tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82679040170973854832024-03-12T20:42:33.992-07:00vivian - in stitchesWelcome to my world ...Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.comBlogger585125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-6897714791988400472019-08-02T16:22:00.001-07:002019-08-02T16:22:16.060-07:00Bugs - Vivian Kapusta - "A Closer Look!"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Bugs - Vivian Kapusta - "A Closer Look!"</b></div>
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<b>I have been fascinated by close up photography of bugs. </b></div>
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<b>This is the head of a flying spider from east Asia. </b></div>
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<b>Amazingly, they have 6 eyes, two facing forward and two on each side that face sideways.</b></div>
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<b>I drew a representation onto cotton duck and thread painted ... using a little artistic licence!</b></div>
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<b>The finish I have been using for our AQAW quilts is to make an envelope/pillowcase and fit a piece of stiff plastic inside ... before hand stitching to close. </b><br />
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<b>My first piece for this group (the crow) has been accepted into two juried shows ... they accepted the method with no comments.</b></div>
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Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-51561228579807407842019-06-04T18:29:00.000-07:002019-06-04T18:29:33.825-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Art Quilts Around the World .... <a data-id="382412153189876025" data-item-type="post" href="http://aroundtheworldin20quilts.blogspot.com/2019/05/bubbles-lisa-scarfe-blinged-up-bubbles.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="color: #333333; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">Bubbles - <br />Vivian Kapusta<br /> - "Help, I'm Stuck in a Bubble"</a><br /><br />Have you ever felt that you were stuck in a bubble ...<br />where you can see out, but no one is able to hear you?<br /><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l_fMj2V4CSE/XPcX2WW1tLI/AAAAAAAAV8o/Ug50fEBHhNguYO5dLuim7pBrZ1-iyM88QCLcBGAs/s1600/image1%255B21997%255D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="983" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l_fMj2V4CSE/XPcX2WW1tLI/AAAAAAAAV8o/Ug50fEBHhNguYO5dLuim7pBrZ1-iyM88QCLcBGAs/s640/image1%255B21997%255D.jpeg" width="392" /></a><br /><br /><br />Methods: The background fabric is my hand dye ... sunshine at the top to encourage, earth at the foot of the piece.<br />I layered a black sheer with silver dots, the girl and topped with a 'shot' sheer to represent the bubble.<br /><br />Art should make you think ... girls/women are often lacking in power. Another version of the glass ceiling!<br /><br />Photography was a problem - due to reflection of the light, I had to take it from the side angle.</h1>
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<span style="background: #fafafa; color: #333333;">The dream space beckons me in … it is dark and a little weird … but it
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<b>Where I Dream - Vivian Kapusta - Come walk with me ...</b></div>
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Come walk with me ... into the forest! Trees tower overhead, a stream collects last night's rain and runs by at our feet. Breath in the air - fragrant and moist. The sun breaks through the trees, warming the ground ... giving life to all plants and creatures. Listen to the birds ... calling to tell the other forest creatures that humans have invaded their world!<br />
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I've loved the forest as long as I can remember, the earth soft with needles, the hush ... pushing away the noise of people and their machines. Come, sit by the stream and dream!<br />
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My fabrics are my hand dye (except for the rocks). A little yarn gives a fuzzy ground cover. I like to use variegated threads to give a natural color shift.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Numbers - Vivian Kapusta - In the Beginning</span></b></div>
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My mind went back to when we started to use numbers and why ...</div>
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After we ran out of fingers and toes, we needed another form for calculation. </div>
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In the far East, China and India had developed a method of counting based on units. Originally, they calculated trade accounts in the sand with rocks. Then,an early math-brain developed the Abacus.</div>
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I decided to create an abacus from scratch, I chose materials that would be available in making an early abacus. So: the rough cotton imitates sand, the shells replace the beads normally used today. the corner decorations are hand made wood beads, the thread is made from old saris ... an ancient practice ... the upper beads reminded me of teeth, something else that would be available!</div>
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Creating this took far longer than I had calculated!<br />
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<b>Imagine!</b></h2>
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<b><br /></b><b>Vivian Kapusta</b><b>'Inspiration'</b></h2>
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The Speed of Life comes in waves ... </div>
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I was tidying up my studio, thinking about how I would represent 'Imagine'. </div>
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Suddenly, right brain shouted "Use that fabric in your hand!" </div>
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The fabric was a mono hand print. The lines begged to be stitched!</div>
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I was leaving on a trip, so that made sense ... I gathered threads, etc.</div>
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I've always been interested in how the brain is inspired and how the process of creativity is produced. </div>
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It seems to me it must be an explosion of energy in all directions!</div>
