Beate's Fabric Art

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:20:06 PST

I wish all of you my friends a wonderful Season.
I love to be a part of this wonderful internet world with you on my side

What do you think about white?

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:58:51 PST

Is this ready?
28 x 45 cm = 11' x 18'

WIP - Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:37:51 PST

W I P

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:58:57 PST

I'm working white in white

Snow?
X-Mas?
We'll see

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:38:38 PST

.....it’s time to look back - Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:43:58 PST

I am a photographer for over 40 years.My creativity is a distance or line for me.
At one end - on the right - is the photographer and at the other end - on the left - the mixed media artist. With fabric, paper, wool and other stuff I work only for 9 years. Both parts have a big meaning for me. The photographer would not exist so efficiently, if the mixed media Artist had not provided, in difficult times, for the further flows of my creativity.If I create with wool or fabric it is ease like a play, it's a good feeling for me, strengthens me and cures my soul. If I work with my camera in my hand, I feel Whole and completely on the right Place.Today I know, both are a part of me and I'll live both. I could not live without one and other. Both poles make my life worth living and completely for me. I need both poles. The poles need each other, they are extremely important for each other. This knowledge is new for me, so new. But I do not know how I can make it right, that both part shares live in harmony.

.....it’s time to look back - Part 1.

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:00:32 PST

I call this Photo "Silent Night". It is a Bus station in Düsseldorf at night

I'm a photographer and a mixed media artist - it was a long way for me call myself like this, but I'm still a photographer and a mixed media artist - period.
To Day I have surfing around the Internet and hopped just from Blog to Blog and have seen wonderfully inspiring things and it itches me in my fingers immediately to make something, to be creatively - but I have no time.... like always - I think - unfortunately.

Now, at the end of the year I want to review what happened to me and my being as an artist.

At the end of the last year (2008) I have reshaped my flat because I had to do/ wanted to do a new beginning.

I love like my flat looks after the renovation and I had also fear what now would come, although I could not know what it would be. Before the first half-years (2009) came to an end I had to lay my Focus more on the photograph than on mixed media art. I met the decision to take more care of the private customer. Oh, this is not a easy way to go. And I met the decision to do a monthly photograph collage as an edition and I take Part on the daily Selfportrait group on flickr, seconde time.

I may 2009 I startet with my dear friend Marie Theres, a wonderful project what I love to do.
In august I started another photography project What I also love to do. I was stopped to do this as Jeannie, my Puppy, was hit by a Car, but I will work on this further next year. My photography work was published in several Magazins like here and here.
But what is happened to my mixed media art?

I sew something, I take part in an Zine Swap, I made season greeting cards, I wrote some tutorials, I made Monster - so what? And, nevertheless, I am not contented like I was after I did this piece

High in the sky

will be continued on my next post....

Gift wrapper

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:20:51 PST

Sarah, my daughter turns 32 to day and I made this for her gifts

Season greeting cards 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:39:21 PST

tiny Calender

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:58:02 PST

This is a calender from my Photography Edition 2009 in postcardsizes
(10 x 15 cm = 4 x 5,5 zoll)
I'll sell them- what do you think?

New one's

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:41:40 PST

To all my virtual Friends!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:48:58 PST

I had to do this ....

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:50:28 PST

Sie hat ein Frühlingsgrünes Futter und ist ein echte Patchworktasche - seht genau hin
It has a spring Green feed and is a real patchwork pocket - see exactly there.
The Bag is 55 x 50 cm. The opening 35 cm in the width, the clutches nearly 30 cm long, so comfortably around over the shoulder.

What do I do with all my Bags?

Die Tasche ist 50 x 55 cm groß und die Öffnung 35 cm in der Breite, die Griffe fast 30 cm lang, also bequem um über die Schulter zu hängen. Was mache ich nur mit all' meinen Taschen?

check this out for laughs

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:31:02 PST

News

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:54:58 PST

a Postcard Set: "a baby is born"

a gift certificate for a photo shooting with me

You have to go there

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:14:30 PST

Feltunited & Felt United Exhibit

A gift for you and you and you

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:41:56 PST

I have decided to give all my friends in this virtual world a present, because I would like to give a thank-you. By click of the link this photograph collage comes in a capable quality for printing (29,7 x 42 cm) on your computer and I hope, it will please you in future.

New Coaster and News about Jeannie!

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:17:54 PST

And I have to aske myself: What makes me happy about what I’m doing? I have no idea- You have one?

Just found

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:09:46 PST

new one's

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:50:19 PST

Have a wonderful weekend!

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:47:04 PDT

I get a wonderful Inspiration from here and I like to make same of my own.

W I P

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:06:53 PDT

I'm still working on the Covers for my Zine Swap

This are the ready ones

And then I found something old...

...this use to be a tablecloth - if it is ready, what it not is!!!

Crazy Patchwork was in 2004 my big Love

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:59:41 PDT

Karen Stiehl-Osborn, a miraculous creative friend and textile artist put this on her homepage. She offers her wonderful works whose proceed it donates for Jeannie. It is very touching - and Carol Dean, she made miraculous jewellery from pearls writes to me:

I sold my Elegant Enchantment pattern to two people tonight: HidingPlaceBeadery and VanBeads on Etsy. They know that I am forwarding $7 from each sale of that pattern to you for your vet bills. *hugs* Carol Dean - Beate, I sold two more copies of the pattern: one to Lynn1976 and one beadsforever on etsy. Here's is your $14 for Jeannie from those sales. Best! Carol Dean

This kind of care made me very happy!

Impressions from my study to day

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:01:19 PDT

I'm working on the Cover for my Zine Zwap - it is so much fun!!!

I love this kind of dissolutely sew

Embellisher und Sticken

noreply@blogger.com (Beate Knappe) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:11:29 PST

Sorry German only!

Dieser Workshop umfasst über 120 Seiten voller Anregungen und Erklärungen, kleinen Videos, die die Handhabung der Embellisher verdeutlichen helfen werden, sowie eine umfangreiche Erklärung zum Thema "Freies Sticken" von Anne Lange.
Ich biete ihn inkl. Material für 35 Euro plus Versand an.

Nun habe ich mich entschlossen ein begrenzte Anzahl
- 20 Stück -
als CD
zum Preis von € 17,50
inkl. Versand anzubieten

oder
als pdf Datei zum Download
Preis € 15,00