tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19819510408895312122024-03-06T02:12:30.408-06:00Donna Cutler ArtWorks in FiberStitching My WorldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16785633137229124225noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981951040889531212.post-70567102175230951512016-11-17T17:42:00.002-06:002016-11-17T17:42:50.797-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's been a couple of weeks since the Artisan Show and Sale. We had more space this year and so there were more artists in attendance, a few of them new to the show. One of the new artists was GK Bears - a teddy bear artist. These are not your normal teddies - these are collector bears made from an original Steiff pattern and stuffed with Steiff-Schulte mohair. Did I buy one? Of course I did. He's so damned cute that I kept wandering over to their booth to look at him. Finally I just did it. He's now living in my studio. I still need a name for him though. Any suggestions? Something German-ish I think would be appropriate.<br />
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There were new artists this year, such as Paige Mortensen with her beautiful paintings. As well, Elizabeth Muirhead had a booth showing her superb felt work. <br />
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I sold several pieces and would like to extend a very sincere thank you to all of those who purchased my work. The following were a few that sold:<br />
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I'm now madly working to get ready for Sundog, which is December 2, 3, and 4. I'll have a space upstairs as usual beside my pal Judy Wood. This will likely be the show and sale with everything you can possibly imagine. A great venue for Christmas shopping! I'll have my usual wall art, along with several very small pieces (3x3) that make great stocking stuffers and, with luck, some other goodies as well. After Sundog, I'm planning on puttering away for Christmas and then spending the winter practising some new techniques and new work. I received the entry forms for Gardenscape awhile ago - don't know for sure if I'm going to do this one, but possibly.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16785633137229124225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981951040889531212.post-30808873508255533112016-11-10T19:19:00.000-06:002016-11-10T19:19:19.096-06:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">After working like a mad woman for a very long time, I thought that I was finally going to have some free time - time to work on some new techniques, brush up on some old techniques and generally have TIME! Wrong again! About mid-March I started experiencing very painful back problems. After several weeks of this getting worse and worse to the point where I could no longer stand, sit, lay down - basically anything at all. I have medication that I use for this on a regular basis, but it didn't touch this level of pain. My doc suggested we try a new drug and to make a long story short, it's working!!!!!! But this was no smooth path. The side effects were severe, but I had been told to wait it out, that they would lessen considerably and/or disappear entirely. I'm happy to report that they did just that and so now, I can actually sleep (lying down even!!), walk, sit in a chair, and all those other terribly athletic moves that normal people do! However, after basically missing the entire spring and summer, I ended up doing NO new work, learning NO new techniques, taking NO new classes...... and on and on. What a drag! </span></h2>
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I did manage to get a few pieces in the Art Now Exhibit with Handwave Gallery (thank you June): </div>
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This past spring my friend Jane Evans had an exhibit at Hue's on Lorne Ave. of her paintings. Jane switched from doing fibre art to painting and I don't think I know of anyone who has done a more smooth change over. Her fibre art was fantastic, and naturally, so are her paintings. My husband and I went to her reception with the goal of picking one for our home. The problem was deciding on which one. We finally decided on this one. The photo was taken in <u>very</u> bad light so I apologize to Jane for my poor photograph of her beautiful work. </div>
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This was the year for art purchases as we also picked up a piece of Elizabeth Muirhead's at the Gardenscape Art Show. I'm also happy to report that Elizabeth has been invited to show at Artisan this year. Her art will fit right in with this group of artists. And again, I apologize for the bad photo. These were both pieces that were hanging on my wall and would have been difficult to get them down to photograph properly. </div>
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Cheers.....donna<br />
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<i>..... (well, nearly spring) ..... and it's been weeks since my last post. January and February have been insanely busy. On top of having surgery several weeks early, I am also the Featured Artist at Handmade House. The theme is Dreaming of Spring and consists of a lot of florals and Saskatchewan wildflowers. The sizes range from 14" x 14" (framed size) all the way down to little pieces that are 4" x 4". </i></div>
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<i>Below is I Dreamed I Was an Apple Tree. This little tree is one that I've photographed probably more than anything else. It's in the Beaver Creek conservation area and isn't alive any longer, however I love it's shape and thought it might like to be an apple tree this time around. </i></div>
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The above is Cala. This is a portrait of a very special dog belonging to my friend Roger. Unfortunately, Cala is no longer with us, but she was a beauty. It's very hard to see all the color changes in this piece. It was done entirely by using color blending techniques as I just couldn't find a thread that was an exact match otherwise, so stitching the piece took a very long time. However the final result was worth it. </div>
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And speaking of critters, below is a photo of the latest additions to our family. This is Bowie (right) and Maggie (left) (aka Bo & Mags). They're SPCA cats and now that they've settled in, I think I'm going to simply give up on housework until they're older. Bo is only a year old and Mags is 2, but they act like kittens. </div>
