tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270601742024-03-16T17:29:59.350-07:00Judy's UpdateA list of exhibitions, lectures, workshops coming up.Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-7372901658903649752024-03-16T17:22:00.000-07:002024-03-16T17:22:13.153-07:00Poet in Love selected for Renewal exhibition<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXES8MneVwQ0wKRqc613E-hOIeMFiHrvbL0n1gp5l2UKI-EdXcbMlts-2IJMOFW5Wy5CRRH8__CQpvbE8B1fFkls8PEiZSmHrDtXShQpWRQx0ilhQifrtbvKsoSdpyr8iDgNowxd8zkkrCka3WUx7LKH-UH8-ehv5YUlJ9GAzkqDlSIyaCGejM-w/s2107/poet-in-love-1-judy-martin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2107" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXES8MneVwQ0wKRqc613E-hOIeMFiHrvbL0n1gp5l2UKI-EdXcbMlts-2IJMOFW5Wy5CRRH8__CQpvbE8B1fFkls8PEiZSmHrDtXShQpWRQx0ilhQifrtbvKsoSdpyr8iDgNowxd8zkkrCka3WUx7LKH-UH8-ehv5YUlJ9GAzkqDlSIyaCGejM-w/w285-h400/poet-in-love-1-judy-martin.jpg" width="285" /></a></div>Judy Martin's entry Poet in Love was one of 33 pieces selected by jurors David Kaye, Leona Herzog and Brandt Eisner for the SAQA Canadian Regional Juried Exhibition Renewal, from among 187 entries. The exhibition will debut at the Homer Watson House and Gallery in Kitchener, Ontario from July 5 to September 8, 2024. The exhibition will tour until early 2027.<p></p><p>Congratulations to all of us (see list below) and thank you to the jurors and to the hard-working SAQA committee who organized this opportunity. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Terry Aske - Witch Hazel Magic</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Susan Avishai - Rise Again</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Heather Bennett - Covid Spring</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Sabrina Capune - A Chinook Renewal of Winter</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Victoria Carley - Blakiston 2023</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Robynne Cole - Life Rings True</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Mary Cope - Beneath Our Surface</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Millie Cumming - Please, Please</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Donna-Fay Digance - Forest Renewal</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Lori A. Everett - Forest Hope</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Kristi Farrier - My Mother’s Garden</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Mita Giacomini - Bovinity</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Heather A. Hager - Urban Renewal</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Margaret Inkster - Frosty Fronds</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Joan Flett Kilpatrick - Celebrate</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Steph Kincaid - Can’t Keep Me Down</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Tracey Lawko - Harbingers</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Toni Major - Leaving the Dark</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Judy Martin Poet in Love</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Marie McEachern - First Blooms</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Beth McKay - Making Peace</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Lee McLean - Reclaiming Joy</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Diane Nunez - Twister 2</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Jenny Perry - There is a Crack in Everything</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Lorraine Roy - Germination</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Helena Scheffer - Kiribati</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Susan Selby - Winter Solstice</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Linda Strowbridge - Long Street Legacy</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Maggie Vanderweit - Find Your Way</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Kit Vincent - Tri-Colour White</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Anna Wagner Ott - Shroud</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Lynda Williamson - Passing On</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4144; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Beth Susan van Wyngaarden - Kim’s Pine Cone<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-60616767410887020752024-03-14T06:49:00.000-07:002024-03-14T06:50:25.611-07:00Marking Time with Fabric and Thread <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrU1tgqV1qlvRrdgMsbWV1lQPXaV9Ta5DNEA2-mi5d0prJcrJGfxXORgIstZKjEzuMyrM7Rh4um7aZ4YLAnSyoC4bsALoOlw0wY65oONjl_Rr9CgEUW3CihIvufNpOE0LKOLdPtT-i7vfyMgkBK8aJ7oKDMqNKJf5jOHBtiWsKikBz7_88KzR0sw/s1024/9780764368219_1024x1024.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="819" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrU1tgqV1qlvRrdgMsbWV1lQPXaV9Ta5DNEA2-mi5d0prJcrJGfxXORgIstZKjEzuMyrM7Rh4um7aZ4YLAnSyoC4bsALoOlw0wY65oONjl_Rr9CgEUW3CihIvufNpOE0LKOLdPtT-i7vfyMgkBK8aJ7oKDMqNKJf5jOHBtiWsKikBz7_88KzR0sw/w320-h400/9780764368219_1024x1024.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br />Judy Martin's stitched journal, Not to Know But To Go On, is one of the 25 featured pieces in a new book scheduled for release in late October 2024. The author of the book is Tommye McClure Scanlin and the publisher is Schiffer.<p></p><p>It will be possible to purchase <a href="https://www.schiffercraft.com/products/marking-time-with-fabric-and-thread" target="_blank">Marking Time With Fabric and Thread</a> at any book store.</p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-76308635557064756082024-03-12T18:28:00.000-07:002024-03-14T06:51:36.752-07:00All Things Can Be Mended enters private collection<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYSPznzt_a9IoDMC6VzYY-gLjI-wF8abljs7lp9Bw988V2NqzuIjyXlD6R6H1NSsFoLxVU1KpVQY5BCAXRKU0JBlrnbwzxom7b7U5ymLPzQBXqqGoi9PFs2BcNMJ3vY0zP8X5otZZP0dO51WBFFGYiVuOWiJyv2v4r0KwBxaQt3kTpfON654vrQ/s1000/all%20things-can-be-mended%202019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYSPznzt_a9IoDMC6VzYY-gLjI-wF8abljs7lp9Bw988V2NqzuIjyXlD6R6H1NSsFoLxVU1KpVQY5BCAXRKU0JBlrnbwzxom7b7U5ymLPzQBXqqGoi9PFs2BcNMJ3vY0zP8X5otZZP0dO51WBFFGYiVuOWiJyv2v4r0KwBxaQt3kTpfON654vrQ/w400-h400/all%20things-can-be-mended%202019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>watercolour and thread on paper with pierced holes, framed in wood 18.5 x 19" 2019<p></p><p>sold through <a href="https://guildworks.ca/">Guildworks</a> in Prince Edward County Ontario </p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-74098341961198201162024-02-28T06:15:00.000-08:002024-02-29T18:27:50.924-08:00Softer and Dreamier , a solo exhibition at the Festival of Quilts 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YT_wyYF3qAr0vIP3HOdyKR8-dwWrndACfyoDrwhoDfM3zFHJ1iJyNu0DaI5N6-Ealt88un4iesLtrU6zJ58UQf_FpVmp8ZZ7QPs_nrE8Z12RYI0u_tTo91VFPI-0vbMX66LkMKGhvseKtqkkn84CAttecC0-THPi0rgMU2Vn1oNl7yhkVbMc3A/s1449/holy-holy-judith%20e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="1101" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YT_wyYF3qAr0vIP3HOdyKR8-dwWrndACfyoDrwhoDfM3zFHJ1iJyNu0DaI5N6-Ealt88un4iesLtrU6zJ58UQf_FpVmp8ZZ7QPs_nrE8Z12RYI0u_tTo91VFPI-0vbMX66LkMKGhvseKtqkkn84CAttecC0-THPi0rgMU2Vn1oNl7yhkVbMc3A/w304-h400/holy-holy-judith%20e.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br />Judith E Martin has been invited by the Festival of Quilts to mount a solo show for the 2024 festival that occurs in Birmingham United Kingdom August 1 - 4 2024. This is Europe's largest patchwork and quilting event. <p></p><p></p><p>The title of Judy's show is: <a href="https://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/judith-e-martin/" target="_blank"> Softer and Dreamier</a></p><p>In her solo exhibition, Judy Martin will be showing approximately 20 new quilts that explore the cosmic circles in the sky above us as well as the dream world within us. Informed by poetry, memoir, fine art, and the life passages that happen in bed, Martin creates large hand-stitched quilts and has been doing so for over 40 years. </p><p>Judy and Ned are going to Birmingham for the festival and look forward to meeting other quilt lovers.</p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-77313848952772736532024-01-26T19:28:00.000-08:002024-02-28T05:59:18.638-08:00Textiles Open Us Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7XwvbmLoilNC-aiSGGGTmk1DTUbA9mPmVU8G0MEnGgwXFEqN8MUUOmTlssru6eYkE6oi2cqVQSBwwzSN9ShiUgmCnAYYLIFFDcHWmuM4zVnxQsz5DNOzuwbLP8Xn3MAgob6xQRrDPMGIB2GOaltgV1qGw0Wi2vIm8imFxwSpbTNjHyMFYmDX8g/s1500/zak-foster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1500" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7XwvbmLoilNC-aiSGGGTmk1DTUbA9mPmVU8G0MEnGgwXFEqN8MUUOmTlssru6eYkE6oi2cqVQSBwwzSN9ShiUgmCnAYYLIFFDcHWmuM4zVnxQsz5DNOzuwbLP8Xn3MAgob6xQRrDPMGIB2GOaltgV1qGw0Wi2vIm8imFxwSpbTNjHyMFYmDX8g/w400-h240/zak-foster.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Zak Foster gave a lecture in October 2023 to Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Virginia, USA. He quoted seven of the many artists he had interviewed for his Seamside Podcast. He quoted Judy Martin at around 22 minutes in the one hour lecture/ Judy spoke about the poetic resonance she finds in making quilts and looking at the sky. The entire talk is very interesting and addresses identity and vulnerability and how textiles help us to learn about ourselves and also connect with others. You can watch Zak's entire talk on youtube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK2ppth5hpg">this link.