Saturday 29 October 2016

Fire, Fibre & Fine Arts exhibition & Open Day 2016 at Stirling Street Art Centre

BFG as usual put up a good show at Stirling Street Art Centre's annual exhibition in August....[see SSAC Facebook page]. Open Day produced this varied display from the felters.....

Jean getting the display right
                                                             
Much variety from our group

General display
Val & Kayleen relaxing after work!

                                                                                     


Display with banner
                                                     
Close-up display with banner


Rosemary's ice-catching pod on exhibition on Fire, Fibre & Fine Arts at Stirling Street Arts Centre
                                     
Colleen's dress & Penny's jacket at the same exhibition SSAC FF&FA 2016 Exhibiton
                                   





Profile of a blogger!!

Blogging.............Uggh!!!


ANNUAL FELTING CAMP 2016

This blogger is all 'blogged up' trying to get onto the "Spot" again, but here I am again, finally [thanks to Sue#2 again] to share the latest news and views of the BFG 'group'.

A small number of our group, joined by several one-day-stayers, enjoyed a great 3 day camp down South in October. Brenda came all the way from Freo to be with her old felting friends.

Brenda felting up a storm for Felt 'n Stitch

                                                                    Our lovely leader Colleen

                                                             Jean....what new surprises?!

                                                                       'Project Julie'

                                                               A 'jigsaw' from Kayleen

                                                               Lee's 'becoming' beanie

                                                          Our resident eco-dyer Margaret

                                                                    Penny's planning

                                                                     Val's Koala capers

                                                            Lots of laughs and work together

                                             Missing photographer Colleen no doubt will have snapped
                                                            this core weekend group


                                                         

Sunday 23 October 2016

The annual Busselton Art Award chose 52 entries out of the 182 to exhibit their work at the Art Geo Gallery in Busselton. The writer of this blog was delighted to one of the lucky few to be chosen, having my "Snow Gum Boardwalk - Mount Kosciuszko" embroidery on show for the month of October. What an exciting opening with a great variety of media, styles and work.
The exhibition comes down tomorrow.


"Snow Gum Boardwalk - Mt. Kosciuszko" on the wall

                                                      Some of the displayed work


                                                           Busselton's ArtGeo Gallery

Sue Smorthwaite's dramatic "Podule" featured in June in the bi-annual South West Survey, selected & exhibited in the Bunbury Regional Art Galleries.

                                 Penny exploring Sue's "Podule" with some Gallery visitors
Penny's painting "Refugees " was selected to feature in the new Collie Art Gallery inaugural exhibition in June






Congratulations to our Group Leader Colleen Castledine [& non member friend Susan Marchant] who received an award for their striking outfit in the Dardanup Bull and Barrel Festival Wearable Ag Art competition. Although, owing to inclement weather, the Festival itself was cancelled the competition was still held on 8th October






BFG blog active again........

Welcome back to the BFG Blog, back online, with the new blogger Penny........Here we are at the end of October and much has happened since July......

Catch up blogs will be posted over the next week.
There will be a list of congratulations to BFG winners in community events over the last months.

So hang in there, this novice blogger with training wheels still on [with thanks to Sue] is soon to take you on her first ride.........