I want to make another post about the Vancouver Island Surface Design Association's current exhibition because every work is such an...

Louise Slodoban, 'In An Artist's Garden'  Photo transfer, procion dyed cloth, mono printing, screen printing, sun prints, machine & hand...

Pattern Language #134 'If there is a beautiful view, don't spoil it by building huge windows that gape incessantly at it. Instead, put...

I received lots of comments and questions about my choice of Studio Footwear , as seen in this previous blog post.To answer you all, here...

Continuing with a diary about how I use spaces in my new studio, as requested, I have used the crawl space. During the Green Shed Open...

After a wonderful open house where many friends came to help me celebrate the completion of my new studio, I wasn't sure I needed to...

For a couple of years now I had been wanting to attend Kim Eichler-Messmer  's Percentage Dyeing Workshop so I signed up straight away...

Friday Preparations Daughter Katherine set up the studio for serving food and drinks. Son-in-law Sebastian cleaned the windows inside and...

I have been very busy these past 2 weeks setting up my new studio. Each item I touch I make the decision to keep it or not. If it is to...

The studio is ready to be 'loaded up.' The first step is to assemble the shelving, but I need to also have the stuff to go on each shelf...

The Green Shed passed its final inspection. We have the building permit. Ron and I celebrated with a soft (bubbly) opening. Inside the...

With just a few more things to do in the studio I started the serious cleaning up of construction dust. Mike is preparing the base for...

This little beauty is an instant boiling water tank - big enough to fill a dye pot or a teapot. For my purposes it is an energy efficient...

This is the project station, with its wheels attached. The open space is for long things, like bolts of fabric and long rulers. Mick is...

The hot water tank is installed in the crawlspace below the tub. This energy efficient placement means little heat is lost between the...

Marshall Travis,  Artisan Painting Plus , brought his daughter, Madeline, along to help him with the painting. Ron unpacked the new sink...

Installing the lighting. Note the orange spot on the ceiling - Paul Dancy of  Prices Alarms  has installed the alarm system. The orange...

While I was downstairs in the crawlspace vacuuming... ...and scrubbing the polished concrete,... ...Adrian was upstairs finishing the...

I see Adrian's truck. That means he may be here to install the flooring. The other mean looking truck belongs to Chris,...

I came home from the Dorothy Caldwell workshop to find the new garden bed has flowers for the first time. This inlet to the pond had been...