Tammy L Deck ArtWear

Art Fair this Weekend : Lakeview East Fine Art Fair / Tammy L Deck ArtWear

2011-09-08T16:17:00.004-05:00

Photo by: Michelle Sukiennik Model: Ellery Wilson

This weekend!!!

Lakeview East Fine Art Festival
Chicago

Sept. 10 + 11
10am to 6pm (5pm Sun)

on Broadway
From Belmont to Roscoe

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Tammy L Deck ~ ArtWear
TLD Design Center & Gallery

Collaborative Art Fair ~ Oswego, IL

2011-08-16T16:22:00.005-05:00

photo by: Michelle Sukiennik Model: Ellery Wilson

Oswego Collaborative Fine Art Fair
Tammy & Shannon share a booth
this Weekend
August 20 and 21
Downtown Oswego, IL
On Main Street @ Rt 35
10am to 5pm (4pm Sun)

including unique, one of a kind pieces
shawls, scarves, hats, garments, purses, collars and cuffs
necklaces, earrings, bangles & bracelets

Shannon Haug ~ Shannon's Elite Designs

Art in Your Eye Fine Art Fair ~ This Weekend

2011-08-07T23:29:00.002-05:00

Photo by: Michelle Sukiennik
Model: Ellery Wilson

Tammy L Deck
ArtWear

Appearing this weekend in:
Art In Your Eye
Fine Art Fair
Batavia, IL

August 13 & 14
10am to 5pm (4pm Sun)

Art Fair in Northbrook, IL

2011-07-05T23:38:00.003-05:00

This Weekend!!

My first time in this show
Come enjoy the artwork.

Art in the Park
a Northbrook Fine Arts Festival

Village Green Park
Corner of Meadow and Shermer Roads
Northbrook, IL

Saturday 10am to 5pm
Sunday 10am to 4pm

See you there!
Tammy

Art Fair This Weekend Wheaton, IL

2011-06-14T15:12:00.003-05:00

This Weekend I'll be Showing at:

ART IN BLOOM

Cantigny Park
1S151 Winfield Rd.
Wheaton, IL

June 18th & 19th
10am to 5pm Sat
10am to 4pm Sun

$5 per car parking fee

Hope you can make it.

Tammy

Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival ~ This Weekend

2011-06-07T15:20:00.002-05:00

Tammy L Deck
ArtWear
Booth 97

June 11th & 12th
10am to 5pm

Burlington Park
30 E Chicago
Hinsdale, IL

Hope to see you there.

Tammy

Naperville Woman's Club Fine Art Fair

2011-06-01T00:12:00.005-05:00

This Weekend:
June 4th and 5th
10am to 5pm each day

FINE ART FAIR

New Location:
Webster & Water Streets

On foot at the Riverwalk?
Cross the river using the covered bridge located
by the Dandelion Fountain...you'll see our tents!
I'll be right there, too...with my weaving loom.

The weather should be fabulous...come join us!

Tammy

Art Fair this Weekend

2011-05-17T01:23:00.008-05:00

New work...plus a few special items I've made inspired by a piece of artwork created by Junior High School Student: Austeja Staneviciute.

May 21st and 22nd
Fine Art Fair
Riverside, IL

10am to 5pm

I'll be there with my weaving loom to demonstrate, too!

Thank you for your support. See you at the fair.

Tammy

Art Fair Next Week:

2011-04-26T15:29:00.004-05:00

Come see me... together with 11 other Illinois Artisans
Purchase something artsy and unique for mom

May 4th, 5th and 6th
10am to 3:30pm each day

100 W Randolph
Thompson Center Building / Atrium Level

(50% of your purchase helps support the Illinois Artisan Program)

Best Regards,

Tammy

2011 Art Fair Schedule

2011-03-05T00:12:00.004-06:00

Whew!!

Got all my show dates listed...holy moly...what have I done?
I just counted...there's 17 of them!!!

