5 Oct Design Pool Events: Fall 2023

This fall, our team is busy with a lot of events happening. We always add everything to the Design Pool events page, but since so much is happening this fall, I wanted to make sure you don’t miss anything. First up, the Printing United Expo. Kristen is heading to Atlanta for the three-day Printing United […]

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8 Feb A Color Diary – Kristen’s Year in Color

You really never know when inspiration is going to strike. For Kristen, reading a book about codes launched an entire series of work, both in her professional life and personal life. She designed the award-winning Cryptology Collection, creating patterns with coded messages. She also began working with codes in her needle punch artwork, especially during […]

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Detail of punch needle art piece titled Color Study in Gray|

22 Dec Faber Birrin National Color Show on View Now

Now on view in Stamford Art Association, the 42nd Faber Birrin National Color Show. Kristen has one piece on view in this exhibit, Color Study in Gray. The Stamford Art Association has been presenting this exhibit every year since 1980. On their website, they describe the inspiration for the show. “The exhibit honors Faber Birren, […]

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6 Oct Geneva Center for the Arts: Common Thread

Design Pool’s Kristen Dettoni and Kristin Crane are excited to be a part of Common Thread: A Fiber Arts Show. Presented by Geneva Center for the Arts, this exhibit highlights the work of eight east coast artists working in fiber. The gallery describes the show as an exhibition focused “on diverse fiber-based work, inspired by […]

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Photo of Kristen Dettoni working on a punch needle art piece.|Photo by Kristen Dettoni's original punchneedle art piece

6 Sep Art Exhibits this Fall

We are excited to inform you about three exhibits this fall featuring the original art by Design Pool’s founder, Kristen Dettoni, and Director of Marketing Kristin Crane. If you are local to Rhode Island or Geneva, Illinois, we hope you’ll stop in to view one of these shows or attend an opening. Text Pawtucket Arts […]

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Canisters of natural dye powder in a row lined up on a windowsill.|Close up of Kristen Dettoni's hands working on punch needle artwork.|Two images of original punchneedle artwork created by Kristen Dettoni

7 Jul Heading to Convergence 2022?

The Handweavers Guild of America is hosting Convergence, its International Fiber Arts Conference, in Knoxville, Tennessee, July 15 – 21, 2022. Convergence 2022 is an event hosted every other year full of workshops, lectures, tours, exhibits, competitions, and more. It is also a place for the fiber arts community to come together. Attendees build community while […]

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View of table with woman making punch needle art.|Kristen Dettoni sitting on step outside fibers building at Snow Farm Craft.|Kristen Dettoni working on punch needle art piece with natural dyed yarn.|Punch Needle art piece made by Kristen Dettoni at Snow Farm Craft.

2 May My Snow Farm Art Residency

This spring, I had the opportunity to participate as an artist in residence at Snow Farm, The New England Craft Program in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, for two weeks. It was the first time since graduate school that I had an extended period devoted solely to being creative. There were no limitations or requirements. I spent two […]

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4 Aug Chocolate Church Arts Center presents: Eight

You’re invited to join Design Pool at Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, Maine for Eight, an art exhibit featuring eight fiber artists from across the country. In this exhibition, each artist has created eight pieces of art, each measuring 8×8. Design Pool’s Kristen Dettoni and Kristin Crane are both participating. Kristen Dettoni is showing […]

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6 Jul Sprinkler Factory Presents “In Tandem”

Don’t miss your chance to see (or buy) pieces of art created by Design Pool team members at the Sprinkler Factory. “In Tandem: An exhibition of Counterparts” is currently on display at the Sprinkler Factory in Worcester, Massachusetts, until July 10. The exhibition features the work of 110 regional artists. According to the curators, each […]

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25 Aug Natural Dyeing with Avocado and Yarrow

Our latest trend letter is all about natural materials. Wicker, rattan and cane are catching our eye on modern pieces, geometric lighting and even with loud pops of color. Natural materials are inspiring products even in the automotive industry. But, natural materials are also extending into textiles and not just in fiber form. Natural dyes […]

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2 Jul Giving Yourself Time for Creativity

If you’re not careful, work-from-home life can easily turn into work-all-the-time life. Spending more time at home, have you found yourself working more? At Design Pool, we’re definitely guilty of it. That’s why we’ve been so inspired lately by friends giving themselves the time for creativity. We’re particularly loving those with a daily creative practice. […]

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27 Dec The Women of the Bauhaus

2019 has been an exciting year for anyone who appreciates the women of the Bauhaus. Around the world, museums have been installing exhibits that celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany in 1919. From a vast retrospective of Anni Albers at the Tate Modern in London to The Bauhaus and Harvard, a […]

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