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
Bethany Garner
Bethany Garner Kingston, Ontario, Canada A resident Studio Artist in Kingston’s Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning Arts Hub, I work with students in the community, sharing my courses in Dye, Print, and Surface Design. With a focus on creating original art using a mono-print technique, dye painting, and soy
MOTHER… Deep Down Under
On Earth, cardiovascular stem cells, also known as cardiovascular progenitor (Mother) cells or CPCs, can continually divide to produce more of the same type of cells or develop into other specialized cell types. In my artwork, I searched for the “Mother” cell (lower left corner) and found that one cell
DISCOVERING and WONDERING
Developing a story, or a piece of artwork, around the CELL is a magical ride through the fascinating world of “what’s inside” and how might it affect our “OUTside”. I am fascinated by the magical and very precious role of the STEM CELL. Having worked in health care for many
Millhaven Creek Awakes with the Sun…
Living near the rural escarpment that runs north of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, we are experiencing the transition from winter to spring. The fast-running rivers and creeks are now carrying the raging waters after melting begins south toward Lake Ontario. Heading off to walk early in the mornings to catch the
LIGHT … the mystery of natures gift
Whether it is waking or ending our days with the beauty of a sunrise/sunset – the opportunity to see what lies outside our windows is often how we seek and follow the light each day. Light is so important as we move through our days, and for some, so deeply