Look over there in the right margin >>>>

My winter vacation is officially over.

Hope to see you at one or more of them.

Tammy

Tammy at the One of a Kind Show Next Week!

2010-11-27T17:52:00.010-06:00

Come visit me at the One of a Kind Show... free!!
Click here for free passes!
I will be at Booth 8046 at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago
December 2-5, 2010.

Thanks to Ellery Wilson for modeling one of my scarves, and Michelle Sukiennik for taking such a great photo.

LaGrange Art Fair ~ This Weekend

2010-09-14T22:55:00.003-05:00

This is my last outdoor show of the season.
I hope to see you there!

Tammy

Art Fair this Weekend ~ Chicago

2010-09-08T17:26:00.003-05:00

September 11th & 12th

Lakeview East Festival of the Arts
on Broadway North of Belmont
Saturday 10am to 6pm
Sunday 10am to 5pm

Hope to see you there!

Tammy

Art in Your Eye Fine Art Fair~ Batavia, IL

2010-08-11T14:48:00.003-05:00

10am to 5pm

come see my new work...each piece is one of a kind!

Tammy

Geneva Arts Fair 2010

2010-07-30T16:45:00.004-05:00

How cool is this??? Once you hit play...watch carefully...the very first shot of booths is mine on the right with the black panels...then about 1/8 of the way through he's got a shot of me with a few felt scarves....then, there's the most unflatering still shot of me near the end with my mouth wide open as they were presenting me with my ribbon and award check. Have pity on me for that last one...it was taken after the show had closed on Sunday and Brian and I were in the midst of tearing down my booth.

Thank you Geneva!!! I had a most excellent show in spite of the weather.
Tammy

Geneva Fine Arts Fair / This Weekend!!!

2010-07-23T08:05:00.005-05:00

One of my favorite shows of the year. I'm working through the night to bring new pieces to my tent.

Hope to see you there.

Tammy

Naperville Fine Art Fair This Weekend

2010-07-09T00:07:00.003-05:00

July 10th and 11th
10am to 5pm

I'll be there with my new work

See you there!

Tammy

Space still available in my Felt Hat Class

2010-07-08T23:59:00.004-05:00

At the Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Fair
Happening in Grayslake, IL at the Lake County Fair Grounds.

Click here for details and registration

One of a Kind Show Confirmed for December 2010

2010-07-02T07:51:00.002-05:00

My vacation...it seems...is over!

I gots a lot of work to do...yikes!

Art Fair Alert!!

2010-06-05T00:18:00.002-05:00

A new show for me...
I'm working furiously to introduce more
garments like the one shown here.

Come on by and see what makes it out of the felting water.

Tammy

Wahoo! 2nd Place Over-All

2010-05-22T19:15:00.005-05:00

What a nice way to start my 2010 Art Fair Season. Thank you Riverside!

Riverside Fine Arts Fair this Weekend!!

2010-05-17T16:06:00.003-05:00

Hope you can make it out to see us!

Art Fair Schedule Posted:

2010-03-30T21:05:00.004-05:00

Please review my schedule in the right hand margin to see if maybe I'm doing a show near you. I hope you're able to attend one or more of these events.

I'm looking forward to an awesome Summer Line-up!

Best Regards,

Tammy

From my E-mail:

2010-02-23T11:08:00.006-06:00

With her permission...I just had to share...this is how I know it's worth sitting in the hot, humid, summer weather with my wool artwear:

Tammy—the past two days I have been wearing two of your fabulous scarves that I purchased from you at the Batavia Fine Arts Show last August (it was such a hot day but your wools just grabbed me!). I have gotten soooooo many compliments…just had to tell you! Yesterday’s scarf was the aqua wool with the woven yarn loops around the edges in white/gray/black/aqua…looked wonderful with a teal blazer. Today’s scarf is a purple/blue/gray/black/white one…lots of holes in it…purple and blue are like polka dots and long streamers. The women in my office are drooling!!! I also bought a gorgeous yellow scarf (similar in design to today’s I’m wearing) that I can’t wait to wear, too! Just wanted to let you know that during some very cold, long and dreary winter days, your beautiful artwork is bringing joy to many people!!! All the best to you and yours in the New Year! Hope you’ll be back to the Batavia Fine Arts Show again this year!

