tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26046602328260086522024-03-13T03:04:04.017-07:00wishi washi studioUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604660232826008652.post-26524150003731000532023-05-01T05:03:00.002-07:002023-05-01T10:47:37.847-07:00Making Zen Online Stitching Retreat<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Happy Spring!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I'm going to be part of the <i><a href="https://makingzen.samcart.com/referral/gkyRcFot/PChlgFxOYmrZQNKH" target="_blank">Making Zen online retreat</a> </i>later
this month. It is a series of online presentations by some very
talented makers (twenty in total), and there will also be some
give-a-ways as part of purchasing your all-access pass ticket. I'm
including a pdf version of my book "The Boro Aesthetic" as part of the
bundle. Access to individual presentations is free, but only for a limited period of time. To get wider access, and the goody bundle, you need to
purchase the all-access pass which is very reasonably priced.</span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQ_S9MnaTBGIwnWYu4uApecVmid0jRtRn_lvRng2HPnkvatrcLQZMVwq5zCqaD7HjtHX6Rj6SgNYzGMRoc8QWhuvr7iF7ihcYX6dULRcNVakF3eEh5L7Yp8FdbRT7zwB74OAvu9qsaIpE3Kft2gq0qER-BigPgi5_JYgdi1ifsS2wxppgWq1Kaxi5/s1890/Alexander%20back%20patch.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="1890" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQ_S9MnaTBGIwnWYu4uApecVmid0jRtRn_lvRng2HPnkvatrcLQZMVwq5zCqaD7HjtHX6Rj6SgNYzGMRoc8QWhuvr7iF7ihcYX6dULRcNVakF3eEh5L7Yp8FdbRT7zwB74OAvu9qsaIpE3Kft2gq0qER-BigPgi5_JYgdi1ifsS2wxppgWq1Kaxi5/w400-h400/Alexander%20back%20patch.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Here is what Kate Ward, the organizer of the event, says about the event:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;">"<span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Making Zen is a 5-day online retreat for stitchers and crafters to help them learn new processes, improve technique, and get inspired through a holistic approach that nurtures creativity. Not only does this retreat offer all of the above through presentations from incredible artists from different places and backgrounds, it also offers an excuse to slow down, practice mindfulness, and bring some zen into your life!"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e99bcdd-7fff-1c81-50b4-572413d65e75" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The retreat will cover lots of topics, including different methods of printing, visible mending, and bringing nature into your craft. My presentation is entitled: <i>For the Love of the Back Patch.</i> I will be sharing my collection of mended textiles using the back patch technique, will show images of my artwork that incorporates the back patch, and then will demonstrate how I make a back patch - and viewers are welcome to stitch along.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e99bcdd-7fff-1c81-50b4-572413d65e75" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e99bcdd-7fff-1c81-50b4-572413d65e75" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-dcc51b65-7fff-5d4f-9fb4-53ef7f47da29" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tickets are available on the <a href="https://makingzen.samcart.com/referral/gkyRcFot/PChlgFxOYmrZQNKH" target="_blank">Zen Stitching Website here</a>. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can also find lots of information there, as well as FAQs and a full list of the speakers that will be presenting throughout the retreat.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e99bcdd-7fff-1c81-50b4-572413d65e75" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e99bcdd-7fff-1c81-50b4-572413d65e75" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The above link is an affiliate link and I will get brownie points if you use it! Thanks, as always, for your support.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e99bcdd-7fff-1c81-50b4-572413d65e75" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e99bcdd-7fff-1c81-50b4-572413d65e75" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I also have some in-person workshops coming up. You can see them <a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_22.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e99bcdd-7fff-1c81-50b4-572413d65e75" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-07728f15-7fff-5bf5-dcd6-4286b8971837" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="m_1493475729305178785gmail-docs-internal-guid-6e99bcdd-7fff-1c81-50b4-572413d65e75" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hope to see you out there! </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604660232826008652.post-70271050147959405292023-01-03T18:10:00.008-08:002023-03-16T14:04:00.016-07:00Happy New Year: Winter and Spring 2023 Workshops!<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: courier;">Happy New Year to All!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">~~~~~~~~~~~<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I hope that the New Year is treating everyone well so far.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">~~~~~~~~~~~<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My workshop schedule is filling up so I thought I would share. Here is a round up of my Winter and Spring workshops (and a couple beyond that...):</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhovcfKOCR_ilYVzdMmEMWs58EMxgSj59-PyScQbZ38ipcEQyQYPrmFMp6rjMI6dtzTnYvN3Gr_1Mh30tPFewxqQ6Os6I8RiGztfy2x2A-fuc4-nm60K2iq5TQdkLucATScBvZJotmSx9IGkjMXlswmgT0OHybdoHtNSthivh0LBd1grI50GgsFwx/s6116/longstitch%2004.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jody Alexander Decorative Longstitch Binding" border="0" data-original-height="3922" data-original-width="6116" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhovcfKOCR_ilYVzdMmEMWs58EMxgSj59-PyScQbZ38ipcEQyQYPrmFMp6rjMI6dtzTnYvN3Gr_1Mh30tPFewxqQ6Os6I8RiGztfy2x2A-fuc4-nm60K2iq5TQdkLucATScBvZJotmSx9IGkjMXlswmgT0OHybdoHtNSthivh0LBd1grI50GgsFwx/w400-h256/longstitch%2004.jpg" title="Jody Alexander Decorative Longstitch Binding" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Decorative Longstitch Binding</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/p/decorative-longstitch-binding.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">Decorative Longstitch Binding (zoom)</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Wishi Washi Studio (online) <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">February 11th, 2023, 1:00-5:00 Pacific</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZDRlQD8MPwvRzuC9LKb5C0wEh8wl3tKRFniBNHeB8PyBXLAtURgOXZtSzplrHAVB8TW-z5hNFEkk1b-PDIQCUcjEYs3kMCps8zGn4p-V5syN-r7ENhRxhnmR9ciJ5uHUPzL7t49j61ToJqJQ6FuP8iAXZtlLC8B2sv607A4wcZGR4_L6mnonS09p/s4032/Alexander%20surface%20design%2002.