tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51683203016907914782024-03-04T21:11:13.336-08:00Lesley TurnerA journal where I share my adventures developing a food forest based on permaculture principles. I also share my love of knitting here. For my life as a textile artist follow me at lesleyturnerart.comLesley Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033681471800410670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1096125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168320301690791478.post-27740702114005157922020-08-07T18:27:00.007-07:002020-12-10T19:53:10.047-08:00Garden Report: A New Found Bed is Planted<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSuQQ_O5zb1sCwczva2XKML31VPTZeiCPwUPZPve18Cn3MJRQI0zjXsYBwciNsH5WWAwj-Nj7_Ds3eNvmt9gY6_nLnYoLdqJG2X8RggwYEHvTrOAeq9T6EaAZmSN_nV_ywJxMWESRvCw/s3000/IMG_20200805_193614.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="permaculture design planting a garden between 2 edges" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSuQQ_O5zb1sCwczva2XKML31VPTZeiCPwUPZPve18Cn3MJRQI0zjXsYBwciNsH5WWAwj-Nj7_Ds3eNvmt9gY6_nLnYoLdqJG2X8RggwYEHvTrOAeq9T6EaAZmSN_nV_ywJxMWESRvCw/w400-h400/IMG_20200805_193614.jpg" title="Found garden beds in garden design" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Found Garden Bed</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSuQQ_O5zb1sCwczva2XKML31VPTZeiCPwUPZPve18Cn3MJRQI0zjXsYBwciNsH5WWAwj-Nj7_Ds3eNvmt9gY6_nLnYoLdqJG2X8RggwYEHvTrOAeq9T6EaAZmSN_nV_ywJxMWESRvCw/s3000/IMG_20200805_193614.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Found garden beds are ones that are not in the original Backyard Project design. They appear in the areas between two edges. This found garden bed appeared between the pergola and the gravel bed garden's east wall. It is a bonus garden bed.</span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSuQQ_O5zb1sCwczva2XKML31VPTZeiCPwUPZPve18Cn3MJRQI0zjXsYBwciNsH5WWAwj-Nj7_Ds3eNvmt9gY6_nLnYoLdqJG2X8RggwYEHvTrOAeq9T6EaAZmSN_nV_ywJxMWESRvCw/s3000/IMG_20200805_193614.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif81oG0vVRRYh7PdS1slhqbNv0jcsb3XF0Ck_H9WuzX7J-OSVWsaXGTJhj0H1QkBW26zMsya_qvFO4ZgxpguMhBpOcmIPgRsJBUj-OyqjOfgc-0Tpe-QNY4-i7b4KJRodQXC1hQdufTjA/s3000/IMG_20200805_193704.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="perennial garden bed" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif81oG0vVRRYh7PdS1slhqbNv0jcsb3XF0Ck_H9WuzX7J-OSVWsaXGTJhj0H1QkBW26zMsya_qvFO4ZgxpguMhBpOcmIPgRsJBUj-OyqjOfgc-0Tpe-QNY4-i7b4KJRodQXC1hQdufTjA/w400-h400/IMG_20200805_193704.jpg" title="Osmund's Garden, A Perennial Garden Bed" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif81oG0vVRRYh7PdS1slhqbNv0jcsb3XF0Ck_H9WuzX7J-OSVWsaXGTJhj0H1QkBW26zMsya_qvFO4ZgxpguMhBpOcmIPgRsJBUj-OyqjOfgc-0Tpe-QNY4-i7b4KJRodQXC1hQdufTjA/s3000/IMG_20200805_193704.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">This is another found garden bed. It appeared after the fence was built.</span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-z-MGhhBu4dXMYQimyK-HwdA4g8f14hcCK-W-i-hjnBPONtn4gpvRqDC8rP2C8sZWB-H9eDmUvYTWZ3u6JmaRQjwajLSK8WiJXa4Vs_LHeo-aM9JtzalU9FeK98DNOyDBXHo49RY2Hl0/s3000/IMG_20200805_193731.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-z-MGhhBu4dXMYQimyK-HwdA4g8f14hcCK-W-i-hjnBPONtn4gpvRqDC8rP2C8sZWB-H9eDmUvYTWZ3u6JmaRQjwajLSK8WiJXa4Vs_LHeo-aM9JtzalU9FeK98DNOyDBXHo49RY2Hl0/w400-h400/IMG_20200805_193731.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-z-MGhhBu4dXMYQimyK-HwdA4g8f14hcCK-W-i-hjnBPONtn4gpvRqDC8rP2C8sZWB-H9eDmUvYTWZ3u6JmaRQjwajLSK8WiJXa4Vs_LHeo-aM9JtzalU9FeK98DNOyDBXHo49RY2Hl0/s3000/IMG_20200805_193731.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">It is a large bed now full of native plants and berry-producing shrubs.</span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-z-MGhhBu4dXMYQimyK-HwdA4g8f14hcCK-W-i-hjnBPONtn4gpvRqDC8rP2C8sZWB-H9eDmUvYTWZ3u6JmaRQjwajLSK8WiJXa4Vs_LHeo-aM9JtzalU9FeK98DNOyDBXHo49RY2Hl0/s3000/IMG_20200805_193731.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj83LifjtdCRVLQyFxhilrHc-5z1lX9gq_ToJEbsuzjzzhYeRMaDskbDInhtwI1C1Jg6EN9A3BXWSc91xsSwcKKu94PAZldH2H18bTHklSTqYfvBoxPsiEdlZsoSIFLR277HiSpWGEuSw/s3000/IMG_20200805_195521.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj83LifjtdCRVLQyFxhilrHc-5z1lX9gq_ToJEbsuzjzzhYeRMaDskbDInhtwI1C1Jg6EN9A3BXWSc91xsSwcKKu94PAZldH2H18bTHklSTqYfvBoxPsiEdlZsoSIFLR277HiSpWGEuSw/w400-h400/IMG_20200805_195521.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRhq9tcnvOoHSHMRSkwN6HnUhZfq9sR7xzzDnnNpmUYogyBuKPcvy2_pgh2M3F480dxvmbxiUu8skpwEzB7AZn4NDW961pP_fMPOfU9Bk8q-zoh0bhbGMPvw7rRShvPXP5ywBYgaBfarg/s3000/IMG_20200805_195521.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">This leftover bit of ground was where the extra rock was dumped during the construction of the pergola.</span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdiy-yhg3_Q4JOouAplYiqyuF4U1h9BisBvieQfg2pOVgfg4qGxBuv0q3LVd6fIUihScwosYAUvEO-q3w5Iqs8pSuvcze_BczjjDyzJ366oroJ6mCPbHZ0-tVlig3sOg2QX_sP6CdDZo/s3000/IMG_20200805_195531.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdiy-yhg3_Q4JOouAplYiqyuF4U1h9BisBvieQfg2pOVgfg4qGxBuv0q3LVd6fIUihScwosYAUvEO-q3w5Iqs8pSuvcze_BczjjDyzJ366oroJ6mCPbHZ0-tVlig3sOg2QX_sP6CdDZo/w400-h400/IMG_20200805_195531.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdiy-yhg3_Q4JOouAplYiqyuF4U1h9BisBvieQfg2pOVgfg4qGxBuv0q3LVd6fIUihScwosYAUvEO-q3w5Iqs8pSuvcze_BczjjDyzJ366oroJ6mCPbHZ0-tVlig3sOg2QX_sP6CdDZo/s3000/IMG_20200805_195531.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">This found garden bed has been waiting to be developed for a number of years. Other garden tasks have had a higher priority and I couldn't make up my mind about what to plant here. The only attention it got was cutting back the thorny bushes.</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAT2f4-l1_HB4S_9Kvdvz9Wvpn8eLQZ7P7O6POKD54jMpp5idnnan191BJ0j0_FS3NWJenzseB3LlzGsDpHIfPR92lQh-0liBgcikq6kUpACyg521Eib_ve_UCbwOTmdjybXF7wdY3uOM/s3000/IMG_20200806_103356.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAT2f4-l1_HB4S_9Kvdvz9Wvpn8eLQZ7P7O6POKD54jMpp5idnnan191BJ0j0_FS3NWJenzseB3LlzGsDpHIfPR92lQh-0liBgcikq6kUpACyg521Eib_ve_UCbwOTmdjybXF7wdY3uOM/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_103356.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The first task was to remove all of the weeds and debris.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhKIkcgd5B7OptIkWBsK5BdZB1G3wZBi6wzArimisO5gwmnCdNRSN45U68Td3EI0pUbFqqkaSQMtZIndYdN1RbUjA3WPB32FMmmJl6IoPvQkmYzkyo94vvG7zYzudFNSxubMGW5eVnXw/s3000/IMG_20200806_114255.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhKIkcgd5B7OptIkWBsK5BdZB1G3wZBi6wzArimisO5gwmnCdNRSN45U68Td3EI0pUbFqqkaSQMtZIndYdN1RbUjA3WPB32FMmmJl6IoPvQkmYzkyo94vvG7zYzudFNSxubMGW5eVnXw/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_114255.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The second task was to remove all of the rocks in the top few inches of soil.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyR0hA9SrpHMOp5Lq8IR6UWvqtqt_0sHLc5anUUvcYX1-GiIOr6xx4rLlZ-kkp4Mo5iXsc1jmboTtGMhrhP7ddHRIoeWCfZ_dhEonH6xwaMBRUgT0nHwk9rjoiNUzrqIqi2PaVDMsze2o/s3000/IMG_20200806_114348.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyR0hA9SrpHMOp5Lq8IR6UWvqtqt_0sHLc5anUUvcYX1-GiIOr6xx4rLlZ-kkp4Mo5iXsc1jmboTtGMhrhP7ddHRIoeWCfZ_dhEonH6xwaMBRUgT0nHwk9rjoiNUzrqIqi2PaVDMsze2o/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_114348.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> It was quite a haul from a bed only about two feet wide and 18 feet long.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NjiEdC_YAIYm4j1I5CIl7f0c-0egxXc2yGPuZ7cvgdJ1fgZNzYtVAAessl5Bzx8EqJJyPCNN1T1NROmOl4k7Dq8ypmi780y7PnvFdJtaMuGsgzkBouBvjfp7l6IP-8tfjT8KWlmsyzk/s3000/IMG_20200806_115739.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="Perlite volcanic rock for increased water holding and air permeability of soil" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NjiEdC_YAIYm4j1I5CIl7f0c-0egxXc2yGPuZ7cvgdJ1fgZNzYtVAAessl5Bzx8EqJJyPCNN1T1NROmOl4k7Dq8ypmi780y7PnvFdJtaMuGsgzkBouBvjfp7l6IP-8tfjT8KWlmsyzk/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_115739.jpg" title="Perlite a volcanic rock" width="400" /></a><span style="color: black;">'Perlite is a natural volcanic rock that pops like popcorn when blasted in a furnace. Each lightweight particle has a large irregular surface and contains many tiny closed air cells that improve the air-holding capabilities of the soil and increase the ability of water to drain through the soil.' A quote from the bag.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjcJqN3TyqojqHtfCfCUDgqJJkyHjJ5oduePkSTjM_MFfYDCApjRLRskNl5BByAqVBVaPH5jmTMXq_4tKnGLzUyVQo5Wm2IJvtLHg_ujEpD-EKTkLU9PA72-5y2nhhUVIremen7mDqNc/s3000/IMG_20200806_120212.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="Perlite mixed with organic-rich top soil" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjcJqN3TyqojqHtfCfCUDgqJJkyHjJ5oduePkSTjM_MFfYDCApjRLRskNl5BByAqVBVaPH5jmTMXq_4tKnGLzUyVQo5Wm2IJvtLHg_ujEpD-EKTkLU9PA72-5y2nhhUVIremen7mDqNc/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_120212.jpg" title="Perlite and organic-rich top soil" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjcJqN3TyqojqHtfCfCUDgqJJkyHjJ5oduePkSTjM_MFfYDCApjRLRskNl5BByAqVBVaPH5jmTMXq_4tKnGLzUyVQo5Wm2IJvtLHg_ujEpD-EKTkLU9PA72-5y2nhhUVIremen7mDqNc/s3000/IMG_20200806_120212.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">I added an equal amount of organic-rich topsoil and mixed the two together. With our heavy winter rains, the soil needs the help of Perlite to drain the water away otherwise the plants' roots would rot.</span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDiTlihpixGwvJ1btpL9QItUvHQChaXT0Kcwbh3RbpFtrhSLLGFOjj2ku_4ztfgSbe0mHnwMDutpUkT5AzU8eQ2mU1ssbOs4RKWVQzwAb4wslGwPtSQ2_6aQHSiBvd_GGeFnimXGbvFs/s3000/IMG_20200806_121201.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="Perlite and organic-rich top soil" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDiTlihpixGwvJ1btpL9QItUvHQChaXT0Kcwbh3RbpFtrhSLLGFOjj2ku_4ztfgSbe0mHnwMDutpUkT5AzU8eQ2mU1ssbOs4RKWVQzwAb4wslGwPtSQ2_6aQHSiBvd_GGeFnimXGbvFs/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_121201.jpg" title="Perlite and organic-rich top soil" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDiTlihpixGwvJ1btpL9QItUvHQChaXT0Kcwbh3RbpFtrhSLLGFOjj2ku_4ztfgSbe0mHnwMDutpUkT5AzU8eQ2mU1ssbOs4RKWVQzwAb4wslGwPtSQ2_6aQHSiBvd_GGeFnimXGbvFs/s3000/IMG_20200806_121201.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">I spread the mix on top of the coarse, stony soil in the bed.</span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDiTlihpixGwvJ1btpL9QItUvHQChaXT0Kcwbh3RbpFtrhSLLGFOjj2ku_4ztfgSbe0mHnwMDutpUkT5AzU8eQ2mU1ssbOs4RKWVQzwAb4wslGwPtSQ2_6aQHSiBvd_GGeFnimXGbvFs/s3000/IMG_20200806_121201.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxJWNsf9tv3fmp4Fl37a6jkIf2Zh4GIxLIPV4QGJEYllbg2ztS7B4cVjI5QCmTxE0q1MRzbDUkgcIaEYrefO30zovj2Ib2ZSz6YEhukWzl4w5BSWR3Kot928KDEw_txuKrK3PJb-2UsQ/s3000/IMG_20200805_195030.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="succulents, sedums, Pattern Language plant flowers near seats" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxJWNsf9tv3fmp4Fl37a6jkIf2Zh4GIxLIPV4QGJEYllbg2ztS7B4cVjI5QCmTxE0q1MRzbDUkgcIaEYrefO30zovj2Ib2ZSz6YEhukWzl4w5BSWR3Kot928KDEw_txuKrK3PJb-2UsQ/w400-h400/IMG_20200805_195030.jpg" title="Succulents and sedums" width="400" /></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pattern_Language" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">In making a decision about what to plant in this bed, I was guided by Christopher Alexander's 'A Pattern Language.' Pattern number 245, Raised Flowers. It is about using flowers to soften the edges of buildings, paths, and outdoor areas. 'Raise the flower beds so that people can ... sit by them.' I didn't want the flowers to touch the benches because that is where people will sit and where artwork will be displayed. I needed plants that would thrive in a hot, south-facing bed of dry rocky soil. </span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pattern_Language" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">I settled on a bed of succulents and sedums. They would be a delightful surprise when noticed while sitting on the bench and their variety would beg to be examined more closely.