</a></p><p>If you are interested in listening to the Seamside podcast with Zak Foster and Judy Martin from April 2023, you can click on this <a href="https://www.zakfoster.com/seamside/judy">other link</a>. </p><p>ALSO: For the New Year 2024, Zak brought together highlights from Seamside, and included some of the interview with Judy. So here is yet another link to Zak's Seamside podcast that will take you to <a href="https://www.zakfoster.com/seamside/ring-in-2024" target="_blank">How to Ring in 2024 with Friends</a>. Thank you Zak Foster ! </p><p><br /></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-72434907127100461082023-12-21T18:22:00.000-08:002024-02-02T17:33:10.678-08:00 "Turning Forever To The Heart" artist lecture for The Club <div><span style="font-size: medium;">Rue Pigalle is an organization founded by Isabelle Fish from Ontario, Canada that studies and supports fine craft. Isabelle invited Judy to speak about her work to The Club at their December 1 meeting. Excerpts from Judy's screen-share zoom presentation are in this post. It was a good opportunity for Martin to reflect on her long career as a quilt maker. She spoke about how the process of making quilts has helped her understand and cope with her own story. To watch the 40 minute zoom presentation, please <a href="https://www.ruepigalle.ca/blog-posts/judymartin">click here</a> and click on the youtube link.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0duLDHoKBWmfFvj6kMVZ6gArr9pNNJbEZfsGDcx6Bdz2Jvob-pvC1kk1MeAXbz6ZZZbK_tT79Ehvn5SDLJ9Zna7eOTrLhwfxMkn80YwSFpf8aiiHIPm3ozsD1Xrv9C35bYBtrbOpWNdHELnBpd6jUO0mLoe0vrLpm2IkG24rp9IQhKcWxHNyWg/s1796/order-belies-chaos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0duLDHoKBWmfFvj6kMVZ6gArr9pNNJbEZfsGDcx6Bdz2Jvob-pvC1kk1MeAXbz6ZZZbK_tT79Ehvn5SDLJ9Zna7eOTrLhwfxMkn80YwSFpf8aiiHIPm3ozsD1Xrv9C35bYBtrbOpWNdHELnBpd6jUO0mLoe0vrLpm2IkG24rp9IQhKcWxHNyWg/w334-h400/order-belies-chaos.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Order belies chaos (1990)</b>: Ned and I married and started our life together in Thunder Bay on a large rural property. He loved northern Ontario, and although I initially thought he would take me with him back to Toronto where he was born, it turned out that this was never his plan. Now in retrospect, I am glad that I’ve spent my whole life in northern Ontario. The isolation, ruggedness, and the innocence of Northern Ontario, has informed my art. In this log cabin quilt, the sun and the moon are depicted in the sky at the same time. When that happens, it is called a cosmic marriage. I made this piece in 1990, married by that time for 17 years and still figuring out what being married means. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By the way, the quilts in this post were photographed by Nick Dubecki in Sudbury, Ontario. Pieces that had been given away or sold were borrowed back so that they could be professionally photographed in digital format for purposes just like this talk, or perhaps for a memoir some day.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3E5m2ZNSghSuvsld3YgkbJr1cLE2Gky26GeKwcMDyw6B9V3lvW_YE_FdIL7CctwslUjLWLN34v5MPXubFMPLbsl__aJzaGaOpMNr4sjeUo8i6nB1HMXhRNRhWmjq1z9rL5dojdgV0NH3BTkwx2RLTIE4XwjMK3pZxcjyWVVZgJvNb7ictTqk7Bw/s1500/the-future-is-not-ours-to-s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="1500" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3E5m2ZNSghSuvsld3YgkbJr1cLE2Gky26GeKwcMDyw6B9V3lvW_YE_FdIL7CctwslUjLWLN34v5MPXubFMPLbsl__aJzaGaOpMNr4sjeUo8i6nB1HMXhRNRhWmjq1z9rL5dojdgV0NH3BTkwx2RLTIE4XwjMK3pZxcjyWVVZgJvNb7ictTqk7Bw/w400-h351/the-future-is-not-ours-to-s.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>the future is not ours to see 1988</b>: We started our family in 1978, and the beauty of the children playing in sunlight amazed me. I responded with watercolour paintings. When we moved from Thunder Bay to Kenora in 1982, the four beaches of the Lake of the Woods and weekends of family boat camping provided me with much subject matter. I photographed the kids playing near the water and painted them at night while they slept. The paintings were popular and nearly everything I painted sold. In the above quilt, there are four acrylic on cotton paintings of our 3rd child removing her sunbonnet, and if you read through the appliqued alphabet letter by letter beginning with A B C, you will discover that the future is not ours to see.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyZLWcPPUBwOQcfqnBD2uU-0mt-6Wq0p-Az75c08yFS_ZSqapVKZZkGvmVpg6-FJ6dauAm2RC30231xJqyMSYGfXiSKn73V1LdDPJg4OUBf3TK6Fj8Okl-LlzugVbAw1foP0r4GL56OhVe88KF5j3bYWgShKiDVjvJDOVOh3bGJ7bn3wKVa9OmA/s1500/thunder-and-lightning-judy-.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="1500" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyZLWcPPUBwOQcfqnBD2uU-0mt-6Wq0p-Az75c08yFS_ZSqapVKZZkGvmVpg6-FJ6dauAm2RC30231xJqyMSYGfXiSKn73V1LdDPJg4OUBf3TK6Fj8Okl-LlzugVbAw1foP0r4GL56OhVe88KF5j3bYWgShKiDVjvJDOVOh3bGJ7bn3wKVa9OmA/w400-h393/thunder-and-lightning-judy-.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="font-size: large;">thunder and lighting 1989</b><span style="font-size: large;">: </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Another log cabin quilt with its light and dark halves of the blocks organized into the 'streak of lightening' arrangement. I studied the language of quilt making and learned the code. I learned that fertility, protection, or celebration are major themes for bed quilts. That connection to the bed, a charged and intimate place where love, sex, illness, death, and dream happen, is a metaphor that makes quilts a powerful medium for artists/poets. I named this quilt Thunder and Lightning because in order to have a good storm, you need to have both of those things, and in order to have a good creative object, you need to have both art and craft. In the centre of the quilt is a painting with two lines of embroidered text. </span><div><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Art is the Expression of Being, Craft is the Expression of Knowledge". (<a href="https://www.tedgoodden.net/" target="_blank">Ted Goodden</a>) </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></i><div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXcRNEpVZOEYNbgKQuTIAsYptkMcWYiAQcepoR6Eetq5VkIvsnOyvTg6DO9Tkko80mEZTjbzUQ6cfp3-LKogDbrzbu8ukFgC2tyQj8wK46iKz-ywI9OtVSlQvBVAdeLjtocjXvycQSgoTekq2awQSvIbs3w8Znw8Zm_MhCPvG91VTeXFMvni-DQ/s1608/counting-my-blessings-judy-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1608" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrXcRNEpVZOEYNbgKQuTIAsYptkMcWYiAQcepoR6Eetq5VkIvsnOyvTg6DO9Tkko80mEZTjbzUQ6cfp3-LKogDbrzbu8ukFgC2tyQj8wK46iKz-ywI9OtVSlQvBVAdeLjtocjXvycQSgoTekq2awQSvIbs3w8Znw8Zm_MhCPvG91VTeXFMvni-DQ/w374-h400/counting-my-blessings-judy-.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>counting my blessings 1999:</b> I made many quilts during the years of child bearing and full-time parenting and each one of them was a story or a poem. I look back on them now and feel like how I imagine the German painter Kathe Kollwitz did when she said: <i>‘no longer diverted by other emotions I work as the way a cow grazes and yet formerly, in my so wretchedly limited working time, I was more productive because I was more sensual.” </i> I can't make these kinds of quilts now even though I have more time. They are so full of intimacy. They, and the baby paintings, were directly connected to my daily experience at that time in my life. The black border of Counting my Blessings is velvet with embroidery. The central panel is like a Child's counting book. I have four children and they are my blessings. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hvGxhLCvnpbRzKkB1j1laxRPOXLjdP_ettRuwzp0PEQ5glIFBANLdRFHiHqTvGQ1hJDX6geKFFuy2hxR6_eeESq3NX0ri0DogpkM5PEKJrXj-2uK5f1JzQeFkt4kd4LIv3ldzklrfhDzhciABM2VaYqwv7zTo9WX1klsRr-PmVbahLeIZ0iSlA/s1500/mended-world-judy-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="1500" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hvGxhLCvnpbRzKkB1j1laxRPOXLjdP_ettRuwzp0PEQ5glIFBANLdRFHiHqTvGQ1hJDX6geKFFuy2hxR6_eeESq3NX0ri0DogpkM5PEKJrXj-2uK5f1JzQeFkt4kd4LIv3ldzklrfhDzhciABM2VaYqwv7zTo9WX1klsRr-PmVbahLeIZ0iSlA/w400-h399/mended-world-judy-martin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 15.6933px;"><div style="font-size: 11pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>mended world 2012</b>: My work has become more abstract and universal. I use the archetypal shapes of circle, spiral, cross and dot as my language now, marks identified by Carl Jung as the First Shapes that humanity has understood for centuries around the world. This 90 inch square quilt is one of the four panels that I made with my local community in The Manitoulin Circle Project. We met every Thursday over four years, all the fabrics (mostly linen table cloths) and all the time was donated. </span></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLadf2d8b8Ro_0aqC9Wq6azv1gYMXVAAODQqOZaw-xpXdQmNFgMYWFLor2NSSyH9AmB_WKzq629GFIubeFVgnh9mZ9_2mYVSDMFovfavPNYdfSeKhsMuXVTw8kdlspbmN_CWOJPAW17tp00CpZX8O7HImzCYp8evh8-JJq0yWnHZsxXLgmUncKRQ/s1535/basic-goodness-judy-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLadf2d8b8Ro_0aqC9Wq6azv1gYMXVAAODQqOZaw-xpXdQmNFgMYWFLor2NSSyH9AmB_WKzq629GFIubeFVgnh9mZ9_2mYVSDMFovfavPNYdfSeKhsMuXVTw8kdlspbmN_CWOJPAW17tp00CpZX8O7HImzCYp8evh8-JJq0yWnHZsxXLgmUncKRQ/w391-h400/basic-goodness-judy-martin.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>basic goodness 2017</b>: I want my work to be like the sky. When I
