Virginia A. Spiegel

Logo by Jeanelle McCall

The preview of ToteTuesday 2 is now up here.  Please bookmark this webpage as it is also the site of tomorrow’s ToteTuesday’s auction.

Warm up that charge card for the good cause that also lets you have a great time shopping.  There will be 13 themed totes (custom totes, artwork, gift certificates, books, DVDs, beads, hand-dyed fabrics, more, more, more) AND three very special individual artworks.

The donors/sponsors have been busy adding bonus items such as special art.  For example, Natalya Aikens has a tote based on her DVD, Texture Transformation.

You can imagine the fun materials she has pulled together for your own experiments in Texture Transformation.  BUT she has also added to the tote the cover artwork shown on the left side of the DVD above.  And Natalya’s not alone in her generosity.  Enjoy the preview and I will see you tomorrow when the bidding opens at 11 a.m. CST.

Okno V Dom/Window Into the Home 2
Natalya Aikens 

Artist Natalya Aikens is donating a most special artwork, Okno V Dom/Window Into the Home 2, to the Invitational Reverse Auction of Fiberart to benefit the American Cancer Society.

The artwork is featured on the cover of Quilting Arts 2009 Calendar.  The lucky patron of this artwork will also receive a copy of the Quilting Arts 2009 Calendar donated by Pokey Bolton of Quilting Arts. 

The artwork is 12×12″ and materials include silk organza, synthetic organza, dryer sheets, painted, free-handmachine embroidered, hand stitched.

Natalya’s art is an exploration of her heritage.  The Russian fairytales, folklore and decorative traditions infuse her work with their fanciful spirit. St. Petersburg, her birth city inspires her with its elegance, grace and grittiness. The pagan/Christian-intertwined history of Russia makes her dig deeper into her soul.

Natalya has exhibited her fiber art in juried shows throughout the US. Her artwork has made several appearances in Quilting Arts Magazine and Quilting Arts TV.

Her work has also been published in The Quilting Arts Book by Patricia Bolton, Art Quilts at Play by Jane Davila and Elin Waterston and SAQA’s Portfolio 15. She is a member of SAQA, Surface Design Association and the FiberRevolution.

Natalya earned her BFA at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and had a previous career in the fashion and film industries.  She currently lives and works in Westchester County, NY.

The Invitational Reverse Auction opens March 24.