Fibre Content 2014

 

 

I've been a very bad blogger & have not been making any posts lately. Spring has brought my love of gardening to the forefront & along with that I've been working in the bee yard in my spare time. Building a bee hut for equipment is a necessity this year.  I just haven't had the time & energy required for the studio. I'm still working on a nature piece but it's coming very slow as my mind is just not focused enough. Artful gardening is definitely my priority.

 

Fibre Content 2014 is a show that GOE participates in. I haven't had any word yet to know if my art has been accepted. You just never know how these things will turn out. Wish me luck...

GOE December Show

For the month of December the GOE group set up in Mississauga. It was unfortunate that we were restricted to hang by chain only. We weren't allowed to hang by Command strips or hangers...so the show didn't look as fabulous as the pieces that we had to show. Some walls looked a little sparse. These are pictures that Chris took for me. Not all the displays are shown and just a quick reminder that this is collective work.

This was the only area where Command Strips were allowed. Over by the pipes. I actually had everything ready to hang by the strips so I thought that I would be taking all my pieces home. I haven't participated in many shows so I was completely not prepared for any eventuality. Thankfully the other girls were prepared with hangers & line so all my pieces did get hung.

GOE Challenge Publication Ban

Well everyone, I've been working on my quarterly Group of Eight (GOE) challenge. This quarterly was the theme "Water" from the Threadworks Call for Entry 2013. I even took my project to Istanbul with me on holiday in order to finish for the deadline....then the GOE group decided that there would be a publication ban on the finished works because it's juried. So I've been working on it for months & I can't even show a picture. I'm new to this whole juried thing so I never guessed that it could present a problem. I understand very clearly now. In order to not compromise the entries there can't be any previous hint at it possibly being seen. Makes complete sense...and I guess I'm very lucky that I didn't post a picture prior to the meeting. Usually I do but because I've been so busy on the weekends with guests...I just didn't have the time.
So it looks like you'll all just have to wait until April 2013, after all the submissions are either accepted or denied. That's right...I have to keep it under cover until April 2013.