Fabulous Summer Textile Exhibitions

This Summer I am involved in a a number of very
exciting Fibre Art Exhibitions.

ARTefacts is an exhibition by Connections Fibre Artists 
at the Wellington County Museum and Archives in Elora,Ontario.
Each artist chose an object from the Museum collection of artefactcs, 
and used that as the inspiration for a fibre related work of art.
For a selections of artists' work in this fabulous exhibition,please visit http://connectionsfibreartists.blogspot.ca/2017/05/the-opening-reception-for.html

I chose antique and vintage irons as my inspiration, and used an
antique iron as a print block to print an abstract landscape
undulating in the mist for "Irons in the Mist" (40" x 30") on the left.
Colour Vie pigments www.colourvie.com on cotton. Machine quilted.
I also printed a set of napkins using antique irons.

Close up of "Irons in the Mist"

"Flower Power Irons" (40" x 40")

When i was a child, my mother gave me a toy iron 

to play with when she was ironing. 

As a textile artist I have done my fair share of 

ironing, and always found it calming and meditative. 

I used that same toy iron to print the fabric for this 

quilt - a kind of mandala in honour of all the women 

who have ever spent time at the ironing board.

Maggie Vanderweit used a chair as the
inspiration for her block printed quilt .
She used Colour Vie pigments, of course:)
For a selections of artists' work in this amazing
exhibition, please visit
http://connectionsfiberartists.blogspot.ca/2017/05/
the-opening reception-for.html

ARTefacts is on until June 4. It will also
be exhibited  at the Joshua Creek Heritage
Art Centre http://www.joshuacreekarts.com/
in October and November.

Hillcrest Village Fibreworks presents "Fragments" - textile art 

explorations by 15  fibre artists at Galleria 814, Toronto, ON, Canada

The opening is June 8, and the exhibition runs from June 6 to June 24

https://www.facebook.com/HillcrestVillageFibreworks/

"Leslie Spit Revisited" (20" x 16") is inspired
by my bike rides on the Leslie Spit, Lake Ontario.
I printed my digital photos on cotton.
Pieced and machine quilted.

"Greenleaves" (18" x 18")is screen printed, painted
and printed with actual leaves.
Fused and machine quilted.

www.galleria814.com

"Running with Fibres" is an exhibition by the 25 members of 
Connections Fibre Artists http://connectionsfibreartists.com/index.html
at the Stratford Gallery, Stratford, Ontario 
http://www.gallerystratford.on.ca
The opening is on July 14, and the exhibition ends September 24.

"Manitoulin Rocks with Birches" (44" x 52")
My original digital photo enlarged and printed
on cotton, painted cotton. pieced and longarm
quilted. (My first foray into longarm quilting)

"Manitoulin Rocks and Forest" (18" x 18")
My original digital photo printed on cotton,
painted and manipulated pigment on cotton,
 leaf print.Pieced, fused and machine quilted.

AND to finish off for now: My contribution to the SAQA Benefit Auction.
http://www.saqa.com/auction-quilts.php

"Slow Dance with Miro on the Beach"
12" x 12" Screen Print and Painting on cotton
Machine quilted.