Rowena Art

Today, The Royal Wedding - Ours in Kiel, Germany Years Ago

 

Outside the Church in Kiel, Germany ..The Navy Pilots waiting for Juergen to cut through the Naval Rope.

 

 

 

Here we are waltzing for the first dance at the reception, which was held at a Naval Club in Kiel.

Arizona Bead Soup - Seed Beads and More

"Arizona Bead Soup" is the title of this piece.

I create Arizona Bead Soup with all of the seed beads which are not used while creating  a beaded project of one or more color. I pour all of the remaining beads in a box and create bead soup. I guess you could say "bead leftovers" for this bead soup. While beading with this mixture I find reminders of some fun projects I've done in the past.

What makes this necklace unique is the fact I don't use a closure finding. I begin stringing the beads, adding some of my recycled wine bottle beads and find the length of the necklace, where I then begin a peyote stitch to keep the beaded stands together. Each strand is added from the end of each peyote row .

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Happy Easter

 

Joan Maloney Donates 3 Dimensional Metal Sculpture to PAWS Tea 2011

 Artist Joan Maloney created this metal wall sculpture and donated it to the Prescott Area Women's Shelter (PAWS) Ladies Tea. 

This 3 dimensional sculpture's dimensions:

  5" wide x 14" high. 

Joan Maloney shows her clay and metal art at:

 Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery 134 S. Montezuma Street on Historical Whiskey Row

PAWS--  looking forward to the tea this year.   Chef Bryan is going to do the catering, and the event will be held at Esther Hall, as you probably already know.     

PAWS For Tea will be held on Saturday, May 14, 1:00 p.m.  We are selling tables of eight for $175 each, and individual tickets will be $25. 

 

San Francisco Bead and Design Show 2011 - Dream Trip!

CF Originals Celebrate Spring with San Francisco Bead and Design Show! Emerge from winter's chrysalis and renew your creative spirits while reflecting on beads, jewelry, and art clothing, May 6 through 8, at Hyatt Regency SFO.  Here are a few activities that will be offered at the show: Over 100 displays of beads from numerous small bead making artists and studios. Dependable sources for wholesale beading supplies and findings. Elegant showcasing of fine handmade art, jewelry, clothing, textiles, and accessories. Hands-on workshops for jewelry design and bead making from basic to advanced. Christi Friesen's Mother's Day free "Clay Play Day" on Sunday May 8. Demonstrations, free "make & takes", and basic skill classes. New activities offered on Saturday night, May 6, including Polymer Clay Party Night. Special Mother’s Day Champagne Jazz Brunch on Sunday May 8. Important Reminders– Workshops & classes are filling up fast –register now to assure class availability! The special room rate is only available through Friday, April 22. Register to attend online –quick and easy registration to avoid waiting in line when you arrive. May 6 - 8, 2011, 10am - 6pm Friday & Saturday, 10am - 5pm on Sunday. The show is located inside the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, 1333 Old Bayshore Hwy, Burlingame, CA 94010. SanFranciscoBeadAndDesignShow.com [email protected] | (530) 274-2222

Anne Marston, Prescott Fiber Artist to Join Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery May 2011

 This photo was taken from the fb of The Mountain Spinners and Weavers Guild. Great facebook, all fiber artists should become a friend. Photos by Cindy Faulkner.

Here is Anne Marston during the recent workshop on Iridescence Weaving.

I wanted to announce that Anne Marston will be a member of Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery on Historical Whiskey Row starting May 1, 2011. I hope everyone who visits Prescott will drop by and see all of the wonderful fiber art along with the art of 25 local artists at the gallery.

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Celebrate The Easter Egg at Arts Prescott in April 2011 with Sunny Klapp's Pysanka Eggs - Pop Rocket, Prescott, Arizona's Fine News Magazine

 Read all about Sunny Klapp's Pysanka Eggs in the April 2011 issue of Pop Rocket in Prescott, Arizona

 

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"Kahlua Daze", A Necklace

 This necklace began with a Kumihimo Braid of 100% cotton yarn. It's fun to bead on Kumihimo because you are able to sew right through it with your bead needle and thread. I used size 11 seed beads for my off loom-bead-weaving and added vintage buttons and drop beads along with a few fresh water pearls to adorn the focal pendant.

The pendant is a lampwork piece created using recycled Kahlua Bottle Glass.

This necklace along with all of my bead work is showing at Arts Prescott Cooperative Gallery on Historical Whiskey Row.