~~Linda Schielke

Received Confirmation for Geneva Fine Art Fair

2010-02-18T21:52:00.003-06:00

Yahoo!!! I'm thrilled. I love this show!

I've been on the alternate list the last few years. Ultimately, I always got in...but it was by the skin of my teeth and I was not able to snail mail my normal announcement.

So, thanks everyone that helped me pick my photos. I've submitted them to two other shows now...I wait until the middle or end of March for those opinions. Please keep your fingers crossed for me. Hinsdale in June and Naperville in July.

Tammy

Jury Photos submitted

2010-02-02T08:37:00.002-06:00

Thanks for helping me. I was second guessing myself this year. Now I cross my fingers until March (I think)

Help Me Choose.

2010-01-31T22:45:00.003-06:00

Please...I'm stuck. Which 4 photos should I submit to 2010 jury for Fine Art Fairs in Geneva, Hinsdale, and Naperville Women's Club? I put up a poll in the side bar. Please pick 4. I need to sumbit these (by e-mail) Monday, February 1st for Geneva!!!

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Simple Felt Cuff

2009-12-01T10:05:00.001-06:00

From Yesterday's class...a simple demo piece

Bizarre Bazaar - November 9th - Chicago

2009-11-03T12:13:00.002-06:00

Monday, November 9th
5:30pm to 8:30pm

at the Merchadise Mart
in the OFS Brand Showroom
Sutie 1132

$10 donation/entry fee at the door
Open to the Public

Get a jump start on your holiday shopping with over 45 different artistic vendors.

Aurora Illinois ArtWalk...TODAY!

2009-10-09T07:57:00.006-05:00

Sorry for the short notice. The hurrieder I go...the behinder I get.

Lakeview East Art Fair in Chicago

2009-10-09T07:55:00.000-05:00

My Best-est show of all time!!!

LaGrange Art Fair

2009-10-09T07:53:00.001-05:00

This was actually back in September....but I won Best of Show!!!

I Won a 1st Place Ribbon at Art in Your Eye, Batavia!

2009-08-11T19:57:00.002-05:00

Thank you Batavia for putting on such a great show.

Geneva Fine Arts Fair / This Weekend!!!

2009-07-21T19:16:00.002-05:00

Arlington Park put me on Youtube

2009-06-26T23:49:00.002-05:00

Artfair at Arlington Park...Come for Father's Day

2009-06-14T14:34:00.002-05:00

Next Up!

2009-05-09T09:55:00.005-05:00

Hope to see you there!

Tammy

My First Art Fair of the Season!

2009-05-05T16:42:00.003-05:00

Hope to see you there!

Tammy

Fiber Dyeing Commission

2009-04-05T01:01:00.010-05:00

10lbs of silk fiber

Custom color matched and dyed for the Steppenwolf Theatre. This is 25% of the job drying on a rack Brian rigged for the job.

This is how they used the fiber....

The perfect technique to create the flowers was silk fusion...I showed them a couple of the hats I made with silk fiber that I "hand painted"...plus a few of my felt flowers. The felt would have been too matt and wintery feeling. I count 40 flowers there!

My intern, Heather, saw the show with her husband and captured these photos for me.

My Jury Photos for 2009

2009-02-10T01:53:00.007-06:00

My 2009 Art Fair Schedule:

2009-02-02T19:15:00.001-06:00

Well...my registration and application deadlines have been met. Now I just need to wait for the final word on two shows...Geneva (I love this show!) and I want to try out a different one this year, Lakeview East. I've decided to bow out of the art fair during Jazz Fest...as a three day show from 11am to 9:30 at night...it's a bit too grueling for me now that Julie Rose has moved to Taos and it's just Janice and me.

