Research and Stories
This is a place where I can share some of my research pertaining to early settlement and family histories intertwined with the story of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. I’ve been researching and writing for many years and want to make some of my work more widely available.
This blog was originally designed to share my artwork and creative activities during the years when I was exhibiting widely. My art has now taken second place to refining and publishing some of my research, but I have left the art posts available for perusal.
Whatever your interest might be, enjoy, and provide feedback if you can.
Diane
Posted by Diane Miller Duncan on August 13, 2013 in Featured Flag, Fibre Art & Quilts | 0 comments
I’m slowly recovering from the mammoth task of completing ‘Aspen Moment’ to a point where it could be photographed and a show submission completed! I’ve discovered that working in a confined space does not make large pieces like this an easy task! I’m in love with the lowly aspens of the western provinces! The groves with their rigid trunks and the autumn gold of their leaves are the closest thing I can find in the west to the paper birch that I remember from childhood roams on our Ontario family farm. I have...
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Posted by Diane Miller Duncan on August 2, 2013 in Featured Flag, Fibre Art & Quilts | 0 comments
Work is progressing slowly – and ground to a halt when I received a call from hubby inviting me to join him in Welling AB for the weekend. He’s been away for two months! The panels are almost complete, the canopy of leaves is underway, now to tackle the ground underneath!
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Posted by Diane Miller Duncan on August 1, 2013 in Featured Flag, Fibre Art & Quilts | 0 comments
This is what faced me this morning but I kept finding many other chores that needed doing! Why is a ‘second’ of something so much less appealing and difficult to tackle? Procrastination – I don’t have time for you today! I am currently working on my first installation piece, tentatively named ‘An Aspen Moment’. It is designed to be viewed from two sides and will incorporate three layers of sheer fabrics under a canopy of aspen leaves, anchored in sparse fall grasses and the sandy, stony soil of the...
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Posted by Diane Miller Duncan on July 30, 2013 in Featured Flag, Fibre Art & Quilts | 0 comments
I spent today outdoors having fun in a friend’s garden – not gardening, not just admiring her wonderful magical space, but playing with hand dyeing fabrics. We use soy resist, ice dyeing, sun printing and a variety of other dye techniques. I’ve washed my hand-dyed fabric pieces since coming home and have a pleasing assortment to work with. I have a good batik-like resist that I hope to further develop with paint and inks, a number of great ‘sky’ pieces and one lovely black and white from a different type of...
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Posted by Diane Miller Duncan on July 27, 2013 in Featured Flag, Fibre Art & Quilts | 1 comment
I’ve just been notified that the LaConner Quilt and Textile Museum has featured my work in promotion of an upcoming art show! Wow! This is a first for me! Earlier in the year I posted some ‘in progress information’ (here )but was hesitant to show the finished piece until the upcoming show was announced. Now here it is! They even posted my detail shot! This was an interesting project as I worked with a partner. Judi MacLeod from Victoria BC (whom I have yet to meet in person but with whom I share a mutual friend)...
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Posted by Diane Miller Duncan on July 24, 2013 in Featured Flag, Fibre Art & Quilts, This And that! | 1 comment
The Alberta Flood Rose Project is a fundraiser for the Alberta flood relief work of the Canadian Red Cross as they respond to the recent flooding in Southern Alberta. “The flood waters rose… Albertans rose to the challenge!” Calgary and area artist have been asked to donate a 4 inch by 4 inch piece of original art depicting the Alberta Wild Rose – the provincial flower – in the media of their choice, for inclusion in one of a series of mosaics or collection pieces (100 per collection) that will be assembled and...
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