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Fabric Fashions and More

Contact: Viginia Thorn

Work 485 S. Dana PO Box 21 Rush City MN 55069 Work Phone: 320.358.3693Work Email: vthorn@fabricfashions-more.com

Categories: Retail Shops

Jennifer Falkowski

ArtistJennifer Falkowski, LLC

Work PO Box Monona Wisconsin 53716 Work Phone: 608.852.3970Work Email: Retreat@DeepIntoIndigo.comWebsite: Jennifer FalkowskiWebsite: Deep Into Indigo

Categories: Artists, Madison Fiber Arts Trail, Teacher

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Jennifer Falkowski is best known for her beautiful and simple indigo dyed pieces. Self-taught, she makes her patterns using both traditional Japanese shibori and playfully updated techniques. Her work is painterly; she makes pieces to hang, wear and/or sew.

She is also known for her engaging, supportive and accessible teaching and speaking style. Along with Jenina Mella, she co-runs the popular Deep Into Indigo Retreat every summer in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin. Classes at Olbrich Gardens, The Electric Needle, Millhouse Quilts, Paradigm Gardens and many other venues have been popular and well attended.

Her work has been shown at The Monona Library, Evolution Arts, Absolutely Art and several quilt shows in the Madison area. Her scarves, clothes and fabric can be found in The Regal Find and Blue Bar Quilts in Middleton.

Artist Statement: I am a self-taught textile artist. I believe we all come into the world as artists and are educated out of our natural inclination to create. My work and passion are to be an antidote to the “Fear of Making” that results from that education. I do this work out of a deeply-held conviction that the act of creating something out of nothing feeds our soul and self-worth. And it’s just plain fun! I show people how to have more creative fun, by sprinkling in a little play time (or maybe a lot) to their days. I figure that sometimes all people need is the right encouragement, and that’s where I come in. If you look at my work, it reflects my playful, fearless and intuitive style.

I have found many ways to help people connect with their creativity, but currently it’s mostly through textile arts. I dye fabric, and have been teaching people how to dye with indigo for the last 6 years at a bunch of different venues, mostly in the Madison area, including Paradigm Gardens, Olbrich Gardens, Mad City Bazaar, Millhouse Quilts and others. I’ve fallen hard for indigo dye, the process is truly magical.

I founded and the super popular Fearless Crafters Program at the Monona Library. I’m also coordinating a community mending day there. I teach creative classes at the American Family Dream Bank, Madison and Monona Libraries and privately. Really, I am happy to teach anywhere anyone will let me.

Faribault Woolen Mill

Work 1500 2nd Ave NW Faribault MN 55021 Work Phone: 507.412.5530Work Email: info@faribaultmill.comWebsite: Mill Tour InfoWebsite: Faribault Woolen Mill

Categories: Woolen Mills

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Fine Line Creative Arts Center

Work 37W570 Bolcum Road St. Charles IL 60175 Work Phone: 630.584.9443Work Email: info@fineline.orgWebsite: Fine Line Creative Arts Center

Categories: Gallery, Schools & Art Centers

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Today, the Fine Line is one of only a few regional art centers in this country. Internationally known artists teach a variety of workshops. The membership draws from the Chicago area and surrounding states. There are as many as 1,300 students a year, a teaching staff of 45-plus and well over 200 class offerings a year. So passionate are her friends, students and supporters that the center is run almost entirely by volunteers.

Fine Line Prairie and Nature Area:

The Fine Line Prairie and Nature Area tells the story of the prairie landscape. This recreated natural area shows us open space as it existed for millennia before the invention of the steel plow over 100 years ago. This innovation enabled farmers for the first time to cut through the tough roots of the prairie plants and make the land useful for agricultural purposes. The prairie began to rapidly disappear until less than 1% percent of naturally occurring prairie still remains.

