When the latest prompt “Gardens, Parks, Green spaces” was announced I thought immediately of the beautiful gardens at Lincoln University in New Zealand (where I was working recently) and how the whole campus is beautiful. This photo was taken in our spring and was a delight to walk through each

March 31, 2020 Catherine McDonald Neighbourhood means many things to me but none more so than a small country town that espouses the values of working together for the good of their town. In my piece I have tried to show the open countryside all around the town. Coming from

Catherine McDonald Christchurch, New Zealand Catherine comes from Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand and has been a textile artist for 30+years. She is heavily into surface design and creating original fabrics for her works and for sale. Catherine has taught both surface design and specific projects both

Its amazing how a neighbourhood can come together to create something special. Last year I had the pleasure of being invited to Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada along with  other New Zealanders. We brought an amazing quilt exhibition and taught classes and best of all interacted all week with locals, ex-pat kiwis,

  I looked at the prompt  of Eco-systems and initially struggled for any idea before remembering to flick through my photos again from my Canada-USA trip in 2019 and sure enough there was the idea. We went to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side. Fortunately had a car so that we

When the theme ‘International’ was chosen I looked at my recent travels and thought about New York City. It is well known world wide for all sorts of reasons: Broadway; Times Square; Manhattan: Empire State Building and Central Park among many more. However my piece is sombre relating to that

Back in 1968 my parents went to Montreal on a visit. My mum went to Notre Dame  Basilica and brought back a postcard folio of this wonderful building and told us about the colours and the amazing craftmanship in the building. Move forward to 2019 when I got a chance

When I started thinking about Lisa’s prompt of Reflection and community I immediately had lots of ideas: mirror reflection; thinking about past, present and future; thinking about  people or events; thinking about what person am I: how do I belong?; then how they would relate to different communities. This led me to

My identity relates to the community I am with. Growing up in a rural community I have a strong affinity to the land. I am happiest in the green countryside of New Zealand with its richness of colour. However I am also influenced by my interactions in paid work, creative