Gallery of Leaves, page 4

Photo Gallery (use menu above for next gallery of leaves) Progress Photos - Building the Tree

Photographs of Leaves submitted for the Tree Project (ongoing)

	Abby Langdom – Cincinnati, Ohio Goddess of Domestic Bliss / Plush Artist www.abbydid.etsy.com Minky a lot microfiber, fleece, pipe cleaner, thread, sass. Proud member of the Plush Team!
	Amanda Heikkinen Kaskinotiko, Finland Online Community – www.feltingforum.com
	Montessori School of Huntsville – Huntsville, AL 1st through 3rd grade students made leaves Teacher: Angela Harber www.montessorihuntsville.org Reused aluminum foil painted with acrylic paint. Patches from a very old quilt top, sewn together, stuffed with cotton. Reused vinyl material (was used in classroom, had sandpaper leaves on it, was old, so where going to throw away, students glued various objects from an arts & craft box on the leaves.
	Ann Zeleny – Boonsboro, Maryland Sculptor, Graphic Artist www.adzarts.com 1:cotton card, sharpie marker, rubber bands, knitted, 2; wool yarn, knitted, felted, 3; cat fur, felted, sewn 1; “Reference to newspaper, both in regards to the pulp comings from trees and compost returning to them, and the cellular nature of tree communication; 2, Sheep and cats breath oxygen and depend on trees in other way too, e.g. for shade and escape from predators.” “So glad I found you! Saw the call for submissions in the ISC ;Insider” section. This is a wonderful project!!”
	Anna Kristina Goransson - Providence, RI Artist Dyed and Felted Merino Wool
	Annelies Nevejans – Gent, Belgium Cotton (Rowan 4ply cotton), Crocheting
	Ann-Marie Sjoberg – Gavle, Sweden Judge “Felted wool, yarn and pearls. I made 4 leaves – one for every season of the year.”
	Astrid Bear – Lynnwood, WA Fiber Artist www.fishwrapper.wordpress.com Hand-woven fabric embellished with ribbon, sequins, and beads. All materials were scrounged from the studio.
	Astrid Bradbury – Roxboro, Quebec (Canada) Graphic Designer Green Leaf: wool-wet felted (leaf design on one side & fish design on the other) White Lead: repurposed wool scarf with needle felted wool design. Great Fun to Do!”
	Judy Balance & Annalysse Balance – Huntsville, AL Engineer / Student: age 10 Fabric Scraps from quilts were sewn together to make leaves
	Barbara Schneider – Bochum, NRW, Germany Freelancer Designer/Art www.artmarketing.com/gallery/schneider Mixed Media / Textiles Re-design of shopping bags (plastic), felt, cotton, photographs, digital transfer print. “Dedicated to our Future” “It was/is a pleasure to create some leaves and to join the International Fiber Collaborative Tree of Interdependence in our Universe.”
	Barbara-Honorine Plazak – Park Ridge, Illinois Hand embroidery with DMC pearl cotton #8 on unbleached canvas in mylar display sleeve. “Interdependence among languages, especially English with French, informs and energizes all my fiber work” IF is YEW (rouge)
	Berry Chase Women – New Market, AL
	Beth Pierson – Whitehall, MI Artist, Stage Manager We felted merino wool, machine stitched. Winter has been so long this year – It was quite soothing to create this spring green leaf!
	Beth Rowman – Madison, AL Chemistry Teacher (UAH) Wet felting with wool (natural and synthetic dyes).
	Betsy Meyer – Sarasota, FL Art Knit + Crochet Leaf, created with hand dyed art yarns.
	Bettie Coulter – Nokomis, FL Retired Brown paper bag, fabric, paint, wire, beads, stich, white glue
	Betty Usdan Zwickler – Hollywood, FL Visual Artist – mixed media, painting, printmaking, fiber art Acrylic Paint on paper, ink, glue, felt “Used the 1970 dot painting style of the Australian Aboriginies.”
