…building castles in the sky
I am making hay, so to speak, since I can’t be outside working on art in the pouring rain. This is my selfie during production today in my apron that I produce art in. Look for me wearing it when you come to visit me at my booth during Stampede this year.
The last few days I have been at my chop saw madly producing my wood canvases. Today I did some mudding and now I literally have piles of frames ready to go. Pictured here are six foot long wood canvases with plaster treatment and on the back table are piles of large shingles on float mount ready for mixed media too.
I have been lucky enough to connect with some interesting things that have been very artistically inspiring in life over the past couple of years. I think they are bringing me full circle, so to speak. Just last month I presented with Amy Dryer at The Women’s Resource Center in the University of Calgary. Our work was a study of patterning both conscious and subliminal and how and why it affects us. It was called Tattooed Ladies and will continue its run till April 8. The experience of creating the presentation around this topic sent me on an eye opening journey that I was not expecting and now has burst open a bubble that needed to break. This image is my official start of my work for Stampede 2014. Can you guess the name of this collection?
Doug has the saw out today in the sun and is finishing my framing for #ARP Western Showcase for this years Calgary Stampede.
They are not just images. These small photos are mounted onto 100 year old pieces of wood from the Standing farm. Soon to be sealed in resin. *Time Capsules* for my installation *Land of Gold* for this years Stampede ARP.
Pre – GMO – Barley
All set to start pouring resin pendants tomorrow for this summers Stampede. I spent the day carving and squishing wax to create molds that would be used as a form for pouring resin jewelry pendants. The forms seemed to slide into the shape I wanted quite easily but they were not smooth enough for the forms. I heated up an element on the stove and used a cookie sheet as the flat surface I needed to melt the edges of the form. It took a few test runs but I figured out how to hold the forms so they would dry properly without drying with melt bubbles on parts of their surfaces. I love learning something new and pushing the brain to figure out the nuances of materials I am not familiar with.
At the end of the heating/smoothing process the kitchen smells like I have been waxing skis!