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jody Alexander Stencil Printing Wishi Washi Studio" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZDRlQD8MPwvRzuC9LKb5C0wEh8wl3tKRFniBNHeB8PyBXLAtURgOXZtSzplrHAVB8TW-z5hNFEkk1b-PDIQCUcjEYs3kMCps8zGn4p-V5syN-r7ENhRxhnmR9ciJ5uHUPzL7t49j61ToJqJQ6FuP8iAXZtlLC8B2sv607A4wcZGR4_L6mnonS09p/w300-h400/Alexander%20surface%20design%2002.jpeg" title="Jody Alexander Stencil Printing Wishi Washi Studio" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Textile Surface Design<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><span style="font-family: courier;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://stitches.events/teacher/jody-alexander/" target="_blank">Textile Surface Design</a> <br /></span></p><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Stitches West, Sacramento, CA (In-Person)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">March 2nd - 4th, 2023 <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLd7EiRwZO0HPlTRGZ69RBZWIO6TO38chQqr7FwKkr2kxBcIMUlmdGDJeoEKLaKagys-iM96Kbm15dqLQHeUWmgoinXneaVp0f3WDwgQ9fOwd1VUqeKWq_j6fgL_Kj4oldt63APo_RPfcXtr0jNM6SFnWN29rnw7ORvrQLuiBeUf1IVR6-UZAPl9a/s1888/634A7388%20crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1532" data-original-width="1888" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLd7EiRwZO0HPlTRGZ69RBZWIO6TO38chQqr7FwKkr2kxBcIMUlmdGDJeoEKLaKagys-iM96Kbm15dqLQHeUWmgoinXneaVp0f3WDwgQ9fOwd1VUqeKWq_j6fgL_Kj4oldt63APo_RPfcXtr0jNM6SFnWN29rnw7ORvrQLuiBeUf1IVR6-UZAPl9a/w400-h325/634A7388%20crop.jpg" title="Tokyo Book - Textile Accordion Book - Jody Alexander - Wishi Washi Studio" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Textile Artist's Book - Tokyo Book</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: courier;"> <br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://classes.bainbridgebarn.org/event-5012673" target="_blank">Textile Artist's Books (Zoom) </a><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">BARN, Bainbridge Island Artisan Network, WA<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">March 18th, 19th, 25th, 2023, 1:00 - 3:00 Pacific <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmFOVSe_aBq_356rK4hyS-FMz9f_soniL9cKbxdS8TDOIwQzs5HfuOxQwP86Qzsho5etwPSTa0c52uaqM7XO0tlFXbOQ1p-TRQCzYibm3X6m8uHCsyRF5yYlwiaTBf5FxvK7zNmOsvruK3mGzq71xHw9vcwTDZtfnLhGCAJHJ9cBZFRT1awJCPdTd/s1767/Alexander%20Hussif%2001%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1767" data-original-width="1555" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmFOVSe_aBq_356rK4hyS-FMz9f_soniL9cKbxdS8TDOIwQzs5HfuOxQwP86Qzsho5etwPSTa0c52uaqM7XO0tlFXbOQ1p-TRQCzYibm3X6m8uHCsyRF5yYlwiaTBf5FxvK7zNmOsvruK3mGzq71xHw9vcwTDZtfnLhGCAJHJ9cBZFRT1awJCPdTd/w353-h400/Alexander%20Hussif%2001%20small.jpg" title="The Hussif: Travel Sewing Kit - Jody Alexander - Wishi Washi Studio" width="353" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The Hussif</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://www.hellostitchstudio.com/events/online-the-hussif-a-travel-sewing-kit-with-jody-alexander" target="_blank">The Hussif: a Travel Sewing Kit (Zoom)<br /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Hello Stitch, Oakland, CA </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">April 15th, 2023, 1:00 - 3:30 Pacific</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiDByEV3W7hJ9OwcBydln52PmPWEXzwkEPetqP-okGnAX3tcOqkwYSZGGeuEubZt7KOJD1_kZOBfhjHSY7pNdIzUAlNh4nPKeX_bzrouR-8ty4XVznlHlfyL_CY1Rzl9RffLRSxQUB1prm6dl3SEJwK2GIBuxTmVhDELLRhr3TiVWFffzSPni5xMr/s3783/French%20Stitch%2002%20cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jody Alexander French Stitch Cracker Box Book" border="0" data-original-height="3783" data-original-width="3427" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiDByEV3W7hJ9OwcBydln52PmPWEXzwkEPetqP-okGnAX3tcOqkwYSZGGeuEubZt7KOJD1_kZOBfhjHSY7pNdIzUAlNh4nPKeX_bzrouR-8ty4XVznlHlfyL_CY1Rzl9RffLRSxQUB1prm6dl3SEJwK2GIBuxTmVhDELLRhr3TiVWFffzSPni5xMr/w363-h400/French%20Stitch%2002%20cropped.jpg" title="Jody Alexander French Stitch Cracker Box Book" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">French Stitch Cracker Box Book</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Just added:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/p/french-stitch-cracker-box-book.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">French Stitch Cracker Box Binding (Zoom)</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Wishi Washi Studio, Online</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">April 22nd, 2023, 1:00 - 4:00 Pacific<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2qhUwpzFXXPuIRzP8iQ_uVlwNV4SP2TDYYkFOKRBBVpUNxbq7LOoNCCsViSh3-ljQDuFR2PyThsJxGzlgg1KGb_p8IpeoJgVwtOqCelIiZlHEBL1CROTi6CTiTFcWkwWTBd8XK4cx1l7D1EPHOl7qV1vij8G7iBMDnZp2R6RD3hF5V2vEr1fFOvo/s2555/_I4A8417%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1860" data-original-width="2555" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI2qhUwpzFXXPuIRzP8iQ_uVlwNV4SP2TDYYkFOKRBBVpUNxbq7LOoNCCsViSh3-ljQDuFR2PyThsJxGzlgg1KGb_p8IpeoJgVwtOqCelIiZlHEBL1CROTi6CTiTFcWkwWTBd8XK4cx1l7D1EPHOl7qV1vij8G7iBMDnZp2R6RD3hF5V2vEr1fFOvo/w640-h466/_I4A8417%20small.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: courier;">Printed and Stitched Tabletop Quilt (Zoom)</span></i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.hellostitchstudio.com/events/online-printed-and-stitched-tabletop-quilt-with-jody-alexander" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">Hello Stitch</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Two part workshop:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Saturday, October 1st, 2022, 1:00-3:00 Pacific</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Saturday, October 8th, 2022, 1:00-4:00 Pacific</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">+++++++++++++++++++++++ <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEila5lmhFwVIq94z4pCoyl--v6O6tkwtYm8r-al3fQ6kDQ44rHMGyxmhH5Xvh5DLuLmRBn6Lu09sDDt-ZXn6JduQvSr7yewDKgTpItipT7A93lGVsJv7j79V5ijDV5sdY4ow7ezKbWdaCBpdrfDHFDUsBATRFW1o3tt_boJLIx8OTg5qtyxBfmINkJZ/s3111/Alexander%20Origami%20Travel%20Notebook%2001%20medium%20file.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2074" data-original-width="3111" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEila5lmhFwVIq94z4pCoyl--v6O6tkwtYm8r-al3fQ6kDQ44rHMGyxmhH5Xvh5DLuLmRBn6Lu09sDDt-ZXn6JduQvSr7yewDKgTpItipT7A93lGVsJv7j79V5ijDV5sdY4ow7ezKbWdaCBpdrfDHFDUsBATRFW1o3tt_boJLIx8OTg5qtyxBfmINkJZ/w640-h426/Alexander%20Origami%20Travel%20Notebook%2001%20medium%20file.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"></span><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> Origami Travel Notebook (In-Person)</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sfcb.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=4387" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">San Francisco Center for the Book</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Saturday, November 12th, 2022, 9:30-12:30 </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">++++++++++++++++++</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNW2luM2KznD2ag13IYJUVkiSO-2G15T-JWkPnDArf15uDvDQqBn--ByZvdhVOjep7cbn8FCfI3QVNr6zbjWQ8plAoRuaeivomElGu9iuux09xj16m-uvnA4j-S7PuH01q4Hw-apbBFdNc9Er5cqxN803pdcD1bq6YX0k-PZWkVm4wYh8ayHG3P6E/s1114/IMG_7533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1114" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNW2luM2KznD2ag13IYJUVkiSO-2G15T-JWkPnDArf15uDvDQqBn--ByZvdhVOjep7cbn8FCfI3QVNr6zbjWQ8plAoRuaeivomElGu9iuux09xj16m-uvnA4j-S7PuH01q4Hw-apbBFdNc9Er5cqxN803pdcD1bq6YX0k-PZWkVm4wYh8ayHG3P6E/w640-h630/IMG_7533.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> [edit: just added:]</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Crossed Structure Datebook Workshop (Zoom)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/p/crossed-structure-datebook-workshop-2022.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">Wishi Washi Studio</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Saturday, December 3rd, 1:00 - 5:00 Pacific <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Let me know if you have any questions about the workshops and I hope to see some of you out there!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Just a reminder that I also have workshops on <a href="http://bit.ly/Creativebug_JodyAlexander" target="_blank">Creativebug</a> 24/7! <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604660232826008652.post-42957981967687917262022-01-06T18:10:00.004-08:002022-01-06T18:22:19.146-08:00In-Person and Zoom workshops - 2022<div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: courier;">Boy, oh boy, am I a liar. In my last post (date 12/2/20) I promised I would post soon. Oh well. Best laid plans. These last two years have been...A...LOT!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">But, here we are and I want to let you know where I'm going to be teaching in the next 6 months - both in-person and zoom.