Fibre Art Workshops at Argyle Fine Art

The Dartmouth Makers Spring Handmade Market

38 Awesome Vendors selling Handcrafted goodness
SHOP LOCAL - SHOP DARTMOUTH
Free Admission
Saturday May 2 & Sunday May 3
10am-4pm

Kings Wharf Pl, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

 

 

Woodland Wool will be on site with a number of critters, feltscapes and some rug hookings.

 

See you there!

 

Save the Date - Harvest Festival of Art is coming Soon!

I've been felting like crazy over the last few weeks trying to have a few new pieces ready for the Hants County Arts Council's annual group show. As a part of Culture Days, I will be onsite at 69 Cedar Street on the 27th and 28th along with my fellow "Needles and Hooks" fibre artists working on a rug hooking of the "Old Stone House"  which overlooks the St Croix river in Poplar Grove.

Built in 1699, this house is the oldest in Canada, east of Montreal, and once served as a mission. The house, currently owned by photographer Sherman Hines, is listed for sale, and could be yours for 2.195 million dollars!

We plan to have the rug completed for the next Great Little Art Show scheduled for May 8th - 10th, 2015, and we will be auctioning it off as a fundraiser for the Arts Council and the Museum. For updates on the progress of our rug, be sure to follow us on facebook!

Hooked on Swoon

 

 



I was beyond excited when I heard about this group show. I've always been a fan of the paintings of Carol Morrison; her plien air studies of our Nova Scotian landscape truly capture the simple beauty of the area I like to call home. So when I heard about this challenge, I jumped in feet first!

 

 

This juried event, asked rug hookers to choose a piece by a Swoon artist as their inspiration. Both the inspiration piece and the hooked work will be shown together in this unique show.

 

 

Carol Morrison's Pumpkin Paddler, 2013

My rendition of Carol Morrison's pumpkin paddler.

 

 

Last summer I was fortunate enough to organize a show for Carol at the Bread Gallery in Brooklyn along with metal sculptor G. A. Jank. Since August I have carried around copy of their handbill in my car, simply because I love the image so much.

 

I was so impressed by Carol's collection of work based on Hants County that when Brant Eisner, Swoon's director, put out the call to artists for a group show  I knew right away I wanted to hook Carol's paintings... in fact I didn't want to hook just one... I had 3 images in mind that I just knew I had to translate into fibre!

 

 

I'm not kidding about my excitement.... I started hooking the White Cliffs, St Croix River on Christmas Eve... I just couldn't stop myself!

 

 

 

 

My work in progress of the White Cliffs of Saint Croix.

My inspiration for the White Cliff of Saint Croix by Carol Morrison.

 

Now that these two are finished I want to attempt one of her back lit winter scenes...

 

 

Hooked On Swoon – A group show of hooked work, inspired by Swoon artists!

Show Runs: Sat, March 01, 2014 - 2:00pm to Sat, March 29, 2014 - 6:00pm

Opening Reception: Sat, March 01, 2014 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm  

 

 

Please join us for the opening reception Saturday, March 1st from 2 – 5 pm.

 

Swoon Fine Art and Antiques

 

1410 Hammonds Plains Road
Hammonds Plains, NS
B4B 1P6 

 

   

Hours:

Monday - Friday: 12 - 6

Saturday: 10 - 6

Sunday: Closed

 

 

Two openings in one day!

I wish I could have been in two places at once yesterday, but I put on my President hat and attended the opening of the Hants County Art Council's 3rd annual group showcase at the Bread Gallery in Brooklyn. This was our biggest show at the Bread Gallery to date, with 21 of our members participating. The variety of work was impressive, with bright colours being a common theme - a perfect compliment to the blahs of winter.

 

Meanwhile in Halifax it looks like I missed a heck of an opening at Argyle Fine Art. With dog being featured upstairs and cats down stairs "Cat Person. Dog Person. Which are you?" brought many a two legged and 4 legged art lover to the gallery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cat Person. Dog Person continues until March 4th and the HCAC Group Showcase continues until March 30th.

 

 

 

 

"Our own little piece of Heaven" on display at the Bread Gallery in Brooklyn

"A Day at the Beach" on display at Argyle Fine Art in  Halifax

 

Some of my Woodland Wool creations on display at the Bread Gallery


 

 

 

Nothing like a rainy day for a little hooking!

 

With the craft selling season quickly approaching I've been keeping my hands very busy making stock for shops, Halifax Crafters and the Acadia Christmas Craft Expo... while also trying to sneak in some time on a few more elaborate visual art pieces!

 

 

 I've been working on a few special wall hangings to show at the Hants County Arts Council's next group show taking place October 12th - 14th in Windsor. 

 

Sometimes I get so caught up in the planning of the event and keeping track of everyone else... I need to stop and remind myself to work on a few pieces to show too!

 

This piece is based off of a collage I did ages ago. The more time I spend working on it, the more the layers of a story seem to develop.

 

It's been a while since I took on such a detailed project as this one - here's hoping I can get it finished and framed in time for the opening on the 12th!

 

 

 

 



Sloths are just one of the types of wonderful Woodland Wool
critters you will see "hanging around" at my booth this season!


 



 

 

 

I've also been absolutely hooked on hooking and keep finding inspiration everywhere! This past weekend all I had to do was look up to my shelf of childhood toys and books and I was motivated to capture my favorite icon Barbie (and her beautiful bus!) in wool.  Today as I was prepping my application for the Halifax Crafters show I started to get a little nostalgic for my city. I've been thinking a lot lately about all the quaint little crowded houses and I wanted to pay tribute some how... so I've started a piece called "Sisters" to remind me of my former urban home.

 

 

 

 

 

There's nothing like hooking to the sound of rain!

 

 

 

 

 

 

In case you are in the neighbourhood during the Pumpkin Festival.... be sure to come and pay me and the wonderful folks from the HCAC a visit!