January 2010 WAV Meeting

Lyn Banks shared her floral series.

Brooke showed some of her early work.

Pegee was delighted with her Christmas gift - made by Wanda.

Fiber Expressions

Fiber Expressions at the Ryniker - Morrison Gallery on the campus of Rocky Mountain College

January 15 - February 13, 2009The artists from left to right: Cheryl Wittmayer, Wanda Nelson, Brooke Atherton, Jeanne Knudsen, Linda MacDonald, Jane Neale, Pegee Haman, Kathy Lichtendahl, Linda Jackson, Kathy Hammond, and Cynthia St. Charles. Linda Cleve-Roberts is not pictured

Barbara Olson was one of the first visitors. Work on this wall from left to right:
Cottonwood Calendar by Cynthia St. Charles
Around by Cheryl Wittmayer
Spider 1 by Linda Cleve-Roberts

Spirit of the West by Kathy Lichtendahl
The Green Green Grass of Home by Kathy Lichtendahl
Lost Treasure, Found Objects by Jeanne Knudsen

There was a very good crowd at the opening reception.

One Single Color (Does Not a Rainbow Make) by Kathy Lichtendahl

Southwest a group round robin owned by Jane Neale
Spirit of the West by Kathy Lichtendahl
The Green Green Grass of Home by Kathy Lichtendahl
Lost Treasure Found Objects by Jeanne Knudsen
One Single Color by Kathy Lichtendahl
Central Park by Cynthia St. Charles

Joe St. Charles (dedicated supporter of walls and artists).
Blue Blue Christmas by Jeanne Knudsen
Closure One by Kathy Hammond
Closure by Wanda Nelson
War Protest #2 by Pegee Haman

Closure #3 by Kathy Hammond

Laura Cater-Woods admiring Tyvek 1 by Cheryl Wittmayer

Tyvek 1 by Cheryl Wittmayer
World Gone Wrong by Brooke Atherton

Totem a round robin owned by Linda MacDonald

January WAV Meeting

The January WAV meeting was held at 1:00 at the Yellowstone Art Museum on Sunday, January 20. It was a very cold (single digits) and snowing all day. Five Billings members attended. Understandably, none of the out of state members attended.

Linda Jackson hosted the meeting and her program was on creating faces.



Jackie Mauer, Sylvia Weir, Lyn Jackson, and Sherry Walker meet annually at IQA in Houston, TX to enjoy the show, a great week, each other, and show the results of their annual group challenges. For 07 we exchanged words that reminded us of the other person and a piece of fabric that represented us to ourselves. Jackie brought dragonfly fabric, Sylvia a brush cleaning cloth from her dyeing and painting, Lyn a rusted ochre by Cynthia St Charles, and Sherry chicken fabric. In the pictures below, the rows across were made by Jackie, Sylvia, Lyn, and Sherry. The rows down REPRESENT Sylvia, Sherry, Lyn, and Jackie.

Added to the fun of making the pieces, in the end they show as much about the artist as they do the person to whom they were given. For example, third row down and across were the ones I made. Sylvia's representative fabric has mirrors and collages representing people important to her because I used a quote of hers about "perceptions". Sherry is a school nurse and a big time mom so her piece was based on taking care of her little chicks. The pieces are original and used many different techniques. Jackie emphasized the words collaged over pieced bases. Sylvia drew outlines from photos and then using her machine as a pen threadworked the heads as line drawings. Lyn worked abstractly using quotes from the others.

My abstract about myself was on the love I have for the Montana landscape and its ancient peoples. Jackie's is based on the layers of her wonderful sense of creativity, her dragonflies, and the nurturing cocoon from which it all starts.


Sherry used Mosaic quilts computer program to make representations based on photos.

For the WAV meeting Linda brought books and articles showing the many different ways a "portrait" can be made and the iconic representations we use as artists to talk of our human relationships.






Pegee Haman brought several pieces to show.
Cynthia St Charles shared some of her recent works - created using stamps on hand dyed fabrics. For more information on her process, and to see her other current work, visit Cynthia's blog.




Brooke Atherton shared a new piece with a great story. The centerpiece of the quilt is a fragment of a shredded auto tire.

This piece of Brooke's is composed of multiple components. Brooke is considering reconfiguring this piece. The detail images that follow are real eye candy. Enjoy!



Wanda Nelson brought some Japanese quilt magazines, and a book to share - other lucky members went home with them!

I've just returned from my wolf-watching trip to Yellowstone which turned out to be more of an adventure than expected because of a rather aggressive stomach virus! Since I am in charge of the January program, I thought I would post a supply list for the exercise. I will be showing how to make three beaded finishes for fabric pieces. I hope participants will bring their own supplies and follow along but you are welcome to observe if you don't want to play.
Please bring:
- small pieces of fabric
- a variety of beads including a good supply of at least one color and size of seed bead
- thread such as silamide, nymo or fireline (I will have big spools so don't go out and buy any)
- scissors, thimble, needles (I use Roxannes #11 Quilting Sharps 90% of the time)
We will also be picking a line from a book for our first six month challenge of 2007. So please also bring a book that has at least 100 pages. You may bring two books if you wish but I urge you to not think too long and hard about the book itself. We will be choosing the page and the line in a totally random manner and you may be surprised to find that a travel guide provides a better subject than a book on poetry.
See everyone on the 21st!