Progress With Red & Students' Samples

Progress Report on Red: 3rd layer is just about finished

VCA student progress with samples
Esther's couching

Sarah's couching

Kati's couching

Garland's buttonhole stitch on her painted ground fabric
The students will be finishing off their samples and projects this coming week

Red & Student Work

An up-dated image of Red. Working on the 3rd layer using finer yarns.

More samples of student work - Self Applique using their own hand painted cloth.
Garland

Sarah

Kati
There is much excitement in the college this week as students have their last lesson for the term. They are finishing assignments, projects and art works in preparation for the Christmas Show when their works will fill every bit of space inside the college.
The Christmas Show will be on Friday December 16th from 7:00pm and Saturday December 17th, 1:00 - 4:30pm. On Saturday I will be demonstrating with my sewing machine and talking about the course I will teach in January - Mark Making With Machine. 

Red & VCA Student Work

Here is a progress shot of Red - it will be needing its pedigree name soon
Working on the 2nd layer - thick yarns

Victoria College of Art Mark Making With Thread
Student samples - Self-Applique
James

Sue Mei

Esther
A technique that always produces surprises

Art at the Whyte

Lesley Turner 'Valuing Women's Work' 81" x 62", composted, hand stitching; cotton
An afternoon tea cloth was left under a maple tree during fall to be incorporated into the decay cycle. After many hours of washing, ironing and stitching the work goes largely unnoticed as the restored cloth is sacrificed again to protect furniture while the hostess serves tea to her guests. This installation is a metaphor for much of women's work not accounted for in our national accounts system.

Mary Shaffer's jacket...

...was the inspiration for a number of works placed around it.

Likewise, Catherine Whyte's engagement dress, shoes and portrait  inspired Ingrid Lincoln's panel. The artist statement reads: 'This is a homage to Catherine Whyte. A strong personality in a soft guise.'

The curators Michale Lang and Mary-Beth Laviolette did a very good job pairing and arranging artifacts from the Whyte collection with Articulation's art works.

Imagists Exhibition in Victoria

http://www.artopenings.ca/Art_Openings.ca/Imagists_Opening.html
Click on this link to get details about the Imagists current exhibition
It is a most interesting collection of work
Thanks Kate for putting this review up on your site

Articulation at the Whyte

Here is the view from the entrance, looking left

The view looking from the 1st entrance

View from inside the gallery
There is lots of breathing space for the works

Here is Articulation, in the gallery

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

More Student Work

Dana

Sarah

Garland

Kati
You will be able to see these projects and more of the students' work at the Victoria College of Art Student Christmas Show - December 16, 7:00 -9:00 & 17, 1:00 - 4:30

Student Work & Progress With Red

Showing progress on my 'Red' project - adding a layer of thick yarns over torn fabric strips.

More wonderful student works in progress.
This project's objective was to show a foreground  with a background.
Esther's work.

Sue Mai

James

Sonia