</span></a><a href="https://www.theplantedfarm.com/" id="The Planted Farm" name="The Planted Farm" rel="nofollow" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">With daughter Elizabeth, who is a succulent/tropical plant aficionado, we visited The Planted Farm </span></a><a href="https://www.theplantedfarm.com/">https://www.theplantedfarm.com/</a><span style="color: black;"> in North Saanich and came home with the above selection of hardy outdoor plants. It was such fun going through Ryan and Brian's trays and trays of possible plants and making tough choices. </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pattern_Language" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsthDaTVlnEhqcv8h7CTe18C_-HFXLcVsXu65WvkXeRrqsOy846vvWscSi4yIoZ4urBEO9XIVAHjc0dNPGlnCo-hi2KazETLB8lkhQ9qhprVugKYMtQcvcqBqnjIkR7KvVFrFJeqNgmiM/s3000/IMG_20200805_195039.jpg" style="display: inline; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="succulents, sedums" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsthDaTVlnEhqcv8h7CTe18C_-HFXLcVsXu65WvkXeRrqsOy846vvWscSi4yIoZ4urBEO9XIVAHjc0dNPGlnCo-hi2KazETLB8lkhQ9qhprVugKYMtQcvcqBqnjIkR7KvVFrFJeqNgmiM/w400-h400/IMG_20200805_195039.jpg" title="Succulents and sedums" width="400" /></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pattern_Language" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">I have been growing this collection from individual buds for nearly a year and they had proven hardy enough for our winter.</span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFvGZqiMRfTGO6l_GNVzfqXjZcBmmXDbyxKaJqioMi9WRgn5sTIsz8Kcl5qajMzGRmqHIVbd-Ercysox1U8lyf2CYVhbMwVpEWPWd7qzZRKKqnXu6sd2E4Epmspijiaag5wvqQAgjQeY/s3000/IMG_20200806_121657.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="sedum" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFvGZqiMRfTGO6l_GNVzfqXjZcBmmXDbyxKaJqioMi9WRgn5sTIsz8Kcl5qajMzGRmqHIVbd-Ercysox1U8lyf2CYVhbMwVpEWPWd7qzZRKKqnXu6sd2E4Epmspijiaag5wvqQAgjQeY/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_121657.jpg" title="sedum" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFvGZqiMRfTGO6l_GNVzfqXjZcBmmXDbyxKaJqioMi9WRgn5sTIsz8Kcl5qajMzGRmqHIVbd-Ercysox1U8lyf2CYVhbMwVpEWPWd7qzZRKKqnXu6sd2E4Epmspijiaag5wvqQAgjQeY/s3000/IMG_20200806_121657.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">I had a couple of pots of sedums that had waited a long time to be planted. Their time had come.</span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFvGZqiMRfTGO6l_GNVzfqXjZcBmmXDbyxKaJqioMi9WRgn5sTIsz8Kcl5qajMzGRmqHIVbd-Ercysox1U8lyf2CYVhbMwVpEWPWd7qzZRKKqnXu6sd2E4Epmspijiaag5wvqQAgjQeY/s3000/IMG_20200806_121657.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="planting and watering new plantings" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglYnQuHVoH66RY7ODqS4qKw0pShK5e5bqL5_pyCbZA1ynYqPjLaqouMmE-Qde2nFBgvxfeWIRNwi6NcBwrMuca9vVctDGy1frjV4kl3tjb62fO5xKjx4aPwXUmxqj6KaIFnbCZVRXgu9I/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_122523.jpg" title="Planning new plantings" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;">I placed the pots while visualizing how each mature plant would look next to another and how much space it would need. After a little tweaking, I went ahead and planted. Once the sun had dropped down I gave them all a good watering.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmUmmJXKYviWEH4MeHihJEjz5e7xE3HEFc9dzza-76JmhmLsJAz1hTJP_Gx45Uxj0Q8-qTW6Uq9KrCzLWre8AwKsfraPlJ1XsDWcqe3nD_KqsgOnCU-PCsgzUMCG3m7URxEd4CO5QsRs/s3000/IMG_20200806_185750.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmUmmJXKYviWEH4MeHihJEjz5e7xE3HEFc9dzza-76JmhmLsJAz1hTJP_Gx45Uxj0Q8-qTW6Uq9KrCzLWre8AwKsfraPlJ1XsDWcqe3nD_KqsgOnCU-PCsgzUMCG3m7URxEd4CO5QsRs/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_185750.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmUmmJXKYviWEH4MeHihJEjz5e7xE3HEFc9dzza-76JmhmLsJAz1hTJP_Gx45Uxj0Q8-qTW6Uq9KrCzLWre8AwKsfraPlJ1XsDWcqe3nD_KqsgOnCU-PCsgzUMCG3m7URxEd4CO5QsRs/s3000/IMG_20200806_185750.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">It is hard to see the small plants' potential impact, especially with the white Perlite catching the eye. The bed will get a covering of dried leaves to help get the plants through the winter and hopefully will be something more to look at by next spring.</span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThVFtpUTT0iNqrdgc-FoWTn7lfWdkuW5i0EyRGR1cJmc3JPKGMX98sTP2tnO-9-Qg0wMQaoO0aYpIh6cd15_17tTwDXUjsT5MUFiszItod291ZCmas8qSioAWvfutUunySi6pqOj0mjM/s3000/IMG_20200806_190012.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="succulent and sedum garden bed" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThVFtpUTT0iNqrdgc-FoWTn7lfWdkuW5i0EyRGR1cJmc3JPKGMX98sTP2tnO-9-Qg0wMQaoO0aYpIh6cd15_17tTwDXUjsT5MUFiszItod291ZCmas8qSioAWvfutUunySi6pqOj0mjM/w400-h400/IMG_20200806_190012.jpg" title="a new succulent and sedum garden bed" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThVFtpUTT0iNqrdgc-FoWTn7lfWdkuW5i0EyRGR1cJmc3JPKGMX98sTP2tnO-9-Qg0wMQaoO0aYpIh6cd15_17tTwDXUjsT5MUFiszItod291ZCmas8qSioAWvfutUunySi6pqOj0mjM/s3000/IMG_20200806_190012.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: black;">The whole edge area looks so much neater cleared and planted out. Now I need to be patient while the garden catches up with my vision.</span></a><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmUmmJXKYviWEH4MeHihJEjz5e7xE3HEFc9dzza-76JmhmLsJAz1hTJP_Gx45Uxj0Q8-qTW6Uq9KrCzLWre8AwKsfraPlJ1XsDWcqe3nD_KqsgOnCU-PCsgzUMCG3m7URxEd4CO5QsRs/s3000/IMG_20200806_185750.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><br /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsthDaTVlnEhqcv8h7CTe18C_-HFXLcVsXu65WvkXeRrqsOy846vvWscSi4yIoZ4urBEO9XIVAHjc0dNPGlnCo-hi2KazETLB8lkhQ9qhprVugKYMtQcvcqBqnjIkR7KvVFrFJeqNgmiM/s3000/IMG_20200805_195039.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><br /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxJWNsf9tv3fmp4Fl37a6jkIf2Zh4GIxLIPV4QGJEYllbg2ztS7B4cVjI5QCmTxE0q1MRzbDUkgcIaEYrefO30zovj2Ib2ZSz6YEhukWzl4w5BSWR3Kot928KDEw_txuKrK3PJb-2UsQ/s3000/IMG_20200805_195030.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><br /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSuQQ_O5zb1sCwczva2XKML31VPTZeiCPwUPZPve18Cn3MJRQI0zjXsYBwciNsH5WWAwj-Nj7_Ds3eNvmt9gY6_nLnYoLdqJG2X8RggwYEHvTrOAeq9T6EaAZmSN_nV_ywJxMWESRvCw/s3000/IMG_20200805_193614.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lesley Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033681471800410670noreply@blogger.com0Victoria, BC, Canada48.4284207 -123.3656444-5.6170031776837774 166.3218556 90 -53.053144399999979tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168320301690791478.post-68649159785413267012020-06-11T18:52:00.002-07:002020-12-13T14:03:09.663-08:00Nana Knitting: A Hatter to the Grandson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Being a grandson's hatter has been more of a challenge than I anticipated. My first attempt was part of the first ensemble and it was obvious months before he was born this rabbit-eared hat was not going to fit even a newborn's head.</div>
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I had some deliciously soft angora leftover from a jacket and made a much bigger hat with attached earmuffs in a retro boys helmet style.</div>
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Angora knit jacket</div>
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I selected a vintage pattern for this helmet with a built-in neckwarmer.</div>
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However, after enjoying a hot prairie summer, he had outgrown it long before he needed a winter hat.</div>
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The same happened to this traditional balaclava.</div>
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By this time what I was learning about knitting for babies was to make things much bigger than currently needed and work out the corresponding season.</div>
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I cast on to make a retro flying helmet to fit size 1 to 2 years.</div>
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Here on Vancouver Island our gardens are enjoying spring rain which happens mostly at night. This coincides with the emergence of slugs. The Pacific Banana Slug, the second largest slug in the world is the only native slug residing in the Pacific Northwest rainforest ecosystem. It plays a vital role in recycling litter on the forest floor converting it to rich dark soil.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Included in the 1st outfit I knit as a New-Nana-To-Be was a pair of booties for a newborn. I used a Churchmouse pattern that most resembled the most successful booties my 3 cherubs had worn i.e they could not be kicked off. Churchmouse calls them <a href="https://www.churchmouseyarns.com/collections/churchmouse-wee-ones-patterns/products/stay-on-baby-booties-pattern">Stay-on Baby Booties</a></div>
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I lined this first pair with the softest white rabbit fur.</div>
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After this initial success, I set up a cobbler bench and went into production.</div>
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The next pair got a soft, gray rabbit fur sole.</div>
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Then I worked with sheepskin. The wool was so thick I didn't think there would be much room for the foot but sewed on knowing they would be warm on a frigid cold Edmonton winter outing in the stroller/pram.</div>
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I made several sizes and varied the knitting stitch patterns to keep the knitting interesting.</div>
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The sheepskin ones got I-cord ties and longer turn-down cuffs.</div>
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Here they are being worn by their owner, who had arrived by this time.</div>
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His parents have decided to give him privacy at this stage in his life. No images of him are put on the internet. However, I did get permission to show this much of him. I wanted to show how well the booties fit. The square box (cobbler talk for the toe area) allows plenty of room for feet to wiggle around unrestricted.</div>
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Notice the grey rabbit fur sticking out around the join. I trimmed this off which solved the problem.</div>
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I'll write another post later about my experimenting and testing of toddler shoes but the next post will be about my work as Oz's hatter.</div>
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While in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, recently one of the most moving experiences we experienced was visiting the place where female convicts and their nursing babies were transported to Australia from the British Isles from 1788 to 1853. The story of the Cascades Female Factory has only recently begun to be told.</div>
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Above is an image of an artwork in one of the reconstructed yards in the prison...</div>
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...the place where the babies were kept until they were sent to an orphanage. Many of them died while living in the cold, damp, windy conditions within the eight-foot high walled prison located in the shadow of Mount Wellington.</div>
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The aim of the prison's harsh conditions and treatment of the women was to break them down then mold them to be suitable wives to procreate and populate the new colony. </div>
