During a Mark Makers’ summer residency at the Vancouver Island School of Art (VISA) website we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and have a dyeing day outside. We set up tables and brought out buckets of water to the backyard of the school. I set up my sophisticated system for working with dye powder […]
Read More...Table Cloth, stains removed, washed, dyed, blocked – transformed So many different patterns Like snow flakes, or flowers
Read More...While at the retreat I continued blocking. I had a big pile of washed and dyed doilies that needed to be blocked and dried before going moldy. Every time I was surprised after I pulled out a damp limp cloth from the bag. Blocking transformed it
Read More...I have been washing, dyeing and blocking crocheted and tatted doilies. I have been building up a collection of doilies for quite a while. Friends have kindly been helping, buying doilies when they see them in thrift stores and auction houses. The range of crochet techniques and patterns is most interesting to study. The majority […]
Read More...I have been doing a lot of dyeing to get materials to work with for my BA studies. I have not yet been entirely successful with getting the right red I am looking for. So I am persevering and learning lots in the meantime. Not a good image but this one worked out well. It […]
Read More...Gardening vs Nurturing. This dialogue has been going on for several months now. The black landscape fabric is still visible as it holds debris on top of it but the crocheted doilies are blending right into the ground. There is no sign of decay or staining on them. I feel as though it is time […]
Read More...Yesterday i put 77lbs of art (plus box) on a Greyhound bus, bound for Calgary and the Calgary Quilt Association Biennial Conference in the Telus Convention Centre. Articulation has been invited as special guests to put on a huge display of their work, most of it never seen before in Calgary and a whole body […]
Read More...During this break between semesters i had planned to do all sorts of catch-up things – the list is long!But, instead, I find myself either immersed in a book or doing laundry.I am laundering my collection of domestic linens and I am finding it calming. This is an expertly knit doilie. i should have taken […]
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