Los Angeles-Paris

The George Pompidou museum in Paris, France is currently showing an exhibit about Los Angeles artists from the 1960s to 1985. Artwork by over sixty artists who dealt with with topics such the art of assemblage, Pop art, Californian minimalism, conceptual art, performance, installations, video and experimental film are on display. March 8 2006 - July 17 2006
http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Manifs.nsf/AllExpositions/7D29ACCEA81305BBC1257073002CE208?OpenDocument&sessionM=2.2.2&L=2&form=AvenirCategorie

Knitted & Felted Ballet Slippers

I have been working on a Fiber Trends Felt Ballerina Slippers knitted pattern. I used Valley Yarns Berkshire yarn. It is 85% Wool and 15% Alpaca. The one on the right is after two washings. It shrank up about 5" in length and 3/4" in width.

You can read about the other pairs I have made here.

Wild Wire Earrings

Tuesday evening I taught Wild Wire Earrings at The San Gabriel Bead Company (see BeadCompany link). It was a great creative and mellow evening. The students created beautiful pieces and were inspirational to me as well. Interested in owning a pair? They are $45 a pair. Send me an e-mail, ansleybleu@yahoo.com

On April 25th I am teaching another earring class called Bohemian Hoops at The San Gabriel Bead Company.

Feltmaking with Gail Crossman Moore

This weekend I took a feltmaking class with Gail Crossman Moore at the San Gabriel Bead Company. We created a flower lariat like this one from her website. We learned several wet felting techniques along with needle felting and bead embroidery. It was fantastic. http://www.gailcrosmanmoore.com/