of their traditions. I derived inspiration from intimately taking part in celebrations such as dia de los muertos and holy week festivities". writes Dawn.

Look for more information about this Arts Prescott Guest Artist Show in the coming days. Please, come by and visit our gallery at 134 S. Montezuma St. 928-776-7717

AB Crystals Make Any Tee Shirt Glitzy! Rowena's So Many Beads, So Little Time

                                                                               So Many Beads, So Little Time Tee!

A Tee Shirt is a Tee Shirt, but when you add Hot Fix AB Crystals you glitz it up!

Last week I glitzed up Patti Ortiz's Tee from the Busted Knuckle Garage. No, it isn't really a Garage -- it is a Boutique with Automotive and Motorcycle Gifts-- showing Old Time Cars and Motorcycles in every type of Artist Medium. http://www.bustedknucklegarage.com/   The Garage features a Tee Shirt I just have to have...a 1950 Buick... like the first car I drove to high school which was purchased by my sister Patricia Brockert. That was in 1966, and all the kids had Camaros and that Buick was named by the kids in my class, "The Tank". Who would have known that I would marry one! Yes, my name is Rowena Tank!

Of course I will glitz it up with Crystals.

Here's Patti Ortiz at The Busted Knuckle during the last 4th Friday Prescott Art Walk.

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Rowena - Recycled Merlot Pendant on Silk Cord

I love Hanah Hand Dyed Silk Cording! Here is a piece I just finished today.

"Silk Merlot"

The recycled Merlot Wine Bottle Glass was formed using the lampwork method.

Off Loom Bead Weaving was used to connect the pendant to the Hand Dyed Silk Cord.  Beads were added for adornment.

Seed beads were sewn along the silk cording.

What a fun project for a rainy day in Prescott.

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Louet Northern Lights and Raggedy Ro Hand Spun

Louet space dyed roving -- Northern Lights

I selected Northern Lights -- "Burnt Orange" to ply with one strand of my Raggedy Ro Hand Spun.

Two strands plied and then cabled made an interesting one-of-a-kind Novelty Yarn.

In September 2008 Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery will present:

Sisterhood of Spinning Tales -- Hand Spun

This guest artist show will showcase the spinning of a group of Prescott Fiber Artists.

I will also show my Hand Spun Novelty Yarns in this show. 

This will be a must see show.

Don't forget to check out the Prescott 4th Friday Art Walk -- tonight and every 4th Friday!

http://www.artthe4th.com:80/ 

Susan Feldkamp and Dian Moore - Seed Beaded Fish

Seed Bead Fish created by Susan Feldkamp AKA NIGHT BEADER. susan.feldkamp@cox.net

During the High Desert Bead Society meeting Susan brought her fish to show and tell. Many of the members have made these cute little creatures.

Dian Moore named her blue fish Albert! Dian is a founding member of the High Desert Bead Society. She is also a fiber artist.  http://home.netcom.com/~eless1/

Patricia Brockert - Scarf with Raggedy Ro and Hanah Silk Ribbon

Patricia Brockert created this scarf using my Raggedy Ro Hand Spun Yarn.

Patricia used one large Raggedy Ro Novelty Yarn Skein and connected it with Hanah Hand Dyed Silk Ribbons.

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Using the yarn as a wrap -- scarf Patricia let the yarn do the talking! 

The Raggedy Ro was spun using Ashland Bay Fiber, Louet and SWTC SoySilk - Merino. Louet now distributes the SoySilk together with SWTC.

Kuminhimo in Prescott, Arizona

Every group has volunteers to organize and do the work each meeting is as interesting as the last. This is not an easy task and I take my hat off to all of the Worker Bees out there.

The High Desert Bead Society meets monthly here in Prescott.

www.highdesertbeadsociety.org/

Cin Hollins shows her Shell Necklace during Show and Tell!

July brought Bonnie Heidler-A Kumihimo demonstration.

Bonnie is wearing one of her Kumihimo Creations.

September 15- "How to promote your work",
lecture by Rowena Tank.

