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Chatham Chamber selling baskets

artigianati — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:36:21 +0000

The Chatham Area Chamber of Commerce is selling a limited-edition collector basket. Profits benefit the Chatham Community.

The baskets feature a commemorative brass tags, custom engraved wooden laser lids, blue and white cottage weave and plastic protectors. They measure 11 by 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, and cost $55. Each is handwoven using hard maple and is 100 percent custom made in the United States. In addition, baskets can be registered to receive a lifetime warranty that covers workmanship and materials.

The Canal Fulton, Ohio-based American Traditions Basket Company has been producing handmade heirloom quality baskets for customers in all 50 states for more than 15 years. The company specializes in customizing keepsake baskets for organizations, schools and fundraisers.

For more information or to pre-order, contact Carolyn Cherry at 973-635-2444.

SOURCE _ http://madison.injersey.com/2010/04/09/chatham-chamber-selling-baskets/

Recycling time:The Maine Float-Rope Co. – A History of Helping

artigianati — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:25:14 +0000

The Maine Float-Rope Co. is promoting a history of helping. We help save whales and other marine life, provide financial assistance to Maine lobstermen, and protect the environment.

Three Difficult Problems — Float-rope is used by lobstermen to tether multiple traps together on the ocean floor. The problem with float-rope is that it can entangle whales, which sometimes leads to their injury or death. Now, Maine lobstermen are required to replace float-rope with sink-rope. Finally, without an appropriate recycling outlet, hundreds of thousands of pounds of this turned-in float-rope could end up in Maine landfills.

One Bright Idea — With government funds, the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation purchases turned-in float-rope from Maine lobstermen. Then our company collects and recycles the rope and turns it into terrific, colorful and virtually indestructible doormats. It’s a win-win – a safer habitat for whales, some financial relief for the lobstermen, and a cleaner environment.

SOURCE - http://mainefloatrope.com/

Hand-made African scarves help families

artigianati — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:08:27 +0000

Namtenga Project scarves are made by weavers in Africa as part of a partnership with Cranbrook Schools. (ED NAKFOOR)

by GEORGEA KOVANIS

The hand-woven scarves being sold at Optik Birmingham have a story behind them that's as interesting as the scarves are to look at.

In 2000, Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills began raising money for Namtenga, an impoverished village in the West Africa country of Burkina Faso, where a Cranbrook parent worked while in the Peace Corps. Cranbrook supports Namtenga's school, providing supplies, uniforms, a well with a pump, a children's garden, mosquito netting and a playground.

In 2005, the Cranbrook Kingswood Weaving Studio came up with an idea. Why not open a weaving studio there?

Cranbrook bought 15 looms, hired a weaving instructor and opened the Weaving Sisters of Namtenga. More than 30 village women dye, weave and sew blankets and scarves, earning income for their families.......

Weavers and spinners show and sale – Canada

artigianati — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:15:39 +0000

By LYNN REES LAMBERT

The Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners will fill the top floor of their new home at 623 King St. W (the old St. John House) for the annual Show and Sale Friday to Sunday, Nov. 13-15. Dorothy Young and Bridget Lewis — and dozens of other spinners and weavers — will present a collection of handwoven or handspun blankets, placemats, sweaters, hats, mitts, socks and more. the sale runs Friday from 2-6 p.m., and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Demonstrations will be held. Admission is free. Park free across the street at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour. (Cheques or cash only for purchases).

SOURCE - http://www.kingstonthisweek.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2172832

Craft talk:Meet four women whose fashions are both original and meant to last

artigianati — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:58:00 +0000

By Christine G.K. LaPado

Anita O’Harra takes up to three months to crochet one item.PHOTO BY MEREDITH J. COOPER

Anita O’Harra’s name has the exotic ring of an old-school Hollywood movie star. “The second ‘R’ is for ‘royalty,’ ” she joked of the unusual spelling. “That’s what my uncle always used to say.”

