T and Sale



Winter Sky



Thanks to all who attended the T and Sale at the Anna Templeton.   To those who supported  the inaugural debut, A Line of Crows place mats and napkins, I thank you for all your feed back, encouragement and interest.

Thursday

This was an old window on Bond Street,St John's Nl.   I was photographing this window for a multiples project given me by my art teacher.   I took  the first a picture  January  4th 2010 through to early March, every day .   On the last day of this project the window had been replaced.
I 'd taken a number of pictures  throughout this time where the shadows were cast at different positions on the old building,  taking full advantage of the light and shadow effects that were created.  There seems to be a kind of magic in  documenting the small  ordinary  things of a  a city.  I really enjoyed this process.

Katie's Quilt

Katie's Quilt

I had  decided to dedicate some of  the work in Running with Scissors, to my teachers and mentors at the Anna Templeton.  There are cultures where the teacher is honoured and greatly appreciated and I have always though that whoever imparts knowledge for your growth and well being then they at the very least entitled to  the largest portion of your respect.

Suzanne's woven Table Runner



Table Runner with hem stitch

This piece was in the student final show Running with Scissors  Anna Templeton Centre 2010.  I made this as one of my final projects

Progress

 I have now gotten all the placemats and napkin ready for the T and Sale at the Anna Templeton this Weekend.   Jenny Rocket  is helping  out theses this week to my great delight  with the sewing and  the moral support. 
  I  spent most of the day in the dye studio - dyed some wonderful colours on cotton today in, reds, greens and browns.  Dying material is one of the most satisfying  things to do,
it is like alchemy,magic really.   Here are some of the colours Ive been using for the placemats . Ill post the newest colours soon.

Good Monday

Coloum McCann wrote:  From his most beautiful book, Let the Great World Spin -
  'Resistance is the path to peace'

table runners

Today has been spent on table runners. I've finished sewing one, now I'm deciding whether to screen print or embroider on it. Any thoughts?

lunch time

time for a break, lunch by the ocean sounds good to me...

Welcome to my new blog!

The days are getting colder here in St. John's, NL, but my work keeps me warm and cozy...


I am working on a line of home decor  items called 'A Line of Crows', consisting of place mats, napkins, and table runners. Each piece is hand dyed, and the place mats feature a hand embroidered crow. I work with 100% cotton, and a variety of colours. Place mats are about 
18" x 15", and the napkins are 15"x15".


These functionally beautiful creations will be for sale at the Anna Templeton Tea and Sale, December 10 &11, and at the One of a Kind Show in Toronto in March. 


Come say hello, and tell me what you think!