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I will be adding to this list so check back with my <a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_22.html" target="_blank">"In-person and Zoom Workshops"</a> page where I am being really good about updating my workshop engagements and dates.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Here's what I have so far (click on workshop title for more info.): <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Two fun and accessible workshops that I am offering via Zoom through Wishi Washi Studio:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgykalASILG0JMT2LuYSWPI_9Jz6uyIITV8AmPYDYGxK4nmuS6SLVO_0YlNPzdRD4JpfZphdENjlqVlYuIuwVU6gse0uNcjcu-LUApovbA9yHN7RjJUg3EV0XyOmdNZbG5wDDgL_FUdT571E-dle5WhTdZ0bPf1Rp-nBuBvS16x4dIJMFRxOQ_7Db9u=s6720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4480" data-original-width="6720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgykalASILG0JMT2LuYSWPI_9Jz6uyIITV8AmPYDYGxK4nmuS6SLVO_0YlNPzdRD4JpfZphdENjlqVlYuIuwVU6gse0uNcjcu-LUApovbA9yHN7RjJUg3EV0XyOmdNZbG5wDDgL_FUdT571E-dle5WhTdZ0bPf1Rp-nBuBvS16x4dIJMFRxOQ_7Db9u=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/p/exploding-picture-box-workshop.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">Exploding Picture Box (Zoom)</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">February 5, 2022</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1-3:00 PST<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXdgJIec-MA1SiKYTUhh0vgqI2VSlj5SXP8BQfdr2f55knXjzQmgzUg7WD7a7QxYq8fBFDFt5eTI032SWnCg019q3NCRxHtsLHSaF5vgyTtx1lD0u524eAiGMgIKMRtHL8IHj_2agMXsTR-2p2zJMUXgcdaANkJ49NFoWJ4BjcU51dU4Bywh1k5dl6=s6720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4480" data-original-width="6720" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXdgJIec-MA1SiKYTUhh0vgqI2VSlj5SXP8BQfdr2f55knXjzQmgzUg7WD7a7QxYq8fBFDFt5eTI032SWnCg019q3NCRxHtsLHSaF5vgyTtx1lD0u524eAiGMgIKMRtHL8IHj_2agMXsTR-2p2zJMUXgcdaANkJ49NFoWJ4BjcU51dU4Bywh1k5dl6=w640-h426" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: courier;"> <br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/p/origami-travel-notebook-workshop.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">Origami Travel Notebook (Zoom)</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">February 12, 2022</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">1-3:00 PST</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">And, here are some In-person workshops that I have scheduled:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCZCsPnKYOkuDsM-BgL9N3vphDtYFO2BMcHU0O_Ct85P7ZVL-r_eFOpKQw2YAYUbW-Y4r8TwmF8K2-t7pXo-BqKNFy4M0aT0WUShCoU6RGQqT11bSVX-7SreRB-iN1tb25XdrFg9rmdVVfG3WPw-FA03EQjHZEOPrQxaknuxkip3CCTR7GKk-7Pc1f=s1333" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1333" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCZCsPnKYOkuDsM-BgL9N3vphDtYFO2BMcHU0O_Ct85P7ZVL-r_eFOpKQw2YAYUbW-Y4r8TwmF8K2-t7pXo-BqKNFy4M0aT0WUShCoU6RGQqT11bSVX-7SreRB-iN1tb25XdrFg9rmdVVfG3WPw-FA03EQjHZEOPrQxaknuxkip3CCTR7GKk-7Pc1f=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: courier;"> <br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.ephemerapaducah.com/events/stitch-mend-jody-alexander/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">Stitch, Mend, Print, Make (In-person)</span></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">April 21 - 23rd, 2022, 10-4:00 daily<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Ephemera Paducah, Paducah, KY </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrzCabLdnzz4Po4jt79rdXDZV3sLgPb00-_CU4k105l-vUMkditrUWTUaOcDqiQUefcW9g-2bjYYuFaS8atkH52fm9K1n6Kpmh7uQu_v7Uz4Jbi1iDsOnMJZ0YRfy903OD7U_LEttT-wb-24jI9ETBCQS0wuwfo6ZFo5EQuWHDWyMCIo7NruZYXcsd=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrzCabLdnzz4Po4jt79rdXDZV3sLgPb00-_CU4k105l-vUMkditrUWTUaOcDqiQUefcW9g-2bjYYuFaS8atkH52fm9K1n6Kpmh7uQu_v7Uz4Jbi1iDsOnMJZ0YRfy903OD7U_LEttT-wb-24jI9ETBCQS0wuwfo6ZFo5EQuWHDWyMCIo7NruZYXcsd=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.icaitaly.com/retreats/jodyalexander" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">Exploring a Sense of Place with Books, Textiles, and Objects</span></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">June 12 - 26, 2022</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">International Center for the Arts, Monte Costello, Italy</span><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Hope to see some of you out there and remember that I have classes on <a href="http://bit.ly/Creativebug_JodyAlexander" target="_blank">Creativebug</a> 24/7.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604660232826008652.post-24955064764963307512020-12-06T16:49:00.000-08:002020-12-06T16:49:18.941-08:00Workshops in the time of COVID - 2021<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">What a year! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">My last blogpost was on March 21st, at the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown. And, only one 2020 post before that. Looks like it's time for another post.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I don't even know where to start regarding what this year has meant to me and mine, and am not even going to try. So many changes...but those are stories for another time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">For now...it is time to look forward.</span></div><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> In September and October I taught two Zoom workshops and gave one Zoom talk. These were all events that had been planned as in-person, and we decided to morph them into Zoom events rather than cancel them. And, it went swimmingly. I even enjoyed them! There is nothing like connecting in person but it was so nice to connect with like minded people during this time of intense isolation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosBVhrOv7kLgmYO4Gg9HkqUuQ4gCTnsZ8qNk9HKAj0c7wt_0ob39ZZB4jZdFhgeWILxu5FkgzsGwLROFoGvLCv_O_muyKgSm4KwAoBkcUILajnWXDuvH5MgAwou9f-VA2JRslWm1qaEw/s1555/Alexander+Needle+Book+001+medium.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jody Alexander - Mending Sampler Needle Book" border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="1555" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosBVhrOv7kLgmYO4Gg9HkqUuQ4gCTnsZ8qNk9HKAj0c7wt_0ob39ZZB4jZdFhgeWILxu5FkgzsGwLROFoGvLCv_O_muyKgSm4KwAoBkcUILajnWXDuvH5MgAwou9f-VA2JRslWm1qaEw/w640-h480/Alexander+Needle+Book+001+medium.jpg" title="Mending Sampler Needle Book" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mending Sampler Needle Book<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> So...shoot me an e-mail if you are part of a group, guild, shop, retreat, etc. that would be interested in my teaching a workshop or giving a talk via Zoom. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">I've reached out to a couple of my regular, in-person, venues and we are scheduling some upcoming workshops.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtILTnC3Q0jONSVBqy5Ffcza5_9z3J1WQBy2AwHj9PlJSO1reFC-p0D46MCbTvojIrmxluL5bBkOjEOYzxAh77xKvkI50qqcBihyphenhyphenqm4BS38clWDKKaBpU9fHkkkEbEITgpeFn7xS1m8u4/s1555/Alexander+Needle+Book+005+medium.