Monthly Archives: April 2012

Earth Day Art

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Some art from other artists today, celebrating Earth Day, April 22nd, yesterday. A beautiful, speaking felt sculpture installation on the disappearance of species by my artist friend Carmella Karijo Rother at Wall Space Gallery in Ottawa, part of an exhibition … Continue reading →

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Forest Floor

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

A forest floor is a place of new beginnings, nurturing life from the detritus of the old, first drawing down the eye of the body and the eye of the mind so as to enable them together to look up … Continue reading →

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Spring Garden Art

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

The garden is coming alive with promise! Today I found my favourites the first violets, growing in the cracks between the flagstones:   In the past, I embroidered this beloved scene with free motion embroidery and beading on a substrate … Continue reading →

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Eco printed Yorkshire bluebells

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Lovely Cousin Pam in Ilkley, Yorkshire surprised me today with a package of bluebells from the fragrant wood beside her house near the Tops. She had wrapped them in paper, and still wet from the woods, they left another beautiful … Continue reading →

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