The Fiber Shop Open House - Prescott, Arizona

Recently, I attended The Fiber Shop Open House. They had cookies and punch and wonderful fiber discounts. The Open House was to introduce new yarns they added to their line.

Beth and Kristin have created a haven for knitters and weavers.

During the open house a new line of knitting needles, new patterns and hundreds of balls of new yarn were out on the shelves! I always love a showcase of new fiber!

One of my favorite patterns is the Crayola Jacket. One day I will knit this jacket.

You can find The Fiber Shop at: 520 W. Sheldon St here in Prescott.

Call the shop for more information: 928-445-2185

 

Prescott's 4th Friday Art Walk - "Merlot Daze"

Friday, July 27, 2007 - Prescott's 4th Friday Art Walk

Please drop by Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery, 134 S. Montezuma on Historic Whiskey Row and pick up your map to all of the galleries and events on the walk for the evening.

All participating galleries, restaurants, the Prescott Chamber of Commerce and Tri-City Brochure Works will have maps available.

Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery Guest Artist Reception!

6PM to 8PM!

"Merlot Daze" -- A Brooch created with Merlot Recycled Wine Bottle Glass with Amber, Vintage Button and Beads Adorning the piece.

http://www.artthe4th.com/

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Kumihimo Demo with Bonnie Heidler

The High Desert Bead Society meets Saturday, July 21, 2007 from 1 pm to 3 pm. in Prescott, Arizona at the Jeep Posse building -- Pioneer Park.

Bonnie Heidler will demo Kumihimo. Go to: www.highdesertbeadsociety.org for more information.

Pictured is a traditional Maru Dai with 16 bobbins. The Maru Dai is the most widely used piece of braiding equipment. This photo was taken from page 14 of Rodrick Owen's book:

BRAIDS 250 PATTERNS FROM JAPAN, PERU & BEYOND

In the next few weeks I will include more information on my Kumihimo endeavors. Will Taylor created an exceptional Maru Dai and I have one of his first. As soon as I get it set up with the bobbins I will add it to my blog.

Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning by Judith MacKenzie McCuin

Judith MacKenzie McCuin has out done herself with this book on Handspinning. For anyone beginning the spinning process or wanting to improve techniques -- this is the book to read!

Imagine my surprise when Herbert Campbell came back from visiting Kate and Will Taylor with this book in his hand. Kate Campbell Taylor and Will Taylor gifted me with this autographed copy of Judith's book. What a treasure!

The book is a step by step program to follow or just to use as a reference. The writing is clear and using the photos as well as description of how to implement all of Judith's tricks of the trade anyone will be able to spin in not time at all. The Advanced techniques are easy to follow too.

I especially enjoyed the different types of Cables and in Chapter 8 you will learn how to spin novelty yarns. This chapter deals with the color variations, textured yarns, boucles, garnetted yarns and encased yarns.

The information on Exotic Fibers gives me the motivation to try to spin them all. If it is information about novelty dye techniques you want, you will find that too.

Many questions will be answered between these pages. Read and Enjoy!

Carol Baltz - Bead Work

Carol Baltz has been beading on and off since 1994. In the past few years beading has had a important place in her life. Carol was one of the founding members of the High Desert Bead Society here in the area. www.Highdesertbeadsociety.org

You can check out the web site and read all about the bead classes offered. Each month the bead society presents a new program.

All of these projects were done in the past year by Carol.

Thank you again Carol Baltz for donating the Spinning Wheel!

Carol Baltz - Ashford Elizabeth Spinning Wheel

I first met Carol Baltz at the High Desert Bead Society meetings.

www.Highdesertbeadsociety.org

When Carol heard about the planned trip to Hopi Land she immediately offered her Ashford Elizabeth Spinning Wheel. Carol's sister owned a fiber shop in the late 1980's where Carol learned how to spin. After her sister passed away Carol lost the feeling for spinning and her Elizabeth was parked in a corner. It takes a generous person to let go of such a beautiful Spinning Wheel. Thank you again Carol!

I picked up the spinning wheel the week before Jeanne and I left on our trip. It was a surprise to see that the wheel was in such good condition and nearly ready to go. I just had to change the drive band to single drive and attach the Scotch Tension.

