Martha Cole, a Saskatchewan fibre artist, has brought her monumental community art project to Victoria for the first time. You can see it in the Cadboro Bay United Church until May. “All Beings Confluence is a community-based, interactive project that was directly inspired by Carolyn McDade, a composer, social activist and environmentalist whose music has sustained and […]
Read More...Bicycles made into street art Bicycle Sculpture Family/Tourist Cycle Returning from the market passing motorbike as street art Bicycle for going to market each morning Motorbike carries produce bought at the early morning fresh market Parking a bicycle in front of a shop on the 5 foot way A 3-wheeler for carrying BIG loads Motorbike […]
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...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...Early summer I made up a ‘To Go’ project, something I could take with me to work on while travelling.It had to be self sufficient, small and take a long time.I started with a card a friend sent me for inspiration. She knows I love hens. The bantam is a childhood memory of watching them in my […]
Read More...I sewed 3 different trees’ leaf scar patterns on heavy cotton velvet. Embellished with coconut shell and dried seeds. Embellished with porcelain painted beads I bought while in India. The sewn pattern on the velvet ends of each form suggest the trees’ water carrying xylem cells. ‘Joggins Coal Trees’ Luxurious bolsters referencing the wealth of the Industrial Age being […]
Read More...The inspiration for the forms I am making came from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a United Nations World Heritage Site. William was our guide down to the site. He passionately explained how the huge surging tides of the Bay of Fundy were actively eroding the Joggins Cliffs to reveal more and more fossils. It must be […]
Read More...The inspiration for Post Cards # 4 and #5 came from the Age of Sail Museum http://www.ageofsailmuseum.ca/, the sailor’s costume for Post Card #4 and these woolen quilts for Post Card #5. The quilts appear to be made from woolen clothing, particularly men’s suits. One of my favourite textile researchers is Anne Hollander. She has written extensively on the […]
Read More...The other day I came across a magnificent growth of fungus on a row of tree stumps.They appear to me to have so much potential to be interpreted in fibre – short row knitting, couching, applique, . . . .
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