Haven’t written in an age. But I’m back to my writing so here I am again.  

My vision has brought me to starting a writers “Roundup” (support group) here in rapidly growing Winnsboro, Texas. 

I teach senior chair yoga at the senior center but we’ve just been evicted from our location so don’t know yet what the future will be for that class. The zoom class I teach is being broken up by illness. And my three year stint teaching art to a brilliant boy at his home has come to an end. 

So I’m returning to recording my stories through writing because doing jig saw puzzles isn’t challenging enough. So far my poetry was published in the ‘70’s and a kids story was recently published in a local town newspaper with my illustrations the major part of the tale. The idea was that children would enjoy coloring them and send them in to the paper and there would be a contest with the prize being having their picture taken with me published in the paper. 

It was a good idea. One coloring was sent in in the 7 issues that the project ran. I lost interest in it. So here I am waking up my blog and settling in to the story of Robert and my amazing journey to Africa in the early “80’s”. Friends have begged me to publish the story and it really needs to be done.

So I’m starting a writers group to help me (and other writers) stay focused  I chose the new bakery in town It’s roomy, quiet and full of goodies and inviting smells  

Please come join me here 3 pm on Hwy 11 near the arts district and the best Mexican restaurant in town and we’ll read and suggest and help each other grow.  

December 2018

The Holidays are Here!  

       Valery Guignon Designs have been delighting and brightening the artistic world 

in apparel, sculptures and unique custom designs for decades, from coast to coast.  

The holidays are here and I´m offering some special creations of unique wearable art 

pieces with prices accessible to most people.  From hand dyed silks and special high

quality fabric blends, crafted into one of kind designer pieces of Wearable Art as 

scarves, blouses, tunics, flowing ponchos and other custom'designed pieces to order.  

         I hope you experience a delightful holiday season where you are safe and 

surrounded by loved ones.  Until I update my Website in the coming months, you 

can catch some beautiful samples of my design work, present and past,
at this Website: http://www.winnsborotexas.org/valery-guignon-designs.html
Facebook link is here:  https://www.facebook.com/ValeryGuignonDesigns

Valery Guignon
Artist, Designer, Wearable Art (Wholesale, Retail)

214-912-7802

• Art Apparel
• Wearable Art
• Hand Dyed Silk Fabrics, Pieces
• Sculpture
• Painting
• Photography
• Drawing, Cartooning
• Sculptural Crochet
• Crafting, Costumes, Performance Arts 

Best Seller! - The Long Block Scarf

14" x 74"
$45
Orders Taken with Custom Colors Requested.
These are long paneled scarves are just wonderful for wrapping or draping to accent your favorite garment!

14" x 74"
Sold

14" x 74"
Sold

Blouses, Tunics, Flowing Ponchos Custom Designs

  

  

The Art Scarf

      From my fiber-textured apparel line, I found myself housing a great number 

of scraps and decided each one was a silk brush stroke, so I figured out unique ways 

to make something useful out of the textured fibers pieces, each uniquely dyed.

      I've come up with is the Art Scarf.  The Art Scarf is a bunch of silk scraps 

cut into leaf shapes and stitched down to a strip of fabric. It looks kind of like a silk boa. 

People are loving them! Buyers should know, before making the purchase, to please take 

into consideration these are shredded and cut fabric pieces, and may continue to shred 

on the edges; however, it's truly an interactive work of art and an outstanding eye catcher 

for most any occasion.

$75  Special

Sold

Sold

Splash Necklace

Another adaptation as the scraps as wearable paintings is the Splash Necklace. 

I take long torn scraps and twist them around each other, until I have two or three 

different colored strands plied together. Then I tie thin strips of other scraps in square 

knots around the plied necklace. Then I add beads, charms, buttons, and shells. 

Each one is unique. They are selling very well, and people really enjoy them.

$55



Sold

Sold

Skyscraper Scarf

My silk inventory stocking company came up with a new silk weave that I 

absolutely adore! I explored a technique of washing fabric pieces and 

hemming it, then dragging a paint brush lightly over the raised part of the silk, 

the fabric takes on a very interesting color effect with blends and shades. 

I call it the Skyscraper Scarf, because it looks like the sunlight reflecting off 
the windows of a downtown skyscraper.

10" x 64"
$55

10" x 64"
$55

    

          "Doorway To Enlightenment"                                                       "On The Cross-wires"

                    2' x 2.25'                                                                                                       2.5' x 2.5'
                         $400                                                                                                                Sold

Horse Broaches

Wearable Paintings

Valerie Guignon can enjoys making mixed media broaches made out of hand-dyed silk scraps, wool, felt, acrylic, beads and aluminum foil peeled from champagne bottles to add a splash of metallic luster.  These horse broaches are a sample of the mixed art media technique she deploys in her artistic craftmanship, each one uniquely made with beauty and colorful dimension.

They range in size from 2" - 3" long.
light weight, and pin easily.

$45 + tax and shipping

$45 + tax and shipping

$45 + tax and shipping

$45 + tax and shipping

Crochet Critters

Crazy Crochet Critters

I just finished this chameleon hat. Contact me and I can make you one! I work without a pattern so each one is unique! No two are alike!

 

These critters will have their hats soon!

One of my scarves featured.....

I wanted to share a short video clip of the Susan Sikora show that showed off my leaf scarf. I hope you enjoy it!

Bay Area Focus With Susan Sikora

Feel free to call me with any questions or requests:

214-912-7802

What I've been painting......

Enter a Foreign World 30x36

The following paintings are oils that I have done within the last year or so.  If you want to order postcards, framed prints, or prints on metal,  look up my page on the Fine Art America website. 
To buy any original painting please contact me at Valery Guignon 214-912-7802.

Growing into Life 24x28

Growing into Life has been featured on the cover of Lesbian Connection magazine, August 2012 edition.

Inner Landscape 24x28

Inner Landscape was completed in 2012 and represents the ebb and flow of life and emotions that we all feel from time to time.

Internal Memory Flow 14x40

The following paintings are some of the acrylics that I have also done within the last year or so. I was one of the local artist that was commissioned to do acrylic paintings for the Omni Hotel in Dallas, Texas. My original works currently grace the walls of some of the fine accommodations you will find there. If you want to order postcards, framed prints, or prints on metal,  look up my page on the Fine Art America website. To buy any original painting please contact me at Valery Guignon 214-912-7802.

Contemplation 40x30

Graffitize 20x16

Paint and Rust 16x20

Rhythm of Life 24x28

Bent Wire Sculptures

for the love of dance

hands fly away




sometimes my hands fly away with me

The sculptures above are some that I made during the Bent Wire Sculpture workshop I teach at the Creative Arts Center Dallas.
Join me at the next class I am teaching.....

Bent Wire Sculpture Instructor: VALERY GUIGNON Bent wire sculpture is figure drawing in space. Learn to draw the human figure with wire that is easily bendable (we will create animals, too). No gluing or welding required. Start with a straight line and use your imagination to create figures that dance, fly, sit, embrace. Whatever you can imagine you can “draw”. Anything you want to weave into your sculpture (beads, bits of drift wood, feathers) will be provided along with the wire and tools.