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