Textile Society of America Symposium 2016 The Textile Society of America 15th biennial symposium was held in Savannah Georgia in 2016. The co-hosts were the Savannah College of Art and Design and Art Rise Savannah. Ingrid lincoln and I attended the symposium this year. We caught one of the pre-symposium tours opting to have a group […]
Read More...I attended a Jane Davies’ ‘Big Fat Art Workshop, Jane’s Blog. We did many ‘technique’ exercises working quickly on large sheets of inexpensive paper. It was all about layers using many different media and working quickly to stop over thinking it. A sampler recording how to block out large shapes with different edges. An exercise […]
Read More...‘A Pattern Language’ by Christopher Alexander is a collection of patterns found in well-designed living spaces. I applied many of these patterns to my studio design. Pattern #200 Open Shelves The Problem – ‘Cupboards that are too deep waste valuable space, and it always seems that you want what is behind something else’. The Solution […]
Read More...After a wonderful open house where many friends came to help me celebrate the completion of my new studio, I wasn’t sure I needed to continue writing posts about the place. But one of my sisters said of course I did. She wants to see how the space works, and how it doesn’t work, and […]
Read More...The hot water tank is installed in the crawlspace below the tub. This energy efficient placement means little heat is lost between the hot water tank and where I need the hot water. South Shore Cabinetry made and installed the cabinets and some of the furniture. Here are my drawing and design desk areas… …backed by […]
Read More...“An individual stroke is an utterance of touch.” Dorothy Caldwell Dorothy is demonstrating the next Stroke Painting exercise. We taped various types of brushes onto long sticks. We dipped them into pots of different dilutions of black ink. With a large sheet of paper on the ground in front of each of us, we were […]
Read More...Dorothy Caldwell taught her ‘Human Marks’ workshop in Gloria Daly’s Duncan studio. Many of us had registered for the workshop over 18 months ago, as soon as we heard Dorothy was coming to the island. Dorothy is a gifted teacher and a great artist. Everyone was so eager to be coached by her for the […]
Read More...My drawing desk. Notice the drafting board is empty. I completed the final assignment, presented it…. …and graduated. For the past couple of months I put everything else more or less on hold and focused on this program. I feel a great sense of achievement and also pleased I am able to return to my ‘normal’. […]
Read More...This used to be the admin area in my studio until I moved it outside my main studio room. In the process of moving out. I didn’t decided what to use the space for but just waited to see what happened there. For the past year I have been in the Gaia College Ecological Landscape […]
Read More...On Saturday 21st, the Metchosin Art Gallery featured artist talks during the Vancouver Island Surface Design Association’s annual Current Threads exhibition.Curator of the gallery, Hailey Finnegan, made the opening remarks and introductions. Sarah McLaren spoke about the processes and techniques involved in her monumental thread painting of a path through a forest. We are all familiar […]
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