Book Signing with Prairie Small at the Spring Fiber Arts Sale

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Published: 30 April 2017 30 April 2017

Dye Plants book RSA Spring Fiber Arts Sale will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2017 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Silver City Woman's Club located at 411 Silver Heights Blvd. just in time for Mother's Day. The sale is sponsored by the SW Women's Fiber Arts Collective (SWFAC), a non-profit that provides opportunities for fiber artists in Grant county to earn income.

In addition to the fiber art sales, this year SWFAC sponsored the publication of Local Color - Dye Plants of the Gila, New Mexico Region by Donna Foley and Prairie Small. Prairie Small will be available from 10 am to 11 am to sign copies of the book. The book is the culmination of two years of skeining yarn, mordanting, gathering plants, soaking, simmering, rinsing, photographing and writing.

Prairie grew up in Kansas but has lived in Grant county for seventeen years. She learned to dye from a weaver on the Navajo Nation. Since then she has been experimenting with plants from the Gila region. "A signed book would make a lovely Mother's Day gift along with some fiber art", states board member Vicki Gadberry.

"We will also have some fun fiber art educational boards to view along with the great fiber art. The sale is free so this is a really nice event for your family to attend. All types of fiber art will be available to purchase and in every price range. You will be supporting local artisans who have some really amazing fiber art," states Gadberry.

The Southwest Women's Fiber Arts Collective was founded in March, 2005. We are a grassroots, all-volunteer, non-profit 501 c (3) organization with the goal of stimulating and supporting successful cottage industry in the southwest. We have a successful history of providing means to earn income in our remote community. SWFAC holds two sales each year, the Spring Sale and the Holiday Sale held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

The SW Women's Fiber Arts Collective's mission is to celebrate fiber art and realize its economic potential. To accomplish this, we nurture and empower both novice and skilled artists and enrich the community by fostering opportunities to experience, learn and earn. Please see our website, www.fiberartscollective.org for more information about our organization and to learn about becoming a member.

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