look at the sky, something happens inside me that is
beyond intellect. I go into a reverie, where I am
not really thinking, but am receptive to insights. Or memories. Or decisions. And rarely, but occasionally, wonder. These are existential
conditions. My work is about opening into our inner world. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C3kJCSZGOSTYAWlLQxrvk_t3K_QEegToJtxUqmpn5UoAhlWlF8QxkvVEiWtWKbI-MTuRJMTBKRP9RDzBnx7Q6OdJxvxkEptF9kMYQjFMa1WfsrcfCQNXWClP3bQ3F1kwvsYnrqXJ8h7qP5kz8qClLzbJZPRc4fhZuOcFAdpSg60RyFC1IoWzuQ/s1500/soft-summer-gone-judy-marti.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1500" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0C3kJCSZGOSTYAWlLQxrvk_t3K_QEegToJtxUqmpn5UoAhlWlF8QxkvVEiWtWKbI-MTuRJMTBKRP9RDzBnx7Q6OdJxvxkEptF9kMYQjFMa1WfsrcfCQNXWClP3bQ3F1kwvsYnrqXJ8h7qP5kz8qClLzbJZPRc4fhZuOcFAdpSg60RyFC1IoWzuQ/w400-h391/soft-summer-gone-judy-marti.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Soft Summer Gone 2016</b>: The silk fabrics in this quilt were coloured with natural dyes from wild plants foraged near where I live. The quilting is hand embroidery. It is in the permanent collection of the International Quilt Museum in Nebraska. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p></div><div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbz9Y20m0-3rCRT_ntGmGZLkBaK8LkNolHuz0mcZ_nvk3dXhOs3T_-DelJo882zEai1JmKufjaD7m_5VmZ0EgpssyZnOI3_MZVlg18vkkp45ACQ86wpAJO0uGYK1d_T8Sz3pq5xYUsF2FAp5PXTb81_AyRHF12rSnsEQr8jeJ1O3vX7aLchzDHw/s1500/indigo-judy-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1500" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbz9Y20m0-3rCRT_ntGmGZLkBaK8LkNolHuz0mcZ_nvk3dXhOs3T_-DelJo882zEai1JmKufjaD7m_5VmZ0EgpssyZnOI3_MZVlg18vkkp45ACQ86wpAJO0uGYK1d_T8Sz3pq5xYUsF2FAp5PXTb81_AyRHF12rSnsEQr8jeJ1O3vX7aLchzDHw/w400-h380/indigo-judy-martin.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Indigo celebration 2023</b>: </span><span>I want my work to help others to enter their inner worlds. Our bodies are fragile. Our spirit is vast. Each day of our lives is different. We don't know. the future is not ours to see. Sometimes there is thin ice to navigate, sometimes there is the edge of a cliff to see across but not fall over, sometimes there is the banality of every day. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Indigo Celebration took me nine years to make. Entirely hand pieced from one inch squares, it accompanied me when I travelled with my husband or alone on planes or in vehicles. I could put the thread and fabrics into a baggie. The ordinary magic and labour / time / simplicity of this quilt is a metaphor for being alive. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Judy's youtube presentation can be accessed through Rue Pigalle's blog. <a href="https://www.ruepigalle.ca/blog-posts/judymartin">HERE </a> </p></div></div></div>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-68537696240062575672023-12-15T07:17:00.000-08:002023-12-15T07:19:04.708-08:00In the Middle of the World catalogue: second printing<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjOQ_bT1sQViRCMdLw9TDWIU9C4svdDDmNdaVPlGgCGWRFwQj9gjJ6_d6P74nqHB8w82v4dYWKBUZOf-qT0oy4tIViVBIoeKr_2mAWhmPtTaIOFqr8OvhPlvUbW5Shqob-tBBWw24WrHuN1eltjNojioW8HGBUGMlSMdplfgLv-DxhOKW-8Kn4g/s1500/catalogue-love-1-judy-marti.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1500" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjOQ_bT1sQViRCMdLw9TDWIU9C4svdDDmNdaVPlGgCGWRFwQj9gjJ6_d6P74nqHB8w82v4dYWKBUZOf-qT0oy4tIViVBIoeKr_2mAWhmPtTaIOFqr8OvhPlvUbW5Shqob-tBBWw24WrHuN1eltjNojioW8HGBUGMlSMdplfgLv-DxhOKW-8Kn4g/w400-h305/catalogue-love-1-judy-marti.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Forever</i> by Judy Martin. <br />four wool blankets with plant dyed wool, velvet and linen couched with wool yarn, 2021<br />shown as it was displayed at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Oct -Dec 2021 <br /><i>In the Middle of the World</i> catalogue pages 56 and 57</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The beautiful catalogue that documents the bodies of work created by Canadian artists Penny Berens and Judith e Martin has had a second printing in mid November. The 125 page soft cover book includes a scholarly essay by freelance curator Miranda Bouchard. Copies are available from the artists and curator, email Judy (see sidebar) for a mailed copy. Cost is $35 plus shipping.<p></p><p>The catalogue is also available in the following outlets. </p><p>The <a href="https://mvtm.ca/">Mississippi Valley Textile Museum</a> in Almonte, Ontario</p><p><a href="https://themusekenora.ca/">The Muse</a> (Douglas Family Art Centre/Lake of the Woods Museum) in Kenora, Ontario</p><p>The Manitoulin <a href="https://www.manitoulin.com/contact-us/">Expositor book store </a>in Little Current, Ontario.</p><p>Thank you everyone for such amazing support of our work. We appreciate it! </p><p>Special mention of thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for ongoing support of Judy's work and for this exhibition and publication project. </p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-15893519624310218192023-12-12T03:45:00.000-08:002023-12-12T03:49:16.150-08:00Under Drifting Stars tours with Quilt National 2023<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJLXW7ORUZ1I4DZYxUwTK5U1a4T9lMrpUhoh4DhVHBY1ScLfl4SgAVNtfImnmnWPU0WKcrzGSeXQi1X76ohCguGTVOi0Qk3b_mViqwqAEyrW4quwGniBLNulJBMH3imyaW90uq3pqkDEc68oo0BXJoHFxsNEihl7rn5USmFaSVNeuk8CsTHadSg/s1756/Under-Drifting-Stars.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="1756" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJLXW7ORUZ1I4DZYxUwTK5U1a4T9lMrpUhoh4DhVHBY1ScLfl4SgAVNtfImnmnWPU0WKcrzGSeXQi1X76ohCguGTVOi0Qk3b_mViqwqAEyrW4quwGniBLNulJBMH3imyaW90uq3pqkDEc68oo0BXJoHFxsNEihl7rn5USmFaSVNeuk8CsTHadSg/w400-h375/Under-Drifting-Stars.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Under Drifting Stars <br /> 2022 very lightweight organic cotton quilt with a silk batt, <br />surface treatment is natural tannin with iron water painted dots<br />hand embroidery-quilted. 86 x 91 inches</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Most of Quilt National 2023 is currently on exhibit in the Canton Museum of Art in Canton Ohio from November 21 2023 - March 3, 2024. This is an international exhibition of art quilts, with work from 13 countries on display. For more information please <a href="https://www.cantonart.org/exhibits/quilt-national-2023-best-contemporary-quilts-november-21-2023-march-3-2024">click here.</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvUDuncj2nnuEvWrAbQ4dJxWIGncWG_Vz-RXxnsJls29ckWV7ft2rnz1ZkOImuNBiSBIOVJGdg1EvQx4sOuBsrAc0gE8YSx7DHTN6alHyLpidu8JYECF3AfvNUaLjVDfEAp38-hxB9m0WB3cfxB5WoJdzvNclaQA4tckqGVLaxhHnNaUlnbR4wQ/s1500/DreamlandFrD3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvUDuncj2nnuEvWrAbQ4dJxWIGncWG_Vz-RXxnsJls29ckWV7ft2rnz1ZkOImuNBiSBIOVJGdg1EvQx4sOuBsrAc0gE8YSx7DHTN6alHyLpidu8JYECF3AfvNUaLjVDfEAp38-hxB9m0WB3cfxB5WoJdzvNclaQA4tckqGVLaxhHnNaUlnbR4wQ/w400-h266/DreamlandFrD3.jpg" width="400" /></a></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-51389663214081334582023-11-18T10:49:00.000-08:002023-11-27T13:27:48.281-08:00Nouveau Louvre 2023 opens November 18<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKFGeVoqmUCpO7ABedjwJ-XtrdB2ClQ3kk0fM4GFd0GlOTmISAsWSaI4TJSKjx6UTnvPQrEASYg1nnN83kGcdOMc8qyZfQ4LT2S3_bqw5divrnnbcpERMpofC6uuahd18T162_Q-dOPCGloGZa1pBkkyTBIjKi2_HgqsrDgxqavWd3nP594kSHg/s2797/earth-dance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2797" data-original-width="2719" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKFGeVoqmUCpO7ABedjwJ-XtrdB2ClQ3kk0fM4GFd0GlOTmISAsWSaI4TJSKjx6UTnvPQrEASYg1nnN83kGcdOMc8qyZfQ4LT2S3_bqw5divrnnbcpERMpofC6uuahd18T162_Q-dOPCGloGZa1pBkkyTBIjKi2_HgqsrDgxqavWd3nP594kSHg/w389-h400/earth-dance.jpg" width="389" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://boutique.gn-o.org/products/earth-dance-2022?_pos=1&_psq=earth%20dance&_ss=e&_v=1.0"> Earth Dance </a> silk thread on watercolour paper, framed, 21 x 20.5" (by Judy Martin) sold on opening day! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjp0sPDC-pzsPU4jGy-IRVKul5vsstLxxgnyUGbhFmi-L1qeM3_h9VKIDqiQYYXT7J64Uf8FqyoLRF9zzan8s-B4fJI4f60ndYI8yI9Ol46YHu9JTki97_GYoEZaD_30MePUHzl4LKDdgBP3PyUZmi3_IG20GyKd-gnOy8EmKxYeM_om43DJPJ4A/s2000/lake-bell-april-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjp0sPDC-pzsPU4jGy-IRVKul5vsstLxxgnyUGbhFmi-L1qeM3_h9VKIDqiQYYXT7J64Uf8FqyoLRF9zzan8s-B4fJI4f60ndYI8yI9Ol46YHu9JTki97_GYoEZaD_30MePUHzl4LKDdgBP3PyUZmi3_IG20GyKd-gnOy8EmKxYeM_om43DJPJ4A/w300-h400/lake-bell-april-martin.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://boutique.gn-o.org/products/lake-bell-i-2023?