‘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...The brain-child of artist and art patron Sybil Rampin, her art centre is a creative haven on the outskirts of Oakville. Vistors to the World of Threads Festival art exhibitions at the centre: Ingrid Lincoln, Judith Martin, Catherine Dormor (our final year BA(Hons) tutor). The centre is made up of different work spaces.This space could be […]
Read More...Articulation had converged on Oakville the night before Continuum opened.Members were able to hear each artist talk about her work.Denise Jones talks about hers. Judy Martin talks about hers. Articulation members were their usual inquisitive selves and listened intently to every word. Viki spoke about her work. Each artists’ work was even more powerful when viewers […]
Read More...Monika was unable to hang her vessels with the second installation of her work. She stacked them on a plinth. The effect was very different because the viewer could look into the vessels. For me there was more emphasis on the differences of individuals who together make up the family. These items felt more publicly […]
Read More...Here is Jean’s work as she 1st installed it at Middlesex University. Here it is installed on the brick walls of the Oakville Town Hall foyer. What a difference! The high contrast of complementary colours work against Jean’s intention of quiet contemplation but the installation does appear way more dynamic/energised. I think each installation […]
Read More...This is Denise’s installation at the graduation in Middlesex University. This is how Denise adapted the installation of her work to suit the foyer of the Oakville Town Hall. I felt the stitched works stood out more on the red brick walls but didn’t invite the close attention of the viewer as did the white walls in […]
Read More...Caroline chose to send 3 of her gloves to Canada and to put them behind acrylic. For her graduation installation she hung the pairs of gloves on acrylic frames she had designed. For me the effect was just as powerful in this 2nd installation. The installation includes a book of lush photographs of the […]
Read More...Viki was able to install her work most successfully in the 2nd space. I am amazed she was able to hang all of the frames in a straight line. The hanging device was challenging to work with. Surprisingly, I didn’t find the long hanging cables a distraction. Somehow they worked to support the unity of the […]
Read More...Marilyn modified her graduation installation to enable her to take it to Canada.She focused on 2 more simplified corset structures and presented them on covered plinths. Judy was able to modify her hanging device to allow her large cloth again to be suspended in front of light. One of the modules of work we all studied was […]
Read More...Val Cross, a BA(Hons) Embroidered Textiles graduate from Westbury, Wiltshire, UK, exhibited in Contiuum during the World of Threads Festival.Her work is about displaying treasured collections. Like Ingrid, she put her work in a glass display case which I wasn’t able to photograph very well. The acrylic covered plinths worked well for her work in that they referenced […]
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