Month: October 2013

Professional credentials and soap making

Professional credentials and soap making

Have you noticed the rise in hand made, hand crafted things out there?  Farmers markets overrun with wonderful new home grown produce, and specialized foods. Art markets pop up with more and more handcrafted things.  When we started making soap in 2010 we knew of 

Professional credentials and silk dying

Professional credentials and silk dying

Steve and I have found it valuable to be credentialed, and good standing members of professional organizations in each of our arts.  My first encounter with a professional fiber organization came when i was juried into the Cleveland Museum of Art Textile Art Alliance.   This is 

Coming Events

Coming Events

The next two weekends are planned to be big events in our business.  And we are getting excited for them to come. This is our first year of being juried into the Sauerkraut festival… and it is going to be a big event.  The event 

Raising the bar

Raising the bar

Yesterday when i visited a lovely fiber arts gallery downtown i realized i have been in a rut with my silk… dying habotai silk, and not stretching out for the thicker silk, or the more deluxe opportunities like devore.  My style of shibori beckons using 

Announcing a new gallery for us

Announcing a new gallery for us

I have been visiting a friend who opened her chocolate shop in the 5th street Arcade, formerly known as the Colonial and Euclid Arcades in downtown Cleveland, between Euclid Avenue and Prospect Avenue at 5th Street. They are delightful vintage shopping areas that were built