Harper and Robin at The Pulitzer Arts museum
It was cold! Even so, a goodly number of people turned out for Stitch & Gather at The Pulitzer on Saturday. Among the designers featured during the textile series was our own SKIF International. owner Nina Ganci. She and her team hosted a pop-up production studio, where visitors could design wearable art, using fabric scraps.
Robin and I, along with a couple of my granddaughters, spent the afternoon cutting, pinning, and sewing to create colorful shirts and bags. Below are photos of our fun afternoon at The Pulitzer.
First rule: Don’t fear art.
“Creativity takes courage” ~Henri Matisse
Robin takes a look at some of the SKIF shirt designs to get ideas for wearable art.
“Art is anything you can get away with.” ~Andy Warhol
I’m the Advice-Giver here. It’s a role in which I’ve always excelled.
Coco has taken to needle and thread pretty easily.
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist when we grown up.” ~Picasso
Harper and I put our heads together to design this one for me.’
Coco is wearing a SKIF sweater while putting an attractive patch on her old jeans.
“What d’ya think?”
“My work is utterly incomprehensible and, thus, full of great significance.”~Calvin
On the wild side! Yeah, but now she can say this shirt was once “displayed” at The Pulitzer museum.
Nina Ganci sewed the fabric scraps on the garments once a “designer” was satisfied with a creation.
JC came in handy when one of the sewing machines broke down.
Ta-dah! Shirt completed!
“Every artist was first an amateur.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nina Ganci, Harper, designer Robe Stein (in the goofy mask), and Coco. (Coco is wearing the shirt that she designed earlier.)
Wonderful!
WhAt fun it was!