‘Earth Repair’ began as a response to what I considered to be an emergency situation. March 11, 2011 – quoting from my journal – ‘Emergency. It has been a long winter here on the island. The deer are hungry. They are eating the bark on my precious Indian Plum. I need to care for this tree. The […]
Read More...Lesley Turner, ‘Earth Repair’ 36″ x 35″/92 x 89 cm, 2011 – ongoing, embroidered (anonymous) vintage cotton afternoon tea cloth, leaf skeletons, cotton & polyester thread, jute string, wooden branch, MinWax; tree staining, washing, ironing, hand & machine applique, waxing. This work has been accepted into the World of Threads Festival 2016 in the ‘Late in the […]
Read More...Judi MacLeod ‘White Lady,’ white linen, manipulated white cotton, hand and machine stitched Judi led the this year’s Current Threads exhibition committee. She led the hanging and compiled the artist statement binder among many other tasks. A close up of ‘White Lady’ because my poor photography didn’t really show any of the texture. Committee member Sarah McLaren […]
Read More...Embroiderers Guild of Victoria 45th Anniversary Afternoon Tea The Tea Wagon/Trolly Barbara Gilbert’s embroidered tea cosies covering teapots Special tiered cake stands Fresh scones were served with strawberry jam and clotted cream Cake Stands Cake stands made from vintage plates and crystal/cut glass dishes and vases Silver, porcelain and ceramic teapots with milk jugs and sugar […]
Read More...Continuing with a diary about how I use spaces in my new studio, as requested, I have used the crawl space. During the Green Shed Open House, a friend offered me some of her Japanese indigo harvest. How wonderful. I visited her and came back with many large bundles of freshly cut indigo. I couldn’t deal […]
Read More...On the ferry, crossing to Saltspring Island for the day: to visit Articulation member, Shannon Wardroper’s home and studio, to check out potential gallery space and time for a little retail therapy. Stitches Fibre Art Supplies, http://www.stitchesfibreartsupplies.ca/ very kindly opened up their store just for us, even though it was Sunday. Continuing our study of railway hotels […]
Read More...Each year Articulation does study in a special place in Canada. This year they are in Victoria researching the maritime history of the west coast of Canada. Donna climbing up the stairs from the waterfront to the street full of old warehouses, hotels and shops. Into The Maritime Museum, up in their iron elevator – […]
Read More...Each day I have continued to repair the bead work on this dress. The weekend started out warm and breezy – perfect conditions for laundering my collection of domestic linens, acquired over the winter. Outside in the breeze until damp dry. Then “polishing” with a steam iron. This process took 2 days!
Read More...Lesley Turner ‘Valuing Women’s Work’ 81″ x 62″, composted, hand stitching; cottonAn afternoon tea cloth was left under a maple tree during fall to be incorporated into the decay cycle. After many hours of washing, ironing and stitching the work goes largely unnoticed as the restored cloth is sacrificed again to protect furniture while the […]
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