Category Archives: beadwork

Cryosphere – Hydrosphere completed and out there

Cryosphere II – Hydrosphere, 80″h x 50″w, machine sewing, dry felting, stuffing; nylon, polyester, net, cotton, beads, glitter, Timtex, cotton and rayon thread. An exploration of the way water changes its molecular structure each time it shifts from a frozen state to a solid-state and back again. It is a process known as a phase […]

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Nyonya Baba Culture in the Straits of Malacca – Traditional Garments

Georgetown, the old part of Penang, is a well-preserved UNESCO World Heritage Site. There one can explore a unique culture that began in the 15th century when the Straits of Malacca was one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. Chinese migrated from southern China and settled up and down the Malay coast and […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Articulation Work

I have been working on a series for the Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters exhibitions Articulation and Material Girls have organised. Each member of Articulation made and sent one work to the UK where it was exhibited with a body of work produced by a similar group, Material Girls, based around London. After a successful 3-gallery […]

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