Erin at EM Events actually picked up the Lakeview show last year...but I was already booked for Jazz Fest and LaGrange....it would have been way too much for me to do all three...especially since Brian was away from the studio at that point. It just would have killed me!

So, take a gander at the right margin... over there under my profile picture...the shows are in order of appearance starting with the Mother's Day Art Spree indoors at the Thompson Center in Chicago....hosted by the Illinois Artisan Program. If you look at my post from September...you'll find some photos of my table.

Hope to see you at one or more of these events!

Gift of the Hairy Balls

2008-12-23T21:59:00.001-06:00

These were made by Susan Hayden (a felting student of mine) She made them by accident at first....now, intentionally with skill. These are from the hair of her bearded collie dogs. I just love them. Next time you're in the studio...please ask me to show you my hairy balls. hee hee

Holy Shmoley...I'm a baaaad blogger!

2008-12-16T09:44:00.000-06:00

Shame on me for not posting since September! Well, I have had some pretty good excuses...I'll not waste your time with them now.

I wanted to instead....let you know that I did, indeed get that job to make the big glass beads for the door pulls.

Which have been affectionately referred to as:

Tammy's knobs

and when I drove to Evanston to deliver them...the young lady at the door exclaimed

"oh, yes...you're the woman with the blue balls!"

All I could do was nod my head in agreement. sigh.

At any rate...here's a photo of my little darling beads...nestled in purple tissue for the delivery.

The one in the very center is the original. I had to make 18 beads in order to deliver 10 that I felt were most alike. I worked in intervals of 4 (only had 4 mandrels the correct size) which was actually a good thing since each bead took about 45min to make....I was able to shave 15min off my time on the last 3 (one of the early ones took a full hour...ugh!)

This was a great experience for me....I'm sooo much better at making round beads now and I would never have chosen to make a bead from 3 rods of glass.

Art Spree : Illinois Artisan Program

2008-09-23T13:50:00.000-05:00

September 15th & 16th I decided to try an "Art Spree" with the Illinois Artisan Program. Basically it's an indoor artfair that took place on the ground level of the atrium of the Thompson building in Chicago. Thirteen Illinois artisans were present...with the focus on fashion....so, I went there with a smattering of my work. Only a smattering because I've just not had a chance to make very much new work...in fact, the hats I featured were made during the night before (right...I did not sleep Sunday night...I sewed) I decided to try taking the train in and cart my work and props....I guess it's a 3/4 mile walk. I could have made it easier on myself if I didn't bring a bunch of felted rocks with me...but guess what....I sold several of them so my load was a bit lighter on the way home! Here are a few more photos of my table:

I did sell a few hats...took an order for a hat...and got the names of people interested in my work and maybe even some of our classes.

The most notable occurance happened as I was closing down my table the second day. A woman came up and tried on that cute stripy hat in the photo above....it look great on her...but she was on her way somewhere and didn't know we were going to be there...she was not prepared to purchase anything that day. I told her I'd be putting the hat in the Artisan Shop located on the second floor....maybe she could come back another day and buy it. Then she asked me where I was from....when I told her Westmont she exclaimed "no Way!" She introduced herself as our State Representative, Patricia Bellock....her district office is located... literally.... right next door to my studio in Westmont, IL!!! She had always wondered what was in my place...but never was able to get in. Now she will!

26 E Quincy St
Wednesday through Saturday 11 am to 6pm ;-)

Yahoo....I won an award in Batavia!

2008-08-11T13:34:00.001-05:00

I'm still pinching myself....I can hardly stand it!

I never enter these shows thinking I might capture an award...I mean, sure, I've always thought it would be nice if I won something.....but that's not my main gig.