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Now that I'm more or less caught up, I'm going to devote the next while to developing new techniques. There are several areas that I've wanted to look into and finally have the time to do so. I hope to be able to post pictures as I go, but have to remember to actually take pictures, so we'll see. </div>
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The year is just about at it's close and 2015 has been incredible for me. It marks the end of my third year as an exhibiting artist. This year I had two solo exhibitions, numerous commissions, lots of teaching and the usual yearly shows/sales including Gardenscape, Artisan and Sundog. I have never been busier in my life. Looking back through my calendar for the year, I realized that I haven't taken any amount of time off since February, so it's time for a bit of a break. Well......maybe not exactly a work break....maybe more of a playtime break. It's time to try some new techniques and new materials. </div>
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This first photo is of my favourite and much stitched tree at Beaver Creek. I can actually see this tree from my living room window. I think I've stitched this tree in more pieces than anything else over the last few years. It's formed the basis for about 10 pieces and has been dressed up to be an apple tree, a moonlit tree to name just a few. It's no longer alive, but I really hope the Conservation Area people never cut it down as to me, it's the perfect shape. </div>
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This is a group of branches from a thick grove of trees along the roadway just north of where I live. The snow has stuck to the branches and accentuates their shape. I interpreted this photo in black and white and am considering stitching it that way.<br />
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This is a field down the same road as above. I love the lines and the starkness of this photo. I'm pretty sure this will get stitched as well.<br />
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Again, across the same road. There was just enough snow to accentuate the lines.<br />
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This past year I stitched several pet portraits, one of which follows.<br />
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This is Colbourg. I stitched his "sister" last year. Colbourg was a very sweet, mushy, but serious dog. <br />
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A Cranberry Flats lily.<br />
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These are some of the pieces I completed over the past year. These have all sold except the lily and the dandelion.<br />
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I'd like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere gratitude to the people who bought my artwork this year. Without your patronage, my walls would be very full! Thank you to "J" who bought Late September, to Jody (Lichen Study on a Maple Tree), to Joyce (Bird's Eye), to Betty (A Field Near Borden), to Judy (First Snow), to Jane (Flaming Chokecherry), to Colleen (Jogging Path), to Roger (River's Edge) (incidentally, happy anniversary), to Bernice (Lakeside); and to Marigold who purchased A Painted Field for her daughter, to Cathy (the Wagon Wheel), to all the people who purchased my work at my two exhibitions and through the SK Craft Council Boutique and the Handwave Gallery (sorry, I don't have your names), not to mention the numerous mini pieces and cards, etc. Thank you all so very much.<br />
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I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to June of Handwave Gallery for your support, to Donna at the Craft Council for answering to my numerous questions and last, but never least, to my wonderful husband Adrian for the cooking, cleaning, and constant support that you supply without question. Today marks our 30th anniversary and I'm looking forward to the next 30! You people have made my year!!<br />
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I'm looking forward to 2016 very much and the chance to try some new work. I hope you all have a great holiday season and a very Happy New Year. Until then.......remember.......<br />
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Show season is now over for me. This past weekend marked the 41st Sundog show and sale and my third time in attendance. I had the usual thread paintings and Christmas cards but this year took along a couple of artist books, mostly to see what the reaction to them might be. Generally speaking, people liked them, so I'll be working on more of them to add to my line of stitched goodies. I had also managed to stitch up a few new larger pieces after the Artisan Show and took them along as well. So, as well as many others, the following is a brief example of what I had at Sundog this year:</div>
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This is titled Lichen Study II and is one of several trees that I photographed out at Blackstrap. For some reason, these trees were covered with lichen, moss and fungi and were all in a group together. There was very little of the actual bark showing through. I seem to have a preference for lichen, fungi and moss. </div>
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These are two of the artist books. The covers are silk paper and they're held together with ribbon or decorative cord to make them easy to refill.</div>
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I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who purchased my art at both the Artisan show and Sundog. Your very positive feedback keeps me working and striving to get better. Your wonderful compliments and encouragements are music to my ears. </div>
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This marks the end of my third year of showing and selling. I have one or two commissions still to complete and after that, I'm excited to get back to some playtime and experimentation. I've been doing animal portraits in the past year or two and the coming year will see me stitching "people" portraits too. Also I've been working on 3-dimensional pieces and hope to be able to have this technique perfected to the point where I can produce vessels, boxes and other things of this nature. </div>
