NANCY L. DAVIS & JOANNE SCHILLING
- TEXTILE ARTISTS
 
Music Wrapped in Art
 
Joanne Schilling creates "music wrapped in art" here in wave drums, meant to be "in your hands and on your walls".  You can hear the ocean waves as you move the silk-covered drums.
 
My wave drums, rainsticks and shakers incorporate multiple techniques, from fabric dye-painting to a hearty stone-like paper mache.  Vegetable dextrin resist, shibori (a Japanese tradition), stamping, wet on wet dye-painting, silk-screening and metal and leather embellishments are layered into my pieces.  Early musical instruments were originally created from indigenous materials, and in that spirit I enjoy the challenge of re-using or re-cycling materials at hand whenever possible.  Integrating sight, sound and touch (visual-audio-kinesthetic), each piece embodies a complete art-experience for those living and interacting with my work.

 
Nancy L. Davis is on a journey of discovery as she is taking full advantage of having a window of opportunity to pursue her art full-time.  She has immersed herself in the art community to learn and be inspired. In this exhibit, her batik explorations are offered as well as her playful aprons, an unusual use of fabric scraps, plastic and pocketed hot pads.

 
Ruth Knight Sybers
Knitter's Treat
Monticello, WI 53570

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Susanna Hansson Workshops - April 13, 14, 15, 2008

 
As always, a heartfelt thank you to Rhoda Braunschweig who plans and 
David Braunschweig who assists in "hanging" each exhibit.

Photos by Lori Manning
Copyright © 2008.
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The Dining Room at 209 Main

Current Menu

Past Displays:
MARY JO SCANDIN - Fiber and contemporary painting
FULLING AND FELTING
Nostalgia - Apron Collection by Jean Adler
TEN YEARS OF TEXTILE EXHIBITS - Ruth Knight Sybers
SILVER THREADS -- Lee Ann Kleeman
Point of View: thread-work by Beth Blahut
Latvian Textiles
HANDKERCHIEFS
Hooked Rugs by Ellie Beck
ELIZABETH ZIMMERMANN
JOYCE MARQUESS CAREY
AESOP'S FABLES
First Knitting Invitational
Weaving and the Structo Loom
Valentina Devine Creates
JAPANESE TEXTILES -- OLD  AND NEW
Wearable Art
Moving Weft
Men Who Knit
Quilts by the Thursday Friends
WEAVING WITH SEWING THREAD
HISTORIC MONTICELLO WOOLEN MILL
Katherine Pence Inspired by Everything
WHY DO I SPIN?
THE EARLY KNITTED WORKS OF JOYCE WILLIAMS
EMBROIDERY - the late Ellen Scheidler
QUILTS OF MONTICELLO
23 HATS BY ESTHER AND OLGA
FROM GRANDMA'S TRUNK
JEAN NORDLUND - Ewe Hues
NAVAJO RUGS Weavings - Fran Potter
KNITTED LACE
SOCKS
FIRST SHOW: Knitting - Ruth Sybers, Wall hanging - Kathy LaBeil