'Home' Installed With 'Continuum' in Oakville

With this 2nd installation of my graduation work 'Home' I was unable to suspend the frame from the ceiling. I had to modify the work to fit the challenging space in the Oakville Town Hall.

I used 2 of the 4 sheets to make a bed.

And added a plain pillow with a treat.

This installation was also different in that the stitching on both sheets is complete. One year of each tree's biological processes has been recorded chromatically on cloth.

I put the book documenting the process on a chair beside the bed.

Two different installations of the same work responding to two different spaces.

Continuum Installed in Oakville Town hall

Denise Jones installing her work with Rena, the Oakville public art installer looking on. 

Monika Brueckner installing her work, with a World of Threads Festival volunteer, June, looking on.

Judy and Ned Martin installing Judy's large work.

The beginning of my installation. 

Continuum at World of Threads Festival, Oakville

8 of 10 BA(Hons) Embroidered Textiles graduates installed 'Contiuum', their graduation work, in the Oakville Town Hall.
Ingrid Lincoln installs her work.

Val Cross cleans glass before installing her work.

Marilyn Hall assembling her sculptures.

Vikki Jenkins has her sister, Helen, as an assistant.

Stitching Completed on the Tree Cloths

I have stitched the last band on each of the 4 tree cloths.

Each cloth documents the growth of the tree over one year.

The cloth is a chromatic record of biological processes.

The colours and their sequence are different on each cloth.

New Moon Tree colour Studies

Arbutus - the deer love the berries

Falling Cedar branches

Changing colours of the Maple. 

Lichen on Douglas-fir branches 

Play With A Silk Screen

 

 

Whole cloths using Kerr Grabowski's 'Play' technique.
My kind of silk screening.

Playing Around with Bubble Wrap

 

 

 

Kerr Grabowski says you need to/have to pop the bubbles before using the wrap.
That is a fun part of the technique.

Deconstructed Screen Session

I had another session experimenting with deconstructed screens.

Oh oh - the wet screen sagged and touched the plastic lifting off the thickened dye.

This screen, made from drapery fabric, will not hold much dye.

Playing around with bubble wrap.

And stencils.

Just playing, Kerr Grabowski style.
Another great learning session. 

Daniella Woolf Encaustic Workshop

Here are some more images of sampler panels I made during the workshop to document each of the techniques Daniella showed us.

 

 

 

It was a great workshop. I learned lots and Daniella is an excellent instructor.

Encaustic Workshop Day 2

On day 2, while waiting for Daniella Woolf's next batch of demos, I continued to add  and scrape back layers of clear and pigmented wax on my Day 1 panels.

 

Daniella is an experienced teacher and kept giving us new techniques to work with throughout the day.

Donna Clement and I shared a palette of melted wax.

This sampler panel demonstrates different techniques and media for marking the wax surface.
Day 2 was filled with learning and exploring the encaustic medium.