Wednesday, September 15, 2010
In the studio
Working on new ideas for Dia de los Muertos events coming up. This one is kinda Fridaesque, so I thought I'd give a sneak peek!
Thank you, Phoenix New Times!
Click here to see the story!
We are muy flattered because we are big fans of Cyndi! She is a crafty, artful powerhouse in the Phoenix community! Check out all of her work and web sites!
Laboratory5: http://www.laboratory5.com/
Lab5 Shop: http://www.lab5shop.com/
Lab Five blog: http://labfive.wordpress.com/
Lovely Lula Crafting: http://www.lovelylula.com/
Twitter: lab5
Guest blogger:
Modern Manor: http://modernmanor.wordpress.
Provo Craft: http://mixologycrafts.
Chow Bella: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.
Jackalope Ranch: http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.
Dress sketch and more
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| Original sketch |
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| After Anita cut, Emily painted. |
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| Emily sketching. |
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| JoAnn's clerk cutting the lining fabric for us. |
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| Writing of the 14th Amendment on the fabric before Anita sewed the dress together! |
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
The Phoenix Fridas TV segment!
LINK
Anita, Emily and I sat down and sketched ideas and Anita came across this amazing vintage Vogue pattern. We bought 8 yards of duponi silk and Anita worked her magic on cutting it, and measuring Anna to wear the dress. Next, I dyed the bottom and top and Emily took the waistband and painted Aztec motifs. Anita constructed and sewed the dress together - including a gazillion buttons up the back - and then I embellished with crystals, glitter and glitter spray. Anita polished off the final details. While all of this was going on, Carmen whipped up some beaded wrist cuffs to go with it!
Teamwork!!! We'll post in-the-process pictures after Friday!
Tulip® One-Step Fashion Dye™
Tulip® One-Step Fashion Dyes™ come in an easy applicator bottle so all you have to do is add cold water!
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Valle del Sol
The Profiles of Success luncheon and fashion show is this Friday! Visit http://www.valledelsol.com for more info!
Tears of joy!
When I finished sewing on the pearl buttons on this great project, I started to cry a little, not from fatigue but because this is such a beautiful garment! The Fridas really collaborated quickly on it and it turned out fabuloso! Thanks to Carlos at Valle del Sol for giving us the opportunity and the creative challenge!
Fresh from the studio!
Just finished some amazing Power Bracelets for the Secret Phoenix Dress. It should complement and add lots of pizazz to this wonderful project!! Beader Frida.
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010
What Frida said...
"I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you."
- Frida Kahlo
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See us on 3TV Wednesday morning!
We'll be showing the art gown that we made on Good Morning Arizona Wednesday. It was a very labor intensive process (see here and here) and we'll explain it all later this week.
For now, this is the top of the dress. It is silk duponi dyed with Tulip® One-Step Fashion Dye™ and then bespeckled with 400 Tulip® Glam-It-Up!™ Iron-On Crystals™ . Wait until you see the rest, it's amazing! Anita sewed it and Emily painted the waistband. The rest coming soon!
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Monday, September 06, 2010
Crystal-glueing in progress
This is for the scret Frida project that will be revelaed later this week!
See us on Good Morning Arizona this Wednesday!
We will be sharing a new project we made at 9:20 am, and then at 9:45, I'll share how to ombre dye fabric!
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Emily's new paintings
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Frida-inspired shoes
Alegria Frida Clogs
I'm normally not the clog type, but I absolutely cannot resist these! They are so colorful, yet the black background makes them wearable with jeans without looking weird. I also dig some of the other styles too! Now I just have to figure out how to buy them, the site doesn't have a BUY button!
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I'm normally not the clog type, but I absolutely cannot resist these! They are so colorful, yet the black background makes them wearable with jeans without looking weird. I also dig some of the other styles too! Now I just have to figure out how to buy them, the site doesn't have a BUY button!
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Project in progress
Emily painted this...We are currently working on a top secret project for a very big event next week!
I can't spill the beans just yet, but I can share some photos...
I dyed this fabric for a special project i'm working on with The Phoenix Fridas for a big event. I used two colors of Tulip® One-Step Fashion Dye™ : blue and teal.
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Con/Safos: Annalisa Rios & Monique Sanderson Mata
Con/Safos is a collaboration between 2 friends, Annalisa Rios and Monique Mata. These chicas produce arte & crafts with a barrio twist and each piece is unique and one of a kind. They create using the experiences and traditions provided by their cultural Chicano/Native American heritage. In addition to creating pieces from their own mente (mind) they also specialize in custom crafts. Hit them up @ consafos@ymail.com Orale'! C/S
Visit their Facebook page at Con Safos
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Leticia de la Vara
Visit my store at http://www.cafepress.com/chicanamamaLeticia. That's me. Hardworking office stiff by day, be-dazzler by night. I haven't really found an art niche and love to put my sticky little fingers on any arts or crafts project. Although I do always end up going back to rhinestoning things or "be-dazzling up" accessories. Right now I am working on designing some kids tees with a Latino Urban vibe and hope to shop it out to different shops here and across the country. I also run a Phx based support group for Latina single mothers. We gab, meet up for play dates, and vent. It rocks. I used to front a rock en espanol band, Dios Elefante. Check out my cool line of clothing...