In 1997, the Kazwick Family purchased the property and donated it to the newly created Fine Line Prairie and Nature Area Foundation. This new foundation joined the ranks of a movement of those interested in recreating the prairie landscape. The prairie and prairie plant beds were designed by Valerie Talapatra of Eco-Scapes and installed by the Natural Gardens of St. Charles. Spring and other seasonal maintenance is performed by Benjamin Luna of LBS Landscaping of West Chicago. Jim Manna, a Fine Line member, is responsible for keeping the grass around the prairie looking beautiful for which we are truly thankful.

The Fine Line Prairie contains a great variety of grasses and flowers that change constantly with the seasons. By viewing the beauty of the native plants and grasses as they reveal their blossoms or sway gracefully in the passing winds, we are refreshed and inspired to create artwork of our own.

About the Prairie

The Fine Line Prairie and Nature Area covers 5 acres- a 2.5 acre prairie landscape bordered on the north by beds of prairie plants and a 2.5 acre wetland and wildlife habitat. The parcel is bisected by a stream.

An annual newsletter, The Prairie Tapestry, is sent to members of the Fine Line Creative Arts Center and other interested people. Occasionally, speakers offer presentations on prairie related topics. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PRAIRIE TAPESTRY. If you’re interested in coordinating a speaking and/or field trip to the Fine Line Prairie, please contact lynn@fineline.org.

The Fine Line Creative Arts Center classes have used the prairie as a resource for class materials, including basketry, papermaking and textile dyeing. It also offers a beautiful site for plein air painting.

The area is open to the public.

The Fine Line Prairie and Nature Area is a separate entity from the Fine Line Creative Arts Center and is a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) corporation. It is managed by a board of directors.

Robbin Firth

Fiber ArtistHeartfelt Silks

Work Seasons on St. Croix 401 2nd St. Hudson WI 54016 Work Phone: 715.381.2906Work Email: robbin@heartfeltsilks.comWebsite: http://heartfeltsilks.com

Categories: Artists, Teacher

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Robin M Fleming

Fiber ArtistRobin Fleming

Work W 62 N580 Washington Ave Cedarburg WI 53012 Work Phone: 262.302.0210Work Email: imagineer@robinmfleming.comWebsite: Robin Fleming

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Karen-lisa Forbes

Knotting ArtIntersections Studio

Work Intersections Studio 9611 Foxcroft Rd NW Bemidji MN 56601 Work Email: karenlisaforbes@yahoo.comWebsite: Knots by Karen

Categories: Artists, Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts Trail, Teacher

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In the four years since that first class I have produced nine pieces of fine art which have been shown at two group shows. My knotted jewelry is on display and for sale at Shannon’s Art and Soul in Bemidji, MN and at the Lanesboro Art Center in Lanesboro, MN where I am a juried artist. Two commissioned works are in the process and upon completion will be sent for display in Great Britain. A third commissioned piece will be included as part of John Bauer’s traveling multimedia art exhibit “What’s Left” – Creating a proactive dialogue on suicide and mental illness.

Best described as organic in nature my style falls under the category of Impressionist/Abstractionism; I prefer a less fancy title of “knotted nature looking stuff.” My knotting is often mistaken for beadwork because the knots are so small and so close together. Inspiration for my designs comes from a deep love of the natural world in Northern Minnesota. Fascinated with the geometry and symmetry, chaos and order found in nature, my eye seeks out and draws me to small details and the discovery of the extraordinary in the ordinary. I admire the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Piet Mondrian, Georgia O’Keefe, Franz Marc and Lawren Harris from Canadian Group of Seven. You find their influences in my work.

Throughout my life I have worked extensively with many types of fiber – knitting, hand-spinning with drop spindles and spinning wheel, Hardanger embroidery, pine needle basketry, quilting, finger weaving and fabric post cards. While I have loved each of these disciplines none truly felt like my mine. After that first knotting class everything changed. Cavandoli knotting is my art form.

