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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Mayhem at the Herndon Gallery
Seriously, I didn't know the jafagirls were
going to be this involved in the Herndon Gallery Exhibit but honored and excited to be invited. I came back from a trip to Taiwan and Nancy said, "HIAY! here is the list of things we have to do by next week." PHEWflippingHECK!
So in between jet lag, feeling crumpled, unpacking, crossed eyes, and jet lag, oh! did I mention that already, erm, I am stitching and bitching up a STORM.
So in between jet lag, feeling crumpled, unpacking, crossed eyes, and jet lag, oh! did I mention that already, erm, I am stitching and bitching up a STORM.
Talitha has a painted panel from The Mills Park Fence Art Gallery Project included and Nancy and I are installing old and new street art pieces (yarn and textile) into "TAG!Territorial Negotiations".
I believe the DJ for the opening reception is going to be Shane Creepingbear YEA!
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Mayhem at the Museum
and the thought of doing an installation was intimidating, especially when I saw the pile of STUFF. We had no schematic drawings of how we were going to do it yikes, BUT as with a lot of things Nancy and I have done, we winged it. After nearly 8 hours we
painted three chalk trees for visitors to decorate, and Deb Housh (Museum Educator) attached
the magnetic board for Mr.Plato. Meanwhile
Nancy and I got Felt Man up. Visitors are welcome to attach pieces of felt to him ;)
More work to do today.
Meanwhile a big thanks to everyone at the Springfield Museum of Art
Kathy Moulton for the use of her bench
Talitha Greene for loaning us the fan for display.
cheers all
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Remembering the Children
We have made white peace poppies before but it was this absolutely stunning installation in the UK that really pushed me to think why not create something for the children?
We obviously can't do anything like the beautiful commemoration in the England, but we can do what jafagirls are known to do best, get crafty.
We obviously can't do anything like the beautiful commemoration in the England, but we can do what jafagirls are known to do best, get crafty.
I just wish there was an international day of mourning and remembrance for all the children around the world who have/or are dying due to war, gun violence, etc.
We are inviting people to create white poppies and add them to ours in town or create a memorial installation in your town.
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Sunday, June 22, 2014
Public Art Project by the Jafagirls
Les G installed all the art panels, well except two (yet to be finished).
Nancy and I want to thank all the artists for contributing panels for this project. It is such a joy to see what everyone came up with.
Artists
Corrine Bayraktaroglu aka jafabrit
Nancy Mellon
Leah Grommon
Cynthia McDonald
Liz Zaff
Sue Brezine
Alice Basora
Travis Hotaling
Theresa Mayer
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All images are copyright to the individual artists 2014
If you wish to use any images please contact us
thanks
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Jafagirls For the Birds
For 5 hours Nancy and I prepared the Aviary
while Talitha prepared her frames at the arts council gallery. It was a lot of fun, and exhausting BUT worth it.
I hope you can drop by and check out all the goodies for auction-auctioneer Terry Fox,
some great nibbles by Meadowlark, drinks my Dino's and Emporium, and live music.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Public Art: Peeps in the Park
It actually started out being called the Pub Alley Project back in 2010. Nancy and I thought it would be cool to have a group of artists paint 2'x4' plywood panels and hang them on the side of the Gulch.
Unfortunately by March 2011, there was a Glitch at the Gulch and even after we had gotten permission a year earlier we could no longer hang the art panels there.
Les Gilford to the rescue ♥ and he suggested across the street. Thanks to Les , and the owner of the building, we found a home for the 14 art panels on the side of Village Artisans Gallery.
ALAS after 3 years they are starting to look rather grotty and it is time to remove and replace them. So don't panic if you see some empty spaces during the month of May. The artists will be redoing their panels and rehung at the beginning of June.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
For my Birthday and a bit Craft bombing
Delish Breakfast with homemade scones by jafapal Nancy ♥
Sugar Skull cookie fail from jafa T and her beautiful daughter Evie
Despite their claim they were a cookie fail, I thought they were WONDERFUL and they tasted YUMMY!
it's was a gorgeous sunshiney day and I had to put up a little Textile Art to match the blue birds from last year.
Alex walked by and SNAP!
