MORE of American Craft Week in Wilmington

HOW HAVE YOU CELEBRATED AMERICAN CRAFT WEEK IN YOUR TOWN?

I'd love to hear other ideas for this celebration, which I hope will become an annual event.

At my main venue, Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts, we honored American craft by hosting daily demonstrations from a variety of our artists: 

• Melanie Walter (pine needle basketry)
• Dianne Masi and Dory Maier (gourd art and pine needles) 
• Mary Holden-Hall (clay)
• Louise Giordano (felting) 
• Sara Westermark (metalsmithing)
• Pat Hart (clay), Dick Heiser (clay)
• Iris Simmons (quilting) 

On Sunday, we held an open house with door prizes and refreshments in conjunction with two other galleries in The Cotton Exchange: Crescent Moon and The Golden Gallery.

During my demo day, I produced a number of felted and nuno felted samples.

From these I created clip/brooches backed with an alligator clip and a pin for a variety of wearable ideas (on a bag or purse, clipped onto a neckline or lapel, in your hair. etc.)  And here are the results!

   

The remainder will form felted buttons for use on bags or Angel Scarflettes.

On Saturday, I attended a hands-on workshop at Spectrum Art and Jewelry  in which Kristin Gibson demonstrated painting on silk with Sharpies and markers.  A fundraiser for the local Dreams of Wilmington, we each got to make and take a silk ornament!  FUN and a terrific cause for children.

Also on Saturday, we attended Art in the Arboretum, a show I did last year, but couldn't this time.  Perhaps next year!