Newsletter | May/Jun 2008


Featured Members: Wendy Bertrand, Susan Hershman

by Suzanne Stewart
Wendy Bertrand Our warmest congratulations to one of OWA's founding members, Wendy Bertrand, for being the Featured Artist at the Fiber Art Exhibit at Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center Gallery, 900 11th Street SE in Bandan, Oregon 97411.

Wendy's show, Retrospective of Rugs 1999-2007 just opened on Sunday June 1st and runs through August 2008. She also published a book titled, Rug Retrospective: Eight Weaving Seasons 1999-2007.

Her book is beautifully formatted and filled with photographs of her rugs and details of her rugs. Wendy is photographed as well holding up one of her creative endeavors. She also dyes her own yarn. This is a very enjoyable book, very pleasing to read. Great addition to any coffee table!


Susan Hershman Another one of our members, Interior Designer Susan Hershman, of Oakland recently had her three-year labor of love published and it's called: House Colors: Exterior Color by Style of Architecture, Gibbs Smith Publisher. (Amazon.com link)

Susan photographed almost all of the houses in the book. And that's a lot of houses. This book has more photos and informative photos than most design books out there today.

This is the most generous collection of finished projects in one bound volume that I have ever seen. Many designers contributed to this tomb of color with projects from all over the Bay Area and nationally. As if giving us the color name and number for each project is incredibly generous Susan also documented manufactures of doors, windows, stone, railings, fences, and lighting per project. This is an amazing amount of information. It is a golden resource for homeowners, but also for designers looking for inspiration and/or confirmation. Thank you Susan!




View this page in your browser