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So, when I had time, I stitched ... letting right brain and the fabric manage the end product.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Under the Surface - </span></b><b>Vivian Kapusta - <span style="font-size: large;">Octopus's Garden</span></b></div>
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When I first heard the title 'Under the Surface' ... the song 'Octopus's Garden' popped into my head and would not leave!<br />
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I love doing these small quilts and trying new techniques. The background fabric is painted with the 'scrunch' method. The rocks at the bottom are plastic envelope material that was painted and treated with a heat torch to make it bubble. The seafloor is an iridescent sheer. The sea animals are bits of my hand dye. I highlighted the sun touched areas with a little iridescent paint.Thread painting finished it off.<br />
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Film Noir, Vivian Kapusta<br />
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My piece is based on the only Film Noir that I recall seeing ... Hitchcock's film 'The Birds'<br />
There is a frightening scene of children being chased by crows.<br />
My background is printed on pale grey hand dye. I used a screen with thickened black paint and discharged with clear print paste. I wanted an indistinct, mysterious background. While on vacation, I hand stitched the background with running and loop stitches.<br />
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The crow was free motion stitched on canvas and appliqued, with a 3D on the wings. A few choice beeds and trinkets completed the design.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My garden seems to be in mushroom mode: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enter a normal mushroom ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, then a little button mushroom, probably a puff ball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now what is this? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each part is larger than a dinner plate ... living under a fir tree!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> 17 " across ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone know what it is?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My friend Pierre, a chef, identified my mushrooms: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Giant Funnel Cap, Latin: Leucopaxillus Giganteus</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Apparently, it is edible ... although it might cause digestive upsets.</span><br />
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Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-63696587655027927812014-08-30T23:18:00.002-07:002014-08-31T22:28:48.539-07:00Indigo dyeing at La Conner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum sponsored a workshop on Indigo Dyes</b>: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">organized by Susan Riedel and led by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ako Shimozato and her helpers. They did a marvelous job of explaining the process and leading 15 participants through the magic of indigo.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. wrapped on the ends around a pine cone at the ends and a slat of wood in the middle. Note this was crepe silk and took the dye much darker.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I folded the scarf in half and began rolling from the fold ... making the center a little lightr.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed the workshop and the results!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More information: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_dye</a></span></div>
Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-22420117717612636542014-08-30T22:33:00.000-07:002014-08-31T22:29:34.791-07:00La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum - Japanese Quilt Shows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These shows are exceptional shows ... if you can get there before October 5th, don't miss them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">see more here <a href="http://www.laconnerquilts.org/wishes-through-our-hands.html">http://www.laconnerquilts.org/wishes-through-our-hands.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What more can I say, one show is extraordinary, the other is remarkable ... see for yourself! The expert colour value and design in these quilts will have you staring in amazement! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(no photos were allowed)</span></div>
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Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-50851986000268751402014-08-02T23:19:00.000-07:002014-08-02T23:46:15.491-07:00Playtime ... dyeing flat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spent a day with a dear friend ... playing ...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is actually not as bright ... it is amazing how the digital cameras can see more colour than our eyes.<br />I used up bits of white fabrics. I think this was cotton and spandex.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The photo doesn't do this justice. It is about 12" by 40". It is a fine china silk and was wet before spraying dye on. I pushed folds in the fabric to make it about half the actual length and dried it that way. I think it was a scarf blank ... it has selvage on both sides.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This was a cotton - pinned to a board and I dripped dye down the surface. I did this on dry fabric and at first it sat as beads, as I dripped more dye, it sank in more.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We used procion dyes in a liquid form with urea. The cotton fabrics had been treated with soda ash. We used stryofoam boards with plastic taped on, then used a slightly larger piece of plastic, added our fabric and dyed it. To dry, we layered another piece of fabric and slid the 'sandwich' off the board and set in the sun to dry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were also some pieces I thought were silk and turned out to be synthetic. Most of the dye washed out. An easy test I should have done is to burn a small piece. Natural fibres form a black/grey ash and synthetics melt to form hard brown beads. I have some transfer dye papers ... think I'll try those and see what happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is an example of the transfer dyes used on an ipad cover that was pearl grey with an assortment of coffee stains, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a link describing how to work with transfer dyes.</span><br />