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jody Alexander - Mending Sampler Needle Book" border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1555" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtILTnC3Q0jONSVBqy5Ffcza5_9z3J1WQBy2AwHj9PlJSO1reFC-p0D46MCbTvojIrmxluL5bBkOjEOYzxAh77xKvkI50qqcBihyphenhyphenqm4BS38clWDKKaBpU9fHkkkEbEITgpeFn7xS1m8u4/w640-h480/Alexander+Needle+Book+005+medium.jpg" title="Mending Sampler Needle Book" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-family: courier;">One that is already posted and ready to register for is:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span> <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">Mending Sampler Needle Book</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">French General, Zoom Workshop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">with two dates to choose from:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.frenchgeneral.com/collections/workshops/products/mending-sampler-needle-book-workshop-with-jody-alexander-saturday-february-29th-10-4pm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">January 9th, 2021 from 1:00 - 5:00 PST</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">or</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.frenchgeneral.com/collections/workshops/products/live-zoom-workshop-mending-sampler-needle-book-with-jody-alexander-saturday-january-9th-1-5pm-pacific-time" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: courier;">January 10th, 2021 from 1:00 - 5:00 PST</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Click on links above to register or go the <a href="https://www.frenchgeneral.com/collections/workshops" target="_blank">French General</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Jody Alexander - Mending Sampler Needle Book" border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1555" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgm0Vvs73Y4PgI4uCGmdXTPoDUMydFTL3MqjXrDAPY0atmvCfITP4QTGb8fYWQgoMXU9OOvS-lfNXkviG8hyphenhyphencPDir17SYqwgokuAcc_h0uG16dl8_UbhT6YR4hdaJtqiPRz3IGGpcCmWw/w640-h480/Alexander+Needle+Book+006+medium.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Mending Sampler Needle Book" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: courier;"> <br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">As the vaccine nears and we all start to dream of traveling and gathering again it is ever important to continue to practice safe protocols: isolating, distancing, wearing a mask. And, while we are doing that let's take advantage of gathering virtually! I know I have been enjoying some of the workshops, talks, and events that have been made available virtually for the first time ever! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Let me know if you want me to give a workshop or give a talk. Hope to see some of you in my scheduled zoom workshops (<a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_22.html" target="_blank">click here</a> to see listings that I will update as they arise).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Next post I'll share a series that I've been working on during the pandemic...I promise it won't be eight months away... <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier;"> </span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604660232826008652.post-50336505176263199242020-03-21T16:38:00.002-07:002020-03-21T16:42:07.373-07:00Stay at Home 2020<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Hello Everyone. I hope that you all are staying healthy and sane during this difficult time, and remaining inside and social distancing in order to do your part in flattening the COVID-19 curve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So, I thought I would bring together, in one place, a couple of bookmaking-for-kids tutorials that I have done in the past, a sashiko thread prep demo, and mention that <a href="http://bit.ly/14C2Cuu" target="_blank">Creativebug</a> has opened up 50 classes for free!</span></div>
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<a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2015/07/snake-book.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Snake Book</span></a></h3>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This is a blogpost tutorial I did a few years ago. The snake book is a super fun structure suitable for kids - I would say Kindergarten and up - as well as adults. <a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2015/07/snake-book.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> is the link.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I made a guest appearance on the <a href="https://tinkerlab.com/" target="_blank">Tinkerlab</a> Blog a few years ago and put together this bookmaking tutorial for kids. Minimal supplies and you can learn how to make the fancy orizomegami covers on <a href="http://bit.ly/14C2Cuu" target="_blank">Creativebug</a> - it is one of the 50 free classes available on the site now! Link to Bamboo Rubber Band Book <a href="https://tinkerlab.com/bamboo-rubber-band-book/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This one's for adults - we need entertaining activities, too! Is your sashiko thread collection a mess? This little tutorial tells you how to cut and braid a sashiko skein so that it doesn't become a messy nest in your sewing box. Link to post <a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2014/05/sashiko-thread.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://bit.ly/14C2Cuu" target="_blank">Creativebug</a> is always a good deal and they currently are offering 50 classes for FREE - for kids and adults alike. I just took a peek at them and three of my classes are included: Orizomegami, Japanese Binding for Kids, and the House Book - so happy to see this! They are all great projects for kids. Check them all out <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1512682&u=854488&m=42943&urllink=&afftrack=" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Free talk at <a href="https://sfcb.org/" target="_blank">San Francisco Center for the Book</a> about my recent residency at the Santa Cruz dump</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Saturday, April 25th, 11:00 - 5:00</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i><b>The Boro Aesthetic: Creating Fiber Arts Pieces Inspired by Japanese Textiles</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="https://www.fibrearts.net.au/portfolio/jody-alexander/" target="_blank">Fibre Arts Australia</a>, Ballarat and Toowoomba, Australia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">June 29th - July 5th - Ballarat</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">July 6th - July 12th - Toowoomba</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Very excited for all of this teaching and traveling and especially looking forward to all of the wonderful people that I will meet along the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I hope that this post inspires you to take a workshop but I realize that it is not always possible...so remember...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I have workshop online at <a href="http://bit.ly/Creativebug_JodyAlexander" target="_blank">Creativebug</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and a book that goes over much of what I cover in some of these classes:</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blurb.com/b/7770156-the-boro-aesthetic" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Boro Aesthetic: Books, Bags, Zakka, and Zokin</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Here is to a creative 2020!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For the last 20 years I have been making my own hand bound date book. Below are photos that I posted last year on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wishiwashistudio/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a> of 20 years of my datebooks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">These are the tools and materials that I use for the book: cover paper, text paper, linen thread, ruler, triangle, bone folder and awl. I like to use handmade flax paper by <a href="https://www.cavepaper.com/" target="_blank">Cave Paper</a> (gorgeous sturdy papers made with natural dyes) as the cover, and 8 1/2 x 11 resume paper for the text block (I use a 24 lb. recycled cotton in ivory made by Neenah papers - but use anything that feels and looks good to you). For the cover material make sure you are using something that is sturdy enough to be tossed into your bag everyday for a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I make this size for the datebook, and when I teach, because it is the size of common 8 1/2 x 11 paper when torn in half and folded. The cover size is increased to make sure the text paper doesn't hang over. But, since I always make non-adhesive bindings I like the edges of the cover to be as flush as possible with text block. A little overhang allows for human error.