New Workshops in Crochet and Knitting at the MVTM

Classes in crochet and knitting will be offered at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in January and February. Lynda Forgues, also known as “The Snowflake Lady,” has been crocheting for more decades than she’d care to admit. Lynda became “hooked” as a teenager, when her mother passed on the skills that she learned in a crochet class at night school.

Lynda will be offering three classes:

The Basics : A two-session class designed for the beginner with no previous crochet experience or as a refresher for those whose hooks are a bit ‘rusty.’ All materials are included in the cost. Classes are Saturday, January 10 and 17, 2015 from 1 to 3 p.m. Cost for both sessions is $40 for museum members, $50 for non-members.

Building on the Basics (Intermediate) : Participants in these two sessions should have basic crochet skills and will learn to follow written instructions and diagrams (read a pattern), make buttonholes, change colours, work stitch variations and patterns, add borders and trims, and work in the round. Classes are Saturday, January 24 and 31, 2015
from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $40 for museum members, $50 for non-members. Materials list provided upon registration. Kits also available for purchase, if preferred.

The Sky’s The Limit (Advanced): These two sessions explore raised, crossed, twisted, and layered stitches; cabling; basket weave; adding zippers, pockets, and welts. Participants will also crochet some lace. Classes are Saturday February 7 and 14, 2015 from 1 to 3 p.m. Cost is $40 for museum members, $50 for non-members. Skills required: basic crochet stitches, changing colours. Reading instructions would be beneficial. Materials list provided upon registration. Kits also available for purchase, if preferred.

To register for any of these classes, please call Lynda at 613-256-9381.


Also in January Patricia Sullivan will offer “Fun with Knitting.” In this two-hour class, participants will learn how to knit a beautiful lacey scarf, using lacey yarn and using/learning the basic knitting stitches. This class is open to everyone from beginners on up and is on Saturday, January 17, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Cost is $20 for museum members, $25 for non-members. All materials included in the cost. Please let Patricia know at time of registration the colour of yarn preferred.

To register for this class, please call Patricia at 613-256-4648

Winter Fashion Extravaganza at MVTM
Get ready for a fabulous and fashionable winter at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) on November 28 at 7 p.m. Almonte’s own VAMOS Outdoors will be showcasing fashions for all occasions -- from the out-of-doors to out on the town. VAMOS features Canadian lines in clothing and footwear for both men and women. The show will highlight their wide range of apparel from coats and outerwear to dresses and shirts, as well as hats, scarves and bags. Let’s not forget their fabulous aprés ski wear either.
Décor for the show will feature floral arrangements and botanicals by Acanthus -- some in their very own “sweater pots” -- together with decor from the Tin Barn Market. This not-to-be-missed event will also include a $200 gift certificate to one lucky audience member, and will be your last chance to purchase tickets for the Museum’s raffle of a gorgeous black silk shawl with peacock feathers by NUNO, valued at $236. Food will be provided by Patrice’s Independent Grocer.
There is a limit of 150 tickets, so don’t wait. The cost is $25 and tickets are available from the Museum and at VAMOS Outdoors. For information call the MVTM at 613 256-3754.

Enjoy a Scenic Drive and then.........

http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/

This Website has a wealth of information from exhibits to galleries and festivals.
If you are a facebook member check out their site "World of Threads Festival of Contemporary Fibre Art" I promise you will not be disappointed with their selection of photos of various works.

Whether you are able to make the trek to see these artists exhibits of not just perusing their website give one some inspiration towards their next project.

For those looking for entertainment

http://www.out-of-the-box.org/news.html

Check out the website above. If you are a member of the Out of the Box Fibre Guild this may be a reminder. If you are interested in their topics you may want to join their guild. Some examples are :

**Juanita Sauve will have her works on display at the Glebe Community Centre on November 15, 16 and 17

** The Color Wheel Challenge- see particulars on the out of the Box Fibre Art website listed above

** Workshops

NOVEMBER, “1914” OOTB members’ show at Stitsville Library, NOVEMBER 17, 9:30am-3:30pm Member Playdate (Nancy Garrard & Marie Anzai, tissue paper cards),NOVEMBER 17, 7:00pm - (new start time) Guest: Mike Parr presentation on Lili’s stitching,DECEMBER 15, 7:00pm Bring one of your favourite projects of 2014 to share as well as promotional items that you use to promote your work.

