Boisali was an amazing speaker and an inspiring artist. I tried to get as many picures as I could in case you were not able to be there. Also check out her website Boisali Website and just google her name to find other pictures and articles. Her portfolio on her website has wonderful photos. We also have a blog post from October, 2010 when she visited us then.
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| Jennifer introduces Boisali and she begins her slide show presentation. |
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| Boisali began with needle weaving in her university textiles class. She's really proud of Tagore who started the university and the overarching theme of Nature. |
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| She enjoys combining many techniques in this group, and also many different upcycled fibers. |
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| She started with a painted warp for these 9 items. |
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| On the right is a piece of styrofoam covered with Bounty Paper towels and then painted |
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| I was intrigued by these. |
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| These were woven from shredded old photos. |
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| Many of these examples Boisali first painted a picture on paintable wallpaper with a texture, then cut it into strips and rewove into a wall hanging. |
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| Check out the web site https://www.25millionstitches.com/ for an explanation about this project. |
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| Boisali wove may small pieces like these to make cards out of to send to friends. |
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| In this technique she weaves extra layers that add dimension and interest to a weaving. The inlay overlays are very loosely woven so that light gets through. Note all the shadows this produces. |
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| One of her signatures is to add a clothesline in many of her pieces. |
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| Note the shift to the left of the transaprency. |
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She weaves wire in the weft so that it can be bent into shapes. |
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Jane Blacquiere said that after seeing this piece at the UICA
(Federal Building in GR), she suggested the Woodland Weavers use this
idea of long strips for their MLH guild exhibit! |
Samples she brought to show us:
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| This was woven with a wire that is copper over another wire. 20 gauge. Then you can form it with your hands. |
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| Closeup of styrafoam frame. |
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| We were all paying close attention. |
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| Boisali hand embroidered this Sari years ago. Her stitches are so perfect and all the animals are very clever. She said she would not do this again, took forever. |
Saying goodbye to Susan, she has been our program chair for many years and is moving away. She will be missed.
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| A wood bowl with Lakeshore Fiber Arts engraved on that we gave her so she wouldn't forget us. |
Show and Tell
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| Jane made this beautiful piece and entered it in a show where she won. an Honorable Mention. |
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| Jennifer has been busy making square head dolls. She likes using fabrics she has dyed or stenciled. |
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| Bonker's "Designing Yarn without Spinning" Another fun website to check out. |
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| Julie loves putting fabrics together, stitching over them and then making something decorative. |
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| In this piece Julie used Sari fabric strips and she will make earrings out of the remade fabric. |
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| Priscilla showed us some beautiful woven tapestries that she has made. Some for use as a sampler. |
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| Judy loves her top that she bought from Priscilla at the last meeting. |
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| These are a couple pieces she is working on. |
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| Jonetta's felted bag on a ball |
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| Marie is combining mushrooms with an old canvas that she repaints to blend with what she is putting on it. She uses Model Magic by Crayola to give some depth near the bottom to put her mushrooms and moss on. |
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| Coleen continues to weave beautiful rugs. |
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| Wendy recycled a quilt she practiced quilting on into a coat. She used the sleeves from an old sweatshirt for the sleeves. Very comfortable. |
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| This little fellow came with Suzanne. |