Schedule

Grief Is a Verb, Tuesday, September 23, Bereavement Services, St. Lawrence, West Entrance, 1210 West Saginaw, Lansing, MI (FREE), 517.364.7200. I am meeting with the grief support group to create beaded bracelets and fabric pins to honor lost loved ones. Folks will be encouraged to make a bracelet with colorful beads and scrap fabric pins to remember and recall their lost loved ones. We will use simple techniques so that everyone can complete a pin and a bracelet, if desired. No previous experience necessary--supplies and instruction provided. Thank you to my host, Ms. Michelle Smith. This is a private, invitation only session.

Grief Is a Verb, Saturday, October 11, 10:00AM-NOON, Veterans Creative Coping Class, Adrian Center for the Arts, 1375 North Main Street, Building 46, Adrian, MI, (FEE). Transform an upcycled T-shirt or dress shirt into a memorial garment that honors lost loved ones. Utilize washable permanent fabric glue and pieces of fabric to express the best parts of your special people. NOTE: Bring your own shirt to class. We will be using scissors, and fabric glue but no previous experience is necessary. Phone 517.759.3005 to register. https://adriancenterforthearts.org/classes/

Grief Is a Verb I, Tuesday, October 14, 10:00AM-NOON, Prime Time Senior Programs, East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing, (FEE). Create bracelets, pins, and/or magnets in memory of lost loved ones. Express bereavement while honoring your loved ones. Simple techniques use beads and memory wire, along with fabric scraps and magnets. We will be using scissors, memory wire and hot glue guns but no previous experience is needed. Phone 517.337.1113 to register or go online https://www.cityofeastlansing.com/823/Senior-Programs-Prime-Time.

Grief Is a Verb I, October 25, Saturday, 10:00AM-NOON, Arts Council of White Lake, Whitehall, FEE $27/member, $30/non member. Join me to create memorial bracelets, magnets and pins to remember lost loved ones. Express your bereavement with beads, words, scrap fabrics and more. Remember your special people or pets with creative handwork. We will use hot glue guns, scissors and wire pliers but no previous experience is needed. Phone 231.893.2524 to register or go online https://www.artswhitelake.org/.

Grief Is a Verb II, October 25, Saturday, 1:00-3:00PM, Arts Council of White Lake, Whitehall, FEE $27/member, $30/non member. Transform an upcycled T-shirt or dress shirt into a memorial garment that honors lost loved ones. Utilize simple handstitching and pieces of fabric to express the best parts of your special people or pets. NOTE: Bring your own shirt to class. We will be using threaded needles, scissors, and fabric glue but no previous experience is necessary. Phone 231.893.2524 to register or go online https://www.artswhitelake.org/.

Grief Is a Verb, Saturday, November 1, Women's Center of Greater Lansing, 1712 East Michigan Lansing, MI (FREE), 517.372.9163. I am meeting with the grief support group to create beaded bracelets and fabric pins to honor lost loved ones. Folks will be encouraged to make a bracelet with colorful beads and scrap fabric pins to remember and recall their lost loved ones. We will use simple techniques so that everyone can complete a pin and a bracelet, if desired. No previous experience necessary--supplies and instruction provided. This is a private, invitation only session.

Grief Is a Verb II, Tuesday, November 4, 10:00AM-NOON, Prime Time Senior Programs, East Lansing Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, East Lansing, (FEE). Transform an upcycled T-shirt or dress shirt into a memorial garment that honors lost loved ones. Utilize washable permanent fabric glue and pieces of fabric to express the best parts of your special people. NOTE: Bring your own shirt to class. We will be using scissors, and fabric glue but no previous experience is necessary. https://www.cityofeastlansing.com/primetime or phone 517.337.1113.

Grief Is a Verb, Saturday, November 8, 10:00AM-NOON, Veterans Creative Coping Class, Adrian Center for the Arts, 1375 North Main Street, Building 46, Adrian, MI, (FEE). Create bracelets, pins, and/or magnets in memory of lost loved ones. Express bereavement while honoring your loved ones. Alphabet beads can add words or numbers. Simple techniques use beads and memory wire, along with fabric scraps and magnets. We will be using scissors, memory wire and hot glue guns but no previous experience is needed. Phone 517.759.3005 to register. https://adriancenterforthearts.org/classes/

Grief Is a Verb, Thursday, December 11, 5:30PM-7:30PM, Delta Township District Library, 5130 Davenport Drive, Lansing, MI (FREE). Create bracelets, pins, and/or magnets in memory of lost loved ones. Express bereavement while honoring your loved ones. Alphabet beads can add words or numbers. Simple techniques use beads and memory wire, along with fabric scraps and magnets. We will be using scissors, memory wire and hot glue guns but no previous experience is needed. Supplies and instruction provided. Phone 517.321.4014 to register. https://www.dtdl.org/

JANE REITER

Lansing, Michigan USA

Welcome to Retread Art

Jane Reiter

I am a mixed media artist, retired librarian and art teacher. I love to utilize recycled and repurposed "stuff" in my artwork to create collages. I use fabric, fiber, beads, yarn, paper, ink, paint, buttons and more!

Rejoice, restart, reimagine, recycle, reform, rejuvenate, redo......

Who is Jane?

Artist Statement; A love of fiber, fabric, and yarn — along with a sense of adventure and joie de vivre – that’s me! An enthusiastic approach combined with unique combinations of materials – that’s me! A quirky attitude using color, texture, and pattern to express itself – that’s me! A lifetime centered on creating tactile artwork and following an offbeat path — YES. For me, art is fun, provocative, mind boggling, and limitless — welcome to my visual universe.

“An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”

Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963

My Mission: Follow an artFULL path

I am an artist living in Delta Township, Eaton County, having relocated from New Jersey to Michigan in 2000. My academic background is in fiber, having earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in studio art. I use mixed media collage as my primary expression, incorporating fiber, yarn, paper, beads, buttons, ephemera and fabric along with stitching, crochet, knitting and more.

Love of color, pattern, texture and a sense of humor infuses my artwork. I have displayed and marketed my art work in exhibitions and shows for several years. I am motivated by repurposing nontraditional materials into fresh and unexpected fabrications.

As a librarian, I enjoy incorporating bits and pieces from books and magazines into mixed media collages. Researching mandalas online one day led me to “Zendalas” created from “Zentangle®.” I was seriously intrigued and began looking around at Zendalas and tangled patterns. Zentangle is a meditative and soothing approach to drawing patterns on a variety of surfaces, starting simply with pen and paper. The emphasis on patterns truly feeds off of my previous textile design experience. Consequently, I like to include drawn and painted patterns within my collage pieces.