_pos=3&_psq=lake%20bell&_ss=e&_v=1.0">Lake Bell, soda fired ceramic vase,</a> 10" x 6" by April Martin (documented in lake water) one of three such vases available for this exhibition. View the others<a href="https://boutique.gn-o.org/products/lake-bell-iii-2023?_pos=1&_psq=lake%20bell&_ss=e&_v=1.0"> here</a> and <a href="https://boutique.gn-o.org/products/lake-bell-ii-2023?_pos=2&_psq=lake%20bell&_ss=e&_v=1.0">here</a>. </p><p style="text-align: left;">The GNO Nouveau Louvre 2023 opens in Sudbury, Ontario Saturday November 18 2023 at 2 pm.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The walls are plastered with artwork from members and the wider community of artists, and each one is sold for $225 with the artist and the gallery sharing the proceeds. Both Judith and her daughter April are participating in this year's event. You can purchase the art online. You might need to pick it up at the gallery. Here is address of gallery: 27 Larch Street, Sudbury Ontario, P3E 1B7 705 673 4927</p><p style="text-align: left;">Here is the link to view all the artwork and make a purchase: <a href="https://boutique.gn-o.org/collections/nouveau-louvre-2023?page=4">New Louvre 2023</a></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-5633644081962065542023-11-08T11:16:00.001-08:002023-11-08T11:16:12.726-08:00Underfoot The Earth Divine wins the Schweinfurth award<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxF3kxuvBNz9sh5OLoMHO8DEhJFe3ywq0Bmir7_IVQe8_WccVq9gBA5LxYCCGwhdKsYmyuj-OvpBev0XaJ7dGFBs2VDxnm-mWTMQH75Rm6cXXq8ajXTtZsQAtsSs5nOaD0W3YYKGpaoHPrVm_xcFBw0EsvWFK1qz5_fjmj7Qtuv_3MtllLal6Gw/s1500/28-underfoot-the-earth-divi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1500" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxF3kxuvBNz9sh5OLoMHO8DEhJFe3ywq0Bmir7_IVQe8_WccVq9gBA5LxYCCGwhdKsYmyuj-OvpBev0XaJ7dGFBs2VDxnm-mWTMQH75Rm6cXXq8ajXTtZsQAtsSs5nOaD0W3YYKGpaoHPrVm_xcFBw0EsvWFK1qz5_fjmj7Qtuv_3MtllLal6Gw/w400-h378/28-underfoot-the-earth-divi.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Quilts = Art = Quilts 2023 opened October 28 at the Schweinfurth Art Centre in Auburn New York.</span></div><p></p><p>This is a highly respected annual juried exhibition of art quilts. This year's jurors are Chawne Kimber and Irene Roderick. Awards were announced at the opening reception. 70 artists are included this year. The list is at <a href="https://schweinfurthartcenter.org/quiltsartquilts-2023/">this link.</a> The same link will take you to a virtual tour of the exhibition. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8Xub2tcKP1TW_pAJ2jwNj_fIBcFIqdzHzPzjvgB-prBdt0apI1ilnpe6gIXIIaEhbhJgAPbgVjGdnU73JaT7W0ABIK-dGrtiSx2xSKrmcQn_Ke9I-662AoEjwNzN5NKVj1ganJZp0ClTgnISvRYEHjRaKZBxwFz9EyZgknSe9V_rmPxBQj5QxA/s2250/29-underfoot-the-earth-divi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8Xub2tcKP1TW_pAJ2jwNj_fIBcFIqdzHzPzjvgB-prBdt0apI1ilnpe6gIXIIaEhbhJgAPbgVjGdnU73JaT7W0ABIK-dGrtiSx2xSKrmcQn_Ke9I-662AoEjwNzN5NKVj1ganJZp0ClTgnISvRYEHjRaKZBxwFz9EyZgknSe9V_rmPxBQj5QxA/w266-h400/29-underfoot-the-earth-divi.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Schweinfurth Award is chosen by the staff of the art centre. These are people who handle all the quilts, touch them, feel their weight, see the beautiful, sometimes surprising backs. It is an honour to receive this award. Thank you.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The exhibition continues until January 7 2024. </div><p></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-24793419559473014752023-10-29T08:18:00.003-07:002023-10-29T08:21:10.312-07:00My Awakened Heart enters private collection<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtcZZSJF11uwCYY_NWIbKu_mAaJHjcoRbR5FuhjloCucuy5sGQQikPYipglfJAnXdmObt_Q3LL1yKwww-wJytTxinHxmVI062MA4ppMmlfhJlOcjzNYCe3a5uDdJumZOWT2NWW8eXLul8DCwjvCpLiCty8WP52WgKAfiXYqjGZdLxG0y08PeZjQ/s1353/my%20awakened%20heart%20judy-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtcZZSJF11uwCYY_NWIbKu_mAaJHjcoRbR5FuhjloCucuy5sGQQikPYipglfJAnXdmObt_Q3LL1yKwww-wJytTxinHxmVI062MA4ppMmlfhJlOcjzNYCe3a5uDdJumZOWT2NWW8eXLul8DCwjvCpLiCty8WP52WgKAfiXYqjGZdLxG0y08PeZjQ/w355-h400/my%20awakened%20heart%20judy-martin.jpg" width="355" /></a></div><p>A personal favourite of the artist, this piece has been exhibited many times since it was finished in 2019. Cotton, sari silk, silk velvet, natural dyes, wool, cotton and silk threads, hand stitched. 140 x 126 cm </p><p></p><p>Sold into private collection through Guildworks Prince Edward County, Ontario Canada October 2023.</p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-30072010858577237612023-10-21T18:17:00.007-07:002023-10-21T18:56:22.430-07:00World of Threads festival opens October 14 2023.<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MjLa06lGjdwLdHSTp8dKG14TOu1VeCThepsxZM0vKDUlVYlrwZZ54Q_ctXk2LNOlH6nE4uJckPT-gP6ShCCAdEpEFrREIt4vQcSpC6GRQ1buI-HJfnEdlP9ih9QJh9hlv3EMvBM_obAuK_8W2l_OJm5Xt23BbxTFDevKCE6Y1l1Z-iAUvBA02A/s1800/world-of-threads-again-judy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MjLa06lGjdwLdHSTp8dKG14TOu1VeCThepsxZM0vKDUlVYlrwZZ54Q_ctXk2LNOlH6nE4uJckPT-gP6ShCCAdEpEFrREIt4vQcSpC6GRQ1buI-HJfnEdlP9ih9QJh9hlv3EMvBM_obAuK_8W2l_OJm5Xt23BbxTFDevKCE6Y1l1Z-iAUvBA02A/w320-h400/world-of-threads-again-judy.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eternity, time present: the softness, the forever by Judy Martin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>World of Threads Festival 2023 </p><p>Judy Martin's Northern Ontario installation is one of more than 50 solo exhibitions at <a href="https://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/exhibitions_menu.html">the festival this year. </a> Eight parts are installed in Martin's grouping. The primary materials are wool, velvet, yarn and time. <br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTyqHh20181wwEZUdA3D0KoBkoVaogrDk8PkOFc747UfD532e4YXKT9hZabb-30lMacTfidm3ERvVx_S7X4HHN9ol5MZuFKq9BMHAh3UytXq3_d4SxAl7eatw3MktpYn2Vq-6lWtyoG971JC1cJGBDvShN4xzrEABcxbod4aTWG38Ar6ZuLP2GA/s1252/in-the-middle-of-the-world-.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1252" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTyqHh20181wwEZUdA3D0KoBkoVaogrDk8PkOFc747UfD532e4YXKT9hZabb-30lMacTfidm3ERvVx_S7X4HHN9ol5MZuFKq9BMHAh3UytXq3_d4SxAl7eatw3MktpYn2Vq-6lWtyoG971JC1cJGBDvShN4xzrEABcxbod4aTWG38Ar6ZuLP2GA/w400-h338/in-the-middle-of-the-world-.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time Past: Island Heart, Eternity, Time Present, Flowers Bloomed, The Forever all by Judy Martin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Martin was born and grew up in North Western Ontario. She moved to North Eastern Ontario (Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron) thirty years ago. The larger pieces in her installation are inspired by the rock cuts of the Canadian Shield that line the highways that cut across this vast part of Canada. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlyWY5t7IYwiNQcUjeLA41PF6Wly1kZ7_-panqxyYxJncIcE_G03rqwA1JUr4l4yxrm1P6FqCu9v7XxLu85coDjnu2asfDaDZU4KYZYOOXwUC9Z6JXooc4MgrvGgXMmshYEiqcievXBR6KpKDYmogDRkdfQClB1BSXQLuBGI744kjWENSVDxs0Q/s1800/world-of-threads-back-view-.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlyWY5t7IYwiNQcUjeLA41PF6Wly1kZ7_-panqxyYxJncIcE_G03rqwA1JUr4l4yxrm1P6FqCu9v7XxLu85coDjnu2asfDaDZU4KYZYOOXwUC9Z6JXooc4MgrvGgXMmshYEiqcievXBR6KpKDYmogDRkdfQClB1BSXQLuBGI744kjWENSVDxs0Q/w320-h400/world-of-threads-back-view-.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Heart, Her Arms Wrapped and Time Future<br /> in front of second sides of The Forever and Eternity by Judy Martin</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The installation includes six smaller pieces that read as abstractions on female garments or are they cocoons or are they seed pods? </p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN4nfzsi_IIZeJkizpIMUO3VN8Foix0rcRN3w3I060LepYtcwHbALjN4rh00vmd7c_1nFNEJWZXMiZJY-0KwQCcYSQbJKqrhCSNiBq_9t86AjKTZOxCQLGFBDkW7OifIE8fL5_IRk5k01gqeAoj3rX-DyFrgEi8-2GvvMa-mZTfk9giVUPlLd1g/s1875/world-of-threads-one-more-j.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAN4nfzsi_IIZeJkizpIMUO3VN8Foix0rcRN3w3I060LepYtcwHbALjN4rh00vmd7c_1nFNEJWZXMiZJY-0KwQCcYSQbJKqrhCSNiBq_9t86AjKTZOxCQLGFBDkW7OifIE8fL5_IRk5k01gqeAoj3rX-DyFrgEi8-2GvvMa-mZTfk9giVUPlLd1g/w320-h400/world-of-threads-one-more-j.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Heart, The Forever</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">World of Threads festival continues until December 17, 2023.</div><div style="text-align: left;">It is open every day at the Queen Elizabeth Park Community Centre in Oakville, 2075 Bridge Road and is free to the public. Plan to go two or three times as there is far too much to take in during one visit.