Saturday, October 20th can only be described using one word, abundance. Others who experienced the day may have their own word for it, a neighbour called it a rich day, to which I agreed, but I needed my own word, so abundance it is. The week leading up to October 20th was not great, I … More Abundance
I am a positive person, really. Sometimes I have to remind myself of that, sometimes I have to trick myself into believing it. This is one of those times. It seems my current project is determined to move in slow motion. Sometimes reverse actually, not for long, but still oh so slowly. It all began … More Suspended Animation
“Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.” ― Oscar Wilde I am both cursed and blessed to have a long commute to work. My husband and I start with an hour in the car, half highway driving, the rest in traffic. I then hop out and … More Random Acts of Art
The Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council member exhibition for 2012 was Titanica. Members were asked to create new works of fine craft with the word titanic in mind. They could use any definition they would like, some focused on the ship Titanic, others the Titans, Titanium or in my case titanic as in large. Unfortunately … More Grand Ideas
My goal in the last two years was to visit as many printmaking shops as I could, in the hopes that it would prepare me for the day I started setting up my own space. I am still 8-10 months away from my permanent studio space, but today I finished unpacking and arranging my temporary … More Spatial Planning
The first full garment sample that I knit for Ilga Leja was the Summer in the City poncho. I had done swatches for her before, getting to try out different yarns and colourways was inspiring, but ultimately, the challenge of knitting for someone else was exactly what I needed when the opportunity presented itself. I am … More Cars, trains, buses, cars & again in reverse
When I met my husband Peter he was living in his family home in Saint John, New Brunswick next door to a family by the name of McKelvey. Peter and I were in our early 20’s, so while we were friendly with the neighbours, there really was no reason to interact regularly, the McKelvey’s were … More Material Matters
Having been involved in the mounting of several group exhibitions over the years it always amazes me how a diverse group of artists, creating works in a variety of media, alone in their studios, not even knowing who their fellow exhibitors, somehow create works that are meant to be together. Now obviously this doesn’t always … More Symmetrical Interactions
We’ve all done it, frottage, before your mind wanders off, I’m talking about art. Think back to grade school, everyone at some point took a quarter, placed it under a sheet of loose leaf and rubbed it with their pencil, frottage. Today I had a brief lunch with Charley Young an interdisciplinary artist whose work … More Patterns of the Grain
Variation Bumblebee soft ground etching on zinc. The pattern can be found in Barbara Walker’s Charted Knitting Designs.