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This coming Friday, December 11th will be the Reception for the Dimensions Show which will be held in Saskatoon at the SK Craft Council's Affinity Gallery from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Come out and have a look at some wonderful Saskatchewan artwork. </div>
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Several visitors at Artisan a couple of weeks ago asked me if I had work for sale anywhere else. So, to that end, I've decided to list a few of the pieces that I have for sale at both the SCC Boutique and at Handwave Gallery. There's more for sale than what you see here so if you're looking for something in particular, please just ask.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'll be there once again. Look for me upstairs in booth #116. I'll have lots of thread painting, a few Christmas postcards and possibly some smaller pieces, if I can get it all together by then.<br />
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It's been a very fast few months. I feel like I've been working non-stop since about March, but am now in the home stretch with only one more show/sale to go, that being Sundog.</div>
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In August/September, I had two solo exhibitions. One was at the Meewasin Valley Centre - this venue sees a lot of traffic and the people at Meewasin are really great to work with, so any of you artists who wants a place to hang your work for a couple of months, keep it in mind. I believe they're in the process of lining up next year's gallery, so contact them if you're interested. Thank you Doug and Amanda for all your help with this.</div>
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Also in August I had a solo exhibition at the Handwave Gallery in Meecham. For this exhibit I stitched up some more unusual pieces, such as:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On The Last Day was the picture on the postcard announcing my exhibition. I really love this piece as it's one of the first ones where I stitched in the whole sky. People have asked me about the "last day" - the last day of what? Well, it could be the last day of anything you want it to be-the last day of summer, the last day of your holiday - it means different things to different people.</td></tr>
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Pouff. Again, nothing else seemed quite right. I think there must be lots of dandelion lovers out there. This piece is available.</div>
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This is Flaming Chokecherry. This has a lot of depth and appears quite 3-dimensional. This is also available.<br />
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This is Pike Lake Lilies and is 8x8 (size of artwork). After driving to Pike Lake a great many times this summer trying to get good photos of the water lilies, we were finally rewarded with hundreds of them. Available.<br />
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Late September is the title of this piece. The inspirational photo for this one was taken out at Blackstrap a year or so ago. It has been sold.</div>
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Finally, this is West of Meacham. On a side road off the highway just west of the town was a field of canola and several old buildings. It was very picturesque, so was definitely worth stitching. This one is 5x5 and is available.</div>
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I'd like to sincerely thank all of the people who purchased my work, both at my exhibitions and at Artisan. I would also like to thank everyone who was so generous with their kind words and hugs at Artisan - a most unexpected and appreciated gesture. I do this work because I love it and having you invest your hard earned dollars in it is very humbling. You make me want to get better and better. Cheers.......Donna</div>
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The last few weeks have been pretty crazy so I haven't been doing much of anything except stitching. I have an exhibition at the Handwave Gallery in Meacham until September 24th (thank you June!!), also I have pieces in the Meewasin Centre Gallery for the months of September and October, and I'm also participating again this year in Art at Solar Gardens on September 19th and 20th. As well, I took pieces down for Join the Thread in Weyburn and a couple of pieces for the Craft Council's 40th Anniversary show. This all followed on after Dimensions, so I've basically been chained to my sewing machine! Both the exhibition at Handwave Gallery and at the Meewasin Gallery consist of totally new work and each one is quite different from the other as far as content of work is concerned.</div>
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The above picture was taken by my husband Adrian in our front yard on August 23/15. I had been staying up pretty late and working well into the night and when standing at a window in the house, I noticed - through the closed blind - what looked to be lightening. When I opened the blind this is what I saw. I hadn't seen northern lights of this intensity for several years, so woke Adrian up and we stood out in the front of our house for at least an hour and watched the show. It seemed to go on forever and because Adrian had his camera already set up on the tripod, he took dozens and dozens of great shots. This photo incidentally hasn't been photoshopped at all and is exactly how it looked - lots of greens and pinks. The only thing missing was that crackling sound that you can sometimes hear if the lights are intense enough and the surroundings quiet enough. </div>
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Anyway, what else is new......... I had a write-up in a British fibre magazine a few weeks ago. It was six pages with around eight photos in what used to be called Workbox (now called Be Creative...with Workbox). This isn't carried in Saskatoon any longer as far as I know, but it's a techniques-driven publication that's been around for a great many years. It was featured in their 150th Anniversary issue under the heading Prairie Portraits. I have a pdf if anyone is interested in reading it - just email me and I'll send it to you - acdc@sasktel.net</div>
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Following are three of the pieces in the Handwave Gallery show. For this exhibit, I created pieces that were a little different - not my usual landscapes or florals. Two of these are below:</div>