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Gather four of those halves and fold to create a signature/section. You should end up with 9 signatures/sections. This will allow you to view one week of the year per opened page span, plus January of the next year and with an extra signature/section and a half in the back for notes. You could make one with 8 signatures and still get every week of the year in but I like lots of room for notes in the back:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And, finally, write in the date, month, and year. I write the month only once per page span, and only write the year for the first few weeks of the year (just as a reminder to myself!) Of course, you can get a lot fancier and more decorative - I like to keep it minimal and functional. I fill in holidays by referencing online calendars and birthdays by looking back to previous years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Yes! I hand draw every line and hand write every single day of week, date, month and year. This might seem crazy, and it kind of is, but I find it to be a pleasantly meditative tradition that gracefully ushers me out of the current year and into the next. I usually work on it over the course of 2 to 3 weeks in December and have it ready by January.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One year I tried drawing the lines and days of the week only, and photocopying it with the idea that I would just have to write in the date and month - and I hated it and tore them up and used them as scratch paper! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Binding structures that could work for this are: <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=854488&b=404942&m=42943&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Ecreativebug%2Ecom%2Fworkshops%2Fcoptic%2Dbinding" target="_blank">Coptic</a>, Secret Belgian Binding, Longstitch, Buttonhole, and really any binding and size of book that works for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">If you are new to bookbinding I suggest you take a class at a center like <a href="https://sfcb.org/" target="_blank">San Francisco Center for the Book</a>, <a href="https://centerforbookarts.org/" target="_blank">Center for Book Arts</a> (New York), or <a href="https://www.mnbookarts.org/" target="_blank">Minnesota Center for Book Arts</a>, just to name a few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I teach some bookbinding on <a href="http://bit.ly/Creativebug_JodyAlexander" target="_blank">Creativebug</a> - <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=854488&b=404942&m=42943&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Ecreativebug%2Ecom%2Fworkshops%2Fcoptic%2Dbinding" target="_blank">Coptic Binding</a> would probably work best for this datebook of all the structures I teach on that site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Rachel Hazel's book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bound-15-beautiful-bookbinding-projects/dp/0857835076/ref=asc_df_0857835076/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312128059570&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14133685602832546023&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032127&hvtargid=pla-548499273105&psc=1" target="_blank"><i>Bound: 15 Beautiful Bookbinding Projects</i></a> is a lovely book that includes some simple bindings that do not require a lot of tools or supplies. There are some multi-signature bindings towards the end of the book that will work nicely for a datebook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">Well, our four months of gleaning the treasures of the <a href="http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-departments/public-works/resource-recovery-garbage-recycling-sweeping/landfill-resource-recovery-facility" target="_blank">Santa Cruz Resource Recovery Facility</a> is up and we are all wrapping up and fine tuning our projects for the upcoming exhibit (I'm late in posting this - we just finished our first day of installation today!) Here is exhibit information:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">This exhibit will display the culmination of our artist residency. Artists include <a href="http://www.jodyalexander.com/" target="_blank">myself</a>, <a href="https://www.janetfine.com/" target="_blank">Janet Fine</a>, <a href="https://jewelrytoolery.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Angela Gleason</a>, <a href="http://www.andrewpurchin.com/" target="_blank">Andrew Purchin</a>, <a href="https://prdavis.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Paige Davis</a>, and <a href="http://bluepressbooks.com/pameladewey/?fbclid=IwAR0v5pBZavce4_hm1KWWpf8C4_vjyY7xTJ9b05bLdfK2rEcfsVvUxFYyHoc" target="_blank">Pamela Dewey</a>. See the second half of <a href="https://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2019/09/fall-2019-exhibits-and-residency.html" target="_blank">this previous post</a> for some background information about the residency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">We had fun. We worked hard. And, we learned a lot about what our city is doing to keep items out of the landfill, but also that we all need to do better. So much is ending up at the dump that can be reused or placed back into circulation. It was frustrating at times since we were unable to "save" all of the things that we knew had more life in them.</span></div>
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with our own waste. Gathering items that have been cast off he is attempting a
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">Thank you to <a href="https://santacruzcityarts.com/programs/scrap-santa-cruz-recycled-art-program-1" target="_blank">Santa Cruz City Arts</a> and the <a href="http://www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-departments/public-works/resource-recovery-garbage-recycling-sweeping/landfill-resource-recovery-facility" target="_blank">Santa Cruz Resource Recovery Facility</a> for sponsoring this residency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: small;">I hope that those of you who are local can make it to the exhibit and if not I'm planning to make a little <a href="http://bit.ly/Blurb_JodyAlexander" target="_blank">Blurb book</a> that documents the experience and my final project. Stay tuned for that! </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.aworkofheart.com/studio/classes/calendar-view/visiting-instructor/433-jody-alexander-japanese-mending" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">A Work of Heart Studio</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.ayafiberstudio.com/surface-design-workshops/the-boro-aesthetic-creating-fiber-art-pieces-inspired-by-japanese-textiles" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Aya Fiber Studio</span></a>, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Stuart, Florida</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.fibrearts.net.au/portfolio/jody-alexander/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Fibre Arts Australia</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Ballarat, Australia: June 30 - July 4, 2020</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It has been a while since my last post. Summer 2019 was busy with teaching and teaching related travel. I didn't seem to find time to write blog posts but I did post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wishiwashistudio/?ref=badge" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and you can catch up <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wishiwashistudio/?ref=badge" target="_blank">there</a> if you feel so inclined!