Above the Fray Events
Above The Fray: Traditional Hilltribe Art presents its "Sale of Silk" Events in the Pacific Northwest; our confirmed future events are listed below.
Our exhibit and sales events include a diverse, exquisite array of hand-woven traditional textiles not listed on this website, including hundreds of fine silks (from $15 to $1500) and embroidered hemp and cotton textiles. Many different weaving methods and artistry techniques, representing a wide-variety of unique cultural groups, are evident in the beautiful scarves, shawls, blankets, shoulder bags, ikat material, wall-art, loin cloths and more. We are especially pleased to offer the intricate and opulent shaman, healing and other traditional silk forms of the Tai Daeng people of Houaphon Province, Laos, created using the discontinuous supplementary-weft technique.
We also offer a personally-selected authentic collection of lovingly-worn baskets, jewelry, ritual and shamanic art, tools and toys made and used by the hilltribe people of Laos and Vietnam. We have an on-going slide show about the hilltribe artisans and cultures, our travels, and Mines Advisory Group (to whom we donate 3% of all sales) as well as displays of looms and stories of the artists. Indeed, we brightly fill a good-sized auditorium! (Our website galleries offers only a small taste of our breadth and depth.)
People often comment that our "Sale of Silk" Events feel like a visit to a museum of tribal and fine arts where one can actually touch and buy the items; many spend hours perusing the eclectic variety of textiles and other wares and learning about the diversity of hilltribe cultures and their arts. We encourage you to drop by - there's no admission fee - and be dazzled!
Above the Fray 2011 Events:
Maren and customers examining textiles and baskets
at the Mother's Day Weekend sale at the Spencer Creek Grange.
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Holiday Sales of Silk
(And Other Intriguing Hilltribe Art)
in Portland:
Veteran's Day Weekend
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
November 11, 12, 13
10 AM – 5 PM
Multnomah Arts Center
7688 SW Capital Highway
www.multnomahartscenter.org |
in Seattle:
Thanksgiving Weekend
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
November 26, 27, 28
10 AM – 5 PM
The Mountaineers:
Goodman Hall
7700 Sand Point Way
www.mountaineers.org |
in Eugene:
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
December 9, 10, 11
10 AM – 5 PM
Spencer Creek Grange
86013 Lorane Hwy
(2.5 m. west of Chambers at McBeth)
www.spencercreekgrange.org |
Private Showings Available in Eugene
Call Maren at 541-485-9386 to schedule. |
