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Marlene's Fiber Arts Resume

Marlene P. Gruetter

Timbre Ridge Farm

1116 Township Road 217

Scottown, OH  45678

 

 

JURIED ART SHOWS

 

Summer Exhibit, French Art Colony, Gallipolis, OH

July 2006

"Genome" - Hand-Felted Scarf

Honorable Mention

Cream of the Crop, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH

June 2006

"Incessant Thoughts" - Hand-Felted Hat

 

Chillicothe Art League Spring Open Exhibit, Pump House, Chillicothe, OH

March 2006

"Incessant Thoughts" - Hand-Felted Hat

Honorable Mention

 

JURIED EXHIBITS

 

Bob Evans Farm Festival, Rio Grande, OH

October 2007

Set up exotic fiber animal display.  Provide spinning and carding demonstrations; animal to yarn educational display; children’s weaving class.

 

Bob Evans Farm Festival, Rio Grande, OH

October 2006

Set up exotic fiber animal display.  Provide spinning and carding demonstrations; animal to yarn educational display; children’s weaving class.

Pump House, Chillicothe, OH

November 2005

Holiday Bazaar; felted hats and hand woven shawls

 

Bob Evans Farm Festival, Rio Grande, OH

October 2005

Set up exotic fiber animal display.  Provide spinning and carding demonstrations; animal to yarn educational display; children’s weaving class.

Bob Evans Farm Festival, Rio Grande, OH

October 2004

Set up exotic fiber animal display.  Provide spinning and carding demonstrations; animal to yarn educational display; children’s weaving class.

 

JURIED RETAIL

Bob Evans Craft Barn, Rio Grande, OH

August 2005 to December 2007 (Craft Barn closed)

Items include:  felted hats, handbags, and felted animals; hand woven shawls.

Pump House, Chillicothe, OH

November 2005 to present.

Items include:  felted hats and hand woven shawls.

Earth Gathering, Chillicothe, OH

April 2006

Items include:  felted hats, hand bags and hand woven shawls.

 

FIBER FESTIVALS

Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, October 2007.

Fletcher, NC

First Place in Wet Felting Category

Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, October 2006.

Fletcher, NC

Second Place ribbon for novelty yarn (100% mohair)

Honorable Mention - Felting Category (Sculptured flowers)

Great Lakes Sheep & Wool Festival, May 2006.

Wooster, OH

First place ribbon for novelty yarn (100% mohair)

Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, June 2005.

Osgood, IN

First place ribbon for wet-felted children’s handbag

Great Lakes Sheep & Wool Festival, May 2005

Wooster, OH

First place ribbon for novelty skein (spinner’s choice of fiber)

First place ribbon for two-ply skein made with at least 50% protein

Ohio State Fair, August 2004.

Columbus, Ohio.

Fifth place ribbon for two-ply skein (my first entry as a spinner)

 

 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Feltable Wall Hangings.  Instructor:Lori Flood

Tri-State Fiber Clan, March 2007

South Point, Oh.

Hats, Pouches & Jewelry.  Instructor: Judit Poc

Midwest Fiber Symposium, July 2007

Madison, WI.

Color Design For Interiors.  Instructor: Nicole Chazaud Telaar

Felters' Fling, September 2007

Williamsburg, MA

Madeline Hat.  Instructor: Chas Hagen

Southeastrn Animal Fiber Fair, October 2007

Fletcher, NC.

Felted Vessels.  Instructor: Sharon Costello

Felted Vessels Workshop, November 2007

Kettering, OH

Fleecy Felted Neck Warmer.  Instructor: Chad Hagen

Southeastrn Animal Fiber Fair, October 2006

Fletcher, NC.

Nuno Felting: Advanced.  Instructor: Geri Forkner

Southeastrn Animal Fiber Fair, October 2006

Fletcher, NC.

.Tunics and Vests.  Instructor: Ayala Talpai

Southeastrn Animal Fiber Fair, October 2006

Fletcher, NC.

Felting Workshop. Instructor:  Jean Hicks

Mountain Made, July, 2006

Thomas, WV

Acid Dyeing Workshop.

Tri-State Fiber Clan, February, 2006

South Point, OH

Nature’s Colorful Bounty Workshop. Instructor:  Nancy Hamilton

Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, October, 2005

Fletcher, NC.

Card a Little, Blend a Lot.  Instructor:  Susan McFarland

Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, October 2005

Fletcher, NC.

