Business, Arts, The Neighborhood Files, Holiday Guide 2011
By Kristy Snyder Email the author November 25, 2011
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Looking for a unique present?
The North Hills Art Center has kicked off its Holiday Handcraft Sale, featuring handmade items...
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Business, Arts, The Neighborhood Files, Holiday Guide 2011
By Kristy Snyder Email the author November 25, 2011
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Looking for a unique present?
The North Hills Art Center has kicked off its Holiday Handcraft Sale, featuring handmade items from about 30 North Hills artists.
Items on sale at the center at 3432 Babcock Blvd.
include jewelry, decorative wreaths and wooden statues, among others.
Ruthann Farinacci, president of the center s board, is one of the artists whose work is featured in the display.
“I’m a fiber artist, I do thinning and felting, some of the scarves and hats and purses,” she said.
“My specialty is landscape weaving.
I love to do trees.
I
drill frames and then warp whatever I’m weaving on, and then I wrap them with a series of the weave.
Sometimes I have hills and backgrounds.
”
Farinacci is also involved with pottery and has taught classes for more than 10 years at the center.
One of her pottery vases is displayed in the middle of
the room,
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