Cindy Shake Design: This Week In The Studio

Working on my two entries for the Alaska Fiber Festival Wearable Art Show! Above is a sneak peek at "Power Suit For Casual Fridays" and below is "Too Much Dress Up." Both pieces are still in production especially since the deadline for the show has been extended to February 27!

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It was a very busy week in the studio getting my line ready for the Alaska Wholesale Show. I did make time yesterday to work on some FUN projects -a small series of art quilts, revisiting the powerline theme I've worked on before. With fresh TAP transfer paper the images transferred better to the fabric. I'm going to do a bit of painting and embellishing before I free motion quilt the pieces.

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It's been fun having Kristen home on Winter Break and extra help in the studio to fill orders!

Lot's of sewing and production going on for the Raven Garden Flags!

This week I'm working on creating some 12" x 12" Art Cloth for the Quilted Raven!
Picked up this LOVELY 100% Cotton Batik fabric from the QR and was inspired.

New art quilt I'm thinking of making into a new pattern!
Need a title... maybe "Happy HiBEARnation?"

Taking care of the business side of my art making this week! Matting and mounting my art prints and putting together the catalog ad and pricing and sales sheet for Karen Sobolesky and Company, my sales rep. The spring and summer orders are already coming in! Yay!

New mini art quilt using a variety of mediums for layering, stamping and image transfers.

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Finally getting the new studio space unpacked!

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Boxing and packing up the studio for the big move this week! We're only moving 5 minutes away but it didn't lessen the amount of work - I'm ready to get back to making some ART!

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Working with my printer in to reprint the Alaska Animal Alphabet book! It's ready to wholesale and should ship in December. Signed with a new rep, Karen Sobolesky and Company!

Working on some new illustrations!

Getting pieces ready for the Alaska State Fair August 25 - September 5, where the Bad Girls of the North booths sells my work! Thanks Girls!!

Working on a new pattern "Fairy Chic!"

New "Husky Howl" pattern

Mom & Dad's Anniversary present xox

Roosters and "Bad Dogs" for the Spenard Farmer's Market!

"History Fish I and II" getting their final coat of hand painted enamel finish.

Sewing more Raven Garden flags for the Saturday, May 28 Market

FRESH Sunflowers for the Spenard Farmer's Market.

Metal Mania this week! Welding, plasma cutting and more welding getting ready for the Spenard Farmer's Market opening day Saturday, May 21 from 9-2. Above is one of my "Raven Garden Panels" and below are two of my "Garden Flower Beds" that will hold flats of flowers.

New Garden Flags getting sewn up for the Spenard Farmers Market! Opening Day is Saturday, May 21 from 9 am to 2 pm.

"STEEL WOOL" babies are being made!

For those of you that have been asking.... YES, I'm making more "Steel Wool" garden sheep this week! Gearing up for my Saturday, May 21 Garden Show at the Spenard Farmer's Market this year!

Seascapes getting cut out.

Multi-tasking this week! Made some new metal seascape sculptures for Katie's Gallery and after the winter storm warning of 4-9" of snow(!) I decided to work in the WARMTH of the studio instead of the shop and work on designing a new art quilt pattern.

New Raven Ornaments for The Quilted Raven!

I'm having fun with needle felting wool pins, making "Spring Nests" and an "Arctic Poppies!"

Keeping with the Dog theme in the studio, here is my entry for the "Mush-On!" Quilt Challenge at the Quilted Raven. Entries are due Friday, February 25. Hurry! You still have time to enter!

Finished working on my latest pattern "Happy Husky Howl" and now it's off to get pattern tested and instructions edited by my friend Ann C. Just in time for Iditarod and Fur Rondy!

Finished my sculpture "Making Music Beautiful" for the Music for the Masses group show at Katie Sevigny Gallery. Opens Feb. 4 with Glacier Brass playing from 6:30-8:30 and is a fundraiser for the Anchorage Symphony!

Took Elise and K.C.'s Felting class this weekend! Read about all about it and see what I made on my Blog, Art Making in the North!

While the mid January temperatures are staying at zero, I'll wait for a bit warmer weather before I go back to work with the cold, hard steel! A perfect WARMER medium in the studio was creating some Monotypes on batik fabrics this week.

Using one of the printed fish, fabric transfers and applique I created a small art quilt that's 21" wide by 14" tall.

Finished a special commission this week of a Hawk. He's about 50" wide, plasma cut and welded steel.

New art quilt pattern in the works "Empty Nest!"

Using a post Holiday burst of energy I was able to create the vector files and finish writing the instructions for my new patterns "Kitty-Kitty Chickadee!" and "Dog-Gone Pup!"

"Dog-Gone Pup!" is a 21" wide x 14" tall Wall Art Quilt. Next step, both patterns are off to the pattern testers!

I was flattered to have my metal wall sculptures included in an article titled "At Home In The Office" by Mara Severin in the 2010 Winter edition of Alaska Home Magazine! The article features the professionally elegant office space of Dr. Heather Sulte, DDS of Aspen Endontonics.

The week of December 6th -Finished the design for my latest Art Quilt Pattern "Kitty-Kitty Chickadee!" the finished size is 15" x 15"

"Kitty-Kitty Chickadee!" my latest Art Quilt pattern. I finished the design and now have to convert my art into a vector file for the pattern. After that I will write the instructions to complete the pattern, then turn it over to one of my trusty pattern testers! I'm working on 3 new designs for my Dog & Cat series... stay tuned!