Love Thy Neighbor
I’ve been working on art and writing for a Masters degree recently. The subject is violence. Of particular concern to me when I began this work was the invasion of Ukraine and the surfeit of gun violence in the United States. Finally focusing on solutions took me back to early
Kintsugi 2
Anything that has a shape is destined to break someday. Old pottery has countless cracks that make it look like it will fall apart. Kintsugi works with the premise that everything is returned to the soil, using only natural materials. After a vessel made from clay is broken, it is
Never Wearing Out
Although I love buying new clothes, I also cannot resist a good bargain! I have found some of my favourite suit jackets among the racks at our local Goodwill and Thrift stores! I decided to find some women’s “fancy jackets” at one of these stores. And a bargain I sure
The Great Divide
Twenty-three years ago, I held a one-way ticket in my hand and had my mind set to make a life on the Northwest coast of the United States. Bill Clinton was still president, but impeachment hearings the year before had poisoned the political landscape. I tried to keep up with
Restoration
Janine Ibbini, Musings, Prompt, Restoration Before I begin a new work I like to look at the dictionary definition of the prompt. Restoration – “the act or the process of returning something to its original condition, or to a state similar to its original condition” “The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition” Restoration: At first
Sacred Cow, a late reveal
I started this piece as a way to meet the deadline that was approaching – the Transformation prompt for Cloth in Common was due for listing by the end of September. I had been busy and distracted by my new studio. So, I thought that taking an old quilt and
Restoration/Repair
Our world is broken and in dire need of repair. We don’t always learn from past mistakes, and people continue to be hurt and killed. Many seem to have lost touch with lessons taught in childhood about respect and consideration for others. Or maybe they were never taught. At any
Kintsugi
Kintsugi is a traditional technique that has been around since the Muromachi period in Japan. It is a technique to repair cracked or chipped pottery using lacquer and metal powder. Nowadays, “Kintsugi” is attracting attention not only in Japan but overseas. It’s not only repair broken vessels by gluing them
Ecosystem restoration and the land around me…
Summer 2023 has taken me on so many adventures here in the local and distant areas that I so love as I traverse not only the quickly deteriorating woodlands and abandoned farmlands along Lake Ontario which are suffering from neglect. Many are surrounding areas nearby where I live, and due
For Restoration of Good Sense
I heard recently about a possible book banning in the Peel School District west of Toronto. During the periodic “weeding” of books – physically deteriorated – perhaps to be replaced by newer editions, it appeared that some troublesome banning might be taking place during that process, for example of the
Restoration or not?
Initially when I think of the prompt “restoration” I think of Governor Greys mansion which I visited last year and that it has been fully restored to what it was like back in that day in the 1800’s when it was first built. Its easy to think of the restoration