TRANSFORMATION…Next Steps and Art to Share
In our welcome to Round 4 of our Cloth in Common art sharing, we agreed to the overall theme of CHANGE,and as we moved into 4-1 with our new artworks shared the last few days of July 2023, we brought to our readers both beautiful and very complex Textile Art.
And the World Turns Around Us
Over the past several months I have been quietly focused, taking advantage of time to work on an amazing FIBRE ARTS’ TAKE TWO online course with UK Artist/Instructor CLAIRE BENN. Knowing the amazing artistry created by Claire, I wanted to take the steps needed to register into her UK workshops
TAKING TIME TO BREATHE
A quiet walk into summer here in Ontario, Canada requires thought and reminds us that the walk is not all about us, but seeks out those who are willing to set aside some time for focusing on others, not just the normal peaceful wandering. I understand.. now is the time.
TURNING POINT III – Connecting to the Colour Palette
Boldly, always caring and looking to depth of colour as I seek my Connection to the palette. For me, I went straight to my stash, connecting my plans with a focus toward stepping into a new quilt, and in this case ‘Turning Point III’. It is simply a strip-pieced, hand-dyed
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
I have spent some serious time in this round enjoying every minute of studying and celebrating the life of a dear friend and mentor, Yvonne Porcella. I had worked on the centre block of the quilt as my entry here, but it was a rather thin and long quilt without
LINES, Taking COLOUR Off in All Directions
This prompt started me on the adventure of using my favourite dye techniques in this new year as an Instructor for a group of terrific friends in two days of Dye Workshops at our Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning. I loved making many cuts of thin/wide strips, adding small
LINES, In Every Possible Direction
Building on the creative cloth experience and a love of starting from scratch to create original art, I am an avid hand stitcher and intermediate learning weaver! FASCINATED by lines and their intricate crossings, I love to see the strings and tie-ups and the beginning of making CLOTH for art…and
GATHERING STORM II
Our worldwide climate IS changing. Higher temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, extreme weather events, storms, and rising sea levels are just some of the changes already affecting many aspects of our lives. We take on what is left of hurricanes and are fast losing land, forests, too many homes, and our
Our Role in Climate Control…
In researching, and all the while living daily life in the time of climate change, we Canadians continue to watch, learn about and take seriously the impact of changes in our climate, on our families and indeed the effect on the cities and throughout the beautiful vast lands that we
STITCH – A Lifetime Ago
Six sisters, all quilters, and one small boy. My grandmother, a Kentucky farm wife, a master Kentucky quiltmaker, was one of the six and determined to teach the smallest quilter – her son, my Uncle Rufus who was born in 2018 with Down’s Syndrome never went to school. The family
JUST OUTSIDE THE WINDOW
Creativity…learning to take a piece of cloth and build on an idea. And once in a while the focus slips and the cloth takes over… all the while, the artist/maker waits, wonders a bit, or alternatively, knows exactly what the result could be. Then waits… I did. A simple pieced
HERITAGE… bring ART into the family structure
Reaching a milestone in my adult life and with a focus on my art, I am finally moving toward the use of my skills as a textile artist to study and celebrate the history of my heritage. Learning, sharing, and celebrating… perhaps to leave a touch of a legacy for