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On arrival, their hair was cut off and sold. Throughout their sentence, they were forbidden to speak, they had to share the sleeping hammocks and they worked 12 hour days spinning fiber, weaving cloth, washing and mending laundry and as punishment unwinding strands of worn out, tarred rope for reuse, while in solitary confinement.</div>
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Actors from Live History Hobart, <a href="http://livehistoryhobart.com.au/">Her Story</a>, "offer an immersive theatrical experience" where small groups follow convict Mary James around the prison as she tells her story - in 1833 she was shipped from Ireland to Australia to serve a 7-year term for stealing a square of cloth. For the participants, it is an emotional roller coaster as Mary tells of her life in the prison. So few have heard her story or the stories of any of the other women.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A friend, Jo Ann Allan, through her family genealogy research, found a family member who served a sentence in the Female Factory. Jo Ann has written about her relative, Mary Anne Nankivel, on her website, <a href="https://fibergenea.wordpress.com/genealogy/biographies-3/mary-anne-nankivel/">Fibergenea</a>. She has shared this extensive research with the Female Factory's research centre.</div>
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Honourary artist-in-residence, Dr. Christina Henry decided to tell their story to the world by inviting over 25,266 women to each to create a bonnet to pay tribute to these women, each bonnet named for one woman. The project was launched on International Women's Day on March 8, 2007, in Hobart.</div>
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While living in Calgary I can remember the night at the Calgary Guild of Needle and Fibre Arts monthly meeting when we were told about the project and members were offered the chance to pick a name and make a bonnet for her. Jo Ann Allan made bonnet for her ancestor, Mary Anne Nankivel, and contributed to Dr. Christine Henry's project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While a few of the bonnets are on display in the Matron's House in a restored part of the prison, the project is ongoing as the majority of bonnets travel between Australia, Ireland, and England and continue to tell the women's stories wherever they are displayed. For more about this project check <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChristinaHenriRosesFromTheHeart">Christina Henri - Roses from the Heart Facebook page</a></div>
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The only reference I could find to this installation is a plaque about convict Mary Kennedy serving 7 years for stealing a gown. Her occupation is listed as a washerwoman.</div>
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Lesley Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033681471800410670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168320301690791478.post-18270481813805585522019-12-12T11:57:00.001-08:002020-12-13T14:04:12.143-08:00Nana Knitting: Pinterest Board, Vintage Patterns and Searching for Buttons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Previously I posted about my new project, Nana Knitting, here <a href="https://lesleyturner.blogspot.com/2018/07/nana-knitting-new-body-of-work-begins.html">How this project began</a></div>
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The new mother-to-be, daughter Katherine gave me guidance - a Pinterest board she had loaded with the styles, colours and look she was after for her first born's knit wardrobe. She described it as 'Christopher Robin Chic.'</div>
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From the Pinterest board I could see vintage styles in low intensity, gender-neutral colours.</div>
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I started with a traditional wrap-around surplice (that's a really old word for this baby garment) worked in one piece.</div>
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Now I must confess when working on Nana Knitting I don't make a swatch. Also, I continue with my habit of rarely ever working a pattern in the yarn it was written for. For Nana Knitting I make my choice of yarn, match the needles and make a bigger size the baby will grow into. It's then up to the parents to get the garment out of the closet at the right time. That is no problem with my daughter. She is an organiser.</div>
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The nursery in anticipation of baby's arrival.</div>
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I made a pair of traditional short rompers with crossed straps to go with the surplice. According to the the pattern it was for a 12-month size but instead because of my yarn and needle choices it ended up more like an 18-month size. This sizing was just as well because the combination of the all-over seed stitch and the high twist yarn made for a 'hard' fabric more suitable for an active toddler than a sitting baby. </div>
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I found an amazing yarn for a cardigan using a 1960s vintage pattern. The yarn is Lang Magic Tweed Superwash, a soft spun, single ply that fluffs up after it is washed.</div>
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Christopher Robin Chic requires buttons with a specific understated look. None of those cute shaped Fimo plastic animal etc buttons will do. But I found Christopher Robin chic type buttons are hard to find. I have now added buttons to my shopping list when I travel.</div>
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The finely knit garment fabric itself does not provide much to secure buttons on safely so I add a circle of fulled wool on the inside to stitch the button securely to not wanting it to become a choking hazard.</div>
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Sewing on the button with a pad of fulled wool fabric at the back.</div>
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Finishing the cardigan with coconut shell buttons.</div>
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The finished cardigan fits age 6 to 12 months.</div>
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Another characteristic I like about this Lang Magic yarn is it makes a very light and soft garment. This cardigan took less than 2 balls so it is economical too.</div>
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A note from the future: This cardigan was a favorite. It was worn and machine washed regularly until reluctantly it was retired when it no longer fit.</div>
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I am loving my Nana Knitting Project with reports on more results to come.</div>
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Steaming the wrinkles out of <i>Origins</i> after it traveled in a box from Gimli, Manitoba to Duncan, British Columbia. This is minutes before the Artists' Reception of Vancouver Island Surface Design Association's annual exhibition, <i>Current Threads 19.</i></div>
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This work is about a group of Icelandic people settling in Canada bringing with them their material culture and their DNA. I wrote about it in a previous blog post <a href="https://lesleyturner.blogspot.com/2019/07/articulations-current-exhibition.html">here</a> </div>
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This year's exhibition is in the new, expanded Portals Gallery run by the Cowichan Valley Arts Council <a href="https://cowichanvalleyartscouncil.ca/">here</a>. With so much more room the VISDA artists were able to hang large works.</div>
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During the reception, I was able to talk to some of the artists about their work.</div>
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Gina Dingwell, <i>No Looking Back, </i>dress: hand-dyed, indigo silk, recycled knitting, and crochet with various yarns; personal objects.</div>
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Gina's artist statement: 'The process of knitting with found knitting materials from my past was a visceral experience. It was an exploration of materials that I had left behind, past experiences, self-image, burdens, things said and done. This piece represents a challenging and yet beautiful process of letting go to find new awareness.'</div>
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I think Gina shows great courage in putting out such intensely personal work for all to see. Gina has done what I have just learned about from Merill Comeau, <a href="https://www.merillcomeau.com/">website</a>, during her workshop 'Mining the Personal for the Universal' she taught during the Surface Design Association's conference in St Louis, <a href="https://lesleyturner.blogspot.com/2019/10/surface-design-association-conference.html">see previous post</a>.</div>
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Visit Gina's <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgalina/?hl=en">Instagram site</a> to see more of how she views the world.</div>
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Barbara McCaffrey, <i>Ogham - Oracle of the Trees, </i>3 Oak staves imprinted with Ogham alphabet letters compiling the words 'Courage,' 'Harmony,' 'Strength'.</div>
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Barbara's artist statement: 'Ogham writings were discovered in the Book of Ballymote, a 14th-century Irish manuscript. The book contains treatises on the history, genealogical and geological survey of Ireland among others.'</div>
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Barbara has recently returned from a trip to Ireland where she spent time discovering and exploring her heritage. She told of her findings in this and other works in the exhibition.</div>
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Laura Feeleus, <i>Cellular Articulation,</i> hand and machine stitching and beads on repurposed textiles.</div>
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Laura has recently been exploring the biological processes involved in the body's assimilation, storage, and breakdown of fatty tissue. At the same time, it is a comment on the global problem of obesity and overconsumption, a concept reinforced by her use of recycled materials. </div>
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Laura's <a href="https://www.laurafeeleus.ca/">website here</a></div>
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Jean Cockburn, <i>Green Worlds, </i>hand embroidery on linen gauze backed with cotton.</div>
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Jean's artist statement: Imagine many green worlds, large and small, spinning through the infinities of space. What possibilities for Life!</div>
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Jean's meditation on green can be explored in many ways: a colour study, a survey of hand embroidery techniques, the power of the mandala, the cosmos of the universe.</div>
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Read Jean's <a href="http://whenyouloveblue.blogspot.com/">blog here</a> to see more of her work.</div>
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Susan Duffield, <i>Traveller's Dreams,</i> cotton dyed with indigo and madder.</div>
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Susan's artist statement: 'Stitched with memories of childhood and travels to Australia.'</div>
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Like Gina, Susan is working with the personal to access the universal and like Jean, she is exploring the power of the handstitched circular mandala shape.</div>
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Bryony Dunsmore, <i>One Rift, One Flaw No. 2, </i>textile</div>
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Bryony's artist statement: Inspired by a Margaret Atwood poem which includes the words "...there is one rift, one flaw, where we are nailed to the earth forever."</div>