Don't miss this opportunity!

http://www.ovwsg.com/?page_id=51


Check out the website above for particulars for the exhibition and sale and vendors list. The action will take place at the Glebe Community Center Oct 31- Nov2, 2014. Don't forget to check out the workshops that may be available to you and membership if you so wish

Are you looking for dialogue?

Wednesday Sept. 17- 7PM, St Paul's United Church,3760 Carp Rd. Carp, ON






Follow the link above, meet the artists and discuss their works

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum’s 19th annual Fibrefest.

Lamb Race to Celebrate 19^th Annual Fibrefest

Mark the weekend of September 13 and 14, 2014 on your calendars because you won’t want to miss the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum’s 19^th annual Fibrefest.  The two-day festival of textiles and fibre arts will close this year with a Lamb Race. At 4 pm on September 14th, hundreds of wooden lambs will be thrown over the main falls in downtown Almonte, and the owners of the first three lambs to reach the finish line will win fabulous prizes. Tickets for the race will be on sale at the Museum well ahead of the event.

At three locations—the Museum, the Almonte Arena, and the Almonte Curling Club—visitors will find demonstrations, vendors, and exhibits—a full two-day festival of fibre arts! Local guilds will demonstrate spinning, knitting, weaving, rug hooking, lacemaking, smocking and quilting. Vendors include spinners, weavers, and fibre artists from across the province, as well as quilt shops and alpaca farms. “That’s My Style,” vintage clothing show and sale will have a large number of vintage clothing dealers, giving patrons the opportunity to enjoy and purchase a huge variety of vintage fashions in one location. Button Mania will also return to Fibrefest this year, with displays of WW I era military and fashion buttons, alongside button vendors.  Members of the Ottawa Valley Button Club will be present to identify your special buttons.

New this year will be Sort-a-Thon presented by Alpaca Ontario. If you are curious about this wonderful little animal, here is your chance to meet and greet them and to familiarize yourself with alpaca fibre and the products made with it.  Alpaca farmers will bring their fleece to the Sort-a-Thon where classers will assess it. It will  then be sorted and batched ready for the mill.  At this point farmers can either sell their fibre or take it home and have it processed for their own commercial needs. Come and check out this fascinating process and see what the buzz is all about.

The Friends of the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum will again be providing tea room services, featuring homemade goodies, beverages and sandwiches all available at a reasonable price.

Two featured Artists: Frances Taylor & Reiko Sudo

Frances Taylor of Ottawa works in a diverse range of media and frequently incorporates recycled materials. She often hand-dyes her materials (e.g., silks, mohair and other fibres) and uses semi-precious stones, hand and machine embroidery, fabric paints and recycled copper wire to achieve exciting textures and colours. Her goal is to make art that stimulates the senses and communicates caring for the environment.

At the Museum: Reiko Sudo + NUNO

Reiko Sudo is one of the founding members of the NUNO Corporation, an innovative textile company based in Tokyo, Japan. Sudo’s textiles are known for their combination of traditional techniques and experimental effects. Her work has revolutionized textiles within interiors, fashion, and art and has been shown around the world, including exhibitions at MoMA, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in the U.K.

This exhibition celebrates Sudo’s 30-year association with NUNO while providing a prototype for Canadian textiles artists and designers. Twenty textiles designed by Sudo and her associates at NUNO will be featured, and using the unique architectural elements of the Museum Sudo will create a forest of fabric trees. The installation will also provide an area where visitors and artisans can closely examine fabrics and learn more about the material, techniques and concepts used to create them.

The Museum’s second floor features the permanent history exhibit “Fabric of a Small Town,” which interprets how a piece of wool becomes a piece of finished cloth and includes industrial machines used throughout the process.

Whether you are interested in art, history, clothing, or textiles or are just looking for a great day out and about, Fibrefest will have something for you.

Admission to Fibrefest is $5.00 per day, which includes access to all sites.

