Studio G

If you are visiting Vancouver island this spring and interested in honing your artistic skills then check out my friend Gloria Daly new Studio http://www.studiogart.com.
Gloria has been teaching a variety of workshops in fiber art techniques and often host guest instructors. Her new space is in the process of being built and you can watch the development on her blog. http://www.studiogart.wordpress.com/
Here are just 2 of the future workshop being offered

26 - 27 MAR 2011, 9:30 - 4:00pm

The Craft of Composition Workshop

Instructor -Vickie Newington, SCA

www.vickienewington.com

8 - 10 APR 2011 & 15 - 17 APR 2011
Friday evening through Sunday for two weekends

Flexible Books in Clamshell Boxes ~ A Book Workshop in 2 Parts

Instructor: Martha Cole www.marthacole.ca

Introduction to Contemporary Hand Embroidery

I start 2nd semester today and it is going to be a busy 4 months. Besides 4 classes and an independent study I will be teaching a 7 session course in Introduction to Contemporary Hand Embroidery at NBCCD in Fredericton. I promises that it will be a fun time with only a few rules that you will be allowed to break (maybe). First session will be on running stitches.

The original is hand dyed cotton with a variety of threads

These Kaleidoscopes are manipulations of a photo of the stitched sample. They are meant to be inspirations for future pieces.

New year -Update

I discovered this morning that Blogger has new templates. So much fun so much of a waste of time! After playing with a number of different ones I decide this earthy tones will be okay for awhile.

Below is the ball of Pods made from organza. Very difficult to photograph on a snowy day but gives a general idea of what it looks like finished . And of course I had to play with the image and have lots of kks to work with. I may post more of these later.

Art Doll ~Nor'e

Nor'e a Xmas gift created between 2 Noreasterns Storms. He is of the simplest style with antique metal beads for joints . His body is made from recycled velvet and "gloves" and trim from a washed angora sweater.

The vest is a mixture of wool and silk and once felted was cut and shaped on him wet.

Waiting for the finished hat ( hair is knitted eyelash yarn from the dollar store) The face is needlesculpt and painted with acrylic

The perfect hat!

Walking tall at about 18"

Sitting Pretty


Thinking about getting away ?

Updating-

Not sure were the time has gone and really so much has been happening. Maybe at the school winter break I'll get caught up....

Going back to classes has been so different and so much work! Some of it is refresher and some of it is new. Back to basics of drawing and this time I understand what the instructor is talking about. A lot of 2D design is a refresher but the exercises are fun. I used my own photos which I thought worked very well together and this exercise was about liked items with an abstract.Not a new technique for me but using the gouache paint is. That product is the challenge for this semester. Gouache is also used in Surface design and I am still practising the technique of using the paint on designs

In the 3D class my first project was to make a soft sculpture.I decided to go with what I know, synthetic organza, it does manipulate so easily. The piece is finished but have decided to tweak it a bit before displaying so I'll just post a few close ups.

Rainforest "Deep within"

"Deep with in" didn't make it to the trip out west .I had debated to do soft or hard edges and in the end decided to go with a hard edge which means I now must look for the perfect frame.
This piece was inspired from one of the walks that I did through the BC Rainforest a few summers ago. The sun light flicker among the trees but the shadows that were not touch were so dark it was a wonder that anything grew there. I am still working on this series with a few other pieces near completion, but my life as a full time Fiber Artist is going to be put on hold for the next 9 months. As of this coming Tuesday I will be a full time student at the New Brunswick Collage of Craft & Design. Very exciting! I will be in the Advance Studies for Visual Arts diploma program. This will give me a change to polish some of my skills to take the Fiber Arts further.

Victoria College of Art 'Narrative Articulations' Fine Art Textile Exhib...

This is the group I have been exhibiting with for the last 6 years .I have a few pieces at this exhibt, the dolls are from the 2006 Links project and the the other 2 are from the 2007 Meta Incognita exhibit. My exhibiting days are being put on hold for the next year as next Tuesday I will start classes at the New Brunswick Collage of Craft & Design as a full time student. Advance Studies in Visual Art for Textiles.