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Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-66380118332858814032014-07-31T23:07:00.000-07:002014-07-31T23:33:18.878-07:00Douglas Coupland, Vancouver Art Gallery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Surprisingly, he made quilts. The holes are 'spirit catchers'.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">where electrical towers toppled over.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This one: Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky by Emily Car</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">As a child, he was fascinated with lego. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">and, more complex 'totems'</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">He did a series of photos with the face obliterated by paint.<br />These reminded me of the adolescents whose brains turn to mush in the time between childhood and what society calls maturity.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This large collection was like looking into a brain ... with all the images we store.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">They now call Vancouver 'the glass city'.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I had little knowledge of Coupland's art, I had seen some items over time. This exhibit shows an artist who works in a wide variety of mediums ... reacting to the world around him. It was almost like looking inside his brain ... with all its complexity! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The space was the entry to a theater and worked very well. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Great lighting and center benches for weary feet.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Note: The Abstracted show is available for galleries through 2016.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><u>Visit our website</u> to see past exhibits and personal galleries of the artists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The ABSTRACTED exhibit by Fibre Art Network will be a concurrent show with the Canadian Quilt Association Conference 2014 in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.</span><br />
<u>http://www.canadianquilter.com/events/quilt-canada-2014.php</u><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There is also a blog that has discussion about process:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #073763; color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The Fibre Art Network is a cooperative of Western Canadian Fibre Artists.</span><br style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FAN membership includes emerging fibre artists, teachers, authors, judges and award winning quilt artists. Our members show their work nationally and internationally, winning awards for their artwork.</span></span><br style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Visit our website: <a href="http://www.fibreartnetwork.com/" style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.fibreartnetwork.com/</a></span><br style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Have a look at our past Exhibitions: <a href="http://www.fibreartnetwork.com/exhibitions/" style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.fibreartnetwork.com/exhibitions/</a></span><br style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Abstracted will be our 17th Exhibit.</span><br style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Currently, FAN produces two shows each year, one designed for larger galleries and one for smaller venues. These are available to travel. </span><br style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Contact: <u>vkapusta@telus.net</u></span><br style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;" /><span style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See the work of our individual members our gallery: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fibreartnetwork.com/artists-gallery/" style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.fibreartnetwork.com/artists-gallery/</a></span></span><br style="font-family: 'Allerta Stencil'; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Many of our members are available for trunk shows and workshops: <a href="http://www.fibreartnetwork.com/instructors.php" style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.fibreartnetwork.com/instructors.php</a></span></span><br />
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Be prepared for an interesting experience! I'll be there (or another FAN member). Be sure to say hello!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a wonderful group of friends ... we get together to celebrate birthdays and experiment with new art products and techniques. This is a catch up post!</span><br />
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<b>SUNPRINTING </b>... always fun to splash on the paint and create a unique fabric.</span><br />
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<b>FOILING</b> ... this is easier than it looks: use tacky glue designed for foiling, apply glue to areas that you want to be foiled, allow to dry to tacky. Place foil on fabric with colour side up and press with the edge of the iron.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved the process ... so many ways to use this technique!</span><br />
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<b>TISSUE PAPER</b> ... we tried this on fabric treated with soda ash. I think it would work better with paper collage and guesso. We placed ripped/cut bits of tissue on white fabric and waited for the colour to run from the tissue. It created quite bright colours. Unfortunately, the colour was not very permanent. My results were pastel. However, we had lots of fun!</span><br />
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MONOPRINTING</b> ... always a surprise! We had a lovely April Day! Again this is easier than it looks: spread paint on a surface, place fabric on top, smoosh fabric and lift carefully. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alternate: you can also use a roller to get even amount of paint.</span><br />