Michael Rikley-Lancaster

Executive Director / Curator

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

National Historic Site

613-256-3754

curator@mvtm.ca

www.mvtm.ca

Are you a Needle Work Artist? A Lacemaker?

http://www.onnguilds.ca/events/events.html

Please check out the link above. Scroll through the page and you will see entries of different displays.
"Lacemaking "- An Exhibition of the renowned Ruhland Collection of laces from the 17th to 20th centuries.

 "FIBRE CONTENT" a Juried Exhibition of Fibre Art being held at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre (BAC), 1333 Lakeshore Road, Burlington.

Is just a taste of what is available to you  . Please refer to the link above for all your information

Social Media

World of Threads Festival of Contemporary Fibre Art

If you are a Facebook participant then check out this facebook page above.Don't miss the weekly Artist interviews, posting of pictures of textile accomplishments.


To join facebook, sign up at www.facebook.com

Puppets!!!! Puppets everywhere

http://puppetsup.ca

Click on the link above for " particulars", join in the fun, parade and the puppet making workshops

Antiques Appraisal Fair at the MVTM

Think you might have a treasure in the attic? Have you always wondered what Aunt Sadie’s silver tray was worth? Bring your collectibles and family treasures to the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum’s own “Antiques Roadshow” event on Sunday July 6 and find out their estimated value.
Three professional appraisers will be on hand. Janet Carlile is an independent accredited antiques valuer and appraiser. She has thirty years of experience appraising, inventorying and advising on fine art and antiques for private, corporate and institutional clients in North America and Europe. Her clients include the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the American Embassy and Rideau Hall. Janet is also well known as a university lecturer, author, television personality and public speaker. Micheline Desaulniers is a certified and registered gemologist who has been appraising fine jewellery, gold and silver for over thirty years. Rick Payce is an experienced appraiser and dealer specializing in furniture and Canadiana.
 Bring your books, silver, ceramics, jewellery, furniture and paintings. Join in the fun and learn more about the world of antiques and collectibles. Admission is free and appraisals are $5 per item. Doors open at 10 a.m.
The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum is located at 3 Rosamond St. E. Almonte. For more information call 613 256-3754, Ext.7

Japanese Textile Star at MVTM

The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (MVTM) is thrilled to be hosting the exhibition “Reiko Sudo + NUNO, Textiles from Japan,” curated by Alan Elder of the Canadian Museum of History. The exhibition runs from 11 July to 22 November with an artist’s talk and opening remarks at the Old Almonte Town Hall, hosted by the Town of Mississippi Mills on Thursday 10 July at 5 pm, followed by an opening reception at the Museum from 6 to 8 pm.

Textiles created by the NUNO Corporation, led by co-founder and head designer Reiko Sudo, have been shown worldwide and are used by leading fashion designers and architects. They are in collections in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. While incorporating products from organic cotton to metals and feathers and using cutting-edge technology, NUNO’s fabrics are strongly rooted in Japanese textile tradition.

The installation of the exhibition takes the architecture of the Norah Rosamond Hughes Gallery as its starting point. An array of amazing fabrics will “dress” the gallery’s many columns. This wonderful historic building where workers produced award-winning textiles for generations is the perfect showplace for astonishing fabrics that range from “Snowy Branches” to “Scrapyard.” You won’t want to miss this rare opportunity to enjoy the work of this international textile star!

For information call the Museum at 613-256-3754. The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum is located at 3 Rosamond St. E. in Almonte.

Twist the weekend away

 
TWIST is a unique fibre festival in Québec, Canada, bringing together the most important players in the field.TWIST is an annual event that serves as a showcase of the fibre world and is intended for the general public, enthusiasts, fibre producers, fleece animal breeders, transformers, artists, artisans, professionals and semiprofessionals.


TWIST is a 2-day event featuring dozens of workshops, activities, a textile art exhibit with a modern twist and over 80 exhibitors from all trades of the fibre industry.

