Sarah Mclaren (website) and I taught our new ‘Mindful Colours’ workshop to 24 people. It was important to have 24 people because we sat them right in a colour wheel to involve more of their senses as they explored their own personal responses to colours. Most colour workshops start off with making the ubiquitous colour wheel. Our workshop […]
Read More...Ready to teach our workshop on colour. ‘Mindful Colours’ by Sarah Mclaren and Lesley Turner But before that, there were many hours of planning and preparing of workshop supplies. We dug deep into our fabric stashes to find as many different variations of colour as we had. We asked friends to donate fabric scraps 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...Dorothy showed us many other methods for making our mark on fabric and paper. She also showed us many examples of what others had done in the past and what contemporary artists are currently working on. We were left to continue exploring the methods we liked. Then is was time to start thinking about how […]
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...I attended Jane Dunnewold’s Dye workshop at the Pacific Northwest Art School in Coupeville. Jane took us through many different dyeing techniques. I picked up lots of valuable tips to fine tune my dyeing practice and I was able to correct the bad habits I had developed over the years. The first exercise was to dye […]
Read More...The brain-child of artist and art patron Sybil Rampin, her art centre is a creative haven on the outskirts of Oakville. Vistors to the World of Threads Festival art exhibitions at the centre: Ingrid Lincoln, Judith Martin, Catherine Dormor (our final year BA(Hons) tutor). The centre is made up of different work spaces.This space could be […]
Read More...Missa Magic 2012MISSA is an annual gathering in the West Coast rain forest of like minded artists who work in all media. People come together to teach and learn from each other. What also happens is new friendships are formed, old friendships are more firmly cemented, networks are built up and one’s community is expanded. Creativity is […]
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