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Friday, June 25 – Open Studio

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:40:04 +0000

Open Studios at our Brazee Street Studios facility – 6-9 PM; Fiori del Campo will be featuring Hand Spinning Demonstrations, so look for our banners and follow the arrows to our Fiber Arts Center on the first floor

May 28 – Wet Felting at Oakley After Hours!

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:13:17 +0000

Fiori del Campo will be hosting hands-on wet felting demonstrations for kids this Friday at Oakley After Hours between the hours of 6 and 8 PM. Stop by our Fiber Arts Center at the Brazee Street Studios for some fun!

The Brush Factory Open House

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:38:32 +0000

Visit The Brush Factory on Saturday, February 6 for their first annual Valentine’s Day Sale and Open House. I have created a special line of Felted Truffle Soaps for this event, handmade chocolate scented soap, surrounded by felt, ribbons and ribbon roses to look like truffles. And wow, do they smell good! I have also marked down some of my hand spun and hand dyed wool and mohair yarns to make room for the new plant-based yarns I will be bringing in for spring. As always, my hand spun Suri yarns are available at The Brush Factory for your purchase.

The Brush Factory in Brighton

Pia — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:43:22 +0000

Attention Fashionistas, The Brush Factory at in Brighton is getting set to re-open its doors on December 11^th. No, the factory is not re-opening and taking brush orders. The only brushes you will find were left behind when the former owner of the 100 year old Cincinnati Brush Manufacturing Company closed his doors several years ago. You will, on the other hand, find hand crafted and custom designed fashion created by locale designers and artisans in a revamped and funky former factory complete with vintage brush décor that harkens back to the space’s former manufacturing glory.

The Brush Factory is the brainchild of owner Brittany Rose Kovacs who is a graduate of UC’s College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning (DAAP). The boutique is located at 2019 Central Avenue in Brighton and is intended to be a cooperative store and studio space for local emerging designers and will showcase women’s and men’s clothing, handspun luxury yarns and other artisanal accessories.

Rose is passionate about the prospect of The Brush Factory being a vehicle to help revitalize the boutique’s rundown neighborhood in addition to bringing more to Cincinnati’s economic table. By bringing commerce to the Brighton area, she hopes to encourage other businesses to move in to some of the other vacant properties on Central Avenue. Also, Rose hopes that The Brush Factory will be a place to enable the Cincinnati creative community by encouraging artisans to produce high quality and inspired goods, and promote higher expectations and work ethics. Additionally, proceeds for all clothing alterations brought into the store will be donated to local charities. Rose and The Brush Factory will remain committed to working with other local charities as well.

Pia is pleased that Fiori del Campo Suri Alpacas will be presenting a line of hand spun Suri alpaca yarns, in addition to novelty yarns which include but are not limited to fibers like Mohair, Cashmere, Angora and Yak, in addition to wools like Merino, Romney and Icelandic. Other designers slated to present work at the Factory Lynda Lucas, Chris Kittrell, Brittany Rose (Poncho Rose), Jennifer Sult and Lacey Voss. Rose would eventually like to carry garments from additional independent designers from the Midwest as well.

The Brush Factory is scheduled to open on Friday, December 11^th. Watch our website and blog for further information on this event and The Brush Factory in general.

Pia’s Spring Classes at the Weaver’s Guild of Greater Cincinnati

Pia — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:10:09 +0000

Pia is pleased to announce that she will be teaching more fiber arts classes at the Weaver’s Guild of Greater Cincinnati, 4870 Gray Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45232 as part of their spring programming schedule. Class descriptions and registration information can be found at the Weaver’s Guild website at http://weaversguildcincinnati.org

Intro to Wet Felting
Saturday, April 10
Sunday, June 6
12 – 3 PM
$20 members, $45 non members, plus $25 materials fee payable to instructor

Intermediate Wet Felting
Sunday, April 18
Saturday, June 12
12 – 3
$20 members, $45 non-members + $25 materials fee payable to instructor

Nuno Felting
Sunday, March 28
Saturday, May 8
12 – 3
$20 members, $45 non-members + $25 materials fee payable to instructor

Hairpin Lace
Saturday, March 20
Sunday, May 16
12 – 2
$20 members, $45 non-members + $25 materials fee payable to instructor

Spontaneous Freeform Spinning with Suri Alpaca
Saturday, March 6
12 – 3
$20 members, $45 non-members + $25 materials fee payable to instructor

Pia’s Winter Classes at Clifton Cultural Arts Center

Pia — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:53:32 +0000

Pia will be teaching a series of knitting classes at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center as part of the Center’s winter programming series. Initially, two classes will be offered, Beginning/Not-So-Beginning Knitting, and Intermediate/Advanced Knitting. Each class will run for four weeks and cover material and assignments appropriate to each individual’s skill level. CCAC is located in the Old Clifton School at 3711 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220. Dates and times to be announced this week! 513/497-2860. www.cliftonculturalarts.org

Facts About Your Fiber

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:43:20 +0000

The Facts About Your Fiber and Its Success in the Marketplace

December 5, 2009

Sponsored by the Suri Network Product Development Committee – Portland, Indiana
www.surinetwork.org

Felt Loom Studio & Tour

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:34:40 +0000

November 16, 2009

The Felt Loom studio and factory tour and meeting – Sharpsburg, Kentucky

www.feltloom.com

OABA AlpacaFest

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:11:56 +0000

I will be attending the Ohio Alpaca Breeders Association (OABA) AlpacaFest on November 7 & 8, 2009. It will be held at the Columbus, Ohio Exposition Center.

Alpaca Fiber Symposium

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:45:00 +0000

I will be attending the Alpaca Fiber Symposium from October 23 – 25, 2009. It is being held in Denver, Colorado at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Hope to see you there.

This picture was taken at last year’s Alpaca Fiber Symposium taken at the Gaston College fiber mill.