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I am always drawn to Bryon's beautiful colour schemes. They are just so harmonious and soft but always with enough contrast to speak loudly. She demonstrates complete mastery of her technique the result of which is always a pleasure to explore up close.</div>
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Lesley Comassar, <i>Uprooted, </i>(the work on the left) hand-dyed, hand-painted cotton, machine pieced and appliqued (raw edge), free motion quilting.</div>
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Lesley's artist statement: When our vital connections to the earth, our families, and communities are forcibly severed, the effects reverberate through the generations.</div>
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Lesley's website <a href="https://uncommonthreads.ca/">here</a>.</div>
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This is one of a series of 3 works where Lesley has explored the effects of migration at both a personal level and in different communities around the world. I talked with Lesley about how she reworked the colour scheme to ensure the works had the impact she was looking for, the right grey the right red.</div>
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These are just a few of the outstanding works in this year's VISDA annual exhibition. As you can see, members are willing to tackle large, serious and intensely personal subjects and they have the strength and courage to express their viewpoints and feelings on these subjects while demonstrating mastery of their craft.</div>
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Many thanks to Gillian Riordan and her committee for presenting an exceptional exhibition.</div>
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The Surface Design Association's 2019 biennial conference, <i>Beyond the Surface,</i> was in St Louis, Missouri. It was held in conjunction with the <i>Innovations in Textiles 2019</i> a three-month-long event held every four years. With 43 participating venues and a large number of other museums and other historic buildings in the St Louis area, SDA members attending the conference had to come up with a plan to make the most of their time. We couldn't see it all even when arriving early in St Louis and leaving a few days after the conference.</div>
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One of the highlights for me was SDA's own annual juried members' exhibition <i>Beyond the Surface. </i>Jurors Jo Stealey and Jim Arendt said in their opening remarks they selected 48 artists who demonstrated a "well-developed artistic vision" and mastery of their craft, both factors equally weighted. The gallery was full of strong works executed with an exceptionally high skill level.</div>
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Kathy Nida, <i>Swallow Me Whole,</i> raw edge applique with quilted ground, 67" x 76"</div>
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First place award</div>
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Kathy's website/blog <a href="https://kathynida.com/">https://kathynida.com/</a></div>
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It was fun to stand in front of this work and come up with a story. Kathy has perfected her technique and uses it consistently making her work easy to recognise. She knows her biology so well she pushes, pulls and exaggerates it with great humour. Check out her website for more of her funny/serious narrative quilts.</div>
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Marie Bergstedt, <i>In There, </i>fulled fabric sculpted wall hanging, 48" x 35" x 3.5"<br />
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Marie's website <a href="https://mariebergstedtartist.com/home.html">https://mariebergstedtartist.com/home.html</a><br />
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Sorry about the fuzzy image but it was the only one I took and I wanted to show the sculptural 3D quality of this work. Marie is a fibre artist who has perfected several different techniques. I have seen some of her amazing button works and know she is a skilled embroiderer. I didn't know she also works in wool. This work is kinda icky and at the same time warm and fuzzy. Marie really plays with the viewer's emotions.</div>
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Leslie Horan Simon, <i>Geologic Time,</i> 34.5" x 27" x 0.5"</div>
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Leslie's website <a href="https://www.lesliehoransimon.com/">https://www.lesliehoransimon.com/</a></div>
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This close up shows how Leslie knit then fulled each stone before attaching it to a black felt ground.</div>
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If I was forced to pick my favourite work this would be it. It got me with being knit and fulled, 2 techniques not often used in quality fibre artwork. I was enchanted with the luminosity of colour Leslie managed to achieve with fuzzy wool.</div>
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Chris Motley, <i>Here and There, </i>hand-knit wire and fibre, 43" x 50" x 4"</div>
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Chris is a knitter and as a result, has a vast range of techniques she can use as well as a world of different materials that can be worked with two sticks. In this work, Chris shows the sculptural quality that can be achieved with the knit stitch.</div>
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Chris in front of her work opening night. I did enjoy talking with her about her work.</div>
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Nanhee Kim, <i>Layered Fluidity,</i> nomex, monofilament yarn, 48" x 36" x 4"</div>
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Another knitted work caught my eye, surprise surprise. This one worked in a stiff 'yarn' so the shaping stood out in raised relief. It made for the most interesting play of values strengthening the form.</div>
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Melinda K. P. Stees, <i>st equal px, </i>knitted yarn mounted on a rigid internal frame, 24" x 29"</div>
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Melinda says about her work, "<span face=""alegreya sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The strong contrasting colors can catch your eye from across a room, while the knitted texture will pique your curiosity when you’re up close enough to see it."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">You may also notice this computer-programmed, machine-knit work has been worked from the right to the left, with the stitches presented lying on their sides. I wonder if Melinda did this and stretched the work on a rigid frame to counter knit fabric's characteristic drape.</span></div>
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Here is another work with computer-programmed, machine-knit work in a scale making it readable only from the other side of the room.<br />
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Ann Clark, <i>Time Notes: Day, </i>knit fulled wool, 93" x 66" x 0.25"<br />
Ann made this work as a rug. As fabulous as it looks on the wall I imagine the impact of the image would read differently when viewed from above while walking.<br />
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I was delighted there were so many knit works in this exhibition showing 'the best of contemporary work by SDA members.'<br />
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Check out Wendy Klotz's blog post about what she saw during the SDA conference, <a href="http://wendyklotz.blogspot.com/2019/10/sda-conference.html">here</a> and see more on what there was to see and do in St Louis.<br />
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Here on Vancouver Island, we are waiting for the rains to start after our dry season. By waiting I don't mean we are lying around waiting. I have a whole list of garden jobs timed for just before the rains start.</div>
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On the list is a path through a garden bed to a tap and hose. Last year Ron installed the hose reel on a stand which is now so easy to use. The soil he dug up then went crazy producing a deep-rooted plant and quack grass. I am always on the lookout for grass because it is banned from the garden beds in the backyard. Shovel by shovel I have spent several weeks sifting out all the roots and grass from this area. Also, as is usual, I removed all rocks in the soil. It was slow going and I hope I don't see either of those two plants here again.</div>
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Next, I dug a trench and placed in it a layer of the rocks I had removed from the soil. I get a checkmark here for following the permaculture principle of using what you have.</div>
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At this stage I consulted the resident civil engineer for advice on materials and fluid mechanics. Phew, I got the go-ahead. I was on the right track.</div>
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The next path layer called for smaller gravel. We have a little gravel pile leftover from making the main garden paths. Another checkmark earned.</div>
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I started putting as much gravel in the wheelbarrow as I could manage to lift up the stone steps to the path level. This was hard work. I was getting tired but I was determined to finish the project before the rains were forecast to start at 2:30 pm.</div>
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We selected five of the best pavers leftover from reworking paths and the new guest patio. </div>
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The gravel had to be leveled to ensure the pavers were stable and didn't move when walked on and well supported so they didn't break. The notches in the pavers will not be noticed once plants have grown over and softened the edges.</div>
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I dug out bucketsful of soil and took them up the steps to another bed to use later. I had been advised the soil level needed to be lower than the path so the water would drain off and away.</div>
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Arrgh, the rain started two hours earlier than forecast. I planted the north side and got thoroughly soaked. Against the rock, I planted a new perennial garlic bed. The large flower heads will look elegant when walking up and down the steps. In front of the garlic are broccoli plants I started from seed about a month ago. Next to the broccoli, following the path, I planted another 'best buddy', beet/beetroot seeds, quite densely because the thinnings, leaves roots and all, are delicious. These winter vegetables apart from being our food will protect the soil over the wet winter. Once the crops have been harvested I will plant more perennials in their place come spring.</div>
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The ubiquitous garden-variety, plastic chair...</div>
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...and its variations found throughout the world.</div>
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I have come across this chair in almost every place I have travelled to. It is inexpensive, light, portable, stackable and weatherproof making it accessible to so many people. It has enabled people around the world to sit in comfort alone and in groups, up off the floor to dine, learn, work. We have all seen this chair but have you ever thought about who designed what has become a universal commodity?</div>
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Brian Jungen is a Canadian artist who understands the universality of the white plastic chair and has used it in a series of 3 powerful works.</div>
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Don't worry that you don't know the designer because that is the way he likes it. He wants to remain anonymous and for you to just enjoy living with his designs.</div>
