Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists - "My Inner Self Portrait" exhibit

Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists' exhibit called "My Inner Self Portrait" is traveling to Savannah. I first blogged about the exhibit in here. 

Mancuso Show Management

Quiltfest Oasis Palm Springs

October 8 - 10, 2015

Palm Springs Convention Center

277 North Avenida Caballeros

Palm Springs, CA 92262

A fine arts fiber exhibit exploring aspects of self-portraiture. In this exhibit the artist was asked to look beyond the mere physical and instead present an inner view. The art work may reflect how the artist sees themselves at this time, or at a formative moment in their life. Each piece reveals something unique to the individual and at the same time, that which is universal to all.

My piece is called Becoming Me is included in this exhibit.This artwork is a part of the “Peel Away The Layers” series that I started when I was approaching my 50th birthday.  I realized that I was peeling away the layers to become the woman that I am today.  Underneath the layers is a slightly wonky, colorful woman.

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Gene Brown's Skater Pillows

My good friend and amazing artist, Gene Brown, has designed a line of skate themed pillows. I love the clean, graphic design of each pillow. A sample of his designs are below. To view more of the designs and to purchase the pillows, click here to go to his website,Drawn2themusic or click on the Drawn2themusic badge on the right side of my blog.

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Collage #69

The last few small quick collages have used bright colors. It's a nice change of pace for me. Working outside my comfort zone. The sentence in Collage #69 came from a cosmetic magazine ad. It's so true.  

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Collage #68

I've been collecting cancelled postage stamps for a while. I wasn't sure how I was going to use them but I collected them anyway. Sounds familiar to anyone? Collage #68 started out with a light to dark layout. I couldn't get the stamps in the right position so it's a modify ombre layout. Your eye still moves around the page. I'm happy with this bright, structured design.

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Collage #67

Okay, I have to admit Collage #67 was forced. Maybe it's the colors are too pale for my taste. Maybe the layout isn't as thought out as it could be. Maybe I'm just tired. I'm trying not to over think it. The collage was made in less than 30 minutes. 

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Collage #66

With Collage #66, I was trying to channel collage artist, Eunice Parsons. I'm not sure it's as good as her collages but I'm trying to stretch myself again.

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Collage #65

My good friend, Linda Friedman, gave me an used envelope that she thought I could incorporate into one of my small, quick collages. She was right!

I cut the envelope into uneven triangles. The envelope was very formal. It's a bit hard to see in the photo but it has gold accents. I liked the idea of the formal designed envelope against the neon card stock. Here is Collage #65:

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Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists

I'm excited to have artwork in multiple exhibits with the Beyond the Edge Fiber Artists group.

 Mission Viejo Library 

100 Civic Center Drive

Mission Viejo, CA 92692

949-830-7100

August 1 - 30, 2015

 "Eye of the Artist"

"An artistic eye is unique to each individual artist. The subject matter is created from the artist’s life experiences, their artistic style, and how they see the world. The fiber art in this exhibition shows the diversity of each artist, as seen through each artist’s eye."

Thank you, Laura, for sending me a photo of my artwork hanging in this exhibit!

photo by Laura Bisagna

Cerritos Library

18025 Bloomfield Avenue

Cerritos, CA 90703

562-916-1350

August and September 2015

"Boundless"

Features fiber art presented on stretched canvas. Each artist was given an 18" x 36" blank stretched canvas to use as a base for their artwork. Fiber artwork was prepared for the canvas and stretched around or adhered to it. The artwork in some instances extends beyond the boundary of the canvas.

"Frayed #1" and "Frayed #2" by Mia Bloom

"Shaped by Fiber" 

Features fiber art that goes beyond two dimensional wall hangings. The artwork in this exhibit includes 3D forms, vessels, mounted fiber art and hanging pieces.  

"What's Next?" by Mia Bloom

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Collage #64

Collage #64 was inspired by Henri Matisse. Now that I have posted a photo of this collage, I see that the light blue element would work better if it was a darker blue. I decided to leave it as is. With these collages, I want to work quickly. Like a warm up exercise to see what develops. It's a process and not all collages are completely successful. 

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Collage #63

I used newspaper headlines for Collage #62. It wasn't as successful as I had hoped so I thought I would give it another try.

Collage #63 uses the stained bleeding tissue paper that I distressed for Collage #62 ground. Using Yes Paste, I glued the tissue paper and random newspaper headlines. I'm happier with this week's collage. There's more contrast in color and elements. 

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