O’Harra, who lives in Chico, is part of a growing crop of local fashion designers following in the pioneering footsteps of local sewing collective Chikoko. They are selling their unique, finely crafted and often environmentally friendly wares in shops around town and online.

O’Harra’s specialties are crochet and weaving. Her “Off the Hook” line—sold at downtown’s BOHO boutique and by word-of-mouth—consists of dresses, tops, hats, scarves and wraps......

Fiber Arts:Spinning Silk From Spiderwebs

artigianati — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:42:05 +0000

The silk from the golden orb spider is one of the strongest threads in the world, five or six times stronger than steel. It is also beautiful and notoriously difficult to extract, let alone turn into beautiful tapestries. The material is so difficult to work with that, until now, no one had ever managed to produce a piece of hand-woven, brocaded textile from their silk until now. The brainchild of businessman Simon Peers and designer Nicholas Godley, the 11-foot-long golden-yellow tapestry is the first-ever made entirely from spider silk.

The material had been harvested in limited amounts previously, but the product of Peers and Godley’s labor took an entire team of spider handlers, over a million spiders, and lots and lots of time and attention.....

Van Kieu ethnic artisan preserves weaving trade

artigianati — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:51:15 +0000

QUANG TRI — A young Van Kieu ethnic man, Ho Van Hoi, 37, in Pa Nho Village (Huong Hoa District, in the central province of Quang Tri) cannot remember how many Van Kieu and Pa Co ethnic people he has taught to weave brocades.

Master crafter: Ho Van Hoi has taught many Van Kieu and Pa Co ethnic people to weave brocades. — VNS File Photo

Growing up during a time when the traditional trade of weaving brocades is in decline, Hoi has always wondered how he could help uphold his ancestors’ heritage and tradition.

In the past, the clack from the looms was a common sound in Pa Nho Village. In the Van Kieu community, everybody knows about weaving. When Tet (Lunar New Year) comes, Van Kieu children like to show off their new brocade clothes, and young girls wear their most beautiful dresses and join endless celebrations for the new year.......

Henrico crafter turns plastic bags into eco-friendly purses

artigianati — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:24:31 +0000

Mandy Pleasants, of Blue Sky Bags, makes purses out of woven recycled plastic bags.

Mandy Pleasants hangs wallpaper for a living, but during the economic slowdown she has become a bag lady.

The label doesn't insult her; in fact, she's working hard to spread the word.

Pleasants, 30, turns bags - the plastic variety - into colorful, environmentally friendly hand-woven purses. She calls her business Blue Sky Bags.

"It [wallpapering] has slowed down so now I work probably one day a week," said Pleasants, who lives in a Glen Allen townhouse with her husband, Michael. "Because people are so into these, this is turning into my main job."......

Artist Spotlight: Mariana Mace.Weaving and more recently basket making.

artigianati — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:39:46 +0000

Highlighting the work of mid-valley artists and crafters

Age: 68.

Location: Winter Sign Designs, 510 N.W. Seventh St., Corvallis.

Mediums: Basketry, textiles.

Showing at: Corine Woodman Galleries with Cheryl Jordan through Sept. 12, at The Arts Center, 700 S.W. Madison Ave., Corvallis.

Experience: Studied Anthropology and Native American Art History; retired museum curator for the Jensen Artic Museum in Monmouth; forty years of weaving experience; and an author.

Memberships: Corvallis Association of Independent Artists, Corvallis Contemporary Fiber Arts Guild and National Basketry Organization.

Contact: 758-5320 or burkmace@peak.org......

Natural Beauty | Angela Adams’s Rugs

artigianati — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:51:45 +0000

Angela Adams’s Sunset rug.

Though summer is in sweltering full swing, here at The Moment we are bundling up in our over-air-conditioned cubicles and thinking about cozy autumnal and wintery items for the home. One recent standout is “The Birds and the Bees,” a collection of hand-tufted rugs from the Portland, Me., designer Angela Adams. In a vaguely 1970s sort of way, these three-dimensional sheared wool rugs look like topographical representations of mossy forest floors, underground cross sections of soil and root systems, and minerals.....