EXPOSITON with Valerie and Mike Marlene Gruetter April 13, 2016 at 2:00 pm

April 13, 2016 at 2:00 pm - Exposition with Valerie Thomas and Mike Thompson featuring Marlene Gruetter who focuses on fashionable wearables and creates unique felt garments under the name ShambolicÒ.  Marlene is a traditional felt maker and uses fine merino wool and upcycled silk garments to create a new fabric.  The process of making the new fabric involves applying fine merino wool fiber onto silk garments and with the elements of water, soap and friction (hand rubbing and rolling) resulting in a new fabric as the wool migrates through the weave of the fabric.  Marlene’s work has been on display at various art venues in the United States and she has published articles about her ShambolicÒ wearables nationally and internationally.   Her ShambolicÒ wearables have also received distinguished awards at competitions and runway shows.

Marlene Gruetter

Seni Studio

Scottown, Ohio  45678

EM: senistudio@wildblue.net

740-256-1866

Valerie Thomas

Artisan Market/Shoppe/Studio

838 1st Avenue, Gallipolis, Ohio 45631

740-853-2364

galliacountyartisanmarket@gmail.com

Mike Thompson,

EM: MikeT@rio.edu

Director, Instructional Design and Media Services

University of Rio Grande & Rio Grande Community College

IDMS Wood Hall

Rio Grande, Ohio

Ph:  740-245-7411