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Coming up in October at the <a href="https://www.scu.edu/desaisset/exhibitions/unbound/" target="_blank">de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University</a> is a compelling book arts exhibit including my work:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've been making books through <a href="https://www.blurb.com/user/jojalex" target="_blank">Blurb Publishing</a> for a number of years now. It is a great way to capture my art installations and my art series' on the printed page. My <a href="https://www.blurb.com/user/jojalex" target="_blank">Blurb books</a> are almost like little art exhibits that you can hold in your hands.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bibliomuse 1 </span></i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">is a sub-series of <i>KEEP: Modern Library</i>. I created all of the pieces from 2016-2017 and they are entirely machine stitched. Obsessively machine stitched! You can read more about them here. Their creation culminated in an exhibit in <a href="http://www.seagergray.com/" target="_blank">Seager Gray Gallery</a> in the Fall of 2017 (see images from that exhibit <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/11/bibliomuse-at-seager-gray-gallery.html" target="_blank">here</a>). <a href="http://www.seagergray.com/" target="_blank">Seager Gray Gallery</a> made a beautiful catalog and if you were lucky enough to get one then it will suffice. But, their distribution is limited so I decided to create a <a href="https://www.blurb.com/user/jojalex" target="_blank">Blurb book</a> in order to make the first <i>Bibliomuse series </i>more accessible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Bibliomuse 2</i> is a series that I have just completed and that I've worked on in the last year, 2017-2018. In this sub-series of <i>KEEP: Modern Library</i> I return to hand stitching while continuing to look to discarded library books as inspiration. The new development in this series is that I'm dyeing/painting the linen with natural dyes such as woad, persimmon and walnut as well as india ink. This results is some more daring color juxtapositions with the cloth that I remove from the discarded library books. I had fun playing with color combinations in this series in addition to manipulating the size of imagery gleaned from the discarded library books. You can read more about <i>Bibliomuse 2</i> in my last two posts <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2018/09/bibliomuse-2-new-phase.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2018/11/bibliomuse-2-books.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In both my <i>Bibliomuse 1 </i>and <i>Bibliomuse 2</i> <a href="https://www.blurb.com/user/jojalex" target="_blank">Blurb books</a> I include images of the discarded library books that act as my muses as well as all of the art pieces in each series, along with close ups so that you can see all that stitching! Both books also include statements about the sub-series'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm taking off for a trip to Tokyo in a few days and will have some copies of <i>Bibliomuse 2 </i>with me there at an event at <a href="http://www.blueandwhitejapan.com/" target="_blank">Blue and White</a> - you can find me and the books there on January 12th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In my last post I shared new work from my <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2018/09/bibliomuse-2-new-phase.html" target="_blank"><i>Bibliomuse 2</i> series</a> - a subseries of <i>KEEP: Modern Library</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I have been sharing my process over on Instagram so join me there on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wishiwashistudio/?hl=en" target="_blank">my instagram account</a> if you'd like to follow along.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And, remember, I teach bookmaking and paper arts on-line on <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=854488&b=404942&m=42943&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Ecreativebug%2Ecom%2Finstructors%2Fjody%2Dalexander" target="_blank">Creativebug</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">There is a simple <a href="http://shrsl.com/1anjb" target="_blank">accordion book</a> class as well as more complicated binding classes (<a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=854488&b=404942&m=42943&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Ecreativebug%2Ecom%2Fworkshops%2Fcoptic%2Dbinding" target="_blank">Coptic</a> and <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=854488&b=404942&m=42943&afftrack=&urllink=www%2Ecreativebug%2Ecom%2Fworkshops%2Fjapanese%2Dside%2Dsewn%2Dsketchbook" target="_blank">Japanese Side Sewn</a>) - so check that out if you are getting the bookmaking bug like I have lately!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My <i>Bibliomuse</i> series is a sub-series of <i>KEEP: Modern Library</i> where I look to Japanese boro textiles and imagery from withdrawn library books for visual inspiration, and use old European linen and cloth from the covers of withdrawn library books as my materials. The image-making processes used are stenciling, block printing, image transfers, and occasionally graphite directly on the fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">You can see some images from the original <i>KEEP: Modern Library</i> series <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2015/11/rydell-fellowship-and-k-e-e-p-modern.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2016/01/keep-modern-library.html" target="_blank">here</a>; and the first <i>Bibliomuse</i> sub-series <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/11/bibliomuse-at-seager-gray-gallery.html" target="_blank">here</a>; and by visiting my art website <a href="http://www.jalexbooks.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I used this book as my muse in the first <i>Bibliomuse</i> series and have returned to it here playing with the scale of the imagery and printing and drawing on old linen that is stained with india ink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've resisted working with blue since my work is influenced by Japanese boro textiles: I want my work to reflect the lines, shapes, layering and textures of boro textiles but not <i>look</i> like boro textiles. However, after my trip to France this summer where I dyed old linen cloth in woad, I just couldn't resist working it into a new piece when I returned home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When I was in France recently I saw some lovely mends on grain sacks that I shared with students - they interpreted those mends in the most creative way!:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I began my summer teaching adventure with a road trip to teach at the <a href="http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org/" target="_blank">Mendocino Art Center</a> where the surrounding natural beauty is almost too much to take in. I was completely enamored of the ocean's color, and the water towers that were scattered throughout the town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Next, I taught at the Ashland Art Center in Ashland, Oregon. Sometimes I get so caught up in teaching that I don't take pictures - this was one of those times. But, I taught the <i>Boro Books</i> and <i>Boro Bags</i> Workshops and you can see examples of projects for those classes <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2014/12/boro-books.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2015/05/boro-sampler-book-workshop-and-more-to.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2016/03/boro-bags.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-boro-aesthetic-blurb-book.html" target="_blank">here</a>. And, these are some of the yummy samples I brought for inspiration:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">...spent a week at home unpacking and re-packing and then I was off to France to join up with the <a href="https://www.frenchgeneral.com/" target="_blank">French General</a> Getaway!