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This is First Shoots of Spring - Manitoba Maple. The photo was taken by Adrian in the lovely church yard at Meacham. We just happened to be there at the right time. The shoots were very pink and the leaves very yellow-green. <br />
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This one is called Lichen Study on a Maple Tree. Original photo by Adrian. The actual tree was out at Blackstrap and had so much lichen on it that you could barely see the tree trunk. I did one other version of this for my first Artisan show and it attracted a lot of attention in the form of fingerprints! The man who bought it also got to keep those! </div>
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Finally, this is The Painted Field. This one sold at the Opening of the exhibition. I'd like to extend a great big Thank You to the lady who purchased this for her daughter's birthday. </div>
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I'm sure I'm missing things, but if so, will include them next time. Until then, (sooner than this time I hope!!), I leave you with this little picture that I saw on the net - can't remember where, but I think I'll make it my personal motto! Cheers......donna</div>
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Meet Encyclia radiata. One flower stalk filled the entire main floor level of our house with fragrance. I've had that happen with cattleyas, but never a small plant like this one. It was so strongly scented of vanilla, well, what an I say. I can't wait until the other flower stalk opens.<br />
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This piece is now at Handwave Gallery with the ones from last week and a few others. Adrian and I have been out a couple of times with our cameras and found some good locations quite close to the city. This is one of those. The colors were so soft and lovely - difficult to reproduce, but I tried. The computer is showing the leaves to be more yellow than they actually are. There were also so many different birds that it was hard to keep track. I'm going to try and photograph this particular slough, along with a couple of others, throughout the seasons. <div>
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Other than working like a crazy woman, I haven't done much in the past week. I have three pieces and two commissions to finish for various shows/sales and then I can continue the work for my two exhibits and the Solar Gardens show, all three of which happen at the same time. It goes without saying that holidays won't be happening any time soon - or any time later for that matter. </div>
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<i>This one is Showy Locoweed. There were quite a few of these and they're pretty easy to spot - VERY purple.</i><br />
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<i>And finally, this is Uncertainty. I had always wanted to stitch a field, empty except for one tree and a great sky. This one looks much better "in person". I've used a few techniques in this one that I haven't used in awhile. I was trying to convey the feeling of uncertainty that farmers feel living on the prairie. The canola field represents a rich harvest, while the dead tree skeleton reminds us that it might not last for long. The model for the tree was my favourite little tree from Beaver Creek. </i></div>
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<i>That's it, except to tell you about a strange occurrence that happened last week. I had gone grocery shopping and when I arrived back home, I opened the door just in time to see movement in my dining room area. I had assumed that one of my parrots had escaped, but no, it wasn't a parrot. It was a large, adult Flicker. The poor thing was frightened and confused and desperately trying to escape by crashing first into my kitchen window, then zooming through to the living room. I caught him quite easily and let him go. But the problem is this - I immediately searched through my house for the means by which the bird had gotten in. After looking everywhere, and I mean everywhere, I could find NO open window, door, loose screen, anything whatsoever that would admit a large bird. Had he flown in over my head when I was initially opening the door, I'm pretty sure I would have noticed. So, now I'm kind of concerned. How did it get in??? When my husband came home, he did the same search and also could find nothing at all. There's also an unusually large number of these birds in our yard right now. Normally, we don't see all that many Flickers. So, I'm just a tad creeped out. </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have to say the food was incredible. And there was SO MUCH OF IT! All in all though, it was a great day and it was terrific to meet such an enthusiastic crowd. Every time I go to one of the towns in the province I'm reminded of how wonderful it really is to belong to such a community. These ladies, although I'm sure from time to time they have their differences, demonstrate all the good things about living in rural Saskatchewan. Most of all, they care for each other. What could be better than that! Thanks to Kathy Palmer for setting up this workshop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This was part of that incredible few weeks of northern lights that we experienced in April. This was taken by my husband in our front yard. It went on for hours and hours and the colors were remarkable. Another of the great things about living where we do!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This past week/weekend marked the opening of Dimensions, the SK Craft Council biennial, open and juried touring exhibition. Entries were dropped off in Saskatoon at Market Mall on April 28. On April 30 and May 1 these entries were reviewed by jurors June Jacobs of the Handwave Gallery in Meacham and Tom McFall, Executive Director of the Alberta Craft Council. On Saturday, May 2nd, the unveiling of the Dimensions Touring Exhibition was held and anyone who wished could attend the Jurors' Critique. This was a real eye-opener for me. Both of the jurors are extremely well informed individuals who replied to questions from the audience on how they chose the finalists. Personally, my mind boggles at the task of judging around 200 entries from every area imaginable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then on Saturday night, these same jurors held a special critique session at the Affinity Gallery. This wasn't actually connected to Dimensions, but was held as part of the SCC Gallery Representation Program. I managed to get into this as well, where each person in attendance sent, in advance, 5 or so photos of their work, as well as bringing along a piece of their work. We all had an individual critique session where we learned how to best present our work, approach galleries and a host of other things that I would have never learned otherwise. I was quite impressed with the depth of knowledge of June and Tom and am very grateful for the opportunity to have attended this session. Thank you Vivian Orr and the SCC for sending out that email and putting on such a super event!