RESUME

Member Freehand Studio and Gallery

March 2015

Member of Freehand Artists Collective

2014

Lanesboro Art Center

Juried Consigning Artist

March 2014 – present, Lanesboro, Minnesota

Dancing Sky Tapestry Weavers

Group Exhibit

March 2014, Bemidji, Minnesota

We’re Knot Friends

Collaborative Exhibit with Dawn Standera

February 2014, Bemidji, Minnesota

Fiber Arts Almanac Vol. 4, Calendar 2014

Feature : Blue and White Shell

Feature : Structural Knotting

PROFICIENCY

Cavandoli Knotting – .5 mm C-lon 3 ply nylon cord and 1 mm Settanyl two ply waxed polyester cord
Jewelry Metals – red brass, German sliver, argentium silver
Quilting – piecing, design, hand quilting
Hardanger Embroidery
Knitting
Spinning
Painting – acrylic

Kathie Simon Frank

Fiber Artist, Quilter

Home Minneapolis MN

Categories: Artists, Fiber Art Almanac Artist

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Frankenmuth Woolen Mill

Work 570 S Main Street Frankenmuth MI 48734 Work Phone: 1-989-652-6050Work Email: info@frankenmuthwoolenmill.comWebsite: Frankenmuth Woolen Mill

Categories: Woolen Mills

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Louise French

Handweaving and Ply-Split Braiding

Work Email: louise@louisefrench.comWebsite: Louise French

Categories: Artists, Teacher

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Cathryn Fritz-Jung

Fiber ArtistCFJ Consulting, LLC

Work 2433 N 7th St. Sheboygan Wisconsin 53083-4928 Work Phone: 906.420.3380Work Email: katifj@earthlink.net

Categories: Artists

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Artist Statement:

As a child I learned how to sew, knit, crochet and embroidery. I had always had my own style of dressing. My mother indulged me by making clothes to my design. I would choose the fabric, sketch out the design and she would make them for me. As a pre-teen I took over and made clothes for myself and commissioned pieces for others. My work slowed down when I began my career as a food scientist. I retired early so I could continue my passion for making wearables.

Three years ago, I became aware of Nuno felting. I could not find local classes, so I proceeded to teach myself. This took me on a wonderous journey of exploration and discovery. A friend once told me that he could not pin point my style of dressing because everything I wore was so unique. My mother agreed. She said I always expressed myself through my clothes. I encourage my customers to do the same.

Artist Bio:

My parent’s careers had us living in different countries. My work is inspired by the artistic styles of the countries I lived in. I make pieces that are practical and artistic. I take artistic elements to the level that I think my customers will feel comfortable wearing at work or a special event. I have had customers in Italy, France, Latin America and the United States. Each one has taken my artistic designs in different directions and to different levels. This is what I enjoy the most. Getting to know a person, their style preferences, their body type, encouraging to go beyond the mundane and making them something that captures them as an individual.

Nuno felting has taken over as the dominant technique used for my work. I have worked with a wide variety of wool fibers and fabrics. I also re-purpose clothes with Nuno felting techniques. I occasionally incorporate sewing, knitting etc. as design elements. I’ve dabbled some in dying fabric and plan to continue to do more. I began teaching myself Nuno felting by making scarves and shawls. Next, I used my knowledge from sewing to make skirts. I have expanded into making dresses and tops. The next thing I plan to tackle is incorporating knitting into Nuno felting. I plan to call this area of styles “unraveled” as I imagine a piece of knitted wear unraveling into Nuno felting. After that I plan to learn and incorporate Shibori techniques.

I provide my customers with commissioned pieces, stock items and classes ranging from beginners to experienced.

Carole Ann Frocillo

Fiber Artist

Website: Carole Ann Frocillo

Categories: Artists, Fiber Art Almanac Artist

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So, how do I get my name on the list?

The mission of Midwest Fiber Arts Trails is to honor the Midwest’s rich textile heritage and celebrate and promote the work of contemporary fiber artists.

Address: 229 Minnetonka Ave S #181 Wayzata, MN 55391 • Phone : 612.961.1601 • Email: jennifer@fiberartalmanac.com

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