Not to Miss Exhibition

Heading to La Conner this Sat/Sun for an Exhibition of Art & Design 3 at the Gail Harker Creative Studies Center 12636 Chilberg Road,  La Conner. On view will be multi-media artwork and sketchbooks. In addition, this exhibit will include a special showing of Stitched and Mutli-media Art by 18 additional graduates of the center.  Free and open to the public 10 – 5, Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th.  Should be great.

Working at Last

Finally, Lexa & I have started our project. Based on Text and Texture by Ann Baldwin, we are trying a chapter each session. Managed to make one text collage on black paper today and create a background for the next collage. We will add layer by layer until we have masterpieces! Lots of fun and experimentation.

Long Slow Summer

Well, I don't think we are really having summer here, but it's not raining at the moment. Have had the opportunity to visit a young Picasso Museum and a Gaudi Museum and the Park Guell in Barcelona. I think I now understand so much more about these 2 geniuses. Must continue the research. Now back at home and just saw the Current Threads II fibre arts show at the Waterfront Gallery in Ladysmith. It's well worth the 1.5 hours from Victoria, with many interesting pieces. Last week in Vancouver, I saw the Color of my Dreams, surrealism exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. I went to see the connection between the Surrealists and the Pacific Northwest Aboriginals, who would have thought of that?

Fibre Art Show

I am part of a group of designers, Rapt Threads, who have launched a Fibre Arts show from March 10-23, 2011. Located within the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria at G6, Sussex Place in downtown Victoria. It's between Fort and Broughton and Blanshard and Douglas, tucked in the corner. We'd love to see all of you for the next couple of weeks.

Another Year

Obviously not very good at keeping the Blog up-to-date. I am now into the Art & Design course from Gail Harker Creative Design Studio. It's lots of fun and progressing well.
Our design group, Rapt Threads, is having a show March 10-23, 2011 at the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria space at Sussex Place in downtown Victoria, BC. Lots of new works by the members.
I'm still working on pieces for the show and hope to have more than 1 new piece on display.  I'll try to post more often and with photos.

2010

Ok, so it's been over a year since the last note. Lots of family stuff in the last year, but all seem healthy now. Going to Gail Harker Creative Studio this weekend to see the work of the Art & Design Level 3 graduates. Should be inspiring or intimidating depending on your point of view. I plan to start the coure in October, so should be fun to see the final results.

Our Design SIG group will have a textile show "Running with Stitches" at The Loft Gallery in Mill Bay in October, 2010. The next 6 weeks should find me in the studio, madly creating.

Weeks 3 & 4

So, I haven't posted any photos since week 1. That's because I haven't finished anything yet. I did manage to paint backgrounds on the tissue and tissuetex (which I used for the 1st time and love), but that's as far as I've gotten. Haven't done anything new with silk as I have a few pieces of silk fusion made a few years ago. This week looks pretty busy with other parts of life, so it may be awhile before I catch up. However, I haven't lost heart and am loving the classes. My favourite "New to me" product is Tissuetex which I haven't found locally. It's great to work with and more sturdy than just tissue.
Thinking of all the people in Victoria State in Australia with all the fires and in Queensland with the flooding. Then there's the snow in UK. Crazy world - certainly climate change.