Check out the link below

 http://www.festivaltwist.org/en/

“Textile Nature – Canada” Workshop at the Textile Museum

You won’t want to miss a chance to make a nature-themed piece of fabric art in this exciting workshop led by Canadian born, UK based textile artist, author and tutor Anne Kelly. This not just a chance to learn the textile-collage techniques that Anne uses in her work, but a chance to collaborate on a work in progress.
Anne is co-author of “Connected Cloth” (published by Batsford/Anova 2013). She is currently producing a new collaborative artwork to be exhibited in the summer of 2014, and you can participate! Choose from either flora or fauna, and bring pictures of your favourite plants or animals, scraps of fabric and lace/ribbons. You may also bring a sewing machine and threads for stitching. Your completed work may be photographed and contribute to a larger group piece, all to raise funds for Nature Canada and the RSPB in the UK, the country's largest nature conservation charity. The workshop will be held at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum on 12 April 2014, from 1 to 4pm. The cost is $45.  Please contact Anne directly at acegkelly@hotmail.com to reserve a place and to arrange payment.

You and a guest are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibit titled 'A Collaboration.' Curator Michael Rikley-Lancaster presented the artists with a woven art challenge. Come and see how each artist has responded. Official exhibit opening is Saturday April 5, 2014 from 2 pm to 4 pm.

Look forward to seeing you at the museum,

MVTM’s Popular “Soup for Thought” Is Back and Better!

On Saturday, March 22, the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum will again be holding its Soup for Thought lunch. This fundraiser, which features fabulous soups by local chefs served in soup bowls that patrons choose and take home, has been enormously popular and this year’s version should be even more fun.
Potter Chandler Swain of “The General” fine craft, art and design gallery will be joining members of the Almonte Potter’s Guild to create and donate soup bowls that are one-of-a-kind masterworks. Operated by Chandler Swain and Richard Skrobecki, The General is a recent addition to Almonte’s Mill Street and features work by over 120 artists from Ontario and Quebec. The gallery shows ceramics, furniture, jewellery, metalwork, sculpture, mixed media and more.
New chefs this year include Dustin Pettes from Ballygiblins Restaurant and Pub in Carleton Place, Mike Curry from J. R.’s Family Restaurant, and Charlene Santry from the Mill Street Crépe Company. Back again are Julie and Jason Moffat from Foodies Fine Foods, Richard Kletnieks from the Heirloom Café Bistro, Sally Parsons from Palms … Coffee Shop, Steve Falsetto from Café Postino, and Natalie Houston of Robin’s Nest Tea Room.
To ensure the comfortable accommodation of all our guests, there will be two sittings this year. The first will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the second from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Rest assured the variety of bowls available will be the same at both!! Tickets are $20 and children under 12 are free. Tickets will indicate the sitting and are available in advanced at the museum and at Bob the Baker.
On the same afternoon drop by the Almonte Branch of the Mississippi Mills Public Library for their first Novel Cakes Contest.
Celebrate books and reading in a novel way.  Bake and decorate a cake representing a favourite scene, character, book cover, or author—anything book related! Bring your cake to the Almonte Branch of the Mississippi Mills Public Library the morning of March 22 starting at 9:30 a.m. Then browse our collection of novel cakes and vote for your favourite by purchasing tickets to place beside the cake(s) you'd like to see win the People's Choice Book Award . Judging by Baker Bob and Mill Street Books will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Prizes will be awarded!  Willing bakers will donate their cakes for a silent auction.

Follow the library on Facebook or Twitter for more details, or call Pam 613 256-1037. Sponsored by the Elizabeth Kelly Library Foundation Inc.
Follow the museum on Facebook or Twitter for more details, or call Matthew 613-256-3754. 

Michael Rikley-Lancaster

Executive Director / Curator

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

National Historic Site

613-256-3754

curator@mvtm.ca

www.mvtm.ca

Can you do the twist?

http://www.festivaltwist.org/en

Join the  "twist" in August.. Click onto the website above and read all about it!

MVTM Presents Lecture on Textile Treasures of Armenian Churches

Like many collections, the Armenian Orthodox Church treasuries in Istanbul contain objects that were never meant to be displayed in a museum, appear in a book or be part of a scholarly lecture. Their primary purpose was to serve, honor, and glorify God. Acquired over many centuries, such objects were more than thread, cloth, metal, stone, and wood and were definitely more than complicated composition and elaborate iconography. They were a physical testament to religious belief that symbolized the intense spiritual conviction of the lay community.