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> The week was full of visits to numerous brocantes, villages, markets, and included lots of wine and cheese!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">What an experience - each town was right out of a story book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">As always, I post way more pictures on Instagram so please follow me there if you'd like: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wishiwashistudio/?hl=en" target="_blank">my instagram account</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The best way to get information about my workshops before they fill is to check the <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_22.html" target="_blank">Workshops page on this blog</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wishiwashistudio/?hl=en" target="_blank">follow me on Instagram</a> and/or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Wishi-Washi-Studio-236073396454963/" target="_blank">like my Wishi Washi Studio page on Facebook</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Now it is traveling to the <a href="https://bookbindersmuseum.org/" target="_blank">American Bookbinder's Museum</a> in San Francisco. Same artists, and mostly the same work. A handful of artists have created new work for the San Francisco exhibit including Kenneth Wilkes, Howard Munson and myself who have made <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">pieces</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">i</span>nspired by our trip to Japan to see MUSUBU in Urawa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">If you need a refresher you can read about the inception of this exhibit <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/08/musubu-urawa.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and a report on my trip to Japan to see the exhibit <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/09/tokyo-and-urawa-2017.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Additionally, you can see photos taken by <a href="http://rrjones.com/" target="_blank">r.r. jones</a> at the MUSUBU exhibit at the Urawa Art Museum <a href="https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPwbpHlW_Fe-oGu6bc_yLbQaVgBaDo5UJHQs1FyyRC4Viz-nSKiBg1Be711zzOiNg?key=eFBBT1dwNWRfS0htX1I4UGM4YTNQdGE3Yi0td25n" target="_blank">here</a> (I was fortunate to have my photographer traveling with me!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I was so fortunate that my art and teaching took me to so many interesting places where I met such wonderful people in 2017. Teaching took me to <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/06/arrowmont-2017.html" target="_blank">Arrowmont</a> in Tennessee, and to the <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/10/taos-2017.html" target="_blank">Mabel Dodge Luhan House</a> in Taos, New Mexico. Both storied places where artists have been visiting and creating for years. My part in co-curating the <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/08/musubu-urawa.html" target="_blank">MUSUBU</a> exhibit took me to <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/09/tokyo-and-urawa-2017.html" target="_blank">Tokyo</a> where I made many new friends and became even more enamored of that alluring city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org/Summer18/Alexander.html" target="_blank">Mendocino Art Center</a>, Mendocino, CA</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">June 22 - 29th, 2018<i><b> </b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">If none of these locales are near to you remember that my book <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=284539&u=854488&m=31260&urllink=www%2Eblurb%2Ecom%2Fb%2F7770156%2Dthe%2Dboro%2Daesthetic&afftrack=" target="_blank"><i><b>The Boro Aesthetic: Books, Bags, Zakka and Zokin</b></i></a> is available on <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=284539&u=854488&m=31260&urllink=www%2Eblurb%2Ecom%2Fuser%2Fjojalex&afftrack=" target="_blank">Blurb</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Boro-Aesthetic-Jody-Alexander/dp/136627024X" target="_blank">Amazon</a>. It includes handouts from my workshops, text that covers what I discuss in class, color images and a glossary. It is a slim volume but it includes how-to information from three workshops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><a href="http://www.jalexbooks.com/BIBLIOMUSE.HTML" target="_blank"><i>Bibliomuse</i></a> is a series of books, wall pieces and objects that are inspired by discarded/withdrawn library books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In <a href="http://www.jalexbooks.com/KEEPMODERNLIBRARY.HTML" target="_blank"><i>KEEP: Modern Library</i></a> I looked to one withdrawn library book as my muse. That was: <i>Records Management: A Collegiate Course in Filing Systems and Procedures</i>. Imagery from that book floats through each piece in <i>KEEP: Modern Library</i>.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Genetics, Paleontology and Evolution, No. 2</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In embarking upon the subseries <a href="http://www.jalexbooks.com/BIBLIOMUSE.HTML" target="_blank"><i>Bibliomuse</i></a> I looked to five additional books as my muses: <i>How to Know the Mosses and Liverworts; Genetics Paleontology and Evolution; Incredible Truth; Manual of Scientific Russian; and The Art of Awareness.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> I have extracted, abstracted and repeated imagery from each of those titles throughout the new <a href="http://www.jalexbooks.com/BIBLIOMUSE.HTML" target="_blank"><i>Bibliomuse</i></a> series. The imagery is created with a mixture of stencils and image transfers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The exhibit <i>Bibliomuse</i> is now up at <a href="http://www.seagergray.com/Exhibit_Detail.cfm?ShowsID=149" target="_blank">Seager Gray Gallery</a> in Mill Valley for the month of November, 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Each piece continues the exploration, started in my <i>KEEP: Modern Library</i> series, of what we keep, the different ways in which we keep things/thoughts/emotions, and when it is perhaps time to move those things along.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">One week after I returned from Tokyo I was headed to the airport again to fly to Taos, New Mexico to teach with <a href="http://www.dianeericson.com/" target="_blank">Diane Ericson, Design Outside the Lines</a>, at the <a href="http://mabeldodgeluhan.com/" target="_blank">Mabel Dodge Luhan house</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I've just returned from Japan where I gave talks at the <a href="http://www.city.saitama.jp/urawa-art-museum/" target="_blank">Urawa Art Museum</a> and at <a href="https://blueandwhitetokyo.com/" target="_blank">Blue and White</a> in Tokyo, and I wanted to give a quick report.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I traveled to Japan to see the exhibit, MUSUBU, that I co-curated and to give a talk. Read more about <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/08/musubu-urawa.html" target="_blank">MUSUBU in my previous post</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Later this week I re-pack my bags as I head to Taos, New Mexico to co-teach with <a href="http://www.dianeericson.com/teaching/" target="_blank">Diane Ericson</a> at the <a href="http://mabeldodgeluhan.com/" target="_blank">Mabel Dodge Luhan house</a>. More on that when I return, or follow along on Instagram!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Over three years ago book artist <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150408180211/http://library.ucsc.edu/exhibits/beauty-of-the-book-1" target="_blank">Hisako Nakazawa</a> asked me if I would help her with an idea for an exhibit that would involve members of the <a href="http://bookbinding.jp/clen.html" target="_blank">Tokyo Bookbinding Club</a> and book artists residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. I immediately said "yes."