Bay of Fundy Archives - Lesley Turner

Category Archives: Bay of Fundy

Etsy Shop – Ravenmade Works

I have an Etsy shop, Ravenmade Works Here is how I describe my shop. Refreshed Artworks for the Home The items in my shop are for people who want their home to be a living expression of themselves and a place where they are surrounded by things they love. Used domestic linens, discarded embroideries, worn garments […]

‘Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters’ in Saskatchewan

The 4th showing of Articulation and Material Girls’ response to the Bay of Fundy and the River Thames, respectively, will be shown in its 7th exhibition – 3 in the UK & 4 in Canada. This time it is in The Gallery on 3rd, Watrous, Saskatchewan. It is the last time before the individual works […]

Articulation & Material Girls in Saint John Arts Centre

‘Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters’ is open in the Frazee Gallery in the Saint John Arts Centre, Saint John, New Brunswick. This is one of 5 galleries in the building and what a beautiful building. ReBecca Paterson, who lives in New Brunswick, was responsible for getting the exhibit into this beautiful space and she has done all of […]

Articulation in Saint John, New Brunswick

Articulation’s recent study of the Bay of Fundy coastline has produced a body of work being exhibited across Canada. It is combined with a study of the River Thames by the fiber arts group, Material Girls, based in London, England. ARTICULATED MATERIALS: BRIDGING WATERS had a successful three-exhibition tour of London, UK, in 2012 then returned to […]

Articulation, Bridging Waters Exhibition

Here is my Postcards From Fundy series where I looked at the history of human settlement in the Bay of Fundy through the textiles the people made, wore and used. When people entered the gallery Wendy Klotz’s “Lost at Sea” work greeted them. It was so moving to talk to a man who had worked as a […]

Articulation’s Upcoming Exhibition

After a successful 2012 tour of London, the Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters exhibition is touring across Canada in 2013-4. Bay of Fundy ArchitectureThe first stop was earlier this year, in Winnipeg’s Cre8ery Gallery http://www.cre8ery.com/, during the Embroiderers’ Association of Canada’s national seminar http://www.eac.ca/. The Tide Is OutThe second stop will be in the Tulista Community Art […]

Bridging Waters: Joggins Coal Trees

I sewed 3 different trees’ leaf scar patterns on heavy cotton velvet. Embellished with coconut shell and dried seeds. Embellished with porcelain painted beads I bought while in India. The sewn pattern on the velvet ends of each form suggest the trees’ water carrying xylem cells. ‘Joggins Coal Trees’ Luxurious bolsters referencing the wealth of the Industrial Age being […]

Bridging Waters Body of Work

For the ‘Fossil Tree’ work I made and covered 3 forms. Then played around with various arrangements of them… …to see if the sizes and shapes worked. To see if they were going to give me the look I wanted. Next step was to make covers for the forms.I chose a thick cotton velvet. It proved a bit of […]

Life Happenings

A new lot of work is boxed up and on its way out to the world.I spent most of a day wrapping the work, making boxes to fit, printing address labels and sealing them up before taking them down to the Greyhound depot.They are on their way to Winnipeg for the first Articulated Materials: Bridging […]

Post Cards from Fundy #5

The 5th post card covers the mid to late 19th century when Gothic Revival architecture was all the rage, particularly in the UK. Here is the ‘stamp’ for the post card, a simple wooden version of the style as built around the Bay of Fundy. Here is a magnificent example of the Gothic Revival style […]