Sunday, April 4, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Took a needle felting workshop a couple of weeks ago and I'm hooked, literally and figuratively.Here is the first piece, more to come. I'm going to use it as part of my Curiosity Cabinet in the Gallery 96 show that starts May 8 at Factory 163, here in Stratford.
Here are a few others...1st a zipper plant
I've also been working on a book on my imaginary plants...here's the beginning.
They are painted on old book pages with gouache and embellished with thread, yarn and beads.
Planning on doing some individual ones to sell.
Here are a few others...1st a zipper plant
I've also been working on a book on my imaginary plants...here's the beginning.
They are painted on old book pages with gouache and embellished with thread, yarn and beads.Planning on doing some individual ones to sell.
My piece on U-tube
Around Frayed Edges exhibition
Curated by Laurie Carmount
March 18—May 29, 2010
Please join us for the opening reception at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery March 19 at 4pm
...a narration spun through work that pushes the limits as to what an artist can do with fibre today. Similar to social misfits that sit on the outskirts of society, like mad inventors experimenting, and geniuses with universal knowledge, this exhibition encourages the far reaches of thought and imagination. Does society hang by a thread, will the Fates cut the cord, oh what a tangled web we weave…here is an opportunity to see work that follows a string into a world on the periphery.
Artists: Marianne Kyryluk, Carl Stewart, Robin Ripley, Jean Farrell, Heidi Hudspith, David R. Harper, Jill Odegaard, Laura Trach, Liz Menard, Nadine Papp, Wendy O'Brien, Johanna Nousiainen, Fay Wilkinson, Audrey MacLean, Caitlin Erskine-Smith, Barbara Wisnoski, Erika DeFreitas, Carmella Karijo Rother, Suzen Green, Sandi Luck, Cynthia Jackson, Amanda McCavour, Ilona Staples, Karen Goetzinger, Catherine Vamvakas Lay, Karina Bergmans, Jane Tingley
Agnes Jamieson Gallery
176 Bobcaygeon Road
Minden Ontario K0M 2K0
705-286-3763
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
catching up contin....
I was interrupted ,had to zip off to the Gallery Stratford to teach a printmaking class.
The painting is by Jim MacDougall. The Tobacco Barns are a mixed media piece I did.
Never did get a good shot of this piece, meant to represent a barn, so here is the top, followed by the bottom
This is a close up of Fence Line.; a collection of bits and pieces sandwiched between netting.
Here is one of my own paintings in acrylic.Gallery 96's next show was Booked Marked held at the local Library. It was a juried show of altered books. Both of mine made it but I don't have a decent picture , so that will have to be added later.
I just finished a piece for the Agnes Jamieson Gallery in Minden. The show is a fibre show and my piece speaks to the fragility of nature, It was a major effort. The bodice of the armour is all snail shells colledted by me and friends both big and small. Some are from my garden, some the Avon River and some from PEI. The bottom part is all appliques fabric, yarn and beads. The show runs until the end of May.
playing catch up
It's been a busy year and I haven't found the time to keep up on my blog. With a new business plan in mind,I'm going to try and do a better job. But first I'm going to play catch up and post some of the work I've done in the last year.
After Industrial Strength last year Gallery 96 mounted a show at the Blyth Festival, called "Rural Roots". The feast in the foreground is actually a display of "fake food" by gallery member and props maker Carolyn Horley, it fooled more than one person and was quite the topic of conversation.
We moved the exhibit to my barn in September...after a major clean up. For the price of pizza and beer, my son and his friends gutted the stalls and had a huge bonfire. My ever obliging husband power washed the inside and we had it whitewashed. It made a great venue for art about rural life . The above photo is of the family history on this property.
After Industrial Strength last year Gallery 96 mounted a show at the Blyth Festival, called "Rural Roots". The feast in the foreground is actually a display of "fake food" by gallery member and props maker Carolyn Horley, it fooled more than one person and was quite the topic of conversation.
We moved the exhibit to my barn in September...after a major clean up. For the price of pizza and beer, my son and his friends gutted the stalls and had a huge bonfire. My ever obliging husband power washed the inside and we had it whitewashed. It made a great venue for art about rural life . The above photo is of the family history on this property.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Industrial Strength
Industrial Strength: a Gallery 96 member's show at Factory 163, 163 King St.,Stratford.
Here are my pieces!
Two lines of chairs, one with real miniature chairs, are 2 pieces for Industrial Strength, a show at Factory 163 March 21 to April 5. Factory 163 is the original Globe Wernicke furniture Co. in Stratford. They manufactured office furniture, in particular, barrister's stackable bookcases. Thus the chairs
This rusty worn freight elevator door at the factory was inspiration for the piece below.
This fibre piece came from the photo below, although I have since removed the red frame and sewn it onto wire mesh
This photo of the water stained ceiling of the factory was used as a photo transfer and collaged into the piece below, called "Water Marked", obviously. I rust stained fabric to mimic the watermarks and embellished the piece with beads and old hardware, mounting it on some old wire mesh from the barn.
Here are my pieces!
Two lines of chairs, one with real miniature chairs, are 2 pieces for Industrial Strength, a show at Factory 163 March 21 to April 5. Factory 163 is the original Globe Wernicke furniture Co. in Stratford. They manufactured office furniture, in particular, barrister's stackable bookcases. Thus the chairs
This rusty worn freight elevator door at the factory was inspiration for the piece below.
This fibre piece came from the photo below, although I have since removed the red frame and sewn it onto wire mesh
This photo of the water stained ceiling of the factory was used as a photo transfer and collaged into the piece below, called "Water Marked", obviously. I rust stained fabric to mimic the watermarks and embellished the piece with beads and old hardware, mounting it on some old wire mesh from the barn.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Factory 163
Members of Gallery 96 met at Factory 163 (163 King St.) in Stratford to take photos and sketch ideas for an upcoming show about the history and architecture of this old furniture factory. Got some interesting shots, now what to do with them?
Here's Erik, our currator for this show and our resident cartoonist. You can see Erik's work at www.toytrunkrailroad.com/
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