People have been asking me about my month-long residency experience. When they are looking for the short version tell them about the thrill of having my bed made every day, my room cleaned and tidied every day and my breakfast & lunch prepared for me with no cleaning up for me afterwards. It was bliss. […]
Read More...While in residency at The Banff Centre, Donna Clement & I got to know a new type of dye Donna had bought, called Alter Ego. Some very clever chemist has developed these dyes to work on cellulose (cotton, rayon, tencel, bamboo) fibres & protein (silk, wool, soy) at the same time, in the same dye […]
Read More...The person next to ReBecca is Jorie Adams. She is a special person. While she was heading up the music & sound department at The Centre, she suggested Articulation apply for a residency & gave us all of the information & contacts required. So we owe her a great deal. She has since retired & […]
Read More...This is Erika Lincoln, an artist who works with electronic media, who was also in-residence for the month. She was part of a large group in a directed residency called Liminal Screen, where each artist worked on their own project but all focused on getting the electronic image off the 2D screen. One afternoon, all […]
Read More...+Quality time together so Articulation was able to move to the next level as a successful textile arts cooperative. +Time to share & learn from each other while we all speak the same language. +Experiencing life in the mountains as contemporary women+Developing empathy for the women who came to this place before us +Appreciating The […]
Read More...More images of our Loose Threads: Works in Progress. This is Ingrid Lincoln’s work. She is Queen of the Deconstructed Screen. She generously shared her knowledge of this silk screen technique with all of us. Deconstructed screen printed cloth features prominently in the exhibition because we all found the technique very expressive. Ingrid is also […]
Read More...Loose Threads: Works In ProgressSome of the work we did during our month-long stay in The Banff Centre, as self-directed, Leighton Colony artists-in-residence.The Hanging -Ingrid, Donna ReBecca Linda MacKay, who arrived the day before. ReBecca’s wall -silk fabric & threads dyed using a variety of dyes & techniques. The grey & the draped pieces are […]
Read More...We spent time yesterday putting up this poster to advertise our next exhibition, which begins tomorrow. We will hang in the morning and attend the opening in the afternoon. Family & friends are coming from Calgary for the event. We have been handing out small invitations, with this image on it, to everyone we know […]
Read More...I have put in a few more hours on Woman Mountain. The red triangles are feminine, the blue/green triangles are masculine. We attended Sandra Hawkins’ (aqua shirt) artist reception. She has been on a self-directed residency in Glyde Hall this month. She has been working with her journals & photographs from her time working in […]
Read More...Yesterday, when I got back to my room after working in the studio all day, I found this beautiful vase of flowers on my desk. I have a secret admirer. Being in Banff for the month, Donna and I would have missed our monthly neighbourhood book club meeting, if they hadn’t come up to the […]
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