Fiber Beat, Episode 19: "Art is Primary" featuring Deborah Corsini and Kyle Kunnecke
(Media Link: Art is Primary (34:37))

There's a million crafters in Fiber City and we've all got a yarn to spin.

This episode of Fiber Beat is made possible with the support of Entangled magazine, our brand new sponsor from New Zealand! Entangled is a new digital only, quarterly fibercraft publication. Issue One featuring Claudia from Wollmeise, the history of Saori weaving, and all about Angora rabbit fiber is out now and available through Zinio

This episode of Fiber Beat is also underwritten by Bobbin's Nest Studio, from Santa Clara, CA. Bobbin's Nest is a fabric and yarn store specializing in: knitting, sewing, crochet, and hand embroidery. This summer Bobbin's Nest will release a line of their own patterns AND will redesign the store! Come check out all the excitement in person!

When I was first told I should visit the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, I envisioned a meticulously displayed and tastefully curated collection of traditional quilted pieces. But, as this recommendation was coming from my multi-crafty poly-artistic friend, Kyle Kunnecke, I knew that there must be more edge to it than that. And boy was I in for a tasty textile treat!!!

For my first trip to the museum, I saw two side-by-side shows. The first show was "Eden Re-imagined" showcasing the embroidered art of Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone. The sister show in this exhibition was called "Earthly Paradise" and it was a dazzling display of quilted tapestries from the two-woman collective A Bee (aka Carrie Houseman and Darbury Novoselic).

These two shows were enough to convince me that the SJMoQ&T must have a passionate curatorial staff that I had to meet. Fortunately, I had an introduction (through my buddy Kyle) to Deborah Corsini, the visionary behind the first show that I experienced at the museum. My talk with Deborah is the subject of the first half of this episode of Fiber Beat. For the second half the show, I chatted with Kyle and about his workshops, his designs and his journey through the worlds of art, textiles & knitting

If you are fortunate enough to live in the San Jose/Bay Area, I encourage most strongly to go check out Primary Structures, the brand new show at the Museum of Quilts & Textiles featuring knitted and crocheted artwork. You can also sign up for workshops with Kyle & even check out the “Southwestern Banded Blankets” exhibit that is showing concurrently with the PS show.

The following people, places and things were mentioned:

• Primary Structures, the new knitting & crochet show @ the museum!
• Kids Create calendar at SJMoQ
• Press Release for Eden Re-Imagined and Earthly Paradise shows @ the museum
• Short video from A Bee collective
• ITAB, International TECHstyle Art Biennial
• jacquard weaving
• Museum Calendar including June events and workshops
• Mary Walker Phillips, pioneer in knitting art
• Men's Knitting Retreats
• Men Who Knit
• Skacel Knitting
• Navajo Churro Yarns by the Black Mesa Weavers
• Cause hat pattern by Kyle Kunnecke
• Cure hat pattern by Kyle Kunnecke
• Kate Godfrey: graphic designer, artist & author

Fiber Beat CONTEST for Episode No. 19

We've three great prizes to award in conjunction with this episode:(1) Set of two tickets to the see the Primary Structures show that will be up through August 7, 2011. This is obviously for local folks; (2) Souvenir catalog of the Primary Structures show. This should be for those people who cannot attend the show in person; (3) Cause & Cure hat patterns designed by Kyle Kunnecke. I have two each of these for a total of 4 pattern prizes.

All you have to do to enter the drawing for these prizes, is leave a comment on fiberbeat.com or on the Fiber Beat Ravelry forum. Winners will be randomly selected from all the entries. DEADLINE FOR ENTERING IS JUNE 21, 2011.

An intricately woven thank you to Deborah Corsini for showing us her lovely studio and for being on the Fiber Beat. A huge hug to fiber artist and teacher Kyle Kunnecke. And massive thanks to our continuing sponsor, Bobbin Nest, and to our new sponsor,Entangled magazine. Finally, I want to thank you, our patient listeners, for downloading and listening to our first TWENTY-SIX episodes (audio/video) of Fiber Beat! If you like what we do, please consider leaving a review on iTunes.

We used snippets of all the songs below in this episode. If you like the music, please support the artists (links provided for your convenience):

• "Fiber Beat theme" performed by Anthony Bonet from exclusive to Fiber Beat (2010)
• "Flute Salad" performed by Sven Van Hees from Carte Blanche 2 (Astralwerks, 2001)
• "Pomp and Circumstance" performed by The USAF Heritage of American Band from Ceremonial Music (Altissimo Records, 2006)
• " The Elements" performed by Tom Lehrer from An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer (1959, Reprise)
• "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" performed by Latin Piano Band from Latin Nights (Music Factory Entertainment Group, 2000)
• "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" performed by Burt Bacharach from What The World Needs Now: Burt Bacharach Classics (A&M, 2003)
• "Kyle" performed by Taste from Rock is Dead (GoSet Music, 2007)
• "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive" performed by Ella Fitzgerald from Twelve Nights In Hollywood (Verve, 2009)
• "I'm Learning About Love" performed by Brenda Lee from The Definitive Collection (MCA Nashville, 2006)
• "Primary" performed by The Cure from Staring At The Sea: The Singles 1979-1985 (Elektra, 1986)
• "Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" performed by Croisette from Eurobeat Hits (Motorcity, 2011)

My name is WonderMike and I'll see YOU on the Fiber Beat!!