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That is why this poster of an exhibition of Maia and Pierre Paulin's designs caught my attention when we were travelling in the Cevennes region in southern France. We were learning about the history of the silk industry in an old silk factory now the Maison Rouge Museum when we came across a room full of Mid Century Modern furniture.</div>
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Tulip chair, 1950, Pierre Paulin</div>
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It was the French designer Pierre Paulin who designed the white plastic chair and many other iconic chairs and furniture. This room was a treasure trove of his and his wife, Maia 's work.</div>
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Orange Slice chair, 1960, Pierre Paulin</div>
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It was fun to walk through the museum and recognize chair after chair and realise I had never before put them all together as one designer's work.</div>
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Ribbon chair, 1966, Pierre Paulin</div>
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I wondered why this small regional museum had such a large collection of Paulin's chairs and furniture. I did a bit of research. Paulin was born in Paris and worked internationally but it was in the nearby Cevennes Mountains National Park he 'retired' and continued to design.</div>
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Tongue chair, 1968, Pierre Paulin</div>
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Maybe the furniture in this exhibition had come from his home nearby where his wife Maia continues to live.</div>
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Banquette Amphis or the Osaka sofa (1967), Pierre Paulin</div>
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Pierre Paulin left the spotlight of international design several times in his career and worked for many years in his wife's design company, where he designed utilitarian things such as razors and irons.</div>
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Pierre Paulin's portable iron design, a first.</div>
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I wonder how many of the everyday products I use were originally Pierre or Maia Wodzislawska designs?</div>
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Lesley Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033681471800410670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168320301690791478.post-86077767598345824722019-07-26T16:32:00.000-07:002019-07-26T16:37:57.752-07:00Articulation's Current Exhibition Connected Heritage, Gimli, Manitoba<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The exhibition is on all summer at the New Icelandic Heritage Museum in Gimli Manitoba.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Research for this body of work began with a study session covering Winnipeg, Gimli and the Inter-Lake area of Lake Winnipeg. I posted earlier about the trip </span><a href="https://lesleyturner.blogspot.com/2016/11/articulations-2016-study-session.html" style="text-align: center;">here</a><span style="text-align: center;"> and </span><a href="https://lesleyturner.blogspot.com/2016/11/articulations-2016-study-session-in.html" style="text-align: center;">here</a><span style="text-align: center;">. When we Articulation members were back in our respective studios, we got to work sifting through all our research materials narrowing down a mass of images, stories and information to a focus which caught our imaginations enough to want to go deeper while being guided by the "Connected Heritage" concept the group had settled on.</span><br />
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While out and about exploring I was enamored with the boats and the unique way of fishing. The Icelandic people had brought with them their way of fishing and learned from the First Nations people how to adapt from the sea to an inland lake. Other settlers such as the Ukrainians and Scots also contributed their knowledge to make InterLake fishing the unique industry it became.</div>
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And I loved everything about the Icelandic horses. I watched all of the movies I could find where they starred and I found several documentaries on them.</div>
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But as is usual for me after an Articulation Study Session, once I got home and into my studio, my interest was piqued by a different subject. Part of my ongoing research involved reading about the history of the Icelandic people and I focused on their unique DNA heritage that has been studied in great detail. A long isolated human population with written records going back centuries can tell geneticists a lot. This knowledge can be applied to the benefit of other populations, for example, understanding the origins of genetic diseases enables diagnostics tests and drugs to be developed.</div>
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I became intrigued with the way a group carries its genetic identity with them no matter where they settle and their cultural identity is carried in their material possessions.</div>
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Recent genetic research has confirmed what the sagas have been saying for generations. Genetic research has come up with the statistics. Seventy-five percent of the males in the founding population was Scandinavian, mainly Norsemen. Fifty percent of the founding females were Celtic from the western coastal areas of the UK. It seems the bachelor Norsemen picked up Celtic wives before heading across the sea to settle in Iceland.</div>
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The Icelanders brought this genetic heritage with them when they settled in the Canadian Inter-Lake area. They also brought their cultural identity embedded in the few possessions they brought with them.</div>
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I decided to work with well-worn woolen blankets, essential items they may have brought with them. I projected an image of an old woodblock print onto the blanket then cut the image away suggesting how their cultural identity is embedded in their material culture.</div>
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Stitching the design</div>
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Cutting out the design to show the backing blanket</div>
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Genetic research has noted people of Icelandic descent are very likely to have blue or rarer green eyes: 89% of males and 87% of females, with green eyes being more common in the women.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I illustrated this genetic trait by colouring the male's eye blue and the female's green. This genetic trait is still very evident in the current population.</span></div>
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Each Articulation member explored a different aspect of the Interlake population. Visit Articulation's Blog <a href="http://articulationtextilegroup.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-iceland-museum-to-host-articulation.html">here</a> to see what others have worked on.</div>
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If you find yourself in Manitoba this summer, I do hope you can take a trip out to Gimli to see this very interesting exhibition and to take in the sights in this unique town.</div>
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The bird's cherry tree will have a bumper crop this year.</div>
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A month before the Famers' Almanac predicted April 14th as the last frost day, I set up my potting area.</div>
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I filled the soil-bin with a yummy mix suitable for sprouting seeds.<br />
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I planted seeds in reused plastic pots, egg cartons and cut down paper tubes in anticipation of finding the most successful potting container.</div>
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Once planted the trays were moved to the Propagation Room to be bathed in the weak early spring sun while being protected from frost by the glass. The sides of the room are open to cool breezes which slows germination rates but it also serves as a hardening-off area once the seeds have sprouted.</div>
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I call this the Propagation Room but what really goes on is seed germination and it is a place to safely store plant purchases. I manually water every day but if I find this inconvenient I could get a sprinkler system installed. In the meantime, I enjoy checking daily on what is happening. Recently I went away for a week but before I left I moved every plant out to a fallow bed that is watered by the automatic sprinklers. I came back to a happy bunch of plants.</div>
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The strawberries and peonies have been magnificent this spring.</div>
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Yarrow in the 2nd apple guild is loving its sunny location.</div>
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Two years ago I planted a trial asparagus patch. It has proven to be most successful. This spring I filled the bed with more asparagus roots/crowns and their companion plants. Now we have to be patient and wait a couple more springs before we can harvest the spears.</div>
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The results of my seedling container experimentation. </div>
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I liked the way it was easy to unroll the paper tube and pop the plant, with soil, into the hole without disturbing the side roots. But the tray of tubes became unstable in the now soggy egg carton lid tray and it took a lot of care to not drop the tray.</div>
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The roots of the plants in the egg cartons quickly grew into the carton pulp and had to be torn off before planting. My Garden Guru sister recommends not planting with the egg carton attached because the paper pulp takes a surprisingly long time to break down and in the meantime, it restricts root growth.</div>
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The reused plastic pots were ideal for the larger seeds, though I have been advised to wash the posts to sterilise them between uses to avoid passing on pathogens.</div>
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This spring it has been evident the beds are beginning to mature. I have moved a few shrubs to more suitable locations but this year I am focusing on establishing the herb layer in the beds.<br />
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<i>Lesley, Lingrid, Laura, Louise</i></div>
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<i>Opening Reception Dualities exhibition, Cre8ery Gallery <a href="http://www.cre8ery.com/portfolio/dualities/">website</a>, Winnipeg</i></div>
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<i>May 9 to 21, 2019</i></div>
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What began in the studio results in an exhibition with many steps and stages in between. </div>
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<i>Ingrid Lincoln standing by her work at the Opening Reception, May 9, 2019.</i></div>
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Nearly half, if not more of an artist's time is spent doing things other than making art.</div>
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<i>Louise Lamb (r) talks about her work to a guest at the opening.</i></div>
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An artist has to like doing all of those other art related things to be able to get the work out of the studio and in front of the public.</div>
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<i> Using cutting, measuring and duct tape skills to make a shipping box.</i></div>
