Textile Totem: Poodle Pole

Nancy made this ADORABLE poodle and had a strong primal urge to sew it up onto the love totem, which is now the poodle pole. Rain couldn't discourage us from our mission and

despite the rain did our bit to brighten up the "dark side" of Yellow Springs.

Painted Benches & Yarn Bombing

Nancy painted a bench outside the Village Artisans on Corry and Dayton Street. I will be helping to finish decorating the other two flat benches .

We added some crochet flowers to our summer pole on Dayton Street.

Free Art Fridays

tin can angel by jafabrit aka Corrine

I was delighted to come across a wikipedia entry for free art fridays that led me to a flickr group of the same name. As many of you know I have been leaving art around for quite a few years but it is just recently that the Jafagirls decided to coordinate their efforts in support of the Yellow Springs 3rd Friday Fling in the Springs program. The flickr group has 1,143 members and some very cool art work, so check out their page. Another artist who has made free art her mission is Rosa Muorillo with Found Art Tuesdays and has left some delightful pieces for the public to take home and enjoy. Not forgetting Sharon Vogt who started a website group called Found Art!

jafagirl slide show of free art

Human Rights

found art piece by Nancy Mellon

" Women are the world's primary food producers, yet cultural traditions and social structures often mean women are much more affected by hunger and poverty than men." World Food Programme (United Nations)

"Seven out of 10 of the world’s hungry are women and girls, according to the UN World Food Program." Unifem

The Hunger Project

Bloggers Unite for Human Rights



Cnn Video about Bloggers Unite

vinyl record painting

The jafagirls are working away on art for the doll show at the Emproium in June and this is one of them (work in progress) by moi, Corrine Bayraktaroglu aka Jafabrit.
It is painted on an old vinyl record coated with gesso, acrylic undercoat, and then oil paint.
It is based on a little souvenir doll I got at the age of 10 from a relative who had traveled abroad.

UPDATE:To see a slide show please visit Jafagirls: No Ordinary Dolls

The Knit has lost its Knot

Alas it had to happen?
The Tree Sweater was removed from the Knit Knot Tree on the last Sunday in April. We left a little band and a few pockets for people to enjoy.

All is not lost though, the yarn has found a new home on the "dark side" (Dayton Street) of Yellow Springs in the shape of "textile totems" adorning the street.

"peace pole"
photo by c.bayrak

Each pole or post has a theme and will continue to evolve.