Back to Buchart Again

We had more company so were back at the Butchart Gardens. Our annual membership was a good move.
The old quarry pit was a little disappointing because the gardens had been replanted only a day or 2 before our visit.

They need a few weeks to fill in. 

But the irises were magnificent.

The day was overcast - perfect for taking photographs.

 

 

More VCA Student Work

Pat Davis' board

Pat's final project

Another view of Sarah McLaren's work

Sarah's machine drawing book

 

VCA Student Work

Sarah MacLaren's work

Wylie Paterson's board

Wylie worked with a warm blue palette 

Wylie's machine drawing exercises 

VCA End of Term Show

Kati Abakanan's work

Kati worked with a cool blue palette

Kati dyed a wide range of fabrics

Kati's final project used her own dyed fabrics

Mark Making With Machine Student Work

Esther Pomeroy's work

Esther's final project 

Laura Manning's work

Dana Davies' work

Dana's final project 

VCA Fine Arts Textile Students' Work - Cut-back Applique

 

 

 

 

 

Samples of Cut-back Applique by' Mark Making With Machine' students at Victoria College of Art: Kati Akhavan, Dana Davies, Pat Davis, Laura Manning, Sarah McLean, Wylie Paterson, Esther Pomeroy.
They have used their own dyed fabrics most effectively.

May New Moon

When the new moon appeared this month I visited my 4 trees to see what changes had taken place over the previous month.
Douglas-fir needles have grown longer.

Maple leaves have grown from buds to over twice the size of my hand - in 1 month!

Caterpillars are feeding on the new leaves.

New Cedar scales now have rust-orange tips.

Opps, I forgot to take pictures of  white flowers the Arbutus is dropping.
But here are the new irises I planted last September - so lush with lots of symmetries giving them a complex beauty.

Current Threads III: Re-Surfacing

I was very pleased with the installation of my 'Women's Work' in the Slide Gallery at VISA.
The freshly-painted, white, wood walls accentuated the composted table cloth's colour.
The symmetry of the window frame complemented the symmetry of the table setting.
Traditional 'women's work' placed inside contrasted with the contemporary, public graffiti outside the window.
When this work was shown in the Whyte Museum, Banff, I had it set as an afternoon tea table. For this installation I set it as a family dinner table and I think it works much better this way.  

Here are some general shots of the gallery

 

I do hope you can get to the gallery to see the works before it closes at 5:00pm on May 28th.
It is a showcase of the most recent work of some of the islands' Surface Design Assoc members.
Annual survey shows such as this continue to demonstrate the wide scope of the textile/fibre arts.

Current Threads III - Hanging

Here is the Hanging Crew for the Vancouver Island Surface Design Association Current Threads III: Re-Surfacing exhibition in the Slide gallery at Vancouver Island School of Art.
Morag Orr-Stevens, me, Margie Preninger, Gillian Smith

Margie and I had installations that took several hours to install.

Morag and Gillian worked so well together they had 2 walls hung in under an hour.

The exhibition opened on May 16 and closes May 28th
Hours 9 to 5, Monday to Saturday