VCA Mark Making With Thread
The students in the Victoria College of Art Mark Making With Thread, Textile Arts course are producing some exciting samples. A selection...
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Nov 16, 20101 min read
Colour Studies
In the Mark Making With Thread course at Victoria College of Art last week we spent time doing colour studies.
ravenmade
Nov 15, 20101 min read
Students at Victoria College of Art
Here are the early twentieth century students in the Bank Street school . . . Here are the twenty first century students in the school on...
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Nov 12, 20101 min read
Studio is Ready
Sunday evening Ron and I cleaned all of the furniture, windows, mirrors and hand basins. Here i am practicing sitting in my tutorial...
ravenmade
Nov 9, 20101 min read
Final Studio Preparations
On Saturday Ryan was hired to do some of the remaining jobs to get the studio ready before the course started on Monday. He sanded and...
ravenmade
Nov 8, 20101 min read
Setting up Textile Studio
Yesterday morning i shopped for supplies for the new textile arts studio at Victoria College of Art. In the afternoon I finished off...
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Nov 4, 20101 min read
Painting Painting
I put in another 9 hours of painting in the studio yesterday. Thankfully Ron arrived, with hot tea and cookies, then painted with me for...
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Nov 2, 20101 min read
Progress in the Studio
My husband, Ron and i spent the whole day and into the early evening painting today. Here is the vestibule area where the heavy furniture...
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Oct 31, 20101 min read
Painting the Studio
When i arrived at the college this morning, this is what the main room of the studio looked like. Still chaotic. I painted 2 coats of...
ravenmade
Oct 30, 20101 min read
Cleaning the Studio
Then Ron moved inside with the power washer. I got to use a power tool too - the Shop Vac. While Ron sprayed water I sucked it up along...
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Oct 26, 20102 min read
Power Washing
We pulled up all of the dusty floor tiles. When classes had finished for the day, Ron brought his power washer to the school and cleaned...
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Oct 25, 20101 min read
More 'Before' Shots
The main room of the studio set up for an Illustration course. Coming down the stairs from the main floor there is this small entry room....
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Oct 24, 20101 min read
Studio 'Before'
I spent today at the college getting my studio classroom ready for a class starting November 8 th . This is a 'before' shot of the...
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Oct 22, 20101 min read
Dialogue
It must have been cold last night because this morning there are a lot more fallen leaves under the maple. The tea cloth I put under it...
ravenmade
Oct 9, 20101 min read
Victoria College of Art Library
This is the 'Before' picture. Barbara McCaffrey and I have put in a couple of days of work reorganising the library at the college. We...
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Oct 7, 20101 min read
Victoria & Albert Beach Art
http://www.vam.ac.uk/ collections/textiles/lawty/ world_beach/map_gallery/ While Articulation was exploring the Bay of Fundy, we did some...
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Oct 6, 20101 min read
Dialogues Continue
Last year i wrapped the 4 the trees i decided to have a 'dialogue' with. After a few months the unbleached cotton i had wrapped them with...
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Oct 3, 20102 min read
Spore Patterns
With the warm wet weather we have been having, all sorts of fungi have been sprouting up. Here are some images of spore patterns made by...
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Oct 1, 20101 min read
Bay of Fundy
Ferry crossing to Deer Island. Beach combing. Checking out of Jonah B & B.
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Sep 26, 20101 min read
Articulation in Bay of Fundy
I continue to sample the seafood chowders when we stop for a meal. I couldn't go past the beet salad so ordered just a cup of chowder...
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Sep 25, 20101 min read