Friday, April 4, 2014
Helping the Little Gallery that Could
So Nancy and I finished the video for the Arts Council and then Nancy did the write up and submitted the video for approval.
It was approved, YEA!!!!!!
Friday, March 28, 2014
Back Alley Bird
Yes, the bird bombing in Yellow Springs continues, and yes I do like to hang out in some back alley's. Oh! BUT Keiths Alley is so cool and I always love seeing Rac and Vesh's graffiti. Notice the qr code? Since images tend to float around the net like lost little fish, no, lost little birds, I thought I would add a qr code. Now you can use your code reader on your phone and find the source of the image TA DA!
What have the jafagirls been up to?
We Made a Video
for the Yellow Springs Arts Council.
Thanks for dropping by
Have a Great Weekend
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
So Ready for Spring
and then the summer blossoms that compliment the bright buildings on Corry Street in Yellow Springs. This is one of my favourite photographs I took of our Mellow Yellow yarnbombing from a few years ago. We rarely do yarnbombing nowadays, but we are still busy with new adventures. Hum, let me take that back; I do have a couple of camo yarnbomb pieces ready to be hung somewhere,
when the weather gets nicer.
when the weather gets nicer.
We are both working on paintings for the Fence Art Project.
We have also started a new website dedicated to photographing older women artists.
We have also started a new website dedicated to photographing older women artists.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Copyright: Jafagirls Images and Artwork
For the most part the Jafagirls have been fairly flexible with our images being shared for public viewing purposes only on social networks such as facebook, pinterest and personal blogs but increasingly we are seeing our images being exploited and offered for free or used for commercial purposes or by others claiming credit or copyright to them.
I know it's lovely and you would love to use it but just ask us. We are more than happy to consider it, and in the bargain we get to promote YOUR project/blog/website or event too.
This is all over pinterest, no problem, but when it is not linked back to us
we lose traffic to our site and people don't realize that it is for sale. So again, please understand that we love you sharing but linking and attribution is important and respectful.
♥
If you would like to buy this wonderful hat here is a link.
Village Artisans: Who is Topper?
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Old Yarnbomb Photo of the Knit Knot Tree
Sometimes I'll be cruising the net and come across our first yarnbomb from 2007, the knit knot tree. Kind of funny really, been so many years ago, but fun too.
The photo was posted on wikipedia by shrewdcat, although at the time I guess he/she didn't know it was called the Knit Knot Tree. Anyhoo, these are just a few out of the 249 links listed on google.
Urban Fabric Softener
Act Classy
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Bloomin' at 60 with Nancy Mellon
Jafabrit is an artist who loves painting, embroidery, photographing, drawing, yarnbombing, blogging and hanging out with her jafapals.
Jafa T it's time for Ha Ha
"Bloomin' at 60" Series
Nancy and I were so inspired by Cynthia Korzekwa's blog post on art for housewives about the artist Lee Godie and her photo booth photographs and decided we wanted to do a series. Not the same of course, but the idea of transformation hit a nerve with Nancy.
" Lee Godie and the Need for Transformation"
Just like Lee, I have a need for transformation. Of my thoughts. My body is transforming all on it's own. You think I would have expected it but it's been a surprise. I became 60 and wondered what am I becoming. Old? Dead? Is it "Bang! you're an old lady now"? Um, yes in some ways that is the way our society perceives a woman after she turns 60. So what does "old" mean to me? It is pretty spooky to me. My mom did not go gracefully into her old age. But if I look at some of the artists I know ....It's filled with creativity and when not creating, it still seems manageable. They laugh or cry and create and transform their struggles into art. They aren't listening to society, they are listening to their inner voice.
Part of this aging thing is that I am getting mucho wrinkles and I kind of like the wrinkles. They remind me of my grandmother. She did aging well. Her face was a beautifully wrinkled apple doll face. Grandma carved apples for years and dried them by hanging them up like a wash line of tiny shrunken heads. Then she created the homeliest dolls from them. She also kept playboys under a stack of magazines, she sang silly songs and told stories about the pleasure of not wearing a corset. She dressed up for Halloween, made maple syrup candy to give out and fit right in if she decided to go along with the neighborhood kids Trick or Treating.
My fascination with the changes to my body make me, the artist me, interested in painting and drawing and describing the beauty of old bodies, how they bend and curve, how they are full of intricate lines.