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">...... Oh yes ...... one more thing ..... my big news is that one of my pieces did make the cut for Dimensions and has been included in the 2015 Dimensions Touring Exhibition. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is Blackstrap Revisited (ok - ok - when I was naming it, all I could think of was how many times I had taken photos of this hillside, so it seemed appropriate at the time. Apologies to Evelyn Waugh). This is a fairly large piece measuring, in it's frame, at roughly 24" x 20". I had done a smaller version a couple of years previously but had always wanted to do a larger version, so last November I stitched up two fairly large pieces. This is possibly my favourite piece of everything that I've ever done. At the time I took the photo, the hillside was lit with beautiful autumn colours under a striking blue sky. Some of my best photos came from this photo shoot. </span></div>
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<i>This is (are you ready?) Brassolaeliocattleya Ports of Paradise-Green. (The system of naming orchids is very confusing at times, but it all means that it is a cattleya relative, and most people know what a cattleya looks like). It's basically green and yellow and at night fills the whole level of our house with a delicious vanilla type scent. Yum!</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This all must sound pretty extravagant, but like I said, you just can't find these small plants here very often, so when you do find them....well......what can I say......</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>So - the snow's gone (hopefully for several months!!) and the weather is a bit warmer every day, so it's definitely time to get outside. I'm fortunate in having a screened-in porch and am planning on spending every available minute working out there this summer. CAN'T WAIT!!!! Talk again soon.................donna</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so now it's back to work. The next few months will see me preparing for a large class in Davidson, getting pieces ready to submit to a couple of upcoming shows/exhibits, stitching enough work for two exhibits of my work, not to mention all of the usual shows/sales that I take part in on a yearly basis. Getting ready for September will be the big challenge. Both of my exhibits overlap and also, Art at Solar Gardens enter into the mix too. My exhibits run from mid-August to September 24 at Handwave Gallery in Meacham and the other takes up the months of September and October. As well, I have a commission to thread paint a friend's dog. This is a very special dog who will be challenging to stitch, with a blonde wavy coat and lovely face. I'm looking forward to doing this piece very much.</span></div>
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This Lily is Salmon Star. It measures 7x5 and is framed. The little knobs are done in French knots by hand. It is also framed.<br />
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This Lily is an oriental that is also 7x5" and framed. <br />
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Anyone interested in purchasing any of these could contact me by email at acdc@sasktel.net or call me at 306-665-9182. I can deliver in the Saskatoon and neighbouring communities.<br />
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Now that Christmas, New Year's and January have passed, it's back to the studio to start work for the upcoming year. And to start off the year, a couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of teaching four advanced stitchers. These ladies knew their stuff, so we were able to get right to work with the different machine stitches that I use for thread painting. After this, and a fantastic lunch, we got to play for a part of the afternoon with some dissolvable film, different threads, fibres and new techniques.</div>
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Thank you again Dorothy for the use of your home and to all four of you for a simply fabulous and enjoyable day. See you all later in the month.<br />
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This charming abode was on the drive out to an antique/used goodies shop just outside of Davidson. My pal Judy and I had decided to check this out to see if there were any good things that just<br />
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I'm very much looking forward to the coming year. I've made the decision to try a few techniques that I haven't used in years, especially for backgrounds, so will post pics as soon as I have something that I want to use. I had also done several photo transfer pictures for my recent class and one of them just called out for a more dramatic color scheme and sky. The basic photo is one that I took at one of my favourite photo haunts, Cranberry Flats. It's simply a tree and shrubs/grasses. So with help from iPhoto and Photoshop Elements, I've pumped the colors up and changed the sky. I'm also considering doing it in a larger size, maybe in the 11" x 14" before framing. I'm very excited about this piece as I think it could be really nice, assuming of course that I don't mess it up in the meantime. That's one of the first pieces that I'm going to work on, so might even have something by next week - we shall see.<br />
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<b>August Fields</b> - photo was taken in an area that I had never been to before - very gorgeous. I had trouble naming this as I kept thinking that the "house" looked like it was sinking in a sea of canola, but everything else I thought of sounded dumb, so kept the above as it's name. Sold.<br />
