Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters Exhibition by Articulation and Material Girls

The 1st showing in Canada of the Articulated Materials: Bridging Waters exhibition opens in a month, at the Cre8ery Gallery in Winnipeg.

The name of the exhibition explains how the it came about and also it's content.

Articulated Materials - Articulation, a Canadian group of fibre artists teamed up with a similar group called Material Girls, based in London, UK, to produce separate bodies of work to be shown together.

Bridging Waters: Each group chose an iconic waterway in their respective country to research. Articulation chose the Bay of Fundy and Material Girls chose the River Thames.

The resulting bodies of work are both contemporary, personal responses to the water ways and they tell stories of the long history of human interaction with the physical environment.

The 'bridging' part happens when Articulation's work was sent to London and toured galleries over 2012, then was sent back to Canada with the Material Girls' work for a 3-gallery tour across Canada over 2014.

The 'bridging' also happens when the viewer makes connections between the two bodies of work.

Donna Clement designed the poster using an image of Ingrid Lincoln's work.

Both are Articulation members.

Articulation At The Whyte

This is the text panel at the entrance to Articulation's work in the Whyte Museum, Banff

With Vickie Newington's 2 works beside it - see below

In front of the entrance is this red wall with Gloria S Daly's work

Gloria S. Daly, 'Glacier', 42" x 38"
Gloria was inspired by A. C. Gault's sketch called 'Mountain Monsters', in the book 'Rocky Mountain Madness' by Edward Cavell & Jon Whyte. Indigo dyed cotton and silk rushing is hand embroidered with a zillion french knots and machine quilting.

Vickie Newington
 (top) 'Ice and Stones,' 17" x 20", glass, mohair wool - hand felting, glass fusion
Vickie describes this work, "As the mountain starts to warm up and come alive in the spring, the edges of the ice on the lakes retreats, exposing interesting stones."
(bottom) 'Ice Water,' 22" x 24", fused glass, polyester, wool mohair - glass fusing, machine embroidery, hand felting
Vickie describes this work,"The spring breakup in the mountains brings texture and reflection to the water and  the ice.
These 2 works are beside the text panel.
More Articulation work to come.

Articulation Opens At the Whyte

This weekend the Whyte Museum in Banff, Alberta, opened a new series of exhibitions, including one by Articulation

6 Articulation members traveled to Banff for the opening

There is lots of signage outside the museum

Opening speeches by Michale Lange, museum director, Gloria Daly, Articulation rep, and curator Mary Beth Laviolette

and demos by Articulation members: Wendy Klotz, Donna Clement

Fundy Study

I have started working on a new body of work

It began with an Articulation study week, where we explored the Bay of Fundy.
Here we are stopped for a roadside lunch

I have decided to explore all things red because it struck me as the dominant colour whereever we went around the coastline.
Fields of red-leafed low-bush blueberries.

The earth is red

The sea is red

I have started collecting red threads
It is a start....

Martha Cole Workshop

Last week the Vancouver Island Surface Design Association attended a professional development workshop facilitated by Martha Cole, fibre artist from Saskatchewan. The place and the day was significant because it was the inaugural workshop in Gloria Daly's new studio.
She welcomed us all into her new workspace after having worked very hard to get it finished on time for the eagerly anticipated workshop.

Susan Purney-Mark gave the new studio a blessing with salt and bread, which made most people a bit weepy it was so heartfelt.

Gloria started with a lick of salt and the sharing of a piece of bread.

Then the plate was handed around the group while sitting in a circle - Kristin Rohr, Gayle McIvor, Martha Cole.
Gloria then lightened the mood by offering champagne and orange juice as her way of christening her new studio.
It was a great start to a most productive day, thanks to Martha, Gloria and Gloria's new studio amongst the trees.

Victoria College of Art

Here is more of Articulation's works presently hanging in the Victoria College of Art.
My 'Provisioning' in the Winnipeg body of work.

Gloria's 5 encuastic handstitched views of Winnipeg architecture.
On the right, ReBecca's 'Winter Willow'.

Miriam's exquisite bags, 'Tyndall Bag' and 'The Memory Bag', from the Winnipeg body of work.

I donated a work from my Arctic series for a draw. The president of the college, Professor Peter Such, will be pulling the winning business card from the basket tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon Donna and I will be taking the work down. Donna will be driving the Calgary works back over the mountains and we will post the other works home.

Vancouver Island Surface Design Assoc

More pics of Vancouver Island Surface Design Associations inaugural event, an exhibition in the Ladysmith Gallery, Ladysmith. This group formed less than a year ago as a response to the difficulty in getting across the Salish Sea to attend meetings regularly in Vancouver. Many members live on the Gulf Islands and find it easier to ferry across to Vancouver Island to attend a meeting.
More members: Kirstin Rohr, Gloria S Daly, Judi MacLeod.

Alison Kobylnyk, Susan Purney-Mark, Linda Wallace

Paulette Cornish

Did I mention the food at the opening? Alison did a stupendous job planning and co-ordinating us all to produce this.

Current Threads 2010 Opening

Just got back from the opening of Vancouver Island Surface Design Association, Current Threads 2010 exhibition opening in the Ladysmith Gallery. We had a great turn out (picture taken before the crowds arrived).

Artists, from left, Judy Seeley, Jessie Taylor Dodd, Gloria S. Daly

Paulette Cornish, Anna Marie Madsen, Gayle McIvor

The show is up until the end of August. The gallery is open everyday from 12 til 4, with one of the artists in attendance with a gallery volunteer.

Articulation at Canadian Quilters' Assoc. Conference

Before the conference opened, Articulation members took turns speaking about their work to the group.
Here is Ingrid Lincoln.

Donna Clement

Gloria Daly

Vickie Newington

Martha Cole and Dialogue

This weekend I went to see Martha Cole and her latest work at an open house in Gloria Daly's studio. Martha had taught a book making class there the previous week so we were able to look at the students books as well as Martha's books.
Martha is a world authority on paste paper and their use in book making.
The image shows her 2 of her latest experiments (in her hands and the purpley one on the wall). She is next going to work on  this stitch-paint technique at a much larger scale.
Her work is inspirational and she is a wonderful person.

There was much excitement at home this past week when a severe weather system blew across the west coast. Our trees were blown around and lost small branches but no damage done. I do enjoy a hearty storm.
After the storm I was delighted to see the contributions the trees had made to the dialogue I presently have set up.

There was lots of communication about the storm.

With the rain and warmer weather the grass is growing vigorously.