The design is done, samples made, pattern transfered, ground fabric prepared, threads gathered up, fabric ironed & cut. Now for the hand stitching. A question people often ask me is how long a particular work took to make so I am keeping track of the time I am spending on this work; to date -7 hours.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Nana's Garden is Moving Along
The design is done, samples made, pattern transfered, ground fabric prepared, threads gathered up, fabric ironed & cut. Now for the hand stitching. A question people often ask me is how long a particular work took to make so I am keeping track of the time I am spending on this work; to date -7 hours.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Nana's Garden
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
A Strange Thing Happened Last Week
...while visiting in Vancouver. I came across this sculpture while walking along the waterfront. I couldn't find any information about what it was called or who the artist was so I snapped some images and thought I would Google it when I got home.
The morning after I returned home to Calgary, I opened up the morning paper to see a photo of the sculpture & the headline 'A big win for Calgary'. "Residents near where the sculpture 'Device to Root Out Evil' was located complained it blocked the view" so Vancouver is getting rid of it and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary has snapped it up even though they don't know where to put it yet.
Dennis Oppenheim is the artist of this controversial work that has been bumped from one place to the next since 1997. I'll post some images of the upside down church when it comes to rest in its new home here in Calgary.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
A Show in a Boardroom
Donna Clement & I set up a show of our work in the boardroom of TD Waterhouse, Calgary, during their Customer Appreciation Day.
With the downtown skyscrapers in the background and lots of light it was an ideal place to show our work.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Home From the McMullen Gallery
After packing up our work in the McMullen Gallery, Donna & I had to battle through several typical prairie summer thunderstorms on the drive back to Calgary. Strong winds, heavy rain, lightening all around & a tornado warning with 2 of my biggest work in the back of a pick up was a bit of a worry but we all made it safely.
Monday, June 16, 2008
McMullen Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital
The show is over and it is time to take the exhibition down. It has been a most enjoyable experience to exhibit in this gallery. The staff & volunteers couldn't do enough for us, the ambience of the space is nurturing and the visitors so appreciative. Donna & I are looking forward to exhibiting with our group Articulation in the McMullen in April/May/June 2009 with a new body of work resulting from our week together studying the architecture of downtown Winnipeg.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hand Printing Blocks, India
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Hand Block Resist Dyed Textile
Stage 9 - Dabu mud-resist is applied where the 1st shade of indigo blue needs to be kept. Dabu can withstand a maximum of 4 dips into the indigo vat.
Stage 10 - The textile is immersed again into the indigo vat & spread in the sun to develop the colour.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
More Stages in Hand Block Resist Dying
Friday, June 6, 2008
The Process of Hand Block Printing
One of the displays in the Anokhi Museum I was most impressed with was a sequence of waistcoats that showed the numerous steps involved in hand block printing & dying a textile. Stage one, the textile is treated with Chebulic Myroballan so the pastes & dyes will stick.
Stage 3, A 2nd mordant paste (again with a temporary tint to guide the printer) is applied to the lighter red areas.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Anokhi Museum, Amber, Jaipur
The Anokhi company, among other activities, helped revive the local hand block printing industry by supporting artisans & their families. It produces block printed garments & products that they sell in their Indian & international retail outlets.
They renovated & restored this old mansion and established a museum to showcase the history of hand block printing and to regularly exhibit work by contemporary clothing designers.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Paper Makers in Jaipur
We spent a wonderful morning touring Kagzi Industries, paper makers in Jaipur. I was so interested to see the range of papers they made, particularly because I had previously purchased a large amount of their paper from Costco in Canada. Understanding how the paper was made makes it so much more interesting when I work with it.
By the time our tour group was in Jaipur, India was experiencing the coldest temperatures in 40 years. You can see in these images how the paper makers were wrapped in thick shawls, blankets, sweaters & hats to keep warm.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
More Turbans in India
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