It was great to see Carol's bead work and tomorrow I will show you what she has created with seed beads.

Tiger, a Shihtzu, played with his ball while we looked at the wheel. Tiger would toss this soft ball around the floor and watch to see the we noticed his efforts. The ball is larger than his head and it didn't matter a bit to him.

What a little show off!

Raggedy Ro Skein - Blended With Yarn Ends From Knitting Group

My sister Patricia Brockert attends the Open Knitting group each week at The Fiber Shop, 520 West Sheldon Street.

During one of the meetings Patricia mentioned that her sister is a spinner and could use all of the short pieces of yarn that were being tossed away. The group immediately began collecting all of the yarn ends and placing them in a plastic bag pinning it on the bulletin board.

I received the yarn pieces and carded them along with my Raggedy Ro Fiber colors.

This is the end result of project! Raggedy Ro Novelty Yarn.

(Now hanging at The Fiber Shop)

Carding and Spinning and Soaking Up Nature and Culture

This was the second day of our Spinning Trip. We were at Ramona La Mavalla's home and Jeanne Zinda was teaching carding the wool. This wool had been washed during our first day at the Hopi Cultural Center.

It is always amazing to  see this process done when you are a new spinner. I learned a few tricks from Jeanne as well.

The Tunis Wool was donated to the Church in Polacca by a woman in Tennessee. The donation was actually the start of this adventure into spinning.

The morning came to an end with plying the yarn which was spun both days, winding it on the PVC Niddy Noddy and then setting the twist.

Marla Cox's Yarn!

Here is Ramona's Yarn! Both of these skeins were then opened and washed to set the twist.

Jeanne and I were amazed at both of these skeins and how well spun they were. Imagine spinning like this after 1 1/2 days of instruction.

We were finished with the spinning so we went into Keems and visited a wonderful gallery. Jeanne's knowledge of the pottery was amazing. We made a few stops and took in as much nature and culture as possible in the little time we had left.

The trip was more than I expected. It is always amazing to see the introduction of a new spinner to the world of fibers!

It was wonderful traveling with Jeanne Zinda. The saying is -- She travels well.

 

Hopi Cultural Center - Second Mesa - Teaching the Drop Spindle

Highway 87 to Route 264 --Hope Cultural Center

www.hopionline.com

The Center is located on Second Mesa. It consists of a Restraurant, Inn, Museum, and an Art Gallery. 

The Hopi Reservation encompasses approximately 1.5 million acres. The rock formations are breath taking!

We arrived at the Center early in the morning. The ladies at the front desk were very helpful and arranged for an early check-in despite the normal 3 PM rule. We were able to set up our Spinning Corner and soon it was time to begin our spinning adventure.

Ramona brought a bag of Tunis Fleece, we opened it, sorted a pile to soak in the Wool Wash, and immediatly began our Drop Spindle Class.

So, it wasn't long before we began spinning with the Spinning Wheels. The day went fast for all of us and a date was made to meet in Keems Canyon at the home of Ramona for our second day of spinning.

Here is Jeanne instructing Drop Spindle spinning. Both Jeanne and I were excited that this method came easy to them.

Two new Spinners  -- ready to share their newly aquired skills with their community!

Spinning - Hopi Cultural Center and Keams Canyon

This table is the beginning of a great Spinning Trip taken by Jeanne Zinda and myself.

Actually, the idea was born with a phone call from Ramona LaMavalla from Keams Canyon on the Hopi Reservation.

As a result of sending out press releases all over the state I received a call from Ramona LaMavalla. She had read in her local paper about the Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild here in Prescott. She attends The Church of Christ in Polacca and they had been given two 8 by 6 foot sacks of Tunis Sheep fleeces. Ramona asked if our guild would like some of this fine wool. I replied -- why don't you spin it yourself. Ramona said, no one in the area could spin. Well, that was enough for me to ask if she would like to learn how to spin. The plans for the Spinning Trip went into action.

During several guild meetings I requested donations of spindles, wheels and books about spinning.