	Bnos Yisroel School – Baltimore, MD Fabric, Glue, Madge Podge, Buttons
	Brigette Zacharczenko – Ballston Lake, Ny College Student – Studying Zoology www.weirdbuglady.com Fleece, felt, thread, sewing (by Hand) “We all depend on insects. Their effects may be positive or negative but no matter what we can’t live without them. Includes a Ladybug, Aphid, monarch Caterpillar and tunnel of a leaf Miner Fly.”
	Brookdale Place Retirement Community – Huntsville, AL Workshop Leader: Jessica Lund
	CA Artist Group – Bonita, CA Cooky Schock, Nancy M. Johnson, Sheridan Johnston, Amy Meads, Josie Rodriquez, Gillian Moss, Nancy Lemke, Glenda Richter, Claire Accomando, Jane Lafazio, Liz Chement, Althea Brimm, Annie Rowley Many Techniques & Materials! “We are a group of artists/writers who spent an enjoyable morning making leaves., Good luck with the project!”
	CA Artist Group – Bonita, CA Cooky Schock, Nancy M. Johnson, Sheridan Johnston, Amy Meads, Josie Rodriquez, Gillian Moss, Nancy Lemke, Glenda Richter, Claire Accomando, Jane Lafazio, Liz Chement, Althea Brimm, Annie Rowley Many Techniques & Materials! “We are a group of artists/writers who spent an enjoyable morning making leaves., Good luck with the project!”
	Carol Larson – Haumoana, New Zealand Education Officer “Fabric, Thread, Onion bag and strapping tape. My sister in Chittenango, NY turned me onto this. I hope she sees and recognizes the orange fabric. She gave me on a recent visit. I made this with recycling in mind – the onion bag and used strapping tape. The theme of interdependence is shown in the weaving. The hand shaped leaf and the use of colorful fabric with purposeful recycled items.”
	Carol-Anne Ludington – West Haven, Connecticut Computer instructor / fiber artist “Free form curves using batiks and commercial fabrics, hand quilted using over dyed threads. “What a great project! Can’t wait to see the finished tree.”
	Catherine Owen - Weymouth, Dorset, UK The Raggy Rat Lady + SAHMum www.raggyart.blogspot.com Thrifted fabrics + machine stitching, woven name tope. “Member of the Esty Plush Team. My leaf was spontaneously created by grabbing 2 leafy fabrics and one of my toy tags!”
	Cheryle Beswick – Rochdale, Lancashire (UK) Artist / Residential Social Worker “Knitting & Fiber Art. The ladies of our knitting circles have made a small contribution to the bigger project. ENJOY!”
	Christie Hurt – Huntsville, AL
	Cindy Green – Mahopac, NY Library Assistant www.cindyartquilts.com Burlap, assorted yarns, threads and twine, copper mesh. Hand and machine stitching. “I found about this project through a friend’s blog. It was fun to create the leaf + exciting to think of all these leaves coming together from far corners of the earth to make one tree!”
	Cindy Rinne – San Bernardino, CA Artist/Speaker/Teacher www.fiberverse.com “Vintage Rimono silk, Yukata, organdy maidera dark core thread, marker, metallic thread. Raw-edge appliqué, machine quilting, overlay. Embellishments & Jacquard Lumiere paint, seed beads, hand-embs. #8 pearl cotton, Ginqko leaf as landscape – Life – Cycle”
	Claire Chambers – Rancho Cordara, CA Artist www.absolutelysmall.com Felts, Fleeces + Cotton-glass beads. All together in a fabric collage.
	Colleen Konetzni – Rio Rancho, NM Hand dyed fabric, paint, wire, florist tape.
