At the same time I completed a series of works on blankets about my grandchildren. My granddaughter was watching a TV programme about a detective and was right into mysteries - hence the code and the footsteps.
| |
 Pathways. |
It was shortly after this that I started working in black and white. Some 12" x 12" and some almost 40" square. The smaller ones I attached to pre-stretched canvases and the larger ones I finished as quilts with a hanging sleeve.
| |
This piece was accepted for the Nelson Contemporary Textiles Exhibition this year.
| |
In July this year I went to Ballarat, Australia for 5 days as the artist in residence at the Fibre Arts Winter School run by Glenys Mann. This was a wonderful experience.
| |
Now I am thinking about next year and what I want to achieve.
My residency in Ballarat was this year's highlight. I have also been a part of Lisa Call's Master Class 2016 which has been most valuable. I have learned so much about running an "art business" and have also met a most awesome group of artists from all over the world. Towards the end of this year I started volunteering and exhibiting at "Heart of Arts" in Carterton. And I sold two pieces of work. This is a small community gallery with a coordinator and committed group of volunteers. I guess really all these things have been highlights in their own way and without one I couldn't have down the others.
Hopefully by 1 February 2017 I will have my plan for the year sorted and will be able to share it in my next "Falling Leaves".
| |