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One can buy shipping boxes from a number of different sources. It is time-consuming to track down the right sized box. If it is only just big enough there is not enough room for padding to protect the work. If the box is much bigger than the work the cost of shipping is more than it needs to be or it is too big and the company can't ship it.</div>
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The work in this box was in an exhibition until the day before I flew to Winnipeg for Dualities. I took the work with me on the plane. At the airport there was a hiccup - it was too big to go through the x-ray machine.</div>
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The box had to cut open, the work physically examined then returned to the box and resealed with special tape with words saying the box had passed inspection. With all of that, I forgot to ask for fragile stickers for the box. As it disappeared down the conveyor belt I wished it safe travels and hoped it would be unmodified when I saw it next.</div>
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Several weeks earlier I had shipped two large boxes of art to Ingrid's place in Winnipeg. While the smaller box was within the dimensions Canda Post will ship the larger one was not. I needed a courier. Previously I have successfully shipped large, heavy boxes at the lowest prices using Greyhound buses but that company no longer exists on the island. The new company is still setting up its parcel delivery services and is not yet fully automated. I found that and their new name, Box on a Bus, slightly unreassuring. However, all was well when all three boxes were safely in Ingrid's house waiting to be hauled to the gallery.</div>
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This was a fun part because we got to use an ancient freight elevator. The Cre8ery Gallery is in the old Exchange District of Winnipeg where there are many buildings over 130 years old.</div>
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Bob (left), the gallery art installer and Bob (right) Ingrid's husband who has enviable woodworking skills, are manually operating the elevator working it to get its floor to stop in line with the building floor.</div>
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When the artwork, tools, and equipment are all in the gallery the installation can begin. This a stage requiring another whole set of different skills the artist needs to have mastered: agility and balance shimmying up and down a ladder, steady use of the hammer, a good eye for leveling or use of a level against the art, strength to repeatedly move plinths until they are in the right place, stamina to keep working steadily for however long it takes to get things perfect. Depending on the gallery the artist will hang their own work or there will be a curator. Cre8ery's owner, Jordan Millar is an experienced and well-qualified curator and installer and she has Bob to hang the work. Her decisions and Bob's experience made for a quick hang this time with 7 people working for 3 hours.</div>
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The promotion of an exhibition is another arena where the artist needs to have knowledge and develop skills. Image management, promotion materials design, and keeping up with effective social media developments are all time-consuming activities necessary for a successful exhibition.</div>
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If the artist is the exhibition's project coordinator, as Ingrid was for Dualities, there are a lot of administrative tasks including liaising with the artist group and the gallery staff.</div>
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I do enjoy all the activities required of an artist but I have to admit some days I wish they didn't keep me out of my studio for so many hours.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The four of us are exploring two very different geographical locations - the vast expanse of the Canadian prairies with its continental climate of extremes and native plant cover of prairie grasses contrasted with the Pacific Northwest coastal region with its moderated climate and native plant cover of vast rainforests. Yes, these are both big places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ingrid and Louise live in the middle of the vast Canadian prairie. Laura and I live on a forest covered island next to the vast Pacific Ocean. Louise grew up on this west coast but now lives in the prairie city of Winnipeg while Laura grew up in Winnipeg but now lives in Victoria on Vancouver Island. Ingrid's childhood began in the interior continent of Europe while mine began on another temperate forest-covered island in the southern hemisphere. These experiences of contrasts in place and geographic shifts are reflected in our distinctively different art practices. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Laura grew up in Winnipeg but now strongly identifies with the waters of Coastal B.C. Her art expresses a visual monologue between the two locations.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline;"> Louise Lamb’s external conversations with her chosen materials and painting processes are influenced by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; vertical-align: baseline;">her childhood home on the West Coast as well as her present home on the prairies</span><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline;"> My textile work is firmly grounded in British Columbia’s maritime rainforests where I undertake external dialogues with the trees to develop a more intimate relationship with the place I currently call home. I reference childhood memories of gr</span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">owing up in New Zealand's temperate rainforest, an earlier home I knew well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We will be arriving at the Cre8ery Gallery,</span></span> <a href="http://www.cre8ery.com/portfolio/dualities/">website here </a> to install our work together. We have never exhibited together before and not all of us has yet seen each other's work. I am really looking forward to searching for the commonality and duality in our individual bodies of work once it is up on Cre8ery's walls. It is going to be so interesting to see how the multi-layered concept of duality will be expressed in this exhibition.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We do hope you can come to see the exhibition while it is on May 9th to May 21, 2019.</span><br />
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The Artist Reception for Articulation's 'Forest and Sea and the Place Between' exhibition at Portals Gallery, Duncan is on Saturday 13th from 3 to 5 pm.</div>
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Artists Wendy Klotz, Ingrid Lincoln, and Lesley Turner will be in attendance to talk about their work and they look forward to answering questions about the exhibition.</div>
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Tree Wind Drawings</div>
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My contribution to the exhibition and the Salish Sea biosphere story is a triptych of 3 drawings done be 3 different trees found in the Pacific Northwest coastal maritime forest.</div>
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Douglas-fir and Western Red Cedar</div>
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By getting the trees to draw on a fabric I explored the connection between the air and the earth in the Salish Seas' biosphere.</div>
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I blogged about my process to make the first of these works <a href="http://lesleyturner.blogspot.com/2017/03/new-work-responding-to-trees-with-stitch.html">here</a>.</div>
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Understanding this place we call home is an ongoing area of interest for me and continues to be an area of focus in my work.</div>
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Jellyfish in the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea.</div>
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Articulation has had 2 week-long study sessions exploring Vancouver Island's coastal areas. The first was in 2007 and based in Duncan while the second was ten years later in 2017 and based in both Sidney and Tofino. All areas are within the Salish Sea biosphere boundary which is the overarching concept tying this study together.</div>
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Sunset on Chesterman Beach.</div>
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The Salish Sea biosphere is a vast area of interconnected habitats where living organisms are found - <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the geosphere of soil and rock, the hydrosphere of lakes, rivers, and oceans, and in the weather systems in the atmosphere.</span></div>
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Articulation members walking the trails on the west coast - Wendy Klotz, Leann Clifford, Amanda Onchulenko, Donna Clement.</div>
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Researching in Vancouver Island's Maritime Rainforests involved walking the trails, recording sensory experiences in a journal, taking photographs of both minute details and the soaring grandeur of ancient trees, and reading both fiction and nonfiction with forest settings.</div>
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Lunch break while looking out to the sea.</div>
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Articulation members experience the same visual stimuli and discuss what they find and see during the week together.</div>
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Leann Clifford ready to go look for whales.</div>
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Watching the sunset from the beach.</div>
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Donna Clement explores mud flats while the tide is in.</div>
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Leann Clifford and Ingrid Lincoln and jellyfish.</div>
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Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea is an ideal place to learn about local sea life.</div>
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Taking the ferry out to Sidney Spit. Amanda Onchulenko, Leann Clifford, Ingrid Lincoln, Donna Clement.</div>
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After a shared experience spent exploring an area and keeping the broad concept in mind, Articulation members go back to their individual studios to produce bodies of work that reflect their individual responses their experiences. It is always a treat when the resulting work is exhibited to see how each artist visually translates their particular area of interest.</div>
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For more about Articulation's Salish Sea project check out Articulation's website and blog <a href="http://articulationtextilegroup.weebly.com/">here</a> and <a href="http://articulationtextilegroup.blogspot.com/">here</a>.</div>
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linen, cotton, wood, metal; laundering, hand stitching, painting, installation</div>
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Domestic teatowels made of linen or cotton have been surprisingly uniform in size over the last ninety plus years. Perhaps they are the width of a household table loom.</div>
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Previously they were all woven in the home now they are mostly machine woven and printed. The majority of printed teatowel themes are limited, remarkably, to four subjects: a prayer, an uplifting saying, a calendar or a momemto of place for the emigrant or tourist.</div>
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For this work, I chose two different linen tea towels featuring the same prayer - <i>'Bless this house Oh Lord we pray. Make it safe by night and day.</i>' They also have calendars for different years in the 1970s. </div>
