SDA Minnesota

Spun Gold Award goes to SDA Member Becka Rahn!

2013-08-17T14:28:00.000-05:00

SDA member, Becka Rahn is the 2013 recipient of the Textile Center's Spun Gold Award. You are welcome to attend the event honoring Becka. What do you do when you know what you want but don’t have it yet? It may be an object (to own a fabulous piece of art), an experience (a travel dream), a concept (to be an artist), or just knowing there is something out there that is different from what you have now and that is what you want. When is it that you know what you want, and how do you get from not having it (

Call for entry deadlines extended: SDA, TCM

2011-02-07T18:28:00.000-06:00

I've been busy, busy working on pieces to enter into the SDA Confluence and Textile Center exhibitions and have finally come up for air. I always seem to need to let my pieces rest before any final touches, so am glad for a delayed entry date. I trust you are all working on entries, too. It would be great to see a large number of entries from Minnesota members! I am looking forward to many of

Natural Dye Interest Group

2011-02-07T06:58:00.001-06:00

Are you interested in learning about natural dyes and dyeing? Kit Eastman would like to start a natural dye interest/study group hosted at the Textile Center. This would be a community of weavers, spinners, dyers, surface designers, and quilters sharing resources and learning from each other about various ways to dye fibers, fabrics and surfaces using natural dyes, natural pigments, etc. To start

Snow Dyeing

2011-01-02T22:04:00.000-06:00

We had so much snow in December that I was inspired to try snow dyeing. The recipe I used is the one where you bring in snow to pile on the top of the fabric. While I was pleased with the results, I was mildly disappointed that I only removed two buckets of snow off the deck for these two dyeing sessions. The cotton yardage presoaked in a soda ash solution while the dyes were mixed, mingled and

Color of Conflict

2010-12-07T15:35:00.001-06:00

WHAT: COLOR OF CONFLICT A body of work by John Hensel & Susan HenselWHEN: Dec 1, 2010-Jan. 1, 2011 Reception: Dec. 17, 7-10pmWHERE: Susan Hensel Gallery 3441 Cedar Ave SCONTACT: Susan Hensel 612-722-2324 Color of Conflict, opening at Susan Hensel

South Minneapolis Wild Wool Market

2010-11-19T12:52:00.000-06:00

Come to Susan Hensel Gallery, for wooly, silky, alpaca goodness with demos and shopping opportunities! There will be spinning, weaving, felting, re-using! Fresh food! You will find art dolls, handspun and hand dyed yarn, tote bags, tapestry, weaving, spinning materials. It is an ever-changing roster of artists! Most artists will be

SDA Members at 2010 Art at Ramsey

2010-11-14T21:43:00.000-06:00

Be sure to visit 2010 ART AT RAMSEY: A Juried Holiday Art Fair of quality fine crafts and fine art. Three SDA members – Candy Kuehn, Kit Eastman, Marit Kucera – are participating.This free event is a sale of quality work by over 60 juried local artists from the upper Midwest who create fine crafts including basketry, clay, fiber, glass, leather, jewelry (gold, silver,

Welcome!

2010-10-22T15:34:00.001-05:00

Welcome to the new blog for SDA Minnesota! Keep up with the varied news, information, and activities of members. You can have immediate post updates sent to your email by subscribing - it's free! See the "About" tab near the top of this page for details to get yourself set up. SDA Members: we'll be adding your websites, blogs, exhibit and sales information - but you'll need to send it in.