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<b>The Welcome Tree - </b>here it is again. This little tree is on the drive into the Beaver Creek Conservation Area and I think is my favourite tree anywhere. It's shape, to me anyway, is perfect. This tree has been the basis for a great many thread paintings but here, it's just itself surrounded by grasses and wildflowers. I hope they never cut it down as I would miss it very much. This is a 5"x5" framed and is still available.<br />
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<b>The Way West</b> - 5" x 7" framed. This is another painting of one I had completed for Artisan. I don't usually repeat my pieces, but this one attracted a lot of attention, so I did it in a larger size. Stitching this, I had 4 threads thru the needle and a different colour again in the bobbin to get the colour of the rocks beside the tracks. Available.<br />
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<b>Waiting for Spring</b> - photo by Judy Wood. As soon as I saw this on Judy's blog I had to stitch it. It's a 5"x5" framed. I had lots of fun stitching the wires - well, no I didn't actually. They're not quite straight, but I told myself it was a windy day! This one is also available. <br />
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<b>The Fairy Clock II</b> - there's a smaller version of this one at the SK Craft Council Boutique. Again, this is one of only 4 that I have repeated. The background in this is my own also and consists of fabric that I made by using a blurred picture and running it through my Inkjet printer. I don't buy commercial fabric any more and using my own work to make a small piece of fabric made sense. Incidentally, fairy clock is one of many old names that were given to dandelions, Dandelions seem to have always been popular for art. This has sold.<br />
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If you are interested in any of the available pieces above, just email me at acdc@sasktel.net or call 665-9182/227-2329. I can deliver to Saskatoon and area.<br />
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The next year promises to be extremely busy. As a result of both Artisan and Sundog, I've been booked for teaching assignments, articles in magazines and a local exhibit/sale for later in the year. As well, I have a solo exhibition planned for September/October of 2015, not to mention all the show/sales that I normally do, so any thoughts of lazing around the house or garden have been permanently shelved. What started out to be a "hobby" has turned into a full time job - good thing I love to do it! <br />
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Thank you to all those to purchased my work at the shows this fall and winter and to those who took the time to stop and chat and compliment what I've been producing. These kind words mean more than I can ever express - it's the reason why we artists keep on going. Knowing that what we've spent hours working on is seen and appreciated is everything! <br />
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This one is The Wagon Wheel, which was photographed with the one beneath it. These two pieces were photographed at an abandoned house west of Saskatoon. The artwork measures 8"x8" and is framed.<br />
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I've been taking time off artwork for the last few weeks trying to get some things done around the house and yard, but have managed to get out and take some new pictures for future artwork and especially, for a solo show coming in autumn of 2015. My birthday is also coming up in September and my husband Adrian bought me an early birthday present - a NEW CAMERA and a zoom lens. I had been using his old camera - one of the first digital cameras by Canon. This has served us both very well, but it's a fixed lens camera and I desperately wanted my own, brand new camera with a zoom lens. So, all of these pictures have been snapped with the new one. </div>
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Last week I went to visit my daughter and came across this most incredible flax field. I nearly drove right past and just caught a flash of blue - hit the brakes and stopped to take as many pictures as I could. It was soooo very very blue and I was surprised that I was the only person who even seemed to notice. Flax fields seem to be few and far between, so when I happen on one, I take dozens of pictures. <br />
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Another shot of the same flax field. My husband and I drove past it again a couple of days later and the blue had faded to a very pale, almost unnoticeable color. I guess I was just lucky! <br />
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The same day that Adrian and I were out with our cameras, we happened on a wonderful slough. This place was off a road off a road off the highway and I seriously doubt if we could ever find it again, but caught a good few pictures of the water birds. This is an American Avocet. There were several species of water fowl enjoying the bugs on offer. yum!<br />
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For anyone interested in insects, in particular dragonflies, damselflies, etc., this seems to be the year. Despite the wind, my camera managed to get several good captures of this guy. I managed to find a really good book on these wonderful creatures at McNally in Saskatoon. I had no idea there were so many different types. <br />
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And the last one for today is yet another slough taken when I was out with Judy. I adore bull rushes and this site was loaded! <br />
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That's all for this post. I'm going to be quite busy in the next few weeks madly stitching for the upcoming show season. I have very little completed artwork in stock, and have 4 committments between September and December, so will have to put my nose to the grindstone and get it done! (where did that expression come from anyway-wouldn't you have a skinned nose??)<br />
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Aren't these pretty? These are Gaillardia and right now, there are several large patches blooming. <br />
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This is a mixture happily growing together on a sandy slope. There were also lots of butterflies, but none cooperated for a photo op! Here you can see wild Bergamot, Prairie Coneflowers (Ratibida) and wild Flax. <br />