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Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-35271078660994789492014-05-18T23:01:00.000-07:002014-05-18T23:03:59.677-07:00grandbaby<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amazing how these little ones can absorb our interest and time! They move right in to our hearts ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How fast they grow and learn!</span></div>
Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-86820481879900915442014-05-11T22:53:00.000-07:002014-05-11T23:07:14.679-07:00Moon Dust<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made a little quilt for the Vancouver Cherry Festival 2014</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my fourth quilt cherry blossom quilt, so I decided to do something different ... a night view!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used some background fabric, purchased some time ago, and built the design from there. I painted the tree and added additional light from the moon with pink metalic 'moon dust'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are a few photos from the show that is held annually at the Silk Purse in West Vancouver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Years ago, Japan donated decorative cherry trees and they mark the arrival of spring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Judy </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Villett has organized and curated these shows. </span><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.judyvillett.com/</u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch for it next year, the show has innovative and varied pieces, all a pleasure to see!</span></div>
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Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-16255689841347402892014-05-10T16:47:00.000-07:002014-05-10T16:49:20.119-07:00Peacock visit!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been delinquent from my blog ... sorry to those who have followed my ramblings!<br />
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<b>Guess who dropped in for dinner?</b><br />
<b><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> We had a peacock and his mate drop in for dinner. My husband noticed a very big bird in a tree at the back of our house. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> It flew over our heads to land on the roof. I ran to the front with my camera and was surprised to see there were two! He had a girlfriend. </span><br />
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They weren't very tidy guests. I think they roosted in our courtyard while we were away. It took a day to clean! They dug around in the flower garden and 'did their thing' on the tile floor.</div>
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Dates: June 11 - 14<br />
Location: Niagara, Ontario, Brock University<br />
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<b><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Artist Reception October 19 at 1:00 </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Opening October 10 - running until December 29, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the charming town of La Conner<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">(15 minutes from Anacortes, near Whidbey Island</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">For days and time open: <a href="http://www.laconnerquilts.com/">http://www.laconnerquilts.com/</a></span><b><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For details on the show: <a href="http://www.laconnerquilts.com/exhibits/current-exhibits/abstracted">http://www.laconnerquilts.com/exhibits/current-exhibits/abstracted</a></span></div>
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The Glory of Flowers!</div>
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A blog is coming with all the photos: <a href="http://abstracted-laconner.blogspot.ca/">http://abstracted-laconner.blogspot.ca/</a></div>
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We had a young bear wander through our back yard at about 9:30 in the morning.<br />
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He returned a few days later, climbed one of the oak trees and tumbled out ... breaking a few branches on the way down. The acorns are a great high protein snack!</div>
Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-66177574832945513552013-10-09T21:32:00.001-07:002013-10-10T21:00:52.125-07:00FAN retreat 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Fibre Art Network meets once a year in the fall. This group guides the activity and growth of the group. This year it was at 'The Haven' on Gabriola Island, across from Naniamo on Vancouver Island.</span><br />
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Vivianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09437472779035290834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8267904017097385483.post-42926166706007985932013-10-09T20:08:00.000-07:002013-10-09T20:44:17.391-07:00La Conner Quilt Festival 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Quilt Festival 2013 in La Conner was the best yet!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>More than a Memory</b> was a masterpiece, it won first in Tacoma and also Best of Show in La Conner. A little girl sits under a tree and reads. Animals from the story peak out from stitching in the forest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A surprise for me, my entry, <b>Kauai'i Gold</b> won second in Masters Original Design Abstract Pictorial Wallquilt. It is based on my photo of a beach as a storm roars in and splits the sky turning the ocean to gold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much of the work is silk in silk or rayon. The pieces are large and would be amazing in a public space. Regina dyes and discharges with some rust exposure.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1JpW3zWZ3E0/UlYcxJ0SvzI/AAAAAAAAPPY/x5RbmRWV74c/s1600/DSC_7386.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1JpW3zWZ3E0/UlYcxJ0SvzI/AAAAAAAAPPY/x5RbmRWV74c/s320/DSC_7386.JPG" width="303" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the upper floor, <b>Kaleidoscope, Fiber Embroideries by Liz Whitney Quigard</b></span></div>
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