The exhibition is on all summer at the New Icelandic Heritage Museum in Gimli Manitoba. Research for this body of work began with a study session covering Winnipeg, Gimli and the Inter-Lake area of Lake Winnipeg. I posted earlier about the trip here and here. When we Articulation members were back in our respective studios, we got to […]
Read More...Friend or Foe linen, cotton, wood, metal; laundering, hand stitching, painting, installation Domestic teatowels made of linen or cotton have been surprisingly uniform in size over the last ninety plus years. Perhaps they are the width of a household table loom. Previously they were all woven in the home now they are mostly machine woven and […]
Read More...Grief Redacted Vintage linen tablecloth, cotton thread; hand embroidered. For my installation in Articulation’s ‘WAR: A Personal Response’ exhibition I have recreated my grandmother’s living room to reflect her mental state during WWI, WWII and the following years. I believe she suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) most of her adult life. The room I have […]
Read More...This work began with a cloth that was buried in the soil beside a Douglas-fir tree. Before the cloth began to decay I dug it up. It was now my turn to respond to the cloth. I liked the bits of leaves stuck to the cloth so stitched over some of them to hold them in place. […]
Read More...The Mark Makers are exhibiting again! Here is a peek at what they have produced over the past couple of years. This is the view as one walks into the gallery – wearable art and 2D and 3D wet felt. To the right are the results of a challenge to produce interpretations of the Melford […]
Read More...‘Aunt Flow Speaks Out‘ – Artists Statement Women menstruate. If women did not menstruate, you and I would not be on this earth. We would not be alive. Menstruation is a necessary part in our chain of life. This artwork celebrates the humanity and acceptance of this monthly visitor. Aunt Flow comes to visit, sits […]
Read More...‘Aunt Flow Speaks Out,’ Kirsten Horel & Lesley Turner; size variable; cotton, silk, linen women’s handkerchiefs, cotton thread, earth pigment, nails, notebook, pen; thrifting, laundering, ironing, lettering, painting. This is Aunt Flow’s official photograph. ‘Aunt Flow Speaks Out’ has been installed. The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria (CACGV) is commemorating International Women’s Day with […]
Read More...“Forest Flowers 3” Here is my entry in the VISDA Current Threads 2015: Garden Tapestry exhibition. Triptychs were accepted as long as each panel fit the specified size. The first step in the making process was to dye a well worn bed sheet with a number of different coloured earth dyes. Small torn squares of cloth […]
Read More...I am working on a new work for a Surface Design Association exhibition. It involves a number of different steps and techniques. Random dyeing the ground cloth. All of the fabric is worn bed sheets. Dyeing for an all-over mottled colour. Another sheet dyed to get a more randomly patterned effect. Sampling different fabric paints to […]
Read More...Edge of the Forest Exhibition Opens The first exhibition of the Canadian Surface Design Association’s ‘Edge of the Forest’ opens in the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Richmond Hill It is up for all of March. There is an opening reception on March 11th. Here is the rest of the schedule, to date: April […]
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