Lee chose to transform herself into others through her photo series. I found it fascinating and meaningful that she was able to find a way to make choices, to be in control over something in her difficult life. And in those concentrated moments of choosing and creating another life, she must have felt alive and good. Like Lee using "art to give her madness meaning and direction" I think we can transform our aging selves into art that gives meaning and a chosen direction to go in."
thanks for dropping by
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Crafting: Felt Flower Bouquet
Nancy and I wanted to make a special bouquet to leave in town and out came the felt, the yarn, scissors, glue gun, and a few branches from the garden.
After wrapping the branches with yarn and gluing on hand stitched flowers we had our bouquet.
Tim we,like many, will miss your wisdom, kindness and joyful presence.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
2003 Art Map of Yellow Springs, Ohio
Welcome to the jafagirls blog, and thank you for dropping by
This blog entry is by corrine aka jafabrit
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I was cleaning out my studio and came across an art map that Talitha Greene and I created 2003 when we were members of the Village Artisans Gallery (located in Kings Yard at the time). We were getting a lot of visitors asking about where they could see art and we decided to come up with this. Very basic but that was all the means we had available at the time.
We gave the template to several local shops who printed out copies for themselves and handed out to customers.
Monday, December 23, 2013
jafa jumble
As in Nancy has been very busy elf getting the Yellow Springs Arts Council Fundraiser pulled together with her gallery crew.
CHEERS
Friday, October 18, 2013
Yarnbombing at the Springfield Museum of Art
Jafagirls Nancy Mellon and Corrine Bayraktaroglu have a love of supporting the local arts/artists and getting up to artistic mischief.
We hope you enjoy visiting our blog.
Nancy and I were just delighted when we were invited to yarnbomb the beautiful tree outside the Museum. We didn't have much time, but thanks to a donation of knitted pieces ♥ and ooddles of felt pieces in the studio and our imagination we got this done in a week.
The tree is 12ft around, and the largest we have ever done, but it was FUN.
Weather was gorgeous.
It is part of the Museums celebration of Fiber Arts now on exhibit in "Gathering by Sue Cavanaugh" and "Ohio Designer Craftmen: Best of 2013." And I want to give a shout out to another Yellow Springs artist, Pam Geisel, whose beautiful quilted piece, "Cosmic Connectivity" was juried into the ODC exhibit.
If you have never been to the museum, check it out,the grounds are gorgeous, the permanent collection fabulous, and their current exhibits' stunning.
For more information
Friday, January 25, 2013
Changes and New Adventures
After 8 wonderful years of a totally zany adventure new jobs and interests pull us in different directions. We have been blessed with a lot of support, and fabulous collaborations with fellow artists, and for that we are thankful. While the jafagirls may no longer function as a group we will still be jafagirls (after all that is what we are, just another f^%$# artist in a world full of artists) and our friendship and art continues.
What won't end
Corrine aka Jafabrit will continue doing
Occasional Yarnbombing/textile street art
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Our commitment to promoting and supporting the arts in our community
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Nancy's Notes
Nancy Mellon is Coordinating the YSAC Gallery, meeting and working with many artists, creating art events and generally is too busy. And as always, working with Corrine and doing art mischief together is the best of times.
So who knows what's next.
YSAC FB Page *** YS Arts Blog
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Meanwhile we are hanging out with the Bird Brains at YS Put a Bird on It.
Cheers
May the artforce be with you
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Our commitment to promoting and supporting the arts in our community
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Nancy's Notes
Nancy Mellon is Coordinating the YSAC Gallery, meeting and working with many artists, creating art events and generally is too busy. And as always, working with Corrine and doing art mischief together is the best of times.
So who knows what's next.
YSAC FB Page *** YS Arts Blog
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Meanwhile we are hanging out with the Bird Brains at YS Put a Bird on It.
Cheers
May the artforce be with you
Monday, January 7, 2013
Ice Hands and Haiku
As the sorrow of losing a beloved pet clutches at my heart, I reach out and embrace the sunshine in life as much as possible. I loved Mateusz's Haiku, it really touched a chord and seemed to fit with the ice sculpture Nancy and I put in the Art Park on Saturday.
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