Funky Feel and Felt!

Nuno Felt Brooch Combo,
originally uploaded by scarfitup.

Mmmmmmmmm! I LOVE fiber! I guess that's why I'm a fiber artist and not some other kind!

Nuno felt is a wonderful thing! It's soft, pliable, delicate-looking but not delicate, and it allows the artist to create diverse pieces of wearable art.
This piece was made from two separate small pieces of nuno samples, folded and wired together, pin attached, and VOILA! it's a brooch!

But not so simple, really! The process is awesome and awe-inspiring, requiring a full day of felting and fulling in a process that is far too long to explain right now. If interested, there is much to learn and lots of examples to see. Go to Etsy and do a search for "nuno felt." You'll be awed too!



And do you love the FEEL of fiber? Do you love funky? OK! so here is Smokey Cachecol, the latest from my collection of scarflettes or cachecols - for that lightweight warmth for your neck. This one pulls together all sorts of greys (grays) with black, cream, and silver accents. It's finished with funky knots and a large swirly vintage button (thanks, Karen!)

Holiday Show of Wearable Art at Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts

YOU ARE INVITED!!! 

Louise Giordano, fiber artist, and Sara Westermark, fine jeweler and metalsmith, invite you to a Holiday Show of Wearable Art at Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts in the Cotton Exchange on Thursday, November 13 from 2 - 8 PM. Come see the collection of wearables for holiday giving or self-indulgence! Drawings and refreshments! Please join us and BRING A FRIEND!

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This is the invitation that went out to 350+ people in the past few days!  We certainly hope that our show is well attended.  If you are reading this and happen to be in the Wilmington NC area on November 13,  you are invited too!  There will be local press and radio promotion too,so......!  We're keeping our fingers crossed for a good turnout and good sales!

Our work is always available at PCPFC, but on that day, we will be bringing in MANY more items for show and sale.

Sassyglass and Scarfitup Together!

Another bit of collaboration!

Sassyglass' Andrea Cumming and Scarf It Up have collaborated once again to produce some delightful designs in neckwear. These three distinctly different necklaces - fiber with dichroic glass pendants - will be available at our gallery, Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts in Wilmington NC, very shortly. They sell for $39 each.

Comment below or email scarfitup [at] ec.rr.com if interested or if you want additional information. More photos available here.

Update on Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts

It's OFFICIAL! The gallery will open on April 1, rather than April 2. The GRAND OPENING will remain on April 27 during the downtown Wilmington "Fourth Friday Gallery Walk!" I left 40+ fiber art items there yesterday to be displayed (probably not all will be), and my potter husband left about 20 items, including pinch pots and ceramic masks. My work includes scarves, bags, neckpieces, neckwraps, wallhangings, wrapped tubes and other objets d'art.

PCPFC's HOURS: Monday - Saturday: 10 - 5:30 and Sundays: 11 - 4.

GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION: Friday, April 27, 6 - 9 PM

LOCATION: Historic Cotton Exchange, 307 North Front Street, Wilmington, NC