I haven't posted for a while. There is a project underway, and that involves thinking, and reading, and drawing, AND, dying fabrics. This little lot were all dyed with natural dyes, found either in our wood, the garden, or in a few cases, the kitchen. The project is for the upcoming SAQA show, "My Corner of Canada", and I now have only a month to pull it together. We'll see how that goes.
I am, as often, (I hesitate to say "as usual") late getting going. I could not find the impetus, or, even more importantly, the place. However, I was checking some geneology information for my family, and realized for the first time, that my ancestors have been clinging tenaciously to this rock, the Southern coast of Nova Scotia, for over three hundred years. My "corner" was suddenly obvious, so I thought to do a piece about here, and now, in recognition of my forefathers, and so of myself. The fabrics are the beginning.