|
Postcard by Linda J. Minor |
Send as many postcard valentines as you would like (pre-addressed and pre-stamped) to us in an envelope by January 15.
Please note that fiber postcards will require
additional postage. Check with your local post office
to confirm how much postage is needed for your card. We
will have them sent out with the special poem and cancellation.
We’ll photograph some of them for a future article
in the magazine or on our website.
The address: Fiberarts
Valentines, 201 East Fourth Street, Loveland, CO 80537-5655.
Important Dates
| January 15, 2010 |
Postcards due to us |
February 14, 2010 |
Valentine's Day |
And to inspire your passions, here is a list we will be
giving away to the 2010 valentine’s winners:
1. Jacquard Challenge
Most innovative use of waxes in a mixed media or resist technique.
Prizes: acid dyes, beeswax, Dye-Na-Flow Exciter Pack, Encaustic Medium, Extravoganza,
Halo/Jewel Exciter Pack, Indigo Kit, Inkjet Print on cotton, Inkjet Print on silk,
Micro Crystalline, Tee Juice Classic Set, Tee Juice Brights Set, Fine Line Tee
Juice, Medium Tee Juice, Procion 4 Color Set with soda ash, Soywax.
Prizes courtesy of Jacquard Products, www.jacquardproducts.com.
2. Nuno Felt Challenge
Nuno felt (also called laminated felt) is a technique of felting wool or other
fiber onto a preexisting fabric. Using only this technique, create a piece of
laminated felt using silk, cotton, burlap, or another open weave fabric of your
choice. Entries will be judged on felt quality, originality, and use of spatial
scale.
Prize: Felting Fashion: Creative and Inspirational Techniques for Feltmakers
by Lizzie Houghton (London: Batsford, 2009).
Prize courtesy of New England Felting Supply, www.feltingsupply.com.
3. Local Wools/Undyed Wools Challenge
Felt is on the forefront of eco-fiber art. Using natural, undyed fibers from a
local farm or fair, wet felt a work of art. Sewing or needlefelt embellishment
on the felt is permitted, but colors used must be natural tones of white, brown,
gray or black. Make a new contact with a local fiber farmer or select from your
stash of undyed wools that have been waiting for their chance in the spotlight.
Entries will be judged on quality of felt and best use of contrast in fibers or
textures.
Prize: Home Decor Honeycomb Felt Kit.
Prize courtesy of New England Felting Supply, www.feltingsupply.com.
Fiber-Postcard Valentine
Contest Official Rules
Questions? lizg@fiberarts.com or (970)
669-7672.
|