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">In those last 3 years the project has evolved, waxed, waned, and stalled before it became reality. Now, this idea has finally come to fruition. About a year ago the <a href="http://bookbinding.jp/clen.html" target="_blank">Tokyo Bookbinding Club</a> secured a place on the exhibit calendar at the <a href="http://www.city.saitama.jp/urawa%2dart%2dmuseum/index.html" target="_blank">Urawa Art Museum</a>, just outside of Tokyo, for the first leg of the exhibit. Hisako and I set about inviting Bay Area book artists to participate in the exhibit and the Tokyo Bookbinding Club queried their members, as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The result is an exhibit entitled <i>MUSUBU: Tokyo: California: Urawa</i>. Twenty-four members of the <a href="http://bookbinding.jp/clen.html" target="_blank">Tokyo Bookbinding Club</a> are exhibiting and 21 book artists that reside, or have strong ties, in the San Francisco Bay Area are participating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">When choosing the artists to represent the United States we looked for artists who were active members of the book arts community in the San Francisco Bay Area</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> who created pieces that incorporate innovative book structures with strong content, possess solid craftsmanship, and a creative use of materials. Each artist also actively exhibits in the San Francisco Bay Area, and many exhibit nationally and internationally. They are also professors and teachers of the book arts at local colleges, universities, and art centers. In a sense it is a "dream team!" If you are familiar with the book arts world you will see what I mean when you read this list of participating US artists:</span></div>
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Elizabeth Boyne, Macy Chadwick, Lucy Childs, Marie Dern and </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Danielle Giudici Wallis, Casey Gardner,
Alisa Golden, Jennie Hinchcliff, Charles Hobson, Lisa Kokin, Bryan<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> Kring, </span>Hedi
Kyle, Howard Munson, Penny Nii, Felicia Rice, Judith
Serebrin, Larry Van Velzer and Peggy Gotthold of Foolscap Press, <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Katherine Venturelli, Kenneth Wilkes, and co-curators Hisako Nakazawa and Jody Alexander.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Bato, Keiko Fujii, Michiko Fujita, Sinki Fukuda, Mari Hatano, Fumiko
Ichida, Masumi Inayama, Junko Inque, Hisako Kawashima, Rie Kondo, Yukari
Kunii, Ikuko Nakajima, Hiroko Nakano, Amu Nakao, Eiko Nakao, Kunie
Ogoshi, Maki Sato, Katsuyuko Sawada, Ariko Shibata, Keiko Suzuki, Yoko
Taguchi, Hiroe Takahashi, Akiko Tsumura, Maya Yamashita.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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tie, to connect, or to be bound by friendship. We thought this was the
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Artist<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">/Curator Talk</span></b> by <a href="http://www.jalexbooks.com/" target="_blank">Jody Alexander</a>, with <a href="http://vampandtramp.com/finepress/m/howard-munson.html" target="_blank">Howard Munso</a><a href="http://vampandtramp.com/finepress/m/howard-munson.html" target="_blank">n</a> and <a href="http://www.kennethwilkes.com/artist-s-books-part-i" target="_blank">Kenneth Wilkes</a> on Tuesday, September 12th from 3:00 - 4:30</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Our very exciting news is that the exhibit has secured a US venue at the <a href="http://bookbindersmuseum.org/" target="_blank">American Bookbinder's Museum</a> in San Francisco, CA, in April/May 2018.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">If there are any Tokyo readers out there I hope that you will try to make it to the <a href="http://www.city.saitama.jp/urawa%2dart%2dmuseum/index.html" target="_blank">Urawa Art Museum</a> to see this exhibit. And, I'll be sure to share information about the San Francisco show as that date approaches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">I have recently returned home after my week at <a href="http://www.shakerag.org/" target="_blank">Shakerag Workshops</a> in Sewanee, Tennessee</span><span style="font-family: "courier new";">. I had been there once before and it was so nice to return this warm, friendly, gracious and familiar place. It was wonderful to see some friends I had met there previously and join up with those that I was acquainted with from other areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">After teaching for a week at <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2017/06/arrowmont-2017.html" target="_blank">Arrowmont</a> I decided to roll on down the road and be a student at <a href="http://www.shakerag.org/" target="_blank">Shakerag Workshops</a>. I took a class with <a href="http://dorothycaldwell.com/" target="_blank">Dorothy Caldwell</a> entitled <i>Human Marks: Drawing, Stitching, Batik, and Bookmaking. </i>What a pleasure it was to meet and spend the week with Dorothy. She is grounded, giving, gentle, and that other "g" word again - gracious. A talented artist and teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">We began the week by making simple marks with a variety of tools. Sometimes the mark would stand on its own and sometimes it would be repeated, combined, and layered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">Then we started stitching. Dorothy had conducted research in India on traditional and contemporary kantha cloth and she shared with us stories and examples of these wonderful pieces of women's work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">We started stitching cloth in the kantha style that would eventually be a wrapper for the book we would put together later in the week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">And, then the bookmaking began. I love the woven binding that Dorothy taught us - so simple yet rich and textural. The first book we made was from the piece of paper that acted as our place mats earlier in the week - by Thursday they contained ink spills, notations, and doodles, and when torn into book pages created some interesting juxtapositions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">Finally we put our week long mark making experiments together into another book. I had used the water harvesting system in the building where our workshop took place as my muse throughout the week. I was immediately taken with the lines, curves, and shapes of these structures and also the idea of reuse, sustainability and water!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">I sketched, drew, and made stencils inspired by these shapes and then repeated them throughout the week in our mark making exercises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">To see more about <a href="http://www.shakerag.org/" target="_blank">Shakerag Workshops</a> visit my posts from June 2014 - there are three of them and you can search in the box (upper right) or click <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2014/06/shakerag-teaching.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2014/06/shakerag-learning.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://wishiwashistudio.blogspot.com/2014/06/shakerag-place.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new";">Thank you <a href="http://www.shakerag.org/" target="_blank">Shakerag</a>, <a href="http://www.arrowmont.org/" target="_blank">Arrowmont</a> and Tennessee! I know that I will return - just hope that it is sooner rather than later.</span></div>
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