	Columbia High School – Huntsville, AL Teacher: Ashley Carlton Fabric – fabric glue, puff paint for fabric and sharpies Students Involved: Antonio, Rhyan, Taja, Dominique, Maria, Lauryn, Christopher, Chad, Cody, Latavia, Diaja, John, Ariyan, Dontay, Raven, Tancia, Jamal, Xavier, Jacob, Teteaona, Lansky, Brittany, Pierre, Tyrie, Posha, Jordan, Alexis, Devon, Lucas, Tara, Christopher, Amber, Jonathan, Richard, Brianna, Eneique
	Connie Carrington – Huntsville, AL Engineer Wool roving, silk fibers, felt, synthetic sheers, cotton & wool yarn, ribbon, cotton strings, cotton fiber, cotton thread, needle felting, piecing, machine stitching.
	Online Community – www.feltingforum.com Participants: Patti McAleenan – Anchorage, Alaska; Zed Vrkast – Manchester, England; Amanda Heikkinen Kaskinotiko, Finland; Coralee Stowers – Fayetteville, AR; Ruth Lane-Kalispell, MT
	Huntsville Fiber Guild – Huntsville, AL Participants: Emily Whittier, Lyna Rizor, Crystal Kitchens, Florence Murphy, Mary Geier
	David Smart – New Market, AL Student, Mt Carmel School (age 7, 2nd grade) “My leaf is made of felt. The top is blue with puppy print. The back is orange felt. I embellished it with 2 yellow star buttons and 2 dragonfly charms. The leaf is sewn together with a black blanket stitch. This is my first project entry and I plan to enter more in the future.”
	Debbie Johnson – Hampton Bays, New York Fiber Artist www.hamptonartisticyarns.com Needle felting / Beadwork, silk, bamboo, wool, Angelino, needle felted onto 100% wool felt cut out.
	Deble Faulkner – Santa Rosa, CA Artist + Server Fiber A pleasure to participate congratulations on the gas station project. Look forward to participating again…”
	Deirdre Purdy – Oriskany Falls, NY Artist, Art Education, Philanthropist 20 woven leaves made from recycled paper, old photographs of the Adirondack Mountains, curling ribbon, glossmer ribbon, color pencil, sparkles, Christmas garland, Styrofoam berries, acrylic paint, Laminated for protection. “These leaves are a reminder of how important the Adirondacks are to me, and how I long to be within protection of the towering trees, I think your trees will be a wonderful reminder of how much we need to protect our trees. Like they protect us! This was fun! Good Luck putting it together! I wish I could come to the unveiling: the garage projecr was a blast!”
	Diana Weggler – Northfield, VT Writer, editor, knitter, mom, Christian, peacemaker Wool, yarn, knit, crochet, sewing. “A friend gave me this yarn. I designed the leaf myself freehand.”
	Diane Billiard – Indianapolis, IN Retired – adm. Assistant to assistant dean at Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis. Green fabric sandwiched with wonder under to a piece of hand-dyed fabric on the back. This was a left over leaf from a realistic wall hanging. I hand made out of a hornet’s Nest surrounded by leaves as if it were hanging from a tree branch. I varied the colors of the leaves in green shades and also had different sizes of oak leaves. Little children have to peer into the hole in the Hornet’s nest to see two little fabric hornets inside the hole.”
	Donna Barnitz - Rio Rancho, NM Teacher
	Dorothy McGuiness - Everett, WA Research Scientist Watercolor paper, acrylic paint, Acrylic matte medium, Basketry – industrial Twill
	Eileen Dykstra – Homewood, IL Fiber Artist – Retired Educator Cotton Fabric, decorative stitches, beads
	Eileen Tatum “Message helps keep us connected, healing hearts, touching hearts. This leaf represents the members of our Peace Together Group & we’ve been meeting since 2003 - making quilts and discussing peace & hope.”
	Elaine Shriver – Madison, AL Mom/Knitter/weaver/quilter Recycled plastic bags – fused together and ironed. Recycled wool sweater – machine felted , wet felted wool (pink) “My friend Janet told me about this on Wed. – had a lot of fun doing these, if you need more let me know & I can make more & drop them off!”