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Visit <a href="https://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/">the website</a> to download the complete brochure of what to expect. </div><p></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-38391824690699180862023-10-12T12:10:00.005-07:002023-12-15T06:47:33.105-08:00In the Middle of the World - exhibition catalogue is published<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TpYt4HRJJNQMnxOdo0jZ7OmS627SmmwcZjzkSC35WhSWV4SPLOqu2DyYR-pSSYMxmH65j5-B8gdOL3PUzQ6Mz1xznzvVAItxKUXY9odlErbBvu1k6MSdNHS4UvLfdF0BsWq31JNs8ynbfSPG4Nqzh21OLbiDGPfZ_20RSW1e5OwLN7WnMLxJdQ/s1500/catalogue-two-judy-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1500" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TpYt4HRJJNQMnxOdo0jZ7OmS627SmmwcZjzkSC35WhSWV4SPLOqu2DyYR-pSSYMxmH65j5-B8gdOL3PUzQ6Mz1xznzvVAItxKUXY9odlErbBvu1k6MSdNHS4UvLfdF0BsWq31JNs8ynbfSPG4Nqzh21OLbiDGPfZ_20RSW1e5OwLN7WnMLxJdQ/w400-h398/catalogue-two-judy-martin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>In the Middle of the World, the catalogue of the exhibition, is now published and available from the curator, Miranda Bouchard, and the two artists, Judith E Martin and Penny Berens. It is also available at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum and the Muse (Lake of the Woods Museum and Douglas Family Art Gallery) in Kenora.<div><br /></div><div>Email Judy to reserve a copy. The price is $35 plus shipping. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gT9mq5wQ2I-026xsD9u_dsOiPyTFJbU_OoUaBgKG5yM4VgNtSJyVPrEw09l7tIDtEoiVfIeVuqAhpFaug2oj7O1Xq8-XZ2iiiN12KR2FD3eV-4Ort4bw_iJocj_YKZFcSXtu-q2GrpsRFkjyyFvRUF-fbANy_hospk0Bt_TLekWIPVoWC1Se_Q/s1500/catalogue-three-judy-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1500" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gT9mq5wQ2I-026xsD9u_dsOiPyTFJbU_OoUaBgKG5yM4VgNtSJyVPrEw09l7tIDtEoiVfIeVuqAhpFaug2oj7O1Xq8-XZ2iiiN12KR2FD3eV-4Ort4bw_iJocj_YKZFcSXtu-q2GrpsRFkjyyFvRUF-fbANy_hospk0Bt_TLekWIPVoWC1Se_Q/w400-h346/catalogue-three-judy-martin.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noble Tenderness / My Awakened Heart by Judy Martin</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The book is 10 inches square and soft cover. It is 125 pages of good quality paper. The images of the artworks are clear and large. The essay by curator Miranda Bouchard is well foot noted and thoughtful. There are two other essays as well as a forward and an index of images. <div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2aV_mneLG8xJd1dFvepNyW59xniZ2oHUlASMk7Nfc-TGf3ZhdbCtJwh_JbgpHtVE56nISEYhYqxxBtCrUKjF24cYFE8JSQEiM2FI31TDkINcoUrqB5XtAzE_XT-Nwjnb56L0zbDcLWWtWGzVGpfAlpHGMgAE1UdhpVCIVcQkGKCSCVUy3CG_vw/s1500/catalogue-four-judy-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="1500" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF2aV_mneLG8xJd1dFvepNyW59xniZ2oHUlASMk7Nfc-TGf3ZhdbCtJwh_JbgpHtVE56nISEYhYqxxBtCrUKjF24cYFE8JSQEiM2FI31TDkINcoUrqB5XtAzE_XT-Nwjnb56L0zbDcLWWtWGzVGpfAlpHGMgAE1UdhpVCIVcQkGKCSCVUy3CG_vw/w400-h369/catalogue-four-judy-martin.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resting Between Tides by Penny Berens</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>Miranda Bouchard launched the catalogue on October 9, 2023. She thanked many people and organizations in her gracious social media text. </div><div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Since 2021, I’ve had the honour of working on a catalogue to accompany my long-term curatorial project, In the Middle of the World, and creating a lasting record to share and celebrate the works of the incredible Canadian artists, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/pberens?__cft__[0]=AZU4L-YVAuASFdewa0oxylNYYELy49rnaRPpfRUjgI9WrcIWz5MFskh7mifttP8gcL3YFjT2Ua_HrDWSsu0TETl3EmIFTqHc5qhhvz8ydhVMFUh27QM8FdcUZ8fgUiPO6tOkPMG7v74PAhrMeeaCYw8egWAYg_CJpbhooURTJA0Cpw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Penny Berens</span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/judy.martin.792?__cft__[0]=AZU4L-YVAuASFdewa0oxylNYYELy49rnaRPpfRUjgI9WrcIWz5MFskh7mifttP8gcL3YFjT2Ua_HrDWSsu0TETl3EmIFTqHc5qhhvz8ydhVMFUh27QM8FdcUZ8fgUiPO6tOkPMG7v74PAhrMeeaCYw8egWAYg_CJpbhooURTJA0Cpw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Judy Martin</span></a></span>.</i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>This project, supported by the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/OntarioArts?__cft__[0]=AZU4L-YVAuASFdewa0oxylNYYELy49rnaRPpfRUjgI9WrcIWz5MFskh7mifttP8gcL3YFjT2Ua_HrDWSsu0TETl3EmIFTqHc5qhhvz8ydhVMFUh27QM8FdcUZ8fgUiPO6tOkPMG7v74PAhrMeeaCYw8egWAYg_CJpbhooURTJA0Cpw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario</span></a></span> through the Visual Arts Projects program, has been a true labour of love for my collaborators and I. It’s been years in the making, a project whose deep meaning and magic are beyond my ability to aptly describe. At long last, I’m pleased to announce that the catalogue is ready to share!</i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>We’re selling hard copies of the catalogue (soft cover, full colour, 125 pages) for $35 each, plus shipping/delivery. ($6.00 in Canada, $12.00 for the USA) Copies are limited – get yours soon!</i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>We’re also pleased to offer the soft (digital) copy for free, in PDF format (<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://www.mirandabouchard.com/v3/libraries/mirandabouchard/files/motw_final_ebook_single.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1ciWRPIwHIzJizDk2l83K4dC5dp-MmLIeQxaEaKgrfvzkij2HJ0pqoeyc" original_target="https://www.mirandabouchard.com/v3/libraries/mirandabouchard/files/motw_final_ebook_single.pdf?fbclid=iwar1ciwrpiwhizjizdk2l83k4dc5dp-mmlieqxaeakgrfvzkij2hj0pqoeyc" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank" waprocessedanchor="true" waprocessedid="kmaamw">https://www.mirandabouchard.com/.../motw_final_ebook...</a><div mcafee_wa_ann="{"category":["mk"],"flags":0,"key":"mirandabouchard.com","trust":70,"ttl":86400,"originalUrl":"https://www.mirandabouchard.com/v3/libraries/mirandabouchard/files/motw_final_ebook_single.pdf?fbclid=iwar1ciwrpiwhizjizdk2l83k4dc5dp-mmlieqxaeakgrfvzkij2hj0pqoeyc","dossierUrl":"https://www.mirandabouchard.com/v3/libraries/mirandabouchard/files/motw_final_ebook_single.pdf?fbclid=iwar1ciwrpiwhizjizdk2l83k4dc5dp-mmlieqxaeakgrfvzkij2hj0pqoeyc"}" style="cursor: default; display: inline-block; float: none; font-family: inherit; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: 1;" waprocessedid="kmaamw"><div class="mcafee_green" id="0DE9E47C-871A-4F90-8440-B190C216800A_1" style="background-image: url("chrome-extension://fheoggkfdfchfphceeifdbepaooicaho/images/annotation/green_icon.svg?secret=iyan6f"); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: contain; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; outline: currentcolor; width: 16px;" tabindex="0"></div></div></span>) or in .epub format (available upon request). </i><i style="font-family: inherit;">I’m deeply grateful to MANY contributors, helpers, funders and organizations for their support of this project.</i></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hO8TdTOWePW8X1UaNENIA60v1ZJRn_3fdgWDNpNU8tHxERqAt9_VUNgkF69c9ikkEvngG3eWMkBSiPkFScQSoi1JMQsm5azw4qyN6NAJvEJOfm53S2IA_SjstvcMMj9rnfo9PPNraRDtZA3kwqaVeg317xZT665AXGjv8Wl7tuRA4dxnpTRXoQ/s1776/catalogue-one-judy-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1776" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hO8TdTOWePW8X1UaNENIA60v1ZJRn_3fdgWDNpNU8tHxERqAt9_VUNgkF69c9ikkEvngG3eWMkBSiPkFScQSoi1JMQsm5azw4qyN6NAJvEJOfm53S2IA_SjstvcMMj9rnfo9PPNraRDtZA3kwqaVeg317xZT665AXGjv8Wl7tuRA4dxnpTRXoQ/w338-h400/catalogue-one-judy-martin.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Miranda continues: </p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Special Thanks for my close project collaborators: </i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The artists: <a href="https://tanglewoodthreads.blogspot.com/">Penny Berens</a> , <a href="https://www.judithemartin.com/">Judith E. Martin</a> , the </i><i style="font-family: inherit;">designer: <a href="https://zoewonfor.com/">Zoë Wonfor</a> </i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">The guest writers: Melanie Girdwood-Brunton & Michael Rikley-Lancaster</i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The editor (essays and foreword): <a href="https://www.sarahpinder.com/">Sarah Pinder</a> </i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The readers: Grace Butland, Elizabeth Creith, Alicia Hunt, Sharon Hunter, Andrea Pinheiro and Anna Wilson</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The photographers: Chandra Barnett, Richard Berens, Nick Dubecki, Paul Latour, Ned Martin, Frank Myers & Sophie (Roo) Wonfor</i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The printers: <a href="https://www.ojgraphix.com/">OJ GRAPHIX</a>, Espanola, ON</i></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>We are all grateful to our project funder, <a href="https://www.arts.on.ca/">The Ontario Arts Council </a>; and to other organizations who’ve supported the project and the broader curatorial project: <a href="https://mvtm.ca/">Mississippi Valley Textile Museum</a>, <a href="https://themusekenora.ca/">The Muse - Lake of the Woods Museum and Douglas Family Art Centre </a>, <a href="https://www.arcac.ca/">ARSTPLACE</a> and <a href="https://artsns.ca/">Arts Nova Scotia</a> . </i><i style="font-family: inherit;">And of course, a very special thank you to our families, friends and colleagues for their ongoing support of our work and of the In the Middle of the World project! </i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Penny and Judy thank our beloved free-lance curator, Miranda Bouchard, for her devotion to this entire project and her determination to ensure that we are written about.