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This little guy is Scarlet Gaura, or Gaura coccinea. You can easily miss this charming little plant. The newer flowers are light pink and they turn quite red-scarlet as they mature. The blossoms open a few at a time and are almost white, but within a few hours, they turn this gorgeous red. <br />
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This is my stitched version of Liatris punctata, or Dotted Blazingstar. It's just starting to appear but soon the fields will be full of it. <br />
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And this is a stitched lily growing in my garden! <br />
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Out at Blackstrap - just down from the Retreat is this "housing development" that really begged to be photographed. The grass in the ditch was almost taller than I was! <br />
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This is a stitched version of the path down to the lookout at Cranberry Flats. This is from last autumn. I especially like this piece. <br />
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Are these not the cutest little things?? They're Eriogonum flavum, or Yellow Umbrellaplant and are growing happily on the banks of the river. We hadn't seen these before, so naturally took a dozen or more pictures. Excess is good, especially when it's botanical excess! <br />
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My husband Adrian took this one. The riverbank, in one spot, is riddled with enormous rocks that are covered in lichen. They're stunning, as this one clearly shows. <br />
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And finally, we hit paydirt when it comes to wild flowers! We found a large patch of wild Lilies. It was off the regular path and we very nearly missed them, but fortunately Adrian picked up a haze of orange and investigated. Once we found this patch, we found quite a few more scattered throughout the area. I'm soooo very glad these are in a protected area and not at the mercy of well-meaning gardeners with shovels! These plants don't like to be disturbed and when they are, they usually don't survive, so PLEASE - leave them where they grow so we can all enjoy their beauty.<br />
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Well, that's just a tiny sample of the pictures we took over the past couple of weeks. Most of what you see above will be stitched, so I'll post those when they are completed. I'm already thinking about my next show/sale, which will be September 20th at Solar Gardens. If you haven't visited Solar Gardens yet, you really must go and have a look at this place. You won't believe your eyes - I promise!!! It's rather like being in the tropics in the middle of the Canadian prairie! It's run by two very ambitious, not to mention talented guys who grow masses and masses of succulents, have a tasting room for all kinds of yummy goodies, and now have a restaurant called the Firesticks Cafe where you can stuff yourself on the most delicious pizza anywhere. This show/sale promises to be really great - lots of very well known artists will be in attendance, so watch for the poster. It's only one day so you won't want to miss it. I'm planning on having my new cards there (Art in a Card) and also some rather large stitched pieces. I've been experimenting with getting out of the 5" x 7" and 8" x 10" rut and going BIG - how big remains to be seen, but so far an looking at around the 24"-30" range.<br />
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....and this is what followed us back to S'toon. From the time we left Moose Jaw to the time we opened our door at home, this was on our tail. That's my husband hurrying back to the car after taking several pictures. This was the sky in all four directions and just when we thought we were driving out of it, it caught up to us again. Driving through the valley by Blackstrap, it rained so hard that the wipers couldn't keep up. Very scary at times-you couldn't see the road at all and didn't dare stop in case the car behind you couldn't see you! I really hope Regina and Davidson are still there!!!<br />
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But over and above the storm, I was at Anna Hergert's Open Studio on Friday and Saturday as an invited artist. There were a great many people through her home and studio those two days - I think the final count was around the 200 mark. It was a terrific opportunity for me to get my artwork to that part of the province. And I saw so many people I knew: the women who were in my workshop in Moose Jaw in March, lots and lots from the S'toon Quilt Guild, not to mention that I met so many new people - a special hi to Jennifer (she's Jenny Penny Poppy on her blog - have a peek - she does fabulous work) and Cathy from Davidson (we'll figure something out for the near future). And the food - OMG the cakes were unbelievable and sooooo plentiful. Anna had baked for something like 3 days and the table was piled high with with goodies. I literally ate my way through both days - cream cakes. oh dear.... So thank you so very much for all your wonderful comments about my work. It's great to hear that people like what I do. And a huge thank you to Anna for inviting me down. I hope you get at least a couple of days to relax before you head off to your next destination.<br />
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This is a shot of the rest area just off the highway by the Lake - looked like an ocean shot! I can't wait to stitch this one!<br />
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Speaking of new work, I've finally developed a card. Most artists these days seem to have some kind of card, be it a postcard or a type of greeting card. So, I've come up with this:<br />
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I'm calling these "Art in a Card" and they consist of a blank card with a small artwork inside at about 3" x 5" that could easily be framed. I took a couple of these to Anna's Open Studio to see what people thought of them and the reaction was totally favourable. So - I'll be producing these for my next show/sale, which will be in September. I would do commissions of these also and could insert whatever picture you'd prefer inside. The ones that I'll make will have lots of flower pictures, birds, wildflowers - that sort of thing. But I could just as easily stitch something that you would like. I'd sell the Iris at left for around the $50 mark-they would likely range from around $30 to $50, depending on the complexity of the picture. I thought these would be a good special-type card that could be purchased for a special person.<br />
