The ubiquitous garden-variety, plastic chair… …and its variations found throughout the world. I have come across this chair in almost every place I have travelled to. It is inexpensive, light, portable, stackable and weatherproof making it accessible to so many people. It has enabled people around the world to sit in comfort alone and in […]
Read More...Opening Reception of Colour: A Personal Response – Lesley and Sarah. Thank you, Louise, for thinking of and taking a photograph of the 2 of us on the night of the opening. The gallery waiting for the first viewers. Each of the works is monochromatic, made using only one colour. We hung the work with Sarah’s […]
Read More...I continue to work on my Synesthesia colour studies. I used lots of thread on this one. For each colour, I also work in paint and fabric to show a range of tints, tones, shades and intensities of each colour. I went pretty dark with this colour – mmmm one of my favourites. When I […]
Read More...This is my old Reliable Velocity iron. It has been reliable but after 5 years I have worn it out. It is not worth repairing, the cost of which would include having to ship it both ways across the country. It is no longer made and has been replaced by an updated model. This is […]
Read More...“Our sense organs can function only by means of comparisons. The eye accepts a line as long when a shorter line is presented for comparison. The same line is taken as short when the line compared with it is longer. Colour effects are similarly intensified or weakened by contrasts.” Itten The Elements of Color, p. 32 Itten’s 7 kinds […]
Read More...Every day I am in the studio I stitch into this work for an hour or so. After the tree added its wind drawing I am responding by marking the branchlets I see on the ground after the wind. I am also working on another for the Synesthesia series. This series is a response to […]
Read More...Backyard Project posts have dominated my blog lately and you may be wondering if I am ever in my studio. To answer the question – Yes. I am working on a big project that will culminate in at least 2 exhibitions. ‘Colour: A Personal Response’ is a project I am working on with fibre artist Sarah McLaren. It […]
Read More...Carol’s samples of dyed fabric using different sets of primary colours. In the fall I attended a Carol Soderlund workshop at the Pacific Northwest Art School. ‘TRUE COLORS: Developing a Personal Palette’ Building a reference for my chosen personal palette. Early in the week, I met one-on-one with Carol for my Palette Chat where I showed her my […]
Read More...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 […]
Read More...Working with slippery synthetic sheers I can’t keep the large pieces of fabric under control. Solution – hang them on the wall and take down as needed. My current problem is to find a method for making a soft material appear hard. I have made tapered tubes. They need weights in the bottom to keep […]
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