</span></i></div><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></i></div></div></div></div>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-77920911145550023572023-09-19T16:53:00.014-07:002023-09-19T22:44:34.202-07:00Fund raising auction for the new Thunder Bay Art Gallery <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONXRal1D9YEyIskKFx2hsqNSt_EpCKodtysAjcTYCpx1ywAu_PBSnGA327_PyYf5TAIShNrp1r7jcUCiaKEOTZSFejHJrb3Z4phwkp3f78U4QesY4d4IompueDB8wiPjM4qWKZqXXUpi3bPSGr8Kyz3N02tnpZHP_CdGiFeXp0nKplMON0y4uyQ/s1000/01%20the%20sun%20side%20b.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1000" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONXRal1D9YEyIskKFx2hsqNSt_EpCKodtysAjcTYCpx1ywAu_PBSnGA327_PyYf5TAIShNrp1r7jcUCiaKEOTZSFejHJrb3Z4phwkp3f78U4QesY4d4IompueDB8wiPjM4qWKZqXXUpi3bPSGr8Kyz3N02tnpZHP_CdGiFeXp0nKplMON0y4uyQ/w400-h396/01%20the%20sun%20side%20b.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sun by Judith E Martin 2018 <br />felt construction with stitch and acrylic paint side b</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is having a fundraising auction for the new art gallery building on September 29 2023. This piece is one of many that will be on the auction block. </span></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p></blockquote><p>The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is fundamental in Judy Martin's art career. </p><p>To date, Martin has had four exhibitions at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery under the gallery’s regional artist program because she was born in Fort Frances, part of the vast north western Ontario region. The first was in 1984, when Judy Martin, Nancy Bjorgo, and Elizabeth Powlowski were featured in an exhibition entitled Recent Work. Then in 1991, Judith was invited to show her quilts in a solo exhibition “I Will Remember You Until I Die” and again in 2004 "My Hand Sings Red". In 2013, the Thunder Bay art gallery mounted “Mended World", an exhibition that featured the four large meditation panels that were created during the Manitoulin Circle Project. </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwq2-t1P0I4HlXzyoF5l-C69ErvZ9U7S3cbuU0B39rOLbdDdV5iwR1jEhJYrKWoLz4BWheF3i_ciccIlgJJZwSCy4vDFiV8XU2YaToPxmJtaXUXRhe5dGxLiSL7yQA2pYpYHtXvnCyRKfktp93_a4sWEls0LAUmKnV2tElGHxUf_sTZrbmtk_uSA/s1000/01%20the%20sun%20side%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1000" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwq2-t1P0I4HlXzyoF5l-C69ErvZ9U7S3cbuU0B39rOLbdDdV5iwR1jEhJYrKWoLz4BWheF3i_ciccIlgJJZwSCy4vDFiV8XU2YaToPxmJtaXUXRhe5dGxLiSL7yQA2pYpYHtXvnCyRKfktp93_a4sWEls0LAUmKnV2tElGHxUf_sTZrbmtk_uSA/w400-h373/01%20the%20sun%20side%20a.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sun by Judith E Martin 2018<br /> dyed cotton and velvet on felt, side a<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Even though Judy has moved away from North Western Ontario, she has never moved away from the North. Judy, and her husband Ned, live on Manitoulin Island in the great Lake Huron and they have done so for thirty years. They so appreciate the spirit and the quiet in this very beautiful place, and acknowledge that it is indigenous land that has been settled by the Ojibway peoples for 30,000 years.</span></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>The textile in the auction, "The Sun", is part of a trio of works that Judy made in 2018 as part of a daily practice. Every day she would create a small collage on wool felt using a limited palette (in this case indigo and naturally dyed tan cottons and rayons which she then joined together into one art work. The Sun is a two-sided artwork with indigo cotton and dyed velvet on one side, a drawing of black thread on neutral felt on the other. The Sun measures: 34 x 25 inches</p><p>Best of luck to the gallery as they go forward with a new building in the waterfront of the Port Arthur area of the city. </p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-40913438530083350102023-09-15T12:08:00.007-07:002023-09-15T13:05:23.819-07:00Perivale Closes for the season<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifO5oLdBjFwcorJKEOGskCw3-nIjwuSA9C021l5XqAe_NdFpKUd4gFNp8VIRhvHi5TyA3J2Cv-VYrZZyT231DnMrxHSiOmHdMeQLvf6GP2NVzcDdEcUn92Vvgg-Jng9asR-BDxAGXVtE06rEtxI7L7JuJxbSFDjCIx1GrxEoyWV5Cmr738Rnx5MQ/s2000/where-there-are-no-storms-d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifO5oLdBjFwcorJKEOGskCw3-nIjwuSA9C021l5XqAe_NdFpKUd4gFNp8VIRhvHi5TyA3J2Cv-VYrZZyT231DnMrxHSiOmHdMeQLvf6GP2NVzcDdEcUn92Vvgg-Jng9asR-BDxAGXVtE06rEtxI7L7JuJxbSFDjCIx1GrxEoyWV5Cmr738Rnx5MQ/w300-h400/where-there-are-no-storms-d.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p>The Perivale Gallery closes for the season on Sunday September 17.</p><p>The gallery had a successful season, says Shannon McMullan in her letter to artists: "Such a busy summer it has been. We hosted 7 popular workshops, our 9th annual in the Spirit of Tom Thomson & the Group of Seven was a popular destination for many first-time visitors to Manitoulin Island and we featured four successful solo exhibitions. Our staff kept the property sparkling and gardens lush despite little rain. Our talented artists continue to impress. Thank you for your part in all of this."</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2dn_1QioaEQaejeq6Eq9a5sKMZuY2EAaMTZ90Chdm9m1dk76bs2CtAjpIgIDqYzrbfN_IUkgcSW49auMsysI3OPrlhgG8-CKuKGtQiM17zR6fZM4OBjhbtOVbmnbOB-yqXrwxOSnMXwcc-rWXnWDOTWrgXAPHNhF55S5zK1PmCPMjlmk85uF3ig/s1316/judy-martin-2-artwork-at-pe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="1316" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2dn_1QioaEQaejeq6Eq9a5sKMZuY2EAaMTZ90Chdm9m1dk76bs2CtAjpIgIDqYzrbfN_IUkgcSW49auMsysI3OPrlhgG8-CKuKGtQiM17zR6fZM4OBjhbtOVbmnbOB-yqXrwxOSnMXwcc-rWXnWDOTWrgXAPHNhF55S5zK1PmCPMjlmk85uF3ig/w400-h366/judy-martin-2-artwork-at-pe.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Where there Are No Storms, Watercolour and thread, framed with wood under glass. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Still available, please contact the artist for more information. </div><p></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-3758431816550492352023-09-13T14:58:00.001-07:002023-09-13T14:58:09.452-07:00Minimalism opens in France<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz9zfiUmdtVCr21ZqGFYHVXffyhrKN6BF3iPnRyDGWxpyJQF-Ws9DLtveSkdvQsUxLR3sBEzjquC2s1twJrcYFE6UgyJvFyLFoL_6j5I2JZ1qMieWj1f4vBIQDjSlimpWBtuQF_rzdPT7gqh65h9TBBNthy-axMe7twmF1zNkjQZKvhEBusw35Q/s1887/_help-me-to-balance-(verso-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz9zfiUmdtVCr21ZqGFYHVXffyhrKN6BF3iPnRyDGWxpyJQF-Ws9DLtveSkdvQsUxLR3sBEzjquC2s1twJrcYFE6UgyJvFyLFoL_6j5I2JZ1qMieWj1f4vBIQDjSlimpWBtuQF_rzdPT7gqh65h9TBBNthy-axMe7twmF1zNkjQZKvhEBusw35Q/w318-h400/_help-me-to-balance-(verso-.jpg" width="318" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Help Me To Balance by Judith E Martin <br />90 x 66 inches, 2018<br />repurposed flannel blankets and cotton hand towels<br />hand mended, machine pieced, hand quilted. </td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Judy Martin's Flannel quilt is included in SAQA's global exhibition, Minimalism. This exhibition was curated by famed Canadian artist, Dorothy Caldwell and includes works from 43 artists.</p><p>The Minimalism exhibition premiers at the famous Carrefour Europeen du Patchwork, one of the world's top textile art events. An annual event in Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mines, Alsace, France, the dates for 2023 are September 14 - 17. Click here for more information about the <a href="https://www.patchwork-europe.eu/en/" target="_blank">European Patchwork Meeting</a> .</p><p>And click <a href="https://www.saqa.com/art/exhibitions/minimalism-saqa-global-exhibition">here </a>for more information about the Minimalism exhibition including thumbnails of each of the 43 quilts and a biography of Dorothy Caldwell. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnk_qw5b74NRTX1q9Ve7cvY9ODRGh7tep6IYLXecMLahmr2r0sfKrGlsD3f3B6D-tTkI4PXjgN8vv9FHYbywGP98nnxIkiCee8wKOrGcXRBuPU0zdld3cq9_tl8pVp7I21mQR7XPkMbIbnsNaw7fxjrrs2HzCTgxZYdDkWT1WWAMHHrbhy0J349Q/s1929/help-me-to-balance-detail-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1929" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnk_qw5b74NRTX1q9Ve7cvY9ODRGh7tep6IYLXecMLahmr2r0sfKrGlsD3f3B6D-tTkI4PXjgN8vv9FHYbywGP98nnxIkiCee8wKOrGcXRBuPU0zdld3cq9_tl8pVp7I21mQR7XPkMbIbnsNaw7fxjrrs2HzCTgxZYdDkWT1WWAMHHrbhy0J349Q/w311-h400/help-me-to-balance-detail-1.jpg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A patchwork of used and mended cotton sheets and towels is hand stitched with a red thread grid. The middle layer of this quilt is a recycled flannel sheet. The softness and weight of so much cloth that has been touched repeatedly over time creates an incredibly intimate support blanket. Judy Martin</td></tr></tbody></table><p>There is a beautiful catalogue available for $25 from <a href="https://www.saqa.com/art/exhibitions/minimalism-saqa-global-exhibition" target="_blank">SAQA </a>with artists statements for each quilt and also Dorothy's juror's statement. Dorothy speaks about the Whitney Museum exhibition from 1971 that was curated by Jonathan Holstein and how she attended that show and realized immediately that the quilts (traditional and Amish) were minimalistic art. </p><p><i>"The Whitney exhibition was the first major textile-art exhibiton in a mainstream art museum. This was a turning point, as I moved on from painting to textiles. The Minimalist tradition inspired making art where the material carries the message." Dorothy Caldwell.