Look for my sponsor ad on the Prescott 4th Friday Art walk Brochure and drop by the gallery.

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Native American Flute Class - Prescott, Arizona - Prescott College

Last evening I finished my Native America Flute Class at Prescott College, taught by Micheal Goodluck.

The sound of this flute is amazing. It is created with Cedar Wood. The turquoise stone was one I got from Randy Shackelford, AKA Bubba in Prescott.

The wood burning star around the stone was done by Michael Goodluck during a class demonstration.

This is a Michael Goodluck design and I hope to make my own together with Juergen at a later date. I will be adding carved animals and symbols on the reed as well as my own lampwork beads on the leather ties.

This Prescott College class is inspiring. The Life Long classes offered by the college are enriching to self.

A possible jam session is planned by Michael Goodluck to help his students enjoy the music of the Native American Flute. The storys told by Michael at the beginning of the class about how he began his journey with the Flute creates a feeling of history and enjoyment of life.

 

June 2011 - A Good Yarn - Fiber Creek Reopens at a New Location In Prescott - Penny's Purses Guest for Opening

Grand Re-opening will be June 18, 2011 on  Saturday from 10 AM to 5PM. 

 New address 371 Garden St. Suite D.

We move the week of June 5th, want to be open again by Friday the 10th.

The grand re-opening the following Saturday the 18th.....

Debra Dorrell
A Good Yarn
220 W Goodwin St
Suite 6
Prescott, AZ 86303
928-717-1774
www.agoodyarnprescott.com

 

Penny's Purses in Prescott, Arizona

PENNY’S STORY Written by Joan Maloney

Much about Penny remains a mystery.  She would not discuss her personal life.  She had mental issues.  But she was much more than the homeless woman who appeared each evening at Prescott’s temporary women’s shelter in the winter of 2008.

We know that she was talkative, sometimes argumentative and often entertaining.  She enjoyed telling stories about herself: especially about her career in New York in Fashion.  Nothing specific, just Fashion with a capital F.    She had an eye for designer clothes and searched through the donated bags of clothing at the shelter for designer labels – sharing some of her finds with other women guests and volunteers at the shelter.  “This vest is YOU, my dear,” to a volunteer who took a special interest in Penny. 

 If you saw Penny downtown during the day, often in a coffee shop, it would not be apparent that she was homeless.  A character, yes, but homeless, no.  Dressed stylishly, her makeup carefully applied to her tanned and weathered face each morning before leaving the shelter, a scarf stylishly tossed around her shoulders, she was one of a number of characters in our beloved Prescott. 

After the shelter closed in early Spring 2008, Penny was often housed in motels provided by various charitable groups and caring individuals in Prescott.  She tended to alienate some of those who might have given her more assistance.  She wondered out loud “why can’t there be a safe place for a woman like me, just a room so I won’t have to wonder where I’ll sleep tonight.” She spoke of being in extreme pain but could not get the treatment she insisted she needed.  She went downhill quickly in health and vitality and died later that same Spring.   The coroner’s report said she was riddled with cancer.  She was in her mid-50s.  She was buried in Potter’s Field in Prescott.

This is, however, not the end of Penny’s story.

One thing we know for certain is that Penny was an artist.  She created art from remnants of tapestries and costume jewelry.  She had no access to a sewing machine or to a room where she could create her art.  She sewed every stitch by hand and created unique and lovely purses decorated with colorful beads and bangles.

After her death, a volunteer who befriended Penny happened upon an antique store in downtown Prescott.  Penny’s purses were on display and for sale.  The store owner knew Penny and told of several occasions when, after hours, Penny would bang on the store’s front door shouting, “I know you’re in there.  Open up.  I’ve got purses for you and I need money.”   The store owner accepted them and Penny went on her way.   

Five of Penny’s Purses have been purchased from the antique store by women who want to make sure that Penny’s Purses live on to help other homeless women.   Volunteers will be meeting at the shelter to make purses that are in the spirit of the original Penny’s Purses and to encourage current guests at the shelter to participate.  All proceeds will be contributed to the women’s shelter.  

Continuing to create purses in her honor and memory will ensure that Penny’s spirit lives on to help current and future women guests at the shelter.  We are sure that Penny would be pleased to know that there is now a safe place for women each night.

Written by Joan Maloney

PRESCOTT AREA WOMEN’S SHELTER (PAWS)
Serving Homeless Women and Their Children