The first donation came from Jane Patrick from Schacht Spinning Wheel company. She send several wonderful Schacht Spindles. After Jane's spindles came in the mail, I launched an e-mail to the guild newsletter and more donations came in. Joanne Manginelli donated several drop spinals to add to the spinals donated from Schacht.

Christine Brearton, Guild Member donated this wonderful Ashford Traveler Spinning Wheel and Carol Baltz from The Bead Society donated the Ashford Elizabeth. Both wheels were oiled, polished and tuned up for Ramona to teach Spinning at her church in Polacca. I hope that this encourages the art of Spinning to flourish in the Polacca Community and the surrounding areas.

I took along this fiber from Ashland Bay. This is the German Wool, and I thought it would be good to have roving to begin with the drop spindle while the Tunis Wool was being cleaned and dried. That was the first process taught -- cleaning the fleece.

I purchased several Dye Kits from Louet so the group can experience the dying of their Tunis Wool at a later date. All of the instructions are in the kit so it makes it easy to do yourself.

Bottles of Wool wash were used to wash the Tunis Fleece, and I left several there for the rest of the washing!

Cynthia Crull, guild member donated several books and I took what I had here at home.

Tomorrow I will continue the adventure of the spinning trip and get more input from Jeanne Zinda on the information I wrote today.

In the future I encourage everyone to think about what they have in their stash and contact me how to get the spinning equipment, and books to Ramona for her spinning project. This is just the beginning! You Can also Help.

Santa Fe Pueblo Heishi - Found at The Bead Museum

Monday and Tuesday I volunteered at The Bead Museum in Glendale in the Museum Bead Shop. Glenda Campbell, a long time friend and beader and I manned the Bead Shop and I ended up finding more beads to buy than sell to the customers. What a great day today.

Santa Fe Pueblo Heishi can be identified as a high quality Heischi. The Collector's Guide: Heishi Jewelry writes: "When one looks at a string of heishi, the first reaction is frequently 'how on earth can a person do that?' or 'to be so perfect, it must be done by machines.' The truth is, if it seems exquisitely perfect, it was most likely made by the hands of a highly-skilled, extremely patient crafts person."

Heishi is "shell and the pieces are drilled and ground into beads. The Collector's Guide writes: "heishi is (pronounced hee-shee) and has come to refer to hand-made tiny bead made of any natural material"

The way to recognize high grade Heishi is to run your fingers down the stand and note the smoothness of the beads. I love this strand and I will be looking for more Santa Fe Pueblo Heishi in the future.

I will end today with -- Please make a visit to The Bead Museum soon and support them as much as possible. We here in Arizona are very lucky to have the only real Bead Museum in the world. It began here in Prescott on Whiskey Row by Gabriel Liese, the Founder of The Bead Museum and I for one am still sad it moved to Glendale.

Off Loom Bead Weaving and Lampwork Beads - Prescott Sunset

Prescott Sunset - Art to Wear!

Seed Beads and Lampwork - Great Combo

You can set any stone, bead or crystal into Model Magic and let it set for 8 hours to make a great bezel for seed beading. This creates such a dramatic pendant.

Note the Hollow beads which helps to keep the necklace lighter for the neck to carry. Rubino Auro is the glass used for these beads.

Branch Stitch is such a statement between beads.

I love pearls and anytime I can incorporate them into my work I do just that.

Off Loom Bead Weaving makes for a one-of-a-kind Art to Wear!

As most of you know you can find Model Magic by Crayola at any hobby shop and if they don't have it have them order it. I first learned about Model Magic from NanC Meinhardt. NanC teaches wonderful Off Loom Bead Weaving classes and if you ever get a chance to attend her classes you will come away with new ideas.

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Loves Chardonnay, A Recycled Wine Bottle Pendant

Chardonny Recycled Pendant With Clusters of Beads, Buttons and Stones on a Green Cord.

This Pendant has a hole in the middle at the top for seed beads to flow through it. Most of my recycled glass is made with thoughts of seed beads. I enjoy off loom bead weaving. Actually, I enjoy all types of weaving. I haven't fallen in love with the bead loom yet. Off loom is magic for me.