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /> <p></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-8674754723232793242023-08-31T14:37:00.003-07:002023-08-31T14:37:29.205-07:00Memory of Wikwemikong enters private collection<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYDAIhT-5hps4tVqhtthT2P1KlyBVHK4Xaw1h2rFyHsyLXk3hf-yHdk9OkZmy2bUn47wVHT1W99ZHF47V52J5YEbFF8t_yq05zJ2SQLLE89NBsJB93Saypr0UTCl7z0MAz5lf3hlJq_cbaW5wvsI5TqOR0OevSKpiXvUd3EZRQqfATfeC8xCfiw/s3031/memory-of-wikwemikong%20judy%20martin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3031" data-original-width="1992" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYDAIhT-5hps4tVqhtthT2P1KlyBVHK4Xaw1h2rFyHsyLXk3hf-yHdk9OkZmy2bUn47wVHT1W99ZHF47V52J5YEbFF8t_yq05zJ2SQLLE89NBsJB93Saypr0UTCl7z0MAz5lf3hlJq_cbaW5wvsI5TqOR0OevSKpiXvUd3EZRQqfATfeC8xCfiw/w421-h640/memory-of-wikwemikong%20judy%20martin.jpg" width="421" /></a></div><br />Made from layers of dyed rayon and cotton over a bamboo batt and a sewn backing, the only seams are in the lower section. Hand embroidered with a dot grid, 74 x 25 ", 2008. <p></p><p>Sold from Guildworks in August 2023.</p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-37246849272808502832023-08-22T04:33:00.006-07:002023-08-22T04:36:15.439-07:00Family cottage celebrates 100 years<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQsLbiuthOlk4Ry1nQEbu3aaVyU6i5EwMmbPkBSK4w2rf5rqbMRbMstAny2t2rhiWYTNkbqgLdQ95eGj85AsUFnqwADRk1O05ooRTtrXK_kSOEhK35MBmlohdVL-0AzPFUnkr6jSG5sR0suEYpaUBv7wEOqChd8yBU2BJ1B0Pls1oR2IcnLA27g/s1024/susie-and-ottilie-ormsby-ju.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQsLbiuthOlk4Ry1nQEbu3aaVyU6i5EwMmbPkBSK4w2rf5rqbMRbMstAny2t2rhiWYTNkbqgLdQ95eGj85AsUFnqwADRk1O05ooRTtrXK_kSOEhK35MBmlohdVL-0AzPFUnkr6jSG5sR0suEYpaUBv7wEOqChd8yBU2BJ1B0Pls1oR2IcnLA27g/w400-h268/susie-and-ottilie-ormsby-ju.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Janet Susie Graheme Ormsby and her daughter Ottilie on the front steps of Puckwana cottage in 1924.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><i>There was a historic and festive gathering at one of Nare's oldest cottages last Saturday. Ned and Judy Martin plus all their offspring (four children and seven grandchildren) hosted a few dozen visitors from near (Nares) and far (Bayfield). "We were very pleased to share our place with so many" Ned told me afterwards.</i></p><p><i>Ned and Judy offered tours of the historic main cottage, which was largely unchanged from a century ago. Ned's brother Tom and daughter Oona led tours around the four acre island (which has a couple of sleeping cabins, a storage building and a workshop). We walked to the north end where Susie Ormsby had initially erected a smaller cabin around 1911 (it no longer stands) before building Puckwana in 1923. </i> </p><p>The above text is by BNIA e-news editor, Art Kilgour and is an excerpt from his article for the members summer newsletter. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLb1O9TEEgG93CeH0PZCcQrW5a5l7C_EOMU01xXwvGUHnO-cTim5Lzqk5NdN95ovTFRcNjWuWp6_mVpM2wZOKF4R3CRQJy_Ms52HEszQw8ETuB-GGebT3Z8No3_RU2VxAi4nx4-IJ3_cyGg1FxeH3dTYGxZ6cBbyUtJt7M_XBc8ObW9p-9cvcHQ/s2250/1%20Puckwana-Turns-100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLb1O9TEEgG93CeH0PZCcQrW5a5l7C_EOMU01xXwvGUHnO-cTim5Lzqk5NdN95ovTFRcNjWuWp6_mVpM2wZOKF4R3CRQJy_Ms52HEszQw8ETuB-GGebT3Z8No3_RU2VxAi4nx4-IJ3_cyGg1FxeH3dTYGxZ6cBbyUtJt7M_XBc8ObW9p-9cvcHQ/w266-h400/1%20Puckwana-Turns-100.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>The invitation graphic was made from a drawing Judy Martin made of the cottage when she and Ned spent their honeymoon there, 50 years ago.<p></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-52849020012748988972023-08-18T10:25:00.006-07:002023-08-18T11:22:53.755-07:00Among The Garbage and the Flowers <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvh_Av-ylt3zvnjh9QSItP9-zf83wpNQZpoyxadwfi_gUCoi7DAgEVusxALRUV3gmqQqf5on6QG8geQMP-HAQM-LEkJuFKjUSsO6pT2FcTuYqUOE-jWhV31Ms2PP1vU9n6gJtn-4qoLYEmC4Qw8PXKF2EAHnnfs3jakBmppFr_2u0NKVOGtZCig/s2000/mvtm-exhibition-13-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvh_Av-ylt3zvnjh9QSItP9-zf83wpNQZpoyxadwfi_gUCoi7DAgEVusxALRUV3gmqQqf5on6QG8geQMP-HAQM-LEkJuFKjUSsO6pT2FcTuYqUOE-jWhV31Ms2PP1vU9n6gJtn-4qoLYEmC4Qw8PXKF2EAHnnfs3jakBmppFr_2u0NKVOGtZCig/w300-h400/mvtm-exhibition-13-judy-mar.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter, cast-off fabrics, Susan Avishai</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWp1r_WqralpbrHpjnhwgG-vS7kgJtDFujYA-dbFos2QMicciJq74wAiVWKp0FtieiH1mnJrl4zeSo1_fRFlTP9rcnJe-IqpYX_gsBlfnU7yrrRAknj5fBgY3-S8pJFcj3kkpJKv_ybF4D8WagrHbBnMyZ7RECnO1ouHOwNcdPz3vPBynAcOxo9g/s2000/mvtm-exhbition-14-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWp1r_WqralpbrHpjnhwgG-vS7kgJtDFujYA-dbFos2QMicciJq74wAiVWKp0FtieiH1mnJrl4zeSo1_fRFlTP9rcnJe-IqpYX_gsBlfnU7yrrRAknj5fBgY3-S8pJFcj3kkpJKv_ybF4D8WagrHbBnMyZ7RECnO1ouHOwNcdPz3vPBynAcOxo9g/w300-h400/mvtm-exhbition-14-judy-mart.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn, cast-off fabrics, Susan Avishai</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqErO_bDGeMW9-BASD3HLG3oM1vqJjb-f8FAeHGcIiGX6O27uQRXMWSaQ8jAayR5nm5w3yI4eKCvJZ2OA_4pJ2ApZ8AFrF--h-M-Vv6t9GC93LxOCfV93MZbkii8QmA5K62uBWSWdAb8XIxu3qONCISPU3cgvT8s0j0L0W4Poag8Pe1qWEJN8GcA/s1620/mvtm-exhibition-28-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1588" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqErO_bDGeMW9-BASD3HLG3oM1vqJjb-f8FAeHGcIiGX6O27uQRXMWSaQ8jAayR5nm5w3yI4eKCvJZ2OA_4pJ2ApZ8AFrF--h-M-Vv6t9GC93LxOCfV93MZbkii8QmA5K62uBWSWdAb8XIxu3qONCISPU3cgvT8s0j0L0W4Poag8Pe1qWEJN8GcA/w393-h400/mvtm-exhibition-28-judy-mar.jpg" width="393" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Susan Avishai curated this exhibition, and gathered eleven<br /> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>artists who work with re-purposed textiles. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Connecting with reclaimed material lets me connect to it on a deepr level, appreciating its history, finding in it a medium for suprisingly novel and even whimsical art. Susan Avishai<p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpkhZjis8VuyUJ4fWTkGdl8NEBiipPILj-ivzjth6yFpGAbZBE6XPNLXQ_ELkYIujrFHRwqF8kSU0NLdIg64q-o-SoU5-XVRfNRiyUBlN2Ql6ednWnsdN6waUvxPQPH8I7VmK0konWIbEgobWtc5CkcUTF3koDrO3U6o3jZn8sPNi3rkdcWpilA/s1804/mvtm-exhibition-4-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1804" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIpkhZjis8VuyUJ4fWTkGdl8NEBiipPILj-ivzjth6yFpGAbZBE6XPNLXQ_ELkYIujrFHRwqF8kSU0NLdIg64q-o-SoU5-XVRfNRiyUBlN2Ql6ednWnsdN6waUvxPQPH8I7VmK0konWIbEgobWtc5CkcUTF3koDrO3U6o3jZn8sPNi3rkdcWpilA/w333-h400/mvtm-exhibition-4-judy-mart.jpg" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Afflicted, scissors with assembled found objects, Carole Baillargeon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyU9vtvs74n3-09lS1LtUNoBNw3EUoD_9iyfJ2v8Bv8wjMiSurhRkEJLlnobCcerntCkzyC-HbHBvX4z1bK97qQt_4Q34p5ZT1ZPt66tuuCCBKyMEbsPtbVs0CNMnqD_GioiPGz3cxoXUBYNxUMeMSqFD1-jhih_tznFxpth77POjdyRNWkrJKQ/s2360/mvtm-exhibition-7-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyU9vtvs74n3-09lS1LtUNoBNw3EUoD_9iyfJ2v8Bv8wjMiSurhRkEJLlnobCcerntCkzyC-HbHBvX4z1bK97qQt_4Q34p5ZT1ZPt66tuuCCBKyMEbsPtbVs0CNMnqD_GioiPGz3cxoXUBYNxUMeMSqFD1-jhih_tznFxpth77POjdyRNWkrJKQ/w254-h400/mvtm-exhibition-7-judy-mart.jpg" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bereaved, scissors wrapped with fabric and found objects, Carole Baillargeon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt4CkBMlhRYRJOl8SKMGrQuT_6JwOxFwqE6ex35M_wqv9INKj59F5fulYAhBsI2ywVi99iHO7XSL2lQkjNBriyZ-rmNF8g2fz-3t66XRU7m3Guvs13hjccw3bVri33vPu8n82TXSDJyBiydDU1jB05n5gl40FiQcWysdhK7bC06_5wORuUD_-Bw/s2000/mvtm-exhibition-21-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt4CkBMlhRYRJOl8SKMGrQuT_6JwOxFwqE6ex35M_wqv9INKj59F5fulYAhBsI2ywVi99iHO7XSL2lQkjNBriyZ-rmNF8g2fz-3t66XRU7m3Guvs13hjccw3bVri33vPu8n82TXSDJyBiydDU1jB05n5gl40FiQcWysdhK7bC06_5wORuUD_-Bw/w300-h400/mvtm-exhibition-21-judy-mar.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carole Baillargeon on right, with her wrapped hand tools</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Dark colours suggest the transient state that is mourning. My penchant for recycling and up-cycling stems from a sensitive consideration for my environment and a caring attitude towards people. Carole Baillargeon<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhy2CJfjHO41mDUkONH43TlxGj-2aQef2DlP0v5DEaXpuvUhpQ_lnrrIm2qTbILaxwy-gVdIZ6JdDeskhK5T4QWIGmaaq0xv29ncNdvm1AmOQKpuv9LLRKpiDg5JZwVgqj8vgMONJ4qgWPYYv3wVKRsLyTTK8Vrj0fGB5svRD5fjxfrIYtTJLsQ/s1500/mvtm-exhibition-14-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="1500" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvhy2CJfjHO41mDUkONH43TlxGj-2aQef2DlP0v5DEaXpuvUhpQ_lnrrIm2qTbILaxwy-gVdIZ6JdDeskhK5T4QWIGmaaq0xv29ncNdvm1AmOQKpuv9LLRKpiDg5JZwVgqj8vgMONJ4qgWPYYv3wVKRsLyTTK8Vrj0fGB5svRD5fjxfrIYtTJLsQ/w400-h316/mvtm-exhibition-14-judy-mar.