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I added the silhouettes of two WWII planes, one the Allies' Avro Lancaster and the other the Reich's Heinkel HE 177. The bomber planes look as though they are zeroing in on the houses, highlighting the significance of the prayer.</div>
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Plane spotting was a skill of memory and fast recognition developed by psychologists during the war once they realised fast and accurate recognition of airborne planes saved lives. They found rather than doing a laborious detailed analysis other parts of the brain could be used for rapid assessment of the shape, engine sound, and markings of planes overhead. Sheets of plane silhouettes were issued to military personnel for plane spotting training and members of the public were encouraged to learn them as well.</div>
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A short video to show the distinctive sound and shape of the Lancaster. Sorry about the ad.</div>
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I also imagine Florence outside hanging out her washing and hearing a plane. She would search the skies to identify it as a friend or foe. Was it one of her sons in-training taking the chance to fly over his home and say hi to his mother with a dip of the plane's wing or was it an enemy plane, a scout or the beginning of an enemy invasion?</div>
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The routine domestic task of hanging out laundry was yet another trauma trigger capable of switching Florence's emotions to a surge of joy stimulated by the mother-child bond and just as quickly her emotions could plunge downward in fear. She would become exhausted by the repeated involuntary acute stress response known as fight or flight.</div>
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'Plane spotting was an activity the War Office encouraged the public to practice. War psychologists knew that when the skills of memory and fast recognition developed in the civilian population it saved lives. Recognition posters were issued to aid in aircraft identification. I can imagine Florence's four sons making a game of plane spotting, and she too learned the skill. When she heard a plane while at her clothesline she would say a silent prayer asking God to protect her three sons in the airforce. Then her mind with flip with fear at the possibility of it being an enemy plane and the beginning of an invasion. It was only after researching this work that I realised the significance of my father's enjoyment in taking his family to airfields for picnics. He had continued to hone his plane spotting skills and taught his children to recognise planes by engine sound and silhouette.'</div>
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2 years ago my husband and I took a month to sail around Vancouver Island. I took a knitting project to work on every day. I wanted to feel what it was like for the ones who stayed at home to be encouraged, implored and urged to use every spare moment to knit garments for those fighting overseas.</div>
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In preparation for the voyage, I went through my stash gathering up all yarns in 'serviceable' colours resolved to use only what I had to follow the wartime mantra of 'making do.'</div>
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During WWII, the Royal Airforce put out a call out for more scarves for plane crews. Planes were getting larger, flying higher and for longer creating long periods of bitterly cold conditions for crew members in cramped, noisy quarters. My grandmother Florence must have been pleased to be able to make something to help her 3 boys in the airforce, something to help keep them warm and comforted knowing someone at home was thinking of them.</div>
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I had in mind to make one long, long scarf to suggest the idea of 'mindless knitting.' When both hands are engaged in an activity the mind is free to wander, to get into the zone where there is a comforting flow back and forward between both sides of the brain. In this state, the emotions are calmed and one loses the ability to keep track of time. Knitting becomes a soothing, timeless activity.</div>
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Florence would have found great comfort in getting lost in such a revery where she could process her trauma, calm her grief-weary mind and take comfort in caring for her boys while publically appearing to support the war effort.</div>
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The colours I work with have several layers of meaning. During WWI and WWII each military force had its own distinctive colours: airforce blue, navy blue which is almost a black, and army khaki yellow. In European cultures, black is the colour of death, grief, and mourning and blue is associated with depression. The personal levels of meaning are black for Florence's grief in losing her husband, eldest son and a brother-in-law to war, airforce blue as a reminder of her 3 sons risking their lives in the airforce, Khaki yellow of infantry man's uniform is a reminder of her fiance away fighting.</div>
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I had in mind this endless knitting would unroll throughout the room I created. But no matter how I placed the knitting it didn't work. It didn't create the mindless knitting revery feeling. I ended up stacking up folds of knitting on the ground in front of the chair. It gets the idea across but I must admit it does not have the impact I thought it would. I thought this work would be the strongest one out of the 10 items in the room. As it turns out, and to my surprise, other works have a stronger impact which I will talk about in later posts.</div>
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The WWII War Office's request for knitted garments known a 'home comforts' provide Florence with the opportunity to publically appear to be supporting the war effort. Privately, knitting gave her time to grieve over her family's decimation - the death's of her husband and eldest son; the absence of two sons away at war. Florence worked in a conflicted state to rationalise and emotionally resolve the duality of supporting the war effort while sacrificing her sons. She had to come to terms with enabling her children to put their lives at risk while battling the strength of the mother-child bond. Florence took to knitting to physically keep her sons warm, emotionally connect with them, do her patriotic duty and provide a means of processing the traumas of war. Endless knitting became a repeated prayer, a meditative chant of 'knit one purl one,' a mantra to calm a battle-weary mind - a home comfort. </div>
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Vintage linen tablecloth, cotton thread; hand embroidered.</div>
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For my installation in Articulation's 'WAR: A Personal Response' exhibition I have recreated my grandmother's living room to reflect her mental state during WWI, WWII and the following years. I believe she suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) most of her adult life. The room I have created tells her story.</div>
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Grief Redacted is a tablecloth laid on a table set for tea. The colour of the embroidery chronicles her decline into PTSD.</div>
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Stitching on a boat.</div>
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The cloth chronicles my grandmother Florence's life so I decided to make it a part of my life. I took it with me where ever I went and worked on it whenever I could.</div>
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Stitching on the Coho ferry en route to the USA.</div>
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Stitching on a riverboat in the Malaysian Highlands.</div>
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PTSD symptoms unrecognized and untreated can be passed on to future generations. Florence's great-granddaughter Elizabeth added her stitches to the cloth. In total nine of Florence's descendants worked on the cloth to illustrate the wide-ranging and long-term effects of PTSD within a family.</div>
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The brightly coloured flowers reflect Florence's happy relationship with her high school sweetheart until he headed off to war. The flowers turn black from worry as she waited. After his joyful return, their marriage and the births of their 4 sons, the colour returned to flowers. Following the tragedy of her "shell-shocked" husband committing suicide, three sons joining the Air Force and the oldest son dying in a plane crash, she stitched only in black. Guided by her religion, bound by nationalistic cries of 'for God and country' and deep down being tormented by humanist feelings of guilt and shame, Florence suffered from PTSD as the battle raged within her home.</div>
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Links to works by other Articulation artists in the 'WAR: A Personal Response' exhibition:</div>
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Donna Clement <a href="http://donnaclement.blogspot.com/2018/10/war-personal-response_3.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+donnaclement+%28Donna+Clement%29">here</a></div>
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Articulation is very pleased to be exhibiting in the Sidney Museum, Sidney, British Columbia from October 16th to November 29th, 2018.</div>
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The exhibition coincides with the 100-year commemoration of the signing of the Armistice Treaty, the official end of World War I in Europe.</div>
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While the museum will feature displays full covering Canada's history of involvement in wars until the present day peacekeepers, Articulation will be taking a more personal look at war.<br />
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Unlike other studies where Articulation members research together, this war project research was done in their own time. It involved talking to family members to gather war stories and searching through family archives for war-related memorabilia.</div>
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War displays started popping up in front to me when I wasn't expecting them such as the informative war display in the Mary Winspear foyer, in Sidney.</div>
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I caught this one in passing on a rainy day.</div>
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I began to recognise their familiar shape and looked out for them in every small town we passed through.<br />
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I was particularly interested in the airforce because my uncles enlisted.</div>
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Google is a treasure trove of early war photographs that say so much.</div>
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I visited war museums in England, New Zealand and Canada because they all played a part in my family's war stories.</div>
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I was particularly interested in learning about the Lancaster Bomber because my uncle flew one. I visited the Bomber Command Museum of Canada <a href="http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/index.html">link</a> in Nanton, Alberta. They have one of the last Lancaster Bombers and allow the public to climb up inside the plane. I was able to sit where my uncle would have sat. </div>
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I began to focus on the textiles of war. It was something I could relate to.</div>
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I read a number of books and watched many documentaries on war.</div>
