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Sometimes a little is just enough. We've been discussing how turquoise is the hot decorating color for 2010. In this final post on the subject I'd like to introduce a wonderful collage that offers just a hint of turquoise. "Purple Collage" measures 14" wide x 33" long and can be displayed framed or unframed. it is a delicious mix of 3-D butterflies, beads, and tribal warrior among a wandering vine. It is a visual delight. I hope you have enjoyed this turquoise journey. Happy designing!
"Around Town" 21" wide x 34" long With its cheery pastel colors and hand dyed turquiose sky, this piece depicts houses on a hillside (perhaps a European village?). A quaint village with 3-dimentional windows and doors and roofs. Can be hung framed or unframed. Cute addition to a sunny breakfast nook.
It's Here!!!We know you have been requesting framed pieces for some time. We are happy to announce that we have added a page to our web site that is dedicated to matted and framed fiber artwork.
Please visit our web site to see what we’ve created! Then let us know how we can be of service to you.
We look forward to working with you soon.
Http://www.BaileyFiberArt.com/FramedArt.aspx
Peace, Bailey
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. --Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924), 28th President of the United States
You asked for matted and framed works from this studio to include in you projects where just a small touch of artwork is needed. I listened. Right after Thanksgiving, I will release a series I'm sure will excite you. Thank you for your patience. Peace, Bailey
Okay, You've been hearing about my constructed works inspired by a paper arts class (see 11/9/09 post). Here is the Envelope I mentioned.
This piece uses actual postage stamps that are combined with a stable base to create a fabric. Whats an envelope without a letter? Inside is a flower with inspriational meesages found on Yogi tea bags.
On monday, I told you how I was inspired by a paper art class. This is the lidded Dragon Fly Bowl I mentioned.
Black and white graphic print. Hand beaded atennae. Custom designed fiber fringe around lid edge. Inside is an array of 3-D dragon flies in thread lace, metalic silver embossing, and angelina fibers.
I enjoyed a semester worth of inspiration this fall. My teenaged son was taking a paper art class at his high school. They made a delicious array of books, which I got to see when I was invited to visit by his teacher. It was the end of the semester and their final exam projects were displayed in the back of the room. So many sizes, shapes, colors and techniques were presented. It was so much fun to examine each one to figure out how it opened. What a joy to carefully turn the pages and read each one. It inspired me to try my hand at some books. (As you know, my primary medium is fabric.) I enjoyed the process so much; I decided to translate the paper concepts into fabric. This lead to a stamp covered fabric envelope complete with an inspirational quilted work inside, a hexagon lidded bowl filled with beaded three-dimensional dragonflies, and a series of pyramidal amulet holders. It was so much fun to explore these new areas/processes. I look forward to my next adventure.
I am very proud of this interview and happy to see it picked up by Blisstree. Enjoy!
http://www.blisstree.com/articles/artist-profile-bailey-earith-150/
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
- Edgar Allen Poe
I find it is highly effective to step away from a problem and engage in another task (swim, walk) to gain perspective. The brain has a chance to rest and process the information in order to form new synapses, connections, and solutions. Try it... Peace, Bailey
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt
My wish for you this week is to dare mighty things and win glorious triumphs. Aspire to greatness. I hope you will post your accomplishments here.
Farragutpress - Farragut,TN,USA
Earith owns her own studio, Bailey Fiber Art Studio, and takes her responsibility to her clients very seriously in her effort to “bring peace to the world ...
http://www.farragutpress.com/articles/2009/07/10921.html
Thursday, July 30, 2009 from 9:30-12:00
Adults and Teens
Tuition: $30 (plus $15 supply fee)
Location: Farragut Town Hall
Registration & Payment Deadline: July 23, 2009 at Farragut Town Hall
Journals are a wonderful way to organize your thoughts, pictures, and mementos. Journals are extra special when you make them yourself. Students will be introduced to a variety of journal making techniques. Students will create an envelope journal. This journal is perfect for scrap booking, vacation journaling, family reunions, and gift giving. All skill levels welcome.
"I believe through learning and application of what you learn, you can solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal that you can set for yourself."
- Brian Tracy (1944 -), Canadian Self-help Author
I believe it is my life's purpose to keep learning . I believe learning keeps me forever young. I believe there is nothing I can't accomplish!
What do you believe?
