In the Dark

I took a bunch of pictures of the Craft Witch Houses in the backyard after dark tonight. 

Like how they glow?

Shhh!!! Sneak Peek

Hey Folks this is a tiny little peek at the work I have been making in my studio this summer!

Hand embroidered houses that float in the air and light up.

They will be on display as of Monday September 10th, and up until the end of the month!

The project is supported by Hamilton Supercrawl!

(each time I say "Supercrawl" I feel like somewhere in the back of my head booming voices are saying "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!", and announcing a monster truck rally,)

You will find the whole fleet of houses at the wonderful shop/workspace called NEEDLEWORK!

*sigh* 

Aren't people who make cool things, and help others make cool things the best?

I am totes excited for this one.

Making Arts with Kids

Well Golly, didn't I have the best summer ever!

I just finished spending my entire summer working as a director for some cool children's arts programming.  In this situation I was permitted to prepare exciting and new arts and crafts activities for children.  I did my best to present them with activities they might not have done before, while revamping old favorites.  In the end I feel as though I have learned just as much as the kids about art making, perception and possibility. As my contract has finished I find that I am a bit tired, but heavily inspired.  

The following are some pictures of a few projects we completed.

Enjoy!

A view of our Kusama inspired Sticker installation- we had to plastic wrap before stickering because the building people said so!  Our small project was based on the large and amazing one by my hero and yours Yayoi Kusama!

These two objects are actually time machines that a group of children made when given a random and rag tag collection of supplies, and told to go wild!

After being introduced to Andy Goldsworthy the children were lead outdoors to make their own version of earth based art.

In all I have been impressed and dazzled by the responses these children have had to the projects I shared with them.  It was not easy to explain certain moments in contemporary art to five to ten year olds, but in their own way they picked up the ideas and ran far faster with them than most adults!

something pretty from the sketchbook

As I step into some new projects, expect delays on updates.

The result will be a website, launched alongside the installation of something pretty for our friends in the city of Hamilton.  Look out September, here I come.

For now please enjoy this happy little drawing from my book!

Little Landscape Embroidery

While riding a bus past Bracebridge Ontario, I swear this is what I saw while looking out the window.