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It became overwhelming. I let ideas percolate and captured them in a large notebook. In time a theme emerged. </div>
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I began developing my ideas while collecting materials. I asked people to help me collect specific items. Carol bought me auction lots of military buttons and uniforms. Barbara gave me her husband's airforce uniform to work with. Friends gave me their husband's and father's worn and stained handkerchieves. I live in a very supportive community for which I am so grateful.</div>
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I do hope you can make it to the exhibition in the Sidney Museum where you will be able to see how all 6 Articulation members went through a similar process before they were able to begin to tell their personal war stories.</div>
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The first project for my Nana Knitting body of work began after a thrilling announcement.</div>
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Daughter Katherine made a surprise visit for my birthday. I opened her gift which included a card with the note - "I need this by July 2018." Inside were 2 skeins of yarn. Distracted by the prospect of a new knitting project I think I was the last family member to 'get it.' Katherine was pregnant and due in July. Our first grandchild, how exciting. </div>
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I made the rabbit hat using the Rowan Kidsilk Haze yarn in my gift box but combined with an ancient skein of Lavenda 3 ply crisp crepe wool from my sock yarn stash.</div>
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I used the Ancient Arts Hat Trick Semi-solid, Ride the Pine skein in my gift box to make a jacket. </div>
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I made up the checkered pattern to give it texture. The pattern is designed with ties at the back. Even though I made thin ties I still don't think it would be comfortable for a young baby to lie on the open back. I suggested to the mother it may be more comfortable worn with the opening in the front.</div>
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With the leftover yarn I made a pair of booties with rabbit fur lining the insides of the soles and a pompom for the toes.</div>
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Katherine loves rabbits and has had a number of them while growing up. Recently Katherine and Sebastion had a much-loved rabbit called Mango, hence all of the rabbit references.</div>
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While I have been away the garden has been at work doing what it does best - growing.</div>
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I have officially declared the Gravel Bed Garden test a success. Plants are growing and flowering profusely, much to the insects' delight. I will continue planting according to the plan.</div>
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I have left several parsley plants to go to seed. I am hoping to transplant lots of parsley seedlings next spring.</div>
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The Globe Artichoke plant has come back again this year, evidence our winters aren't too cold for a lot of hardy plants. I have planted 2 more mainly because they provide a mulch cover for soil I haven't planted yet and supply a lot of biomass when they die back. I'll leave this top bud to flower because it will look magnificent standing tall in the bed and the insects will enjoy visiting it. We hope to catch the other buds before they open and enjoy eating them. Everyone will be happy. </div>
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The potato patch is telling us it is ready to harvest. This is a self-sown patch grown from potatoes I inadvertently left in the ground after the last harvest.</div>
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I bought a number of Borage (Borago Officinalis) plants as annuals. Here in our garden they are happy and acting more like perennials by growing back each year. The insects visit the flowers constantly. With the last of the flowers, I am now cutting these large plants back and placing them on the soil as a mulch layer. They will start to grow back again in a few weeks.</div>
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During the Vancouver Island Surface Design Association (VISDA) 'Pathways' exhibition in the Portals Gallery, Duncan, a member sat in the gallery each day.</div>
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When it was my turn to sit with the exhibition I had a lovely day. </div>
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'Memories of Place: A Chromatic Narrative,' Sarah McLaren, left.</div>
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'Life is s Spiral Pathway, Not a Straight Line,' Donna-Fay Digance, right.</div>
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This new work began when the Vancouver Island Surface Design Association put out a call for entry. They were looking for an interpretation of 'Pathways' in a 60" x 12" format.</div>
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Sarah McLaren and I had been focused on colour for many months and were both inspired by the colour work of Jean-Philippe and Dominique Lenclos. This couple research the colours typical to a specific place in the world.<br />
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Sarah and I have both lived in a number of different places over our lifetimes. We decided to show our memories of those places through colour with each inch of the work representing one year in our lives.<br />
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I began by making a life-size sketch then started sampling. My visualisation of this work was so clear my first sample was enough at this stage of my design process to be able to move on to the next step.</div>
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I made the base for the ground from a mix of upholstery fabrics heavy enough to support all of the stitching I had in mind.</div>
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Next step - deciding on the colour scheme, which was easy because of my strong colour memory of each place I have lived.</div>
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Picking the right ground fabrics took a little bit longer even knowing most of them would be covered they still had to be right. </div>
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The base fabrics are bonded to the upholstery fabrics in the right proportions.</div>
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Painted bondable webbing ...</div>
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...to match each place's colours.</div>
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Ironing the painted bondable webbing in place.</div>
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Adding snippets of threads, yarns and fabrics to build up the complexity and texture of each section.</div>
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Selecting the right coloured nylon scarf from my stash.</div>
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Bonding the snippets and nylon scarves in place using parchment paper to stop the iron's sole plate from getting gunked up.</div>
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I sprinkled a few granules of 007 Bonding Agent to make sure thicker areas of snippets stuck well. It takes a higher heat setting on the iron to make these granules melt but once they have they stick very well and become invisible.</div>
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This is an old and well-used method for building a ground before stitching begins. I learnt this during my City and Guilds days and still go back to it because it is so effective and versatile.</div>
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I am making good progress filling the gabion baskets with rounded river rock to make a garden wall defining the edge of the guest patio. </div>
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We are not sure if we will put a board on top to make it a seat or not. If we did it would add another Pattern, #243 Sitting Wall and so strengthen the other patterns.</div>
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I had collected up the rounded river rock from various locations around the previous garden and stacked them up along the side of the house. This rock had been brought in to the site by the previous owners. It is not natural to this environment but a permaculture principle is to use what you have. </div>
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I have chosen to use it to make the guest patio a positive outdoor space.</div>
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Pattern Language #106 says the problem is 'Outdoor spaces which are merely "left over" between buildings will, in general, not be used.' p. 518.</div>
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'There are 2 fundamentally different kinds of outdoor spaces: negative space and positive space. Outdoor space is negative when it is shapeless, the residue left behind when buildings - which are generally viewed as positive - are placed on the land. An outdoor space is positive when it has a distinct and definite shape, as definite as the shape of a room, and when its shape is as important as the shapes of the buildings around it.' p.518.</div>
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In the previous post, <a href="http://lesleyturner.blogspot.ca/2018/02/backyard-project-designing-with-step.html">here</a>, I described how the gabion baskets' stepped form echoes the house shape while defining the edge of the guest patio and enclosing the space. The patio has 2 entrance/exits to give the feeling of sitting in a space which is 'partially enclosed and partly open - not too open, not too enclosed.' p.521. This pattern is particularly important for smaller spaces while they still need to open out to larger spaces. In this case, the patio opens out to the forest.</div>
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Pattern Language gives a lot more detail on this important outdoor element and links it back 'to our most primitive instincts.' p.520. where when we are sitting we have a need for protection while at the same time needing a view to seeing what is approaching.</div>
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Come spring I will start planting along the outside edges of the gabion baskets transitioning the garden to the Garden Growing Wild pattern #172 - more on that later.</div>
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Problem: 'Gardens and small public parks don't give enough relief from noise unless they are well protected.' p. 806. </div>
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About the only negative of the convenient location of our place is we can hear traffic noise from the nearby highway. We are lessening the impact of highway noise with careful design, plantings, fences and walls. My studio building blocks a lot of the noise from reaching the backyard.</div>
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'People need contact with trees and plants and water. In some way, which is hard to express, people are able to be more whole in the presence of nature, are able to go deeper into themselves, and are somehow able to draw sustaining energy from the life of plants and trees and water.' p. 806. Pattern Language goes on to explain how people 'must be shielded from the sight and sound of passing traffic, city noises and buildings. This requires walls, substantial high walls, and dense planting all around the garden' p.806. while still allowing people to be in touch with nature.</div>
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The high walls have been built and the intensive planting will continue this spring.</div>
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