How to Needle Felt a Canadian Goose.  

Virginia Angora Goat Mohair Association, June 2005

Lewisburg, WV.

Make a Felted Hat Using a Ball.  Instructor:  Sandy Melton

Virginia Angora Goat Association, June 2005

Lewisburg, WV.

How to Evaluate a Full Fleece.  Instructor/Judge:  Joe David Ross

Virginia Angora Goat Association, June 2005.

Lewisburg, WV. 

Colored Angora Goat Inspector Course.  Instructor:  Greta Dise

Virginia Angora Goat Association, June 2005. 

Lewisburg, WV

Ohio Sheep Field Day 2005

July 2005.

Zanesville, OH.

How to Skirt a Fleece Workshop.  Instructor:  Lee Ann King

International Llama Research, June 2004.

Columbus, OH.

Kool-Aid Dying Using Wool.

Tri-State Fiber Clan, 2003.

Chesapeake, OH.

New Llama Owner Workshop.  Instructor:  Donna Moore.

Timberlane Llamas, April 2002 & 2003.

Lancaster, OH.

 

TEACHING HIGHLIGHTS

 

Betsy Mills Fiber Arts 

The Ancient Art of Feltmaking: Making a Pouch

March, 2007,

Felting Instructor

Great Lakes Fiber Festival

The Ancient Art of Feltmaking: Making a Pouch

May, 2007

Wooster, OH

Felting Instructor

Southeast Animal Fiber Festival (SAFF)

Shibori Dyeing

October 2006

Fletcher, NC

Dyeing Instructor

Threaded Bliss

Fiber Workshop

July, 2006

Brentwood, TN

Workshop Instructor

Marshall University

Continuing Education

2006

Huntington, WV

Felting Instructor

Bob Evan’s Kids Day

December 2005 - Present

Rio Grande, OH

Wet felting

Bob Evans Traditional Days

August 2006

Rio Grande, OH

Felting Demonstrator

Bob Evans Craft Barn

August 2005 - Present

Rio Grande, OH

Spinning and Triangular Loom Demonstrator

 

COSI (Center of Science and Industry),  Columbus, OH

October 2004 - 2006

Schools within Lawrence & Gallia Counties, OH

Teach 4th grade students about exotic fibers and give spinning demonstrations.

 

ART/CRAFT ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

Appalachian Ohio Fibr Guild, Gallipolis, OH (Founder)

International Felters Association

Tri-State Fiber Clan, South Point, OH

Central Atlantic Felters Group, Morgantown, WV

Southeastern Animal Fiber Festival, Asheville, NC

North America Felter’s Network, Albany, OR

Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., Suwanee, GA

Chillicothe Art League, Chillicothe, OH

 

COMMITTEES

Chillicothe Art League, High School Scholarship Committee (2005-2006)

Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, Advertising Committee, 2006-2007

Colored Angora Goat Breeders Association

          (Northeast Director, 2006-2008;Certified Inspector, 2005-present)

Virginia Angora Goat Mohair Association

          (Educational Events Coordinator, 2005)

 

MEMBERSHIPS

Virginia Angora Goat Mohair Association (VAGMA)

 

PUBLISHED ARTICLES 

Llama, Angora Goat an English Angora Rabbit as Small Farm Exotic Fiber Animals.

          Fiber Femmes, Volume 2, Issue 2, March/April 2007.

The Importance of Proper Identification of Your Angora Goat.

          The Goat Magazine, January,2006.

How to Become an Exotic Fiber Farmer.

          American Small Farm Magazine, January,2006.

So you want to be a livestock breeder?

          Countryside Small Stock and Journal, May 2005.

 

PRESENTATIONS

Timbre Ridge Farm: A Fiber Animal Farm, Rotary Club, Gallipols, OH, February 2007.

The Ancient Art of Feltmaking, Lawrence County Library, Proctorville, OH, September 2007.

The Ancient Art of Feltmaking, Annual Quilters Meeting, Nelsonville, OH, September 2006.

Being an Exotic Fiber Farmer,  Gallipolis Professional & Business Women Association, Gallipolis, OH, March 2006.

Basic Care of the Angora Goat, Lawrence County 4H, Proctorville, OH, May 2005.

What do you do with a Llama?,  Gallipolis Rotary Club, Gallipolis, OH, December 2003.

 

 

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Marlene & Carl Gruetter

1116 Township Road 217

Scottown, Ohio 45678

740-256-1866

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