Pictures of the NEW STUDIO

I have shamelessly stolen these pictures from Tamara's Blog. This is the new studio....it actually feels quite a bit bigger than the pictures make it seem.....none the less here it is. We well have a studio openhouse when we are organised.....and you are invited.

Janet Collins Textile Arts Award

I am feeling doubly blessed tonight. I just got notification that I have won the Janet Collins Textile Arts Award. Janet and I have been friends over the years. We both participated in the DIY network show Uncommon Threads a few years back and we flew to LA together for the show and were room mates. Janet and I got breast cancer at the same time and unfortunately she is now terminal. She set up a scholarship for mature students of the Textile Arts program and I am honoured to have won. I am reminded how precious friendship is, I will hold her memory in my heart. Thank you Janet.

Super Red Letter Day

Red Letter Day
haha wasnt that tricky...

I am waiting for shift change which due to the daylight savings time maybe later than usual and then Tamara and I are heading to the new studio to paint! woohhooooooo stoooodio time. I need to find a rug for the loft, pretty sure all thrift stores out here are closed on Sunday,actually pretty sure most things are closed on Sunday out here. Also I caught Jared in a happy mood and he has agreed to paint huge wall, which is great as he is used to hanging off tall buildings and bridges and things....I just wont watch......so just sitting here foot tapping waiting til 10 which might be 11 but really 10...you know what I mean.
Pictures of studio and painting to follow :)

field trip to Jay Rudolf's Studio

Yesterday at the end of business class we all trouped to Jays studio with Anthea Mallinson. It was quite an exciting little excursion with Tamara and Hilary giving me conjoined directions....turn....turn....TURN.
.....Jays lace was very inspiring.....she teaches workshops and just as soon as we get the studio organised I am going to have her come and teach bobbin lace......so excited. Sorry there are no pictures but under the circumstances I thought it was better to leave my camera in my purse.

Jay Rudolf's Lace

Its a monster mash

I am trying to come up with a product that can use up bit and pieces and samples and that can be sort of portable so that I have something to work on while working in the group homes I work in.....so monsters were born.....I dont know that this is something I will do alot of but they are fun and something that will sell around the $20 price point.....

more documentation

This one is another mink rug in the series (is 2 a series?) of All Minks Go To Heaven.
One of the unexpected results of weaving these 2 rugs of old mink coats was that when I began cutting the deconstructed coat into strips was I became aware of all the little mink bodies that made up the coat.......hence the name All Minks Go To Heaven. I want to make more of these and I think they would be a good product for sale......such decadence from recycled stuff.

Crazy Crazy Day

I started out the day with being towed not once but twice....so by the time that was sorted out it was to late to train it to school and I was so not in the mood for the party bus.......so its a snow day of sorts and I am catching up with other school work.

I went again to the audio visual department and did some documentation. I will be using some of these for jury pics for whistler farmers market and other venues.

The first set of pics is the mink rug. I was worried how this would photograph but Im pleased with the way it looks and especially the closeup. The closeup picture i think will make its way onto some moo cards.