On Wednesday, March 19, Ron Marchese, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, Duluth, will discuss these treasures in the lecture Art and Faith: Armenian Church Collections of Constantinople. Professor Marchese was co-director of the excavations at Plataiai in Greece from 1999-2009, which were carried out by the Austrian Institute of Archaeology and the University of Minnesota-Cambridge University-University of Vienna-Thebes Archaeological Museum. He has also worked on archaeological surveys in Russia and Turkey and excavated in Israel and Turkey. Author of numerous books and articles, he is the recipient of awards for two recent books on textiles and relics from Armenian Orthodox churches in Istanbul.

Admission to this event is by donation. The lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Museum’s Learning Center. For more information call the Museum at 613 256-3754 x6 or info@mvtm.ca. The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum is located at 3 Rosamond St. E. in Almonte.

L to R.: Marine Vardanyan, Dr. Ronald Marchese, Vartush Mesropyan,   and Konrad Siekierski.

Photo: Barlow Der Mugrdechian
http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/hye_sharzhoom/vol34/march%202013/3_marcheseart.html

Painting with Fibres: Felt Workshop at the MVTM

Join award-winning artist and teacher Maggie Glossop at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum on Sunday February 23 as she shares the techniques that she uses to create her amazing felt artworks, some of which are currently featured in the museum’s gallery.

Workshop participants will learn how to produce a landscape, still life or abstract picture using fibres rather than paint, paper or canvas.

They will begin by laying out a base of fine wool and will then create an image using commercial and hand-dyed wools, silks and other natural fibres. They will then employ the ancient techniques of wet felt-making to process the fibres into a piece of felted fabric. At the end of the workshop, participants will have a finished “painting,” which they may choose to embellish with embroidery or other stitching techniques.

No experience in either felt-making or painting/drawing is necessary. The workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the museum’s multipurpose room, and participants are asked to bring a bag lunch and a towel or two. The cost is $60 to register plus $10 for materials on the day of the workshop. To register please call the museum at 613 256-3754 ext. 6 or by email at info@mvtm.ca or drop by the museum at 3 Rosamond St. E. in Almonte. The deadline for registration is February 14.

Transformations: Taking Felt in New Directions

If you thought felt was used only in hats and other fashion accessories, the upcoming installation at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum will be an eye-opener. “Transformations” opens on January 21, 2014 and runs until March 15. The exhibit features the work of Canadian fibre artists Maggie Glossop and Andrea Graham who use the ancient art of felt making to create unique works that fascinate and delight. Both are inspired by nature but are very different in approach and style.
Maggie Glossop has been working with fibres since the mid-1970s. She first explored the creative uses of fibres as a spinner and weaver, and then, 25 years ago, joined the vanguard of textile artists exploring felt making as a medium for fine art. Using wool and other natural fibres that she has dyed, she creates wonderful textured landscapes and sculptured wall pieces. Maggie shares her enthusiasm and creativity with young and old and has received many awards and grants to support and further her outreach as a teacher as well as for her works, which are displayed in public, corporate and private spaces.

“Rocks, water, trees and sky – these are the subjects of my art,” says Glossop. “I am drawn to the ever-changing natural environment that surrounds me. I invite the viewer to focus on the beauty that is all around us but is often overlooked. I hope to awaken the viewer to see again or perhaps to see for the first time with new eyes and, having seen, appreciate what was always there.”

Andrea Graham is a multimedia artist residing in rural Ontario. Andrea exhibits, teaches and lectures internationally and is recognized for her technical skill and innovation. She is a 2013 Niche Award Finalist and was also named one of the top influences in contemporary fibre art by Fiber Art Now magazine. Andrea was Artist in Residence at Queen’s University in 2011 and has taught workshops for numerous guilds and conferences throughout North America and Europe. Using both traditional and modern felt-making techniques, she transforms wool fibres and produces sculptures that evoke living organisms. U

“Life cycles silently occur and often go without notice, “says Andrea. “We acknowledge these cycles at times of transformation, which can elicit feelings from awe and reflection to unease and denial. These transformations remind us of life’s dichotomy of persistence and surrender. Whether we neglect or intervene, we are at the mercy of these processes. In expressing these transformations using humble materials and simple form, I seek to bring about these primal emotions we feel at these pivotal moments.”

