Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival

A . M . A . Z . I . N . G

 

Photos by C. Whitney-Ward

I go to this fun-crazy show every year and it keeps getting better and better.  It never ceases to amaze me how artists can make

something nifty and collectible out of a toaster...

A coffee pot...

An old decoy...

But they do, and their capacity for turning re-cycled odds and ends into

vibrant art makes for a very fun afternoon.

"stilettos"

And opening night, there was a re-cycled fashion show.

Very clever and very chic. 

Maps & Spoons...

Some colorful people too...

Clearly...the sky's the limit with these amazing artists.

R E C Y C L E   S A N T A    F E   A R T   F E S T I V A L - 2 0 1 1

www.recyclesantafe.org

Pandora's - Filled with Luxury

IF YOU'D LIKE YOUR SENSES TO SOAR,

STEP INSIDE  - P A N D O R A' S

Photos by C. Whitney-Ward

Tucked inside the Sanbusco Market Center, this beautiful, ten-year old

store is filled to the brim with simply lovely stuff.

Missoni robes and towels, amazing hand-woven & hand-dyed throws

by Santa Fe artist Gretel Underwood, Oaxacan rugs by Sergio Martinez...

Owners Barbara Lenihan and Betsy Hackman know how to search out
the unusual and hook up with and support artist's cooperatives
around the world. Vintage finds are brought back and with
the help of a local seamstress are turned into pillows and
 other delights for the shop.

P A N D O R A' S

Sanbusco Market Center

Santa Fe, NM

505.982.3298

www.pandorasantafe.com

Wearable Art by Kathryn Roth

Photos by C. Whitney-Ward

U N D U L A T I N G

R I P P L I N G

L U S C I O U S

When I met Santa Fe Fiber Artist Kathryn Roth she was wearing one of her amazing felted-wool and chiffon creations and I knew that I had to see her entire collection and to photograph it.  Kathryn lost both her parents a year ago and she began making these beautiful, ruffled scarf/shawls to indulge in a quiet time to grieve and celebrate her parent's life.

"The first shawl that I made I wore to a wedding and got six custom orders," says Kathryn.  Of course she let everyone try it on and that did the trick. "No one wanted to take it off; It leaves a lovely memory on your skin of being the perfect temperature."



She uses traditional felting techniques and gorgeous, soft 'top' Merino wool that offers the longest and straightest hairs. The wool is carded and then layered in varying colors. Soap and water is worked through the layers until the fibers cling together.  Then rectangles of silk chiffon are worked into this marriage of fibers.

They pack like a dream and can be worn wrapped as a scarf or draped as a  shawl. And the colors look like nature personified.

KATHRYN ROTH - FIBER ARTIST

Commissions welcome...

kathrynrothsantafenm@gmail.com

505.992.0308

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