Peace, Bailey
Thursday, July 30, 2009 from 9:30-12:00
Adults and Teens
Tuition: $30 (plus $15 supply fee)
Location: Farragut Town Hall
Registration & Payment Deadline: July 23, 2009 at Farragut Town Hall
Journals are a wonderful way to organize your thoughts, pictures, and mementos. Journals are extra special when you make them yourself. Students will be introduced to a variety of journal making techniques. Students will create an envelope journal. This journal is perfect for scrap booking, vacation journaling, family reunions, and gift giving. All skill levels welcome.
Adults and Teens
Tuition: $30 (plus $15 supply fee)
Location:
Registration & Payment Deadline: July 23, 2009 at
Journals are a wonderful way to organize your thoughts, pictures, and mementos. Journals are extra special when you make them yourself. Students will be introduced to a variety of journal making techniques. Students will create an envelope journal. This journal is perfect for scrap booking, vacation journaling, family reunions, and gift giving. All skill levels welcome.
Instructor Bio.:
Bailey Earith is a fiber artist who is committed to bringing peace and spiritual well being to the world through art. She enjoys re-purposing found objects into beautiful works of art. Her art can be found in private collections around the world.
"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
- John Wooden (1910-), American Retired Basketball Coach
In this world, there are many who will offer a long list of reasons why something can't be done. This is non-productive thinking. I challenge you to be a possiblity thinker.
Have a great day!
I just finished this beautiful Spirit doll named “Fuchsia”. She is holding a mandala that glows with positive energy. The mandala was created with aqua and purple lame’ and embellished with faceted crystals. She serves as a strength talisman as I go through a personal medical crisis. It would be extremely meaningful to me if everyone who sees this posting would send positive energy to me, especially on June 11, 2009 and the week following. Many thanks for your support!
"Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
If I believed that it was impossible to have peace in the world or that I could have any effect on it at all, I would be right. But, I do believe that peace is very much possible so I make it my passion and my mission. I create the world I wish to see. I make a positive difference!
Trust that little voice in your head that says “Wouldn’t it be interesting if…” and then do it.
—Duane Michals
Life has no rules. Experiment. Listen to your inner voice and follow it. You will be pleasantly surprised!
I am reading A Gift From Daniel by Karen Alexander. It is quite thought provoking. If you've read it, please post your comments. Thanks.
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
—Michelangelo
It is so much fun to find the something in nothing. It is important to be in harmony with mother nature. I honor our precious natural resources by repurposing items as much as possible when creating art. I love to repurpose items into beautiful art.
I have been working to improve my web site (www.BaileyFiberArt.com). It now includes a welcome video, close-up pictures of my work (so you can better appreciate the intricate details and delicious textures), Ideas for framing and displaying fiber art, and the stories behind each piece. I invite you to check it out. An e-mail with your thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
n case you missed the April series...
I am happy to announce an opportunity for you to work like I work. I love to take an idea and expand on it through variations over a period of time. I find this process to be very fulfilling and highly creative, freeing and pleasurable. I want my students to experience this for themselves. Support your soul and enrich your spirit by expanding your vision over time. I am offering a unique series of art classes that are designed to enable you to maximize your creative experience by building on your skills from week to week. Add a new skill set each week as you grow in an upbeat, supportive environment. If you are unable to commit for all 4 weeks, please join us anyways, as each class can also stand alone for a more condensed art experience.
Where: All classes are held at Migun-TN (in Farragut by Fresh Market) on Wednesdays from 11-1.
Classes:
Mandalas 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27
Price: $35 per class
Special: $25 per class when you register with a friend or when you register and prepay for 4 sessions.
E-mail me at Bailey@BaileyFiberArt.com to register.
If you are unable to attend at this day/time, let me know your preference and I will look into adding a new day/time based on your suggestions. Thanks!
I always encourge my special needs artists, young and old, to give back to the community. I believe everyone has something to offer others. And of course the joy of giving comes back to you tenfold. I found out about this wonderful program! Bailey
"Art for a Cause, a Birmingham-based company that sells decorated home, garden and kitchen tools, hand-painted by students and adults with developmental disabilities and other special needs, will unveil its new line of dog accessories. The Michigan Animal Adoption Network will be on hand at the Birmingham Palladium, with a few of its adopted dogs, too. It will announce a partnership with Art for a Cause and both organizations will distribute information about helping animals and children..."