Don’t miss this joint exhibit by two exceptional artists. There will be a vernissage from 2 to 4 p.m., February 1, 2014. The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum is located at 3 Rosamond St. E., Almonte.


www.mvtm.ca

Fibre Art Now

http://fiberartnow.net/2013/05/10/eco-dyeing-resources-2/

Are you a subsciber? If not here is a taste to the quarterly magazine

Pinterest

http://www.pinterest.com/KimberlyThomas0/textile-fiber-art/

Have a look and stay awhile.. Pinterest has many example of Textile Arts that may inspire you or you may be pleasantly surprised to find one of your creations on board


http://www.pinterest.com/chrism64/textile-and-fibre-arts/

Who is in your neighborhood?

http://www.artistsincanada.com/artist/.../textiles-ontario-ottawa

Art created by Canadian textile artists encompasses a wide range of forms including embroidery, hand woven clothing, quilts, baskets, wall hangings, rugs....and so many more.

Once you visit this site choose your passion, location and see just who is close to you .
Below is a listing for Ottawa, but don't stop there snoop to see who is doing what in your district

http://www.artistsincanada.com/artist/browse/textiles-ontario-ottawa/?cat=65536&prov=10&city=Ottawa

What's your color? What is your fancy?

http://www.out-of-the-box.org/news.html

Stay tuned to the website above for particulars and upcoming events. Here is one that you may be interested in participating in................

2014:

February 28

Due date for 12x12 Colour Wheel Challenge, year 2 (turquoise, sun yellow or black and white with choice colour)

Challenges
The Colour Wheel Challenge

Phase One:

Last year, we launched the OOTB challenge and we ended up with 32 (one is still coming) outstanding and very different ‘Twelve by 12’-art pieces. The two colours chosen were Violet and Orange.

The exhibit spent one month in the window of Wabi Sabi, on Wellington Street and then it went to Fibre Fling. We have received amazing feedback in regards to the exhibit.

At the April meeting, I talked about the preliminary steps in planning for an exhibit catalogue at the end of the process. Remember, the idea is to have 6 colours, a colour wheel at the end.

Big thanks to Pat Hardie who agreed to take pictures of all of the pieces and to Chris Burdridge, who is putting the data together.

2013-2014

As mentioned at the meeting, the two colours for this year will be a Turquoise and a yellow. I am having so much difficulties in finding the perfect colours right now, that the plan B is to provide you with a piece of fabric with the colour. This will be done at the next meeting. For people who will not be attending or are far away, I could mail them the colour.

Still, I would encourage you to write to me and to tell me which colours you will be doing. I am looking for 16 pieces in Turquoise and 16 pieces in Yellow.



Techniques:

Any technique or medium is acceptable but each piece must be attached to a 12x12 stretched canvas. I had suggested ¾ inch thick but since people are using different techniques, etc…at this point, I don’t think it matters.

Hanging devices:

We need to review the hanging devices…. it did not quite work as I hope. More to come on this subject.

Deadlines

I had suggested September in order to start on the next colors…however; it will be exhibit next march at Wabi Sabi and then at Fibre Fling. Lets aim at the end of September and then we can start on the next two colours.

Black and White and another colour:

Lastly, it was suggested by some members that we could do some Black and White pieces with 20 % of another colour. I think it is a good idea. Although it might not be part of the colour wheel as such, it can be build as an exhibit for both Fibre Fling and the Museum Exhibit. If you want to participate, send me your name. Again, this one does not have an exact number of participants required. It would be nice if you have 16 participants. Then next year, we could do, White and Black, again with another colour.

Any suggestions are always welcome. I really think to create artwork that can be used in a collective piece is manageable, easier to do for some of us and the end results is stunning.