I always try to put my best foot forward at these things... but I know it's a tough job for a judge to compare what I do with...oh...say a stone sculpture artist....I mean...really...how do you do that?

This award is particularly surprising for me because I was all down on myself leading up to the weekend because I've not had a chance (since the Geneva art fair) to create much of anything new...in fact, I was feeling like this was my lowest mix of items since just after my father passed away. hummm.

Well...I'm really pumped and excited now (as you can imagine)
sorry if I've been a bit too boastful. Mostly I'm in shock (I think) Maybe if I say it outloud enough....I'll be convinced it really happened.

So, yea!!!

Thank you Batavia...see you again next year!

And...Yet another Invitation

2008-08-08T20:48:00.001-05:00

Another Art Fair Invitation

2008-07-25T07:02:00.001-05:00

Come See me at the Art Fair

2008-07-09T08:07:00.000-05:00

Matching Glass: A Dilema

2008-07-02T01:10:00.000-05:00

I was contacted by a company that does architectural restorations to replicate some glass knobs. These are basically just gigantoid beads with a 1/4" hole. The bugger weighs in at 1.5oz.

So, this part is not really the problem....the problem is matching the glass color.

I took out my sample cuts and we found a pretty darn good color (horizontal rod)....but I was out of stock (even if I had some....it would have been less than 1/2 lb) What are the chances if I order a pound of the color...that it would be slightly darker than my cut...and be a perfect match? Aparently pretty slim.

The batch came in a tad lighter! boo hoo. I can't do the job. I was a good girl and went ahead and made sample beads out of each of the rods to show the clients.

I almost had a different, coo-lio solution.....I still had flat glass out from Sunday's fusing class. There was a beautiful piece of medium turk sitting right there!!! On the table!!! Right in front of me!!!! Being all matchy matchy to the bead even!!!

I cut off a strip and went to the torch with it....ehh...I cut the thing too wide...it was very hard to heat evenly...plus I reduced it and brought up some copper color (that won't do at all!!!) I tried again with a thinner strip...that went much better....and only a tiny spot of reduction. When the beads cooled....drat...the torch struck it two shades darker.... what a bummer. I was so hoping to be a rock star on this project.

color matching...ehh...can't we all just agree to coordinate?

Prairie State Art Fair

2008-06-28T23:06:00.000-05:00

Last Weekend:

I showed my work at Arlington Park Race Course in Arlington Heights, IL. The weather played nice...in fact it was quite lovely. I had fun watching the horses race. Quite different from most shows I'm in this season.

I brought my floor loom and was able to weave quite a bit. The project is a hand painted silk/tencel/rayon shawl in Sea greens and Mediterranean blues....which coordinated nicely with my tongue and teeth after I drank a blue slushy.

This show had an extra requirement....each artist was to create a miniature work that included horse imagery or a horse racing theme. As you might imagine....this was a stretch for me. Certainly, everybody knows that hat wearing is a must for the ladies....Arlington Park knows it...they've got an event they call "Ladies Day" and ladies wearing a hat at the entrance will receive a discount to get in. So, naturally, I created a miniature hat titled: "Ladies Day at Arlington Park". I made a hand-dyed silk fusion fabric that I draped over a little hat form I built. I sculpted the fabric against the form and let it dry. Peeled it off and embellished it with beads. I even made a little stand for it from an acrylic ice cube (just happen to have about a dozen of them on hand) and a glass rod that I melted into a flat button on one end.

Here's a photo of the little bugger. I'm not sure if I'll ever see or hear of it again. Maybe they will bring it out for their next "Ladies Day" !!

Oh..I almost forgot to mention.... I won the 2nd place ribbon during this show.

....for my ArtWear booth

...not the little hat.

Welcome to my humble little Blog

2008-06-28T22:48:00.000-05:00

Hi...
I'm new here. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing with this thing... but everybody else seemed be doing it. I'm not one to resist peer pressure....after all....that's how I ended up with purple hair, don't cha know.