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20090111/LIFE/901110343
Special Art Camp for Special Kids
Art & Craft class taught by professional artist with 25 yrs experience as an Occupational Therapist. This unique parent/child class offers your special needs child an opportunity to explore a variety of art techniques with you in a small group setting while developing skills in areas like: sensory processing, coordination, perception, attention span, following directions, & decision making.
When: Tuesdays 10:30 - 11:30, 12-1, 1:30-2:30 *
Sessions: 5/26-6/16 (fish), 6/23-7/14 (sculpture), 7/21-8/11/09 (dogs/cats) **
Where: Gander Mountain (Turkey Creek)
Instructor: Bailey Earith
Tuition: $160 per 4 wk session (supplies included)
Register: www.BaileyFiberArt.com/classes.aspx
Call for more information: (865)719-9525
*Enrollment for camp is by pre-registration. **Each session is unique. You may signup for 1 or more sessions.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monday, January 26, 2009
LONDON — It wasn't until Jude met Jenny that the 3-year-old autistic boy understood what happy people look like.
Jenny, a green trolley car with a human face, had a furrowed brow when her wheel buckled and she got stuck on a track. But after being rescued by friends, she smiled broadly - and that's when something clicked for little Jude Baines.
"It was revelatory," his mother, Caron Freeborn, told Associated Press Television News in Cambridge, England. Before watching the video, Jude didn't understand what emotions were and never noticed the expressions on people's faces, even those of his parents or younger brother.
Jenny's adventures are part of a DVD for autistic children released this month in the United States called "The Transporters."
The DVD teaches autistic children how to recognize emotions such as happiness, and sadness through the exploits of a train, a ferry and a cable car....
http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/health/01/26/0126autismdvd.html
I thought this was well written and worth posting.
"Art can be an important part of education for special needs students. It provides them with a hands-on way to express themselves and experience the joy of completing projects that are fun to do. Often, special needs students have a harder time experiencing success with hands-on activities, due to motor, visual, and tactile impairments. With art projects, however, all students can succeed.
It's important that teachers have patience when helping special needs students with art projects. Reacting with impatience may cause the special needs child undue anxiety and make the task far less pleasurable. Teachers should make the point of the art activity the actual process rather than the finished result. Letting the child know that his/her artwork is special and unique throughout the process can help him/her become more confident...."
In case you missed the March series...
I am happy to announce an opportunity for you to work like I work. I love to take an idea and expand on it through variations over a period of time. I find this process to be very fulfilling and highly creative, freeing and pleasurable. I want my students to experience this for themselves. Support your soul and enrich your spirit by expanding your vision over time. I am offering a unique series of art classes that are designed to enable you to maximize your creative experience by building on your skills from week to week. Add a new skill set each week as you grow in an upbeat, supportive environment. If you are unable to commit for all 4 weeks, please join us anyways, as each class can also stand alone for a more condensed art experience.
Where: All classes are held at Migun-TN (in Farragut by Fresh Market) on Wednesdays from 11-1.
Classes:
Dream Catchers 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29
Mandalas 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27
Price: $35 per class
Special: $25 per class when you register with a friend or when you register and prepay for 4 sessions.
E-mail me at Bailey@BaileyFiberArt.com to register.
Click here to download this free HeartMath booklet. My gift to you. Be well!
http://www.heartmath.org/for-you/destress-kit-for-the-changing-times.html
I just read about this really neat movement started by Cami Walker. I feel it is so important to give of ourselves. It benefits the world and also the giver. Cami writes: "Why? Because to see the world change, we have to do something to change the world. Plus, the best way to attract abundance into your life is to be in a perpetual state of giving and gratitude. Be an important part of the global giving movement that inspires more generosity on our planet. " Check out her web site: www.29gifts.org. Let me know what you think.
I am happy to announce an opportunity for you to work like I work. I love to take an idea and expand on it through variations over a period of time. I find this process to be very fulfilling and highly creative, freeing and pleasurable. I want my students to experience this for themselves. Support your soul and enrich your spirit by expanding your vision over time. I am offering a unique series of art classes that are designed to enable you to maximize your creative experience by building on your skills from week to week. Add a new skill set each week as you grow in an upbeat, supportive environment. If you are unable to commit for all 4 weeks, please join us anyways, as each class can also stand alone for a more condensed art experience.
