Side one – denim recycled from jeans
Closely related to my love of assemblage and mixed media is my ‘Use it or lose it!’ approach to my art. I love when I can incorporate recycled items into my work and can be frequently found ‘upcycling’ pieces of clothing – especially sweatshirts which I love to wear most cool days.
Spring and summer 2014 have been a time of extremes. Emotions have run the gambit – from high to low. Happy times mingled with sad, joy with sadness. It was a time of renewal and of letting go. Since April I have said goodbye to a much loved younger brother who left us suddenly without warning. A warm and caring man, highly regarded by family, friends and neighbours; his death has left a hole in many lives. The shock and sadness left me reeling. On the other hand, this summer we traveled to Ontario where we renewed friendships that span...
read moreToday was a retreat day – a day of doing things that really don’t require a lot of thought. My sister arrived on January 8 and my routines immediately went for naught! Blog time, journal time, ‘me’ time disappeared into a daily round of trying to find new things to do in very cold and often stormy weather. We did manage a trip to Lake Louise for lunch on the only sunny day! She has now returned home, so life is gradually moving back to ‘normal’. Today I re-entered my ‘studio’ – my...
read moreBack home tonight. What a busy ten days we have had. First a smooth flight with wonderful views of clouds and the fields and forest below as we flew west . . . Then a walk down Stephen Street in Calgary under wonderful blue skies . . . a rodeo in Airdrie . . . a visit to Drumheller on a day when the thermometer registered 40 degrees Celsius and a brisk dry wind was blowing . . . An afternoon in Banff amidst the glorious Canadian Rockies . . . A visit with new friends in Wilderness Village RV Resort just outside Rocky Mountain House, multiple...
read moreEarlier this spring I had the opportunity to buy an embellisher but had little time to play with it. Now that the exhibition work is completed, I was able to use one of the recent rainy days to play and here is one of the first pieces I completed. Because this was strictly experimental I just used materials that were easy to access – quilt batt trimmed from the edges of the T-shirt quilt, some odds and ends of wool and scraps from my ‘baggie’ of clippings. This is a picture of the first strip before pressing. I like...
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