Installing ‘In the Middle of the World’ at ArtsPlace in Annapolis Royal

 Before we even began this beautiful vase of flowers arrived from Margi and Kathryn

Our fabulous friends

Thank you both so very much

A lovely beginning for two days of installing.

Boy that task is exhausting!

To get started we wanted to get an easy wall done

We chose

Underfoot the Earth Divine and Resting at Low Tide

Perfect pairing n’est ce pas!

Off to a great start!

Then our precious work lounged about on the floor as we considered what next.

Judy began preparing Eternity for hanging from the ceiling.

And, Handy Hubby, Richard fiddled with straightening.

Judy’s Ned and I discussing something or other

Boy there were a lot of decisions to make!

Miranda Bouchard our brilliant curator and companion from the start of our In the Middle of the World project was in charge of installation of course.

She and Handy Hubby must have been fixing something.

I forget!

She was up and down those ladders like a mountain goat.

Nearly ready to hang Eternity.

Then it was up

And Handy Hubby could get to work on placing my works 

According to Miranda’s plan.

We were ready for coffee and a snack!

Miranda and Ned 

Where to hang Judy’s bundles.

Surely we are done!

Sorry to bore you

But had to have a record for myself

And thank these wonderful people for such a long two days

With a magnificent end result…..

Next time I will show you the show!

Two Show Openings Saturday 18th, Two Provinces

Connection Fibre Artists show Re:Fashion

is moving from Wellington County Museum

to 

Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre

33 Victoria Street N, Southampton, Ontario

so

if you are anywhere in the vicinity on Saturday

do pop in and explore

the amazing work of this group of talented people.

I am one of them....

....and I'm sorry I can't be there....

....because it is a great show.

I will be in Nova Scotia's beautiful Bear River 

at the Sissiboo Coffee Roaster for the opening of

Wednesdays

a show I share with my friend Diane.

Do drop in

we both love to chat and share our explorations with you.

Thank you Erin for all your help

You were amazing!

And a huge thank you to our two husbands

Richard and Harold

who are always so supportive of our endeavours.

Diane had the forethought to bring along iron and ironing board.

So why the title Wednesdays

Since 2008 Diane and I have been meeting....yes

on Wednesdays!

Everyone knows we are unavailable

on Wednesdays!

 Both of us find our inspiration in nature

and are always happy to explore our environment

for local materials and inspiration.

One corner of the show is dedicated to a few

of our explorations

We even found space for a few of the stone pathways to hang

though

Handy Hubby and I both forgot to take the actual stones

that we usually displayed with them.

Getting old!

I like these two together

Diane's on the left

Hanging a show always does me in

but after four hours of work

it is worth it

textiles always make a place warm and inviting

especially in a cold Canadian winter!

See you Saturday

Crumbs on Fire - Week Thirty-Three

tried to depict the charred woods

with a hot, hot sun and

blackened charred trees.

Fabric has been brewing

wrapped around all the gathered findings at Diane's camp.

Something new for me

started wrapping rusty bits with paper towel

to protect the cloth I wrap around it.

Also 

soaked some paper towel in rusty water

and included that inside and around the bundles.

This was a huge bundle!

It is my grandmother's old table cloth

and will be used as the back of a large piece I am about to start.

Very tempted to forget that plan and design a new piece for it

but so far I am sticking to my plan.

Lovely watery markings.

Have a great day.

Spring Clean-up

I sorted and folded all my rusted

and natural dyed cloth

Lovely gentle colours.

Then a surprise

Three leaves printed side by side in the same dye bath

yes three completely different colours.

Are you like me?

I never get to finish a spring clean-up

A colour or a stitch or a scrap

always calls to me

and off I go in search of other bits and pieces that might help give it a voice!

Brewing Up Beginnings

Northern Gannets I think

skimming along an unusually calm bay of Fundy

sent me rummaging through my dyed cottons

for this blue piece that has been waiting for a story to stitch.

Think I know what it is saying now.

A yellow T-shirt

too bright for me.

Let's try and calm it down.

Maple leaves and sweet fern have been stuffed inside.

It's steeping for a few days in a brew of apple leaves.

We shall see!

Colours Feathered

Coloured

Goose-like perhaps!

I'm liking the brown feathering

Some feathers have twisted themselves into tails

And some feathers are floating on the basin.

Hot and Humid Even Before the Sun Comes Out

Early morning

no sun to be seen

nothing but low, low clouds

not a breath of air

hot and humid

that was one sticky walk!

But the funny thing was

RP Shandy

stopped and scratched her neck

Called her to me

Checked her for ticks

Nothing there.

This repeated three more times

Then realization

She had her sister's collar on

Called RP Kayla

Swapped collars

No more scratching.

That's one fussy Rusty Pup!

Back at the ranch

Unwrapped the bundle with red blobs

I'd forgotten

The red was from Eucalyptus.

Nothing very exciting

But after mordanting in an iron bath

things got more interesting

I'm into greys at the moment.

Pebbles holding

things down in the summery sun.

Raw Materials

Neatly stacked

all prim and proper

ready for the kids to arrive.

Nature's soft colours

and subtle markings

and the seductive feel of flowing silk

So much potential

so many ideas

Can't wait to work on them

but first a lovely family week.

Circling in the Mind

Family circle

Circle of friends

Circle the wagons

Talking in circles

Come full circle

Fragile laces handed down through generations

look very much at home on gentle natural dyes.

A very small piece that fascinates me.

It looks more woven than crocheted.

I need to understand it's construction.

Perhaps Deanna knows.

One of my treasures is a beautiful piece

with thin bone clasps all ready to dress up the front

of stiff Victorian dresses.