Where: All classes are held at Migun-TN (in Farragut by Fresh Market) on Wednesdays from 11-1.
Classes:
Journal making 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25
Dream Catchers 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29
Mandalas 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27
Price: $35 per class
Special: $25 per class when you register with a friend or when you register and prepay for 4 sessions.
E-mail me at Bailey@BaileyFiberArt.com to register.
I had the extreme pleasure of attanding a lecture given by Arun Gandhi at Pellissippi State Community College on Tuesday. Arun is the grandson of Mahatma Gandi. He discussed methods of obtaining solutions through non-violence. It was very interesting to hear concrete exapmles of how to put non-violence into practice. Especially how one must carry the burden of change on one's self to serve as an example. I feel I was lead to attend this lecture and I trust you were lead to this site/posting. I will be posting videos of A. Gandhi over the next few weeks. Peace to you!
Just came back from Dunkin Donuts. They have 4 really neat bumper stickers available for free.
"You kin' do it"
"I know I kin'"
"I kin', kin' you?"
"Kin' do attitude"
Pick yours up today and leave a comment here about the creative way you used yours.
I'm giving one to the special ed classroom at A.L.Lotts.
In honor of "Inspire your Heart with Art" Day, I present one of my newer works: "Abundance". This piece uses a gourd as a foundation. Mounds of fibers in assorted textures and colors spill forth from the mouth of the gourd. Nestled in the fibers are assorted crystals. The movement and energy flow like liquid. Abundance!
Elizabeth Harper has a wonderful blog on topics of holistic health, wellness, spirituality, and self-empowerment. She was nice enough to link her energy with mine. Thanks.
Vibration
Bailey Earith is a professional fiber artist. Her blog contains so many interesting posts and snippets of information that it truly resonated with my creative soul. One of the most intriguing is a small piece entitled, Cymatics:The Mandalas of Sound. Cymatics is the study of sound wave vibration and its effects on physical matter.
http://www.sealedwithlove.com/index.php/love/blog/
ANNOUNCING: I will be one of six exhibiting artists as part of the Artist In Action program at the Dogwood Arts House & Garden show. I will have live demonstrations during the show. I will also be selling my works. Please come by. Dates: Feb. 20-22, 2009 Knoxville Convention Center
http://www.dogwoodarts.com/hgshow.htm
You are invited!!
Please join me at the Knoxville Visitor Center (301 S. Gay st.) on Friday 1/23/09 from 10 – 2 as part of the “Uniquely Friday” program. I will be demonstrating art quilting on stage and will be displaying several pieces of recent work. I am very excited about this wonderful opportunity and I would greatly appreciate your attendance and support at this event. Thanks for your interest. Hope to see you on the 23rd.
Today is National "Get to know your customers" day (and Saturday is National "Customer Service" day). In honor of this, I would like to hear from you. Please leave a comment. Tell me what you like about this blog. Tell me what like to see more (or less) of. Or simply say "Hi", so I know you're out there! Looking forward to hearing from you...
Great News! I will live forever!
"...There's evidence that their (creative) professions, more than any particular lifestyle choice, may have contributed to their longevity. "The very act of engaging one's mind in creative ways directly affects health," says Dr. Gene Cohen, director of the Center on Aging, Health & Humanities at George Washington University. In 2001, Cohen undertook a study of 150 adults ages 65 to 100 to examine the effects of various pursuits on their well-being. The control group was engaged in noncreative community activities and the other group participated in community-based art programs. After one year, Cohen found that the group engaged in creative activities, such as painting or singing in a choir, had started fewer new medications, experienced fewer falls and made fewer doctor's visits than the control group. "Anything that stimulates the brain, reduces stress, and promotes a more balanced emotional response will trigger positive changes in the body," he says..."
http://www.newsweek.com/id/173346
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This piece is made with individual hand-dyed fabric leafs. The Gecko is stuffed and hand beaded. 
I made this bowl on a whim. I love all critters, but there is something about cows... Peace, Bailey
Tomorrow is the Dogwood Arts House & Garden show. Wish me luck!!! I will have live demonstrations during the show. I will also be selling my works. Please come by. I'd appreciate your support! Dates: Feb. 20-22, 2009 Knoxville Convention Center