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This is Top of the Lake and was taken from basically the same location as the stormy picture above. This is the first time I've ever stitched water and am very pleased with the result.<br />
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This is The Fairy's Foxtails and was taken last year on a photo outing
with my pal Judy. We happened on a field off a road and I couldn't begin
to tell you how we got there, but the scene was magical, right out of a
story book. In this field was dock-not just brown dock, but red, pink,
beautiful (you might have gathered that I'm a dock fan). Down the middle
of the field was a path that had been used to drive on at one time, but
was now completely filled in with these lovely pink foxtails. They were
a color that I've never seen - bright pink and green. I've only
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After days and days at the sewing machine, I was finally finished and
was struggling with names for my pieces. I enlisted my
long-suffering husband to help me decide on names and after many false
starts, we decided on the above. I realize this is kinda dumb, but at
that point, so were we. You know what I mean.....kind of punchy and glad
to be finished, and with a brain of jello. So - there is it. For those
of you not versed in botanical Latin, rumex occidentalis is the
botanical name for Dock. And this was the REAL color of this plant. I
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16785633137229124225noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981951040889531212.post-38579819614095159742014-06-19T11:55:00.000-06:002014-07-02T12:23:48.548-06:00Just a Quick Note .......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
First, <span style="font-size: small;">a sincere thank you to the SK Craft Council's Talking Craft Blog for their profile of my work. I appreciate this very much. The resolution on the pictures is incredibly clear</span>! <a href="http://talkingcraftscc.blogspot.ca/">talkingcraftscc.blogspot.ca</a> - check it out. It's also on Facebook.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16785633137229124225noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981951040889531212.post-33184621787461159572014-05-14T16:00:00.000-06:002014-05-16T22:24:50.572-06:00Back Again.............<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This has been a very busy few weeks. As well as my artwork, I'm on the board of the local Perennial Society and their big Plant Sale/Exchange is coming up on May 27/14 at the Forestry Farm. I'm the coordinator of this sale, so there's been quite a bit to do. Also, lucky me, I picked up the worst case of the flu I've ever had in my entire life. I won't go into the details but at one point, my husband had to hold me up so I could get from one room to another. This went on for what seemed like forever, but I finally started feeling human again about a week or 10 days later. This put me so far behind with everything that I was in a panic. </span><br />
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Boutique has been remodeled and thanks to the hard work of Donna Potter
and the other staff members, it looks amazing! They've opened up the
back room and it's larger, brighter and everything has breathing room.
They've done an excellent job. So - looking for a gift? That's a very
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<i>Gardenscape is now over and done for yet another year. The weather, with the exception of one day, was terrible, especially when the whole idea of Gardenscape is to bring about thoughts of spring....of gardening....hmmmm...hard to do when it's snowing. Anyway, the Art Show was reasonably well attended and I managed to sell a few pieces. </i><br />
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<i> This is Grandma's Pansy and was so-named because my Grandmother loved blue pansies and always had them in her garden. This piece is sold.</i><br />
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Well, this still doesn't look quite right to me, but at least they don't glow in the dark. This picture was taken last spring on an outing with my pal Judy. We had found a very hilly location that was loaded with crocus clumps and incredible rocks. This pair just begged to be photographed. There were lots of other rocks in the area as well and I think I took a picture (or two, or three) of every single one of them. I really do love rocks.<br />
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This is Amaryllis papillio and was growing happily in my kitchen for most of December, along with several others.<br />
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For those of you not on the Canadian prairies, you'll likely be shocked to hear that it's still extremely cold. By that, I mean in the -30's overnight and added to that is the windchill factor, which can put us in the -50C range. Chilly in anyone's language! It makes traveling something of a challenge and this Friday, I head to Moose Jaw, SK to teach a workshop on Thread Painting. The class is pretty nearly full and I'm looking forward to it very much. I've been getting materials together for awhile now and am happy to be ready. My friend Mary is also driving down with me to take the class, so it will be good to have some company. We're both staying in a really beautiful B&B that's in an old house filled with antiques. I might want to stay!!! <br />
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That's it for this post. I have another piece in progress and will post it when completed. It's one that I've tried before and never quite got it right, so am trying it again - so far, so good. Hopefully, I will be able to get posts up on Fridays. Gardenscape in Saskatoon is at the end of March, and I have to get a few more pieces ready for that, as well I have a gallery commitment, so I should be producing pretty regularly for the next month.<br />
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Ok - stay warm and stay safe. Cheers........................donnaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16785633137229124225noreply@blogger.com12