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.

Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts Grand Opening!!!

The Grand Opening Celebration at Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts will take place on Friday, April 27 from 6 - 9 PM during the downtown Wilmington Fourth Friday Gallery Walk. We are located in the Cotton Exchange at 307 North Front Street, across from the Hilton Hotel.

The collective's artists will be on hand to meet and greet friends - old and new, to talk about our art, our vision for the gallery, and to welcome you. Please join us if you can.

Working at Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts

The Gallery has been open for a full week now! It has a wonderful clean and colorful look to it that entices people to come in. It was Easter Monday in NC and many families are on vacation, so there were many out-of-towners with children, and MANY people browsing. Many fine compliments were bestowed upon us.

My husband (the potter) has sold 3 of his signature pinch pots, and I have sold a scarf and a necklace with a dichroic glass pendant (SassyGlass).

The Grand Opening is 2 weeks away - we'll be sending an announcement via email and this blog shortly.

Artist's Statement

As part of the opening of Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts, the artists were asked to write an "Artist Statement." Since I have had difficulty considering myself an artist (although many others DO!), I struggled with this. First I researched to learn what such a statement IS. Then I struggled even more with developing one for myself.

The charge: write one that is 80 - 100 words! I'd have been fine if the charge were 1000 words or less, but do you realize how FEW words 100 are??? So I whipped out Word and started writing. The first version was 168 words (using Word Count). I whittled and whittled until I got down to 128. THEN I LOST THE WHOLE THING!!!!

But in the end................I worked some more and this is the result:

ARTIST STATEMENT - Louise Giordano & Scarf It Up!

Fiber is the fabric of life; knitting feeds and is the key to my soul! Through my fingers and fiber flows a vision to create functional, wearable fabric. The interplay of needles and fiber is therapeutic, tactile, and sensual. The process is all-absorbing; the results are uniquely satisfying.

For me, handknitting represents passionate flirtation and experimentation with traditional techniques, tools, and stitches with new and vintage materials to produce non-traditional work. Whether worn on the body or decorating a home, my pieces are an extension of my being, a source of creative expression for me, and a process that brings joy to the beholder.

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

Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts

A new venture! For me and my husband! A venerable old building in downtown Wilmington (NC) will be the new home of Port City Pottery amd Fine Crafts. A group of local potters have joined together to fill a need in this coastal area to offer local pottery and other fine crafts to a large audience of local appreciators and visitors.

The Cotton Exchange (http://www.shopcottonexchange.com/) dates from the early 1900s and has been a venue for shops and boutiques since 1975. It will soon host a new gallery for juried pottery and other hand-selected artists' work. My husband is a potter, and I have been asked to become part of the co-op, to display and sell my handknitted fiber art (wearable and functional).

The opening is scheduled for early April with a Grand Opening Celebration during the Fourth Friday Gallery Night on April 27. There is much excitement amongst the members of the Co-op as well as amongst local artists. http://www.portcitypottery.com/ The website is still under construction!

A meeting of the members will take place on Sunday, so more news will be forthcoming!