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Show 7C Lakeside Review, Wednesday, July 29, 1987 Seniors join in i fair activities Flower 'artist' to show craft MARGE SILVESTER Lakeside Review correspondent CLEARFIELD A local woman who received a teaching certificate in Japan for flower arranging will give demonstrations at the Davis County Fair Friday, July 31, from 4 p.m. ' Janie Heaps of Kaysville learned the art of Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) when her husband was stationed at Tachikawa Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan, 20 years ago. I looked around at the different schools that taught variations of the original methods and decided on the Sogetsu-ry- u school of arranging, because the style was more pleasing to my 3-- eye. RUTH MALAN KAYSVILLE lives of many of the countys senior citizens. Genevieve Cragun of Kaysville enjoys spending time, since she retired as a nurse, playing with her senior friends at the Silver Age Center in Kaysville. Mrs. Cragun has also been looking forward to entering some of her handmade items in the fair this year. She will enter a flower arrangement, a crocheted afghan and a cowboy and a horse made of ceramic. For the past five years Mrs. Cragun has put entries in the fair. pin-occ- le and rangement, mountains meadows may be added to help strengthen the elements. Space and angles are stressed in designs. I have seen Japanese arrangers take a limb from a cherry tree and strip everything but one blossom, and create a beautiful arrangement," day,-Hea- r Janie Heaps ing arranging : WJSrJW it;,:: will give cutters). of traditional flower arranging, with many variations of those styles., The Sogetsu style was Heaps said each flower has a right side, the side that faces the sun. To create space, extra blossoms are removed. Flowers are MARGE SILVESTER CLEARFIELD Some call it tole painting. Others say folk art. Some artists arent too impressed with either title, preferring to think of it as a pasttime or hob- five-wee- by. But since the use of acrylic paints has become so popular in the last 10 years, many artists have joined the hobbyists. Tole or folk painting has been around for hundreds of years at least, probably thousands. Originally, told, which means tin, was painted on tin by the early Colonials. According to Sharon Peterson of Handicraft House, in Layton, folk art was any art done by unskilled people, as opposed to the trained artists. Tole art came to mean anything made from a pattern, rather than a freehand technique. Norwegian rosmaling, French baroque and Oriental styles heavily influenced folk art in the early days, Peterson said. The only limitation was peoples ability to travel. Europeans traveled to other countries incorporating many ideas into their own country and developing an individual style. Americans, who did little traveling, used what they had learned. As yet an American style .I she said. Shelly Ransom, who teaches tole painting at Bettys Craft Shop, said pictures were painted with available paint, which was made with available dyes. Items had to be repainted on a regular basis to prevent them from fading. Ransom will demonstrate tole painting at the Davis County Fair on July 31 from 7 p.m. She will have several items on display, and will be painting projects as part of the demonstration. Tole painting is more of a technique, rather than art, she said. Learn the technique and the art comes out. Some of the advantages of painting with acrylics include less odors than with oils, linseed oil or turpentine dont have to be used, clean up is with water and soap, and synthetic brushes are less expensive than natural bristles and clean up easier. Acrylic colors can be mixed with a medium to achieve a look of water colors, which lets the wood grain show through. Ransom began painting in Illinois 15 years ago and was t. She moved to Calif, and worked for an art Sol-van- ; ' She has two oil paintings, one ( of her childhood home in Cache' See SENIORS, page 8C r always cut on the bias, in the water, to allow more water to seep up through the stem, keeping the flower fresh for a longer period. are the parents of five children. They have eight grandchildren. She is a member of the Womens Endowment Board for the annual Festival of Trees, vice chairwoman of her voting district, and is a member of the Utah Association of Women. Handouts will be given at the demonstration, showing various styles, and a question and answer period held. Heaps is married to Retired Lt. Col. Leon Heaps and they , 'f l . more easily understood than others she said. For patterns, coloring books are a good source. RanFor the som advised using a medium-weigsandpaper to sand wood. Follow with fine grain, black, number 600. Wipe with a tack clothe to remove any loose particles of sawdust, then apply an oil base wood sealer. Sand lightly again with fine sandpaper, 600. After completing painting, let it dry for a day before applying varnish. Three to 10 coats is advised. Five is just about right, said Poulsen. Sand lightly with the number 600 sandpaper in between coats of varnish. After final coat is applied and has dried, rub slightly with fine steel wool to produce a satin finish. For those who wish to learn more about folk art, in addition to displays at the County Fair, two conferences will be held in Utah this fall. Salt Lake City will host its first tole and decorating conference from Sept. at the Expo Mart, 230 S. 200 West. Registration is ht t I ''5' si' A She is active in her church and enjoys singing with groups and knitting. an instruction book, read it through thoroughly. Some are V Vv uv Vi' YA ' is -- V ) f4 i, 4 1 fit - Of', fv f' The annual told and decorating conference will be held at Utah State University from Sept. Registration is $40 until Sept. 1. Displays from craft shops will be featured in addition to a make and take project. 1 & I Leora Bennett works on ceramic Duke and Duchess" to be entered in the Davis County Fair. .. Youve seen them race the cars at Bonneville; now get an d cars on special exhibit at close look at these super-charge- up- Lay-to- SI HIMI1BT 1 Classic Front Engine Dragsters Sue Spencers AA Funny Car The only Pro Stock Car in Utah Super Gas & Super Comp. Cars Competition Roadster and TROPHIES Cross Pens Plaques Silver Trays Ribbons Silver Bowls Pen Desk Sets Bells Engraving Rubber Stamps Tiaras . Sponsored by: k NATIONAL SPEED EQUIPMENT OF OGDEN LAYTON MILLS V M MALL Labels Name Tags Gavels Free Engraving On Cross Pens (with purchase) Good Luck To All Fair Participants J&J n Hills Mall. Including Trophies - stat-u- e A JULY 31 & AUGUST We make recognition permanent ' 9. 9-- 12 Davis Countys Award Store 4 , $45 until July 31, when it will be raised. A trade show will open to the public on Thursday, Sept. 9. 6-- self-taugh- Ben-net- . hasnt developed. Sherrie Poulsen of Kaysville, who has taught folk art and is a student of Peterson, said early merchants were folk artists who painted signs that showed rather than told what their business establishments were. The shoe shop had a painted shoe outside the door. A pig signified the butcher. Many merchants painted the beams inside their shops to advertise their wares, dealer. There she met Vi Thode, a gold medalist painter from Michigan and Priscilla Hansen, a leader in the field of tole. She moved to Utah when her husband was stationed at Hill Air Force Base in 1982. k Ransom teaches a course from a basic to intermediate level. New techniques are taught each week and students learn how to sand wood, wood preparation, floats and base coats, brush care, varnishing, consistencies of paint, wood seals, brush techniques, acrylic matte, folk art mud, and dry brush techniques. Special project classes are offered for students who want to complete a project in one sitting. try to keep informed, she said. If students have a question I try to have the answer. If I dont Ill research it I still learn. Poulsen agreed that teaching is fun. I learn more about it." A new baby curtailed her teaching for another year. I hope to get back to it then because I really get the full enjoyment from it that way. She advised prospective students to realize that the work is time consuming. Before choosing two-foot-hi- gh at the Davis County Fair. Tole painting popular as Lakeside Review correspondent I get a blue ribbon about every ; year, she said. Mrs. Cragun has been crocheting for 40 years and has taught " ceramics. The Duke (John Wayne) and the Duchess will be part of the fair this year in the form of ceramic statues. Leora' Bennett has been preparing for' the fair for the past year. Slje worked on her Duke and Duchess until the week before the fair opening. I feel bad I cant enter more' t. than six items, said Mrs. demonstration on Japanese flower- So-get- su arranging. There are a few basic styles The Davis County Fair is a big event in the es i, Heaps instructor, Taiko taught the small class one hours each to week for four years. She would bring flowers from the florist for said Heaps. arrangements. Students were There are two types of arthen given flowers and we rangements a Moribana, which would make arrangements ac- is done in a low bowl, or flat cording to what we had learned dish or wood; and the Nageire, said. that which uses tall arrangements in vases. To obtain her teaching certificate, her teacher accompanied Equipment used includes her when she was tested by Sofu bowls, vases, baskets, pieces of Teshighara, originator of the kenzam (needle point wood, flower style of Japanese Tak-agh- Lakeside Review correspondent developed in 1926 and is adaptable to both Japanese or Western surroundings. The arrangements as a whole portray the ideal harmony that exists between the earthly and eternal life, Heaps said. In every Japanese arrangement a triangle is established, using flowers for branches. The tallest flower, or branch repre-sentheaven. Facing and looking to heaven is man. Looking to both is the Earth. At the bottom, or base of the ar- Engraving 45 East Gentile, Layton, Utah g, V r la . |