While rushing through the mall to pick up a few things I was slowed down by a visual treat. Mannequins dressed in blooms. Dressed by ‘Victoria’s best floral designers’ The mannequins were still being dressed so some weren’t complete. But I saw them when the flowers were at their freshest. The event was called ‘Victoria. […]
Read More...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 […]
Read More...Current Threads 2015: Garden Tapestry has been installed at South Shore Gallery, Sooke. Here is the view as you walk into the Back Gallery. The back wall The lights haven’t been adjusted yet but it was time to leave after spending all day installing the work. The artists worked with the size restriction of 12″ […]
Read More...I came home from the Dorothy Caldwell workshop to find the new garden bed has flowers for the first time. This inlet to the pond had been completely covered by blackberry. Once it was cleared there was nothing else growing. Last July visiting family members planted Japanese water irises and ferns. Almost to the day, […]
Read More...During Articulation’s study week in Quebec we visited many churches but this was my favourite. The Christian religion and the Bible are not big on acknowledging our natural environment.Saint Anne’s is different. The ceilings are covered in mosaics with small ecological motifs. I added more ‘Tree Of Life’ motifs to my collection. Unlike most Christian churches, […]
Read More...When I travel I look for a number of reoccurring symbols, one of which is the Tree of Life. I found some very interesting ones in the Church of our Saviour on Spilled Blood, in Saint Petersburg. They are huge mosaics, high on the walls. They are on all sides of the church and each one is […]
Read More...A new lot of work is boxed up and on its way out to the world.I spent most of a day wrapping the work, making boxes to fit, printing address labels and sealing them up before taking them down to the Greyhound depot.They are on their way to Winnipeg for the first Articulated Materials: Bridging […]
Read More...When the new moon appeared this month I visited my 4 trees to see what changes had taken place over the previous month.Douglas-fir needles have grown longer. Maple leaves have grown from buds to over twice the size of my hand – in 1 month! Caterpillars are feeding on the new leaves. New Cedar scales now […]
Read More...At the beginning of my Mark Making with Machine course a number of students said wanted to learn how to draw with their machines. Last lesson we spent the afternoon drawing. First they traced a flower to get the feel for making a line. Next they made several drawings of the flower they each brought […]
Read More...This is what my dissertation looked like last week – all of my notes, scribbles and jotting down of ideas organised according to the dissertation outline, in my trusty Pendaflex. Since last week i have been writing a chapter a day, planning to get the first draft complete by next week. This dissertation is to […]
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