Chale Clothing.com!
Leticia Amezaga's MySpace :O)
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Lucia Madrid
I'm an artist, realtor, mother, wife, member of Phoenix Fridas and Notre Dame Club of Phoenix... love to play bridge online, create new projects and spend time with my family.
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April Edwards
Visit April at http://www.AprilArt.org and on Twitter: http://twitter.com/aprilsdiamonds
My art is representative of my thoughts and feelings that are part of this journey in this vessel I have been provided. My work comes through me and is drawn from a universal memory and experience. I am concerned with depicting truth, lies, perceptions, reality, myths, traditions, the spoken and unspoken that is propagated by society. My themes include nature, religion, diversity, and women.
April Edwards is the owner of Global Nomad Consulting specializing in producing art, events, and community outreach services.
Please take some time to visit the art galleries to see some samples of my artwork. Also, if you are interested in purchasing artwork please email at april@aprilart.org.
Anita Mabante Leach
Anita is a chicana mamita who spins gold from her sewing machine, crochet hook and knitting needles. She never met a pattern she didn't like. When she isn't designing handbags, clothing and Mexican cowgirl pillows, she is an office professional and a former journalist reporting on issues and people who make headlines in the Phoenix area.
Carmen Guerrero
I am fortunate to be surrounded and befriended by many fantastic people - young and old!!! I love being part of a group of eccentric women artists:
I am married to the artist, el Maestro ZARCO GUERRERO: www.zarkmask.com. We have a very special relationship not unlike that of Frida and Diego themselves. Both artists - one of them much larger than life and completely consumed with his "Mexicanindad"...... E eu sou Brasileira da gema, nascida no nordeste, criada nas praias de Pernambuco com muito siri e comida do mar. Filha de Yemanja!!
Our first son is the violinist QUETZAL GUERRERO: www.qviolin.com. The incredible violin player and musician par excellence! Our second son is the World Champion Capoeirista TIZOC DE NOVAIS GUERRERO. He travels the world flipping around in magnificent form! We are blessed to be the parents of a beautiful woman with an incredible voice: ZARINA CITLALI. I enjoy my family immensely. I live for all our three children (although they are leaving us empty nesters...) and savor every bit of their successes.
I am mesmerized by their creative spirits and their fascinating friends who are the voices of their generation. I love cooking, beading, playing music and just being creative. I also do a lot of volunteering in my community and serve on many boards i.e. www.culturalcoalition.com www.alacaz.org www.amy.com
Here is some of my jewelry for sale. I make many styles and colors of earrings, necklaces, purses, hair jewelry, bracelets and the very sexy and colorful anklets...
Who I'd like to meet: More artists!! The world needs visionaries. Artists are the ones!! Also ... Fantastic women who love jewelry. And the men who adore them!!!
Emily Costello
My sites:
http://www.facebook.com/emilycostello1
http://www.myspace.com/artedeemily
Interview: HERE
I am irresistibly attracted to the curious and bizarre
which compels me to paint images that amuse me and
intrigue me. Pushing, pulling, playing and layering
paint with brushes and my hands is the foundation of
my art. Born and raised in the Southwest, I find
inspiration from my Mexican heritage and its cultural
icons and images.
Art washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.
– Pablo Picasso
Inspiring artists:
Marc Chagall;
Frida Kahlo;
Alphonse Mucha;
Hung Liu;
el Moises
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Kathy Cano-Murillo, founder
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| Self-portrait, 2011 |
Visit my web sites:
http://www. craftychica.com
http://www.chicawriter.com
Here are my other sites!
I'm a hard workin' mamacita. I juggle my family along with a full-time art and writing career.
I've been married to my best friend, Patrick, for 20 years. We have two super sweet, talented and creative kids. I want to be remembered for positive actions. I want to prove that you can have non-traditional "dreamer" goals and actually achieve them through hard work.
I spent years as an entertainment newspaper reporter and craft columnist for The Arizona Republic. I have seven published craft books, including: CRAFTY CHICA'S GUIDE TO ARTFUL SEWING: FABU-LOW-SEW IDEAS FOR THE EVERYDAY CRAFTER (Potter Craft/Random House).
I'm a binge crafter and artist who found a way to make a living out of it. Life is too short not to do whatcha love, right? My biggest challenge is that I'm addicted to bright colors, hi-gloss varnish and glitter. My designs often tend to lean that way. I break out in hives if I try to design with pastels, muted tones or monochromatic color schemes.
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