Collecting Wool

Wow! What a wonderful first week of fundraising at USA Projects. For my artist friends I highly recommend this crowd-funding website if you are initiating a project you need to fundraise for. They are helpful, professional, tax deductable and 100% of the funds raised go towards the artist.

My USA Project page is here

I visited two Vermont sheep farms this week to collect wool and stories for this large installation, The Lighthouse. Below is a video of shearing at Vermont Shepherd

fundraising update

I am excited to announce that I have chosen a crowd-funding website to help me raise a portion of the funds for my outdoor public sculpture, The Lighthouse. USA Projects is a tax-deductable platform for artists to raise money for their projects. Here is where you will find information and a video about my upcoming sculpture in Boston;

http://www.usaprojects.org/project/the_lighthouse

At USA Projects, you can contribute a tax-deductable gift for this ambitious project and pass the information on to others that might be interested. This networking is an important part of your help, the more people that can help spread the word, the further the reach of my circle of friends who share a passion for the arts.

Detail of The Lighthouse model

I thank you for your interest in this important artistic endeavor!

February studio

Cobweb felt attached to steel structure by Carolyn Clayton and BMW Ironworks

Model

Playing with the model of scaffolding for The Lighthouse is helping to plan the material layers that are involved in this piece

Wool

Sarah Cormier weaving wonder on a wintery day

We have been going through my store of wool! The search for farms that have wool to spare is on. It is my dream to get farms involved in this project, list their names as contributers and show the public how many New England sheep farmers there are. Lisa Westervelt of Moon farm in Cummington MA runs the Massachusetts Fibershed and has gotten in touch to help with our wool needs.

The Massachusetts Fibershed is an affiliate to ‘Fibershed’ http://www.fibershed.com/ whose mission is to change the way we clothe ourselves by supporting the creation of local textile cultures that enhance ecological balance, and utilize regional agriculture while strengthening local economies and communities. The Massachusetts Fibershed is a newly formed community based group whose intentions are to support and promote fiber producers and fiber artists in the state of Massachusetts by helping link artists, farmers and designers together and also developing artisan and  educational programs.

Massachusetts Fibershed    

Respond to: fibershed@goodwool.com

Connecting fiber growers and fiber artists

www.goodwool.com/fibershedMA.html

New steel structures in the studio from Carolyn Clayton at BMW Ironworks