About This Blog & Ways To Contact Rebecca

Rebecca Wachtman

Fiber Artist

Renton, WA 98059

206-745-2363
Email:

Beckwacht@gmail.com

Website and store: www.RebeccaWachtman.com

This blog is an ongoing record of Rebecca's life as an artist and includes the events, successes, and struggles she faces as she walks down the path of becoming an emerging artist. She welcomes feedback and is always happy to answer questions about Silk Painting, the Re-FEM process, or other interests!

Rebecca is a fiber artist who currently is concentrating on two main areas of art:

-Painting upon recycled silk and

-Creating sculptures using recycled fibers and resin (utilizing the Re-FEM process which she innovated).

"The focus of my artwork is to attempt to document little moments in time, hoping that the resulting works will bring to light, some of this world's amazing beauty as I perceive it.

My artwork embraces eco-centrism both in inspiration as well as in business practices. While I work on my art, my past focus of up-cycled crafts occasionally re-emerges in new and unexpected ways." (Rebecca)

Comments

So You Want To Make Your Own Vertical Stovepipe Steamer?

I wrote a post on my other blog several years ago, but was just asked to create a new document for the Silk Painters group on Facebook. So I thought I'd share it here! Making your own Stovepipe Steamer is relatively easy to do and certainly cost effective! To buy one new (and made specifically for silk paintings) will easily cost you over $1000 bucks.... but making one yourself can cost under $100 (mine was less than $50!). I've had several people ask: Why do you want a Stovepipe Steamer? Can't you just use a pot and steaming basket on your stove? Both are good questions! Yes you can use a pot and steaming basket on your stove. But I personally, don't care for the idea of the chemicals/dyes/etc being in my kitchen. They are NOT good eats (to borrow from Alton Brown). Plus if you use a steaming basket in a pot, you have to constantly watch the water levels. And you don't have a lot of space, which means you're probably only steaming 1 item at a time.

So you're thinking of making your own World Globe Bowl or Lampshade?

World Globe Bowl So you're thinking of making your own World Globe Bowl or Lampshade? (a series of 3 tutorial posts explaining how to select a World Globe, make a lampshade, and make a bowl). I've done alright making World Globe Lampshades and Bowls for my business Re-covered Treasures (see my blog www.Re-coveredTreasures.com and my Etsy store ReCoveredTreasures4U ). But over the years I've received lots of questions about how to make them, so I thought I would share that information. World Globe Lampshade with crystal trim So this post will be the beginning of a basic tutorial on how to choose World Globes to make World Globe Lampshades and Bowls, which I will then do a follow-up posts on how to actually make the lampshades and bowls. The first question I always get is "where do you find all of your globes?" There are a ton of places to find globes: Garage Sales, Thrift Stores, Friends & Family, Antique Stores, Flea Markets,

If You Grew Up Near Renton Washington, Maybe You'd Remember This!

Vintage Sears photo courtesy of Anne Garber's Pinterest page . I grew up in the Seattle area - moving around a bit, but staying within the general area. One of the things my family liked to do, was visit Newberry's and Sears in Renton, WA. I have VERY fond memories of the candy counter at Sears - where a kid with a quarter could buy a little bag of candies...yum! Newberry's Soda Fountain Photo courtesy of The Daily Journal.com Newberrys had a soda fountain (cafe) which was my mother's favorite place to get a hot dog - because they made buns out of folded, toasted bread. But my very favorite thing to do - was to play on the cement turtles outside. There were little turtles and big turtles. You could step from turtle to turtle and climb the big ones. They were there for years, after newberry's left..and even after Sears left. Then they disappeared. BUT guess who I found on the grounds of the Renton Highland's Library?? YUP! One

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