This is an interesting tour in and around the communities of Stockholm, Pepin and Maiden
Rock, Wisconsin. CLICK HERE for more information.
Fresh Art Tour – Spring 2012
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Shepherd’s Harvest – May 2012
We just got back from the 15th Annual Shepherd’s Harvest Festival in Lake Elmo, MN. We have been going to this event for the past 7 years. In our opinion, this is the largest crowd of visitors to this event we have ever seen on the first day of this Gathering of people interested in sheep and fiber art items.
We talked to a vendor who was selling raw wool fleeces.. He told us that he had brought 40 fleeces to this event to sell and by noon, 3 hours after the show opened, he only had 3 fleeces left. He
was very happy about the traffic at the Festival.
Below are some pictures that we took at this Gathering.
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Bottle Lamb
Here is Aowin, a Gotland cross ewe lamb. We call her Winnie. Rejected by her Gottie ewe mom at 3 days. The ewe mom was a yearling and refused to feed Winnie, and kept poking her with her hoof. We brought Winnie into the house, warmed her up and fed her and voila. 2 weeks later. See her photo below.
Winnie is bigger than the cat, that previously over shadowed her. She is cuddly and fun to care for. Winnie has taken over the household. Our Labrador dog Nikita, wants to mother her and guards her pen. We are happy to have her. My husband, David makes bottles and feeds her too. It’s fun to see.
Bluff Country Studio Art Tour
WHO
Regional artists working in a wide range of genres, and galleries offering a variety of items for sale.
WHEN
Three full days, April 27-29, 2012 — 10am -5pm
WHERE
Artists’ studios and galleries all over Southeast Minnesota, Southwest Wisconsin, and Northeast Iowa
CLICK HERE for more information
Frame Loom Weaving
Reindeer In Snow
Here is a new Krokbragd and Bunden Rosengang, style weaving. I hand pick the design, my own rendition of the Norwegian and Swedish folk art technique. I also am fond of red Reindeer, a common Sami and Scandinavian animal used in Norwegian weavings. Usually these animals are woven with a dark background, and contrasting vegetation. I included mom, dad and a baby reindeer. The animals are woven in snarvjav, sp, or soumak stitch, which is usually used for some tapestry.
The warp is linen, bleached, and the weft is Gotland, Hebredean, Corriedale and Blue-faced Leicester, hand spun. The red, blue, yellow, orange colored weft is silk wool blend for the red and blue, and Norwegian wool yarn for the rest from Savilla Bolson Tweed, in Decorah, Iowa.
Still a work in progress. Hope you like it.