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ancient history, found materials, Sonia Jacyk-Bukata</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTaVHCrybJ0NWt9rKl88yx4XH1qiQaM8AlWf4XqQoKySWXC0PTPpx4Qx18GyTTeS7Ufkt8nE7RU5R330Kwbyu_O9_zFwYHc9drLs6j5Np9GAoAdKpJ9HkKN4JAz6lUWEtuPl2peTL-ia4CGhDMhJ9aXdeXoT7JtfB_dVMvaBBvCM81V7sJI-RIw/s1500/mvtm-exhibition-15-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1500" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTaVHCrybJ0NWt9rKl88yx4XH1qiQaM8AlWf4XqQoKySWXC0PTPpx4Qx18GyTTeS7Ufkt8nE7RU5R330Kwbyu_O9_zFwYHc9drLs6j5Np9GAoAdKpJ9HkKN4JAz6lUWEtuPl2peTL-ia4CGhDMhJ9aXdeXoT7JtfB_dVMvaBBvCM81V7sJI-RIw/w400-h335/mvtm-exhibition-15-judy-mar.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ancient history side b, found materials, Sonia Jacyk-Bukata</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Z08nHQTyz_gut0RZkYKmVuAajIt2zVJ-dlYwG2JS179dZ_CEoXh13lFxfBgJhwTFz33MhE8iY9M6_lO46LhSnKVsbNj_OQBQa9Ev6mvAjaHDaNGHQHs0eZ-vLa5DHMcDN2JIta2m9NFOaiO9EojWHDhynnX8cBCNXjvSUOo-kU7D0UIj0yqRVA/s1903/mvtm-exhibition-22-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1903" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Z08nHQTyz_gut0RZkYKmVuAajIt2zVJ-dlYwG2JS179dZ_CEoXh13lFxfBgJhwTFz33MhE8iY9M6_lO46LhSnKVsbNj_OQBQa9Ev6mvAjaHDaNGHQHs0eZ-vLa5DHMcDN2JIta2m9NFOaiO9EojWHDhynnX8cBCNXjvSUOo-kU7D0UIj0yqRVA/w315-h400/mvtm-exhibition-22-judy-mar.jpg" width="315" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">found materials stitched into a kimono shape, Sonia Jacyk-Bukata</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmdi7FujVo9cNiYE7A72VfliTbvTzAeSFGm2QuYax3OC59yasAFx2auektXjK1yaW1f48r6RX3NmpjqDCmwYfPdlDB0FJZT9CgpILR74gQ79_Z-yofUglZnL6svmr5JHnehdvlfNv_2CnLbBTiSSnbNt-G22RDWYWcTz4Bujf-H9g2BcQ3ptGbQ/s2000/mvtm-exhibition-19-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmdi7FujVo9cNiYE7A72VfliTbvTzAeSFGm2QuYax3OC59yasAFx2auektXjK1yaW1f48r6RX3NmpjqDCmwYfPdlDB0FJZT9CgpILR74gQ79_Z-yofUglZnL6svmr5JHnehdvlfNv_2CnLbBTiSSnbNt-G22RDWYWcTz4Bujf-H9g2BcQ3ptGbQ/w300-h400/mvtm-exhibition-19-judy-mar.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sonia Jacyk-Bukata detail</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The concept of Boro, the Japanese term for rags completely mesmerized me and resonated with my tendency to collage, both with textiles and with paper. Sonia Jacyk-Bukata<p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhhnirKSrYdzIH0mfeu1Luw8a3HVAK8VFcFbtiRXL41u90ZpGnR1YO2vqzfJN5lA6qOTsAqVUXbIvQ-xXAXvkpwkuIKp9MMTW6twt0cVnwIpuDh7pjexW5kQ4ifx_6Ns0XGcTjob5xF5al-7QPNo6241J-tkNWq3yfCZqoF2oaEysmguvMc7oHQ/s1696/mvtm-exhibition-judy-martin.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1696" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguhhnirKSrYdzIH0mfeu1Luw8a3HVAK8VFcFbtiRXL41u90ZpGnR1YO2vqzfJN5lA6qOTsAqVUXbIvQ-xXAXvkpwkuIKp9MMTW6twt0cVnwIpuDh7pjexW5kQ4ifx_6Ns0XGcTjob5xF5al-7QPNo6241J-tkNWq3yfCZqoF2oaEysmguvMc7oHQ/w354-h400/mvtm-exhibition-judy-martin.jpg" width="354" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">what happens in bed, poem blankets, Judith e Martin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSiCkFecmaeKnMA1O5tUkH4gT5CP0m5h8cBdeYQ8MD8VjsOtQjmJ6MZHgI8k8eNhGY43-UkNs80Zb-au9bkl8DR1h_o0HiaeOhyWmBrYc1Ouz0pBsEOcN9EkGad2uUL_eMhA0FVO9r9SGzWAG3SF4BMA_Pt3H7TakGHOvHC2KnjJJK_LUQxMfuA/s1719/mvtm-exhibition-2-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1719" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFSiCkFecmaeKnMA1O5tUkH4gT5CP0m5h8cBdeYQ8MD8VjsOtQjmJ6MZHgI8k8eNhGY43-UkNs80Zb-au9bkl8DR1h_o0HiaeOhyWmBrYc1Ouz0pBsEOcN9EkGad2uUL_eMhA0FVO9r9SGzWAG3SF4BMA_Pt3H7TakGHOvHC2KnjJJK_LUQxMfuA/w349-h400/mvtm-exhibition-2-judy-mart.jpg" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">what happens in bed, old blankets with embroidered found text, Judy Martin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5sdqhFgpTGF7H-lbLh5QbPddzvSj5tMytgIBVzf4Xle2IsnmBrAQSi1i7lfB8OZs02bmD-gZ_MtB7mEe147mNZ2zI-xZf8PGm2nm4zQEJy-9TabHZjkog09Rw557mrP2VWrxLTYYqeUK0wEKzRppWjdsyLOAXIVZCZ2VjbAFY2-ICMdPqIRcww/s1500/mvtm-exhibition-8-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1500" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5sdqhFgpTGF7H-lbLh5QbPddzvSj5tMytgIBVzf4Xle2IsnmBrAQSi1i7lfB8OZs02bmD-gZ_MtB7mEe147mNZ2zI-xZf8PGm2nm4zQEJy-9TabHZjkog09Rw557mrP2VWrxLTYYqeUK0wEKzRppWjdsyLOAXIVZCZ2VjbAFY2-ICMdPqIRcww/w400-h279/mvtm-exhibition-8-judy-mart.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judith E Martin detail</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />My idea was that when I came across a poem about something that happens in bed, I would embroider it onto an old blanket. Turns out, they are all love poems. Judith e Martin<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYZvTGuuS39QAxIrWHUdWOKqPhAr7QFo5RWEFFuNtDKDdqe5rV7BD2jsDIY5ZW76bBlPnIWGlhHlk-0FRvLimqa_DPg_yvjgMze0FzrD4MbNwqdNq408rIHdBKGC4XZxnGGzTdZAKxbwV-XpBN5MoJ-CYQLA_Ro-qDLv_xq5QOtxdYKscZeMHLw/s2000/mvtm-exhibition-3-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYZvTGuuS39QAxIrWHUdWOKqPhAr7QFo5RWEFFuNtDKDdqe5rV7BD2jsDIY5ZW76bBlPnIWGlhHlk-0FRvLimqa_DPg_yvjgMze0FzrD4MbNwqdNq408rIHdBKGC4XZxnGGzTdZAKxbwV-XpBN5MoJ-CYQLA_Ro-qDLv_xq5QOtxdYKscZeMHLw/w300-h400/mvtm-exhibition-3-judy-mart.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Act of Fortification 3, abandoned doily, old darning wool, Amy Meissner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34FAss4cbu_BTUbWp9rItsuOqAZiA1O7CvGqn1UYD1eKf7n3u9tWXepmcNY9lxmllHNyy6FxkE-8ZYKUGYtX-00_MVmkl0B9J-fJDu-BLQ7pCI0J_3mReHCoi1UGzmcLM64IDlX0FaS7WpIbA14ec2y0zu4a-l3mDgcayZ4PqPMhqnfAxSDwLSw/s2000/mvtm-exhibition-5-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34FAss4cbu_BTUbWp9rItsuOqAZiA1O7CvGqn1UYD1eKf7n3u9tWXepmcNY9lxmllHNyy6FxkE-8ZYKUGYtX-00_MVmkl0B9J-fJDu-BLQ7pCI0J_3mReHCoi1UGzmcLM64IDlX0FaS7WpIbA14ec2y0zu4a-l3mDgcayZ4PqPMhqnfAxSDwLSw/w300-h400/mvtm-exhibition-5-judy-mart.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Act of Fortification 4, abandoned doily and wool thread, Amy Meissner</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5h3vLIoFKQdSN_jTGDoCPj10HDLbmlQpGzWJyyioosMablfdSFZVnnjW1sI77Fg00ojGb8a0GEesynYumiC9wfLMxKGIIj0y9b9W372cYA4C3rh1fZzJ0KaqTPcnFLrKcpd3NXWmkZqYeoGV1wgfjSkUPFOiEzDU9PvYRZpUc4nvfnUGDaXje-w/s2000/mvtm-exhibition-6-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5h3vLIoFKQdSN_jTGDoCPj10HDLbmlQpGzWJyyioosMablfdSFZVnnjW1sI77Fg00ojGb8a0GEesynYumiC9wfLMxKGIIj0y9b9W372cYA4C3rh1fZzJ0KaqTPcnFLrKcpd3NXWmkZqYeoGV1wgfjSkUPFOiEzDU9PvYRZpUc4nvfnUGDaXje-w/w300-h400/mvtm-exhibition-6-judy-mart.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Act of Fortification 1, Amy Meissner</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Through my slow, intentional practice, I scratch at the history of women's work, unraveling expectations of protection, warmth and the ideal domestic, often referencing the quilt form for its narrative heft and ability to couch the painful, uncomfortable or frightening within the punch of stitch -- an act of cutting apart, then piecing one's self back together. Amy Meissner<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy7fdwPFlnr5owNApA_BjsXLbJ9uWaqOa7AthBA0NrNy383iZoHJNf5tJ1uh7y5X3zFrf6heiqk7CWyGxgFprqiZ6pMpaTdm98m4i7yrSuw3igXLCPHT79teuX1JGW0lPjFEkB17tdSPk68cqY4ZAaVjZvE85Fa5HLYzSVYiXuUi3DJygvy-x6w/s1500/mvtm-exhibition-16-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1500" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQy7fdwPFlnr5owNApA_BjsXLbJ9uWaqOa7AthBA0NrNy383iZoHJNf5tJ1uh7y5X3zFrf6heiqk7CWyGxgFprqiZ6pMpaTdm98m4i7yrSuw3igXLCPHT79teuX1JGW0lPjFEkB17tdSPk68cqY4ZAaVjZvE85Fa5HLYzSVYiXuUi3DJygvy-x6w/w400-h334/mvtm-exhibition-16-judy-mar.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hockey Landscape, Pearly Watson Go Home, recycled hockey gear, Liz Pead</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIgyUiYehy-2Z8-bNEzsviWLuFKNfWVSQi_OfeCNr8aqB2JluPpHSlSNmNTy9PYJf4U0SEmGnZXJGZj-CZia0bjVhUcb7hYr-QFdit8QMG-IkjKoHn54l6glcFc-I62k-r6mEZdJl7lxWPbKFnTlN2gJ__LoDmOps0M-ZVXbbgEh9n5GmzImbsQ/s1500/mvtm-exhibition-18-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1500" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIgyUiYehy-2Z8-bNEzsviWLuFKNfWVSQi_OfeCNr8aqB2JluPpHSlSNmNTy9PYJf4U0SEmGnZXJGZj-CZia0bjVhUcb7hYr-QFdit8QMG-IkjKoHn54l6glcFc-I62k-r6mEZdJl7lxWPbKFnTlN2gJ__LoDmOps0M-ZVXbbgEh9n5GmzImbsQ/w400-h325/mvtm-exhibition-18-judy-mar.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hockey Landscape, The Quarry Fields at Chatsworth, recycled hockey gear, Liz Pead</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Whether a traditional pattern woven into a blanket of the finest Canadian Wool, or a landscape painting rendered in recycled hockey gear, the materials I am engaged with are very important to their history and my own choices. Liz Pead<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1JEwuu_XKcBkhPEOIhPBkzqj5W89FFd3nwK9JV0NDCkf4s_kVbaXfPPpC4NCd0o3pkGX176Qa-RmdJ7_iAXfglWOiq03E-OQeWsnxV2YrYWVFcN9YgY_6_JEOT95WXdoYk9aDXQkEibb0J5JlMZaZzt0rPRghB3NHGEBhqprYcrUSLx9NnUmfQ/s1932/mvtm-exhibition-30-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="1368" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1JEwuu_XKcBkhPEOIhPBkzqj5W89FFd3nwK9JV0NDCkf4s_kVbaXfPPpC4NCd0o3pkGX176Qa-RmdJ7_iAXfglWOiq03E-OQeWsnxV2YrYWVFcN9YgY_6_JEOT95WXