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Welcome to Whitefish Bay Farm
Gallery. The gallery is housed in the old granary and machine shed for
the farm. Much of the building's original character has been retained
even though its functions have been changed. Below are some images of
Whitefish Bay Farm Gallery and some of the work exhibited there.
The first floor exhibit area is
also our summer and fall studio
space for spinning, weaving and other fiber related activities.
The 60 inch Glimåkra
countermarche loom is used for the larger weaving projects in the
Gallery.
A variety of handmade fiber
articles are always on display and for sale. All of the handwork is
done by fiber artists who reside in Door County. Much of their work
employs fibers raised on their own farms.
The Gallery and sheep barns
provide a background for the vegetable garden.
The second floor of the Gallery
originally was built to store the grain raised on the farm. These are
two views of the main exhibit areas on the west wall of the one time
granary.
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There are often art related
activities outside the gallery. Here members of a pastel class from the
Peninsula Art School taught by Bonnita Budysz are using the area around
the Gallery for their workshop.
Fiber activities are usually
taking place when the gallery is open. Spinning or weaving are daily
activities, along with the basics for fiber preparation. Here Gretchen
is carding some of the wool from the sheep in preparing for a felting
project.
A sampling of yarns that have
all been naturally dyed using plants and mushrooms found on the farm.
It is an ongoing project that has just begun to scratch the surface of
color possibilities that will complement the wool that our sheep
produce for us and for so many other fiber artists.
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