This piece is in my case at Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery, 134 S. Montezuma St. --  Whiskey Row in Prescott. Check out my Wine Drops while you are there. Come by while you are doing the ART WALK!  http://www.artthe4th.com/

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PVC Pipe Niddy Noddy-Shoe Box Lazy Kate-Raggedy RO Hand Spun

The Monday Spinning Group which meets at Sharlot Hall Museum shares Spinning ideas. While learning to spin with the Drop Spindle the PVC Pipe was introduced to me. A PVC niddy noddy!  Along with that information -- the shoe box Lazy Kate.

PVC Pipe is cut and connected considering the size of the Niddly Noddy you wish you make. It is best not to glue the long pipe to the handles so it is easily stored for traveling.

The Shoe box with 4 holes and 2 wooden sticks. The toilet paper rolls are used to carry your two stands of hand spun from two drop spindles.

You are then ready to ply.

Raggedy Ro Hand Spin

PVC Pipe Niddly Noddy

The Handspindle - Collect, Enjoy, Admire and Spin With It!

A small bouquet of Spindles adorns a table in our home.

I have seen many holders for the handspindle. Frames on the wall with spindles sticking into spaces and all spaces filled and they over lap to create Spindle Art.

The handspindle is the first form of spinning which was twisted by hand. This is still done today in some areas writes Bette Hochberg in Handspinner's Handbook. Then came the hand spindle which was a stick with a weight described as, "spins like a top".  Hochberg goes on to write that "at least 9,000 years, all spinning was done on handspindles. They evolved into an astonishing array of styles for different kinds of fibers and various methods of spinning".

When I took my first spinning class at Studio Three here in Prescott, taught by Carma Koster, Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild member, I first learned to spin with the Spindle. I wasn't very excited about the handspindle because I wanted to get right to the wheel. Since that time I have learned to love the spindle and use it now and then. I relearned how to spin with the spindle during our Guild Group Spinning at Sharlot Hall Museum in the Carriage House.

We spin every Monday from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Museum and share our love of spinning with the public. Kathy Kelly taught me how to take my spindle and spin it on my thigh. This allows a lot of spin to go into motion and less stress on my wrists. I leave that for the seed bead work I do. One thing about spinning in that group on Mondays is we all share in the learning process.

Huichol Indian Art Truck Show at The Bead Museum

The Bead Museum -- Glendale Arizona

Don't forget this weekend is the exciting Huichol Art Truck Show.

Huichol Indian Art Truck Show --

July 6-7, 10 AM to 5 PM

This show is a must see and it is open to the public. "Experience and interactive display of this amazing indigenous art form. Huichol beaded art kits will be available for purchase." writes Katie Anderson, Executive Director of The Bead Museum.

Bead Museum Members receive special discounts, free admission, invitations to special events and previews as well. If you are not yet a member drop by for the truck show and become one. All you need to do in walk into the door and to the left is the Bead Museum Bead Shop and there is where you pay for your membership card.

Find out more about The Bead Museum by visiting their web page. http://beadmuseumaz.org/

Beads and Boots--PK Boot Maker Paul Krause -- Prescott's Finest

Paul Krause has 35 years of leather working and serving people's footwear needs. Paul handcrafts custom designed, custom fitted boots are for interesting clients around the world.

We have Paul right here in Prescott!

So you want to know what boots have to do with beads!

Here is your opportunity to participate in the creation of your very own, custom fitted American icon. Paul is ready to collaborate with you in making your pair of Cowboy Boots.

Paul writes, "Cowboy Boots conjure up curiosity, conversation, compliments and contemplation. They imbue confidence individuality, sexuality and bootfuls of good old American moxie and style." This saying actually comes from Tyler Beard "Cowboy Boots" -- Gibbs Smith Publisher.

How the collaboration will work: You carve'em, The boot tops, that is, and Paul will build the boots.

The Concept... Paul will provide the tops, pre-sized and precut.

>>> 2 front panels and two back panels, rubber cement mounted on hot press illustration board. You carve the top panels or otherwise decorate in your design or Paul's design. This is the time to bead the boot panels! Your own bead boot creation!

If you choose to draw and carve your own design, you'll find Paul has included the perimeter for the top panels.

Paul uses handmade techniques on your boots. After he receives the completed panels, with a deposit of course, he will pull a last for you, which for your boot is a low 1 1/2 inch heel height, with a round toe. It's a medial cone roper last such as Luchees used.

The softy buffalo vamps, counters and pulls are available in Black, Brown or Burgundy, with leather top bead and side seems in black or brown.

Create your own Beaded Leather Design and have a Paul Kause Hand Tooled Cowboy Boot at the same time.  928-442-1213

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Texas Brown Cotton - Spinning with Cotton

During a trip to Mesa, Arizona I ventured over to Main Street and visited The Fiber Factory. They moved into a new location which is actually a few doors down from where they were.

The Fiber Factory has been around for a long time and anyone in Arizona can tell you all you want to know about this fiber shop. The shop has a selection of wonderful spinning wheels to try and they help you do that. The selection roving or fiber is small compared to shops like Studio Three here in Prescott which has a wall of fiber to choose from.

I did find Texas Brown Cotton Fiber. I purchased a pound for $20. Now that I have it I need to begin the spinning process.

Last year I attended a wonderful Judith MacKenzie spinning class with Treadles and Treads Guild. Judith did spinning with exotic fibers. We tried all of the fibers she took from her great fiber filled table . Judith talked about spinning short fibers and how best to spin them with the long draw. Being a fairly new spinner I needed to learn this long draw process. I think I have it now and I love spinning the cotton.

Here is cotton on the bobbin of my Oak Jensen Saxony.

I enjoy using a distaff with every spinning process. Sometimes I just use it to support the fiber I plan on spinning.

There is something about a Saxony Wheel that just fits to my feeling of what a spinning wheel should look like. I have several other wheels I love dearly but the Saxony makes my heart skip a beat.

Nearly every wheel maker has a Saxony Wheel in their line. If you need a real work horse to travel with check out the best wheel to travel, but for me the Saxony is it.

Our home consists of many antiques and maybe that is one reason for my love of the Saxony Wheel. It just fits into my life.

If you want to know more about Texas Brown Cotton Fiber check out what Sally Fox has done for the cotton spinning world. http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/lecture12.html

Will Taylor - Judith Mackenzie's Favorite Clever Kate

What a fun weekend! Show on the square, Wendy Blair's reception for bead art and of course spinning at home. I am spinning cotton and love it.

Here is Will Taylor's Clever Kate! This photo came from the latest issue of Spin Off (Summer 2007) Magazine. Carolina Homespun offered this Kate in their latest AD on page 63. Check out www.carolinahomespun.com.

Will Taylor and Kate Campbell Taylor put together "Spinning at the Winery" together with Treadles and Threads Guild. Here is Will at the winery 2007 holding his Clever Kate. Note the cones of yarn on the Kate. Someone at the winery was using the Cleaver Kate to cord yarn. ...Another job for Kate....

This Kate is great to take for traveling with your spinning wheel.

You can use it for plying your hand spun. That is what the Cleaver Kate was designed for in the first place. I was staying at the Taylors in 2006 when Will came out of his wood working shop with this new piece of equipment. He said Judith MacKenzie wanted a Kate to take on her travels. Will created this one which has rods which can be slipped from their position and snapped into a slot for save keeping in your suitcase.

You all have seen my Fancy Kate which I blogged about earlier this year. It has a 6 ply ability.

Will's wonderful wood world is always an interesting subject for my blog.

Beaded Mask - July Begins with Shows at Arts Prescott

The Beaded Mask is created with Green Ware and E-6000 glue. Here I am with one of my Glue a Bead Masks. I use all lampwork beads which were broken and glue the broken edge on the mask. I collect beads from all of my trips and add them when I get home.

Summer is here and Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery has a great guest artist show planned for you each month all the way through the end of 2008. The Guest Artist Shows at the gallery are planned a year ahead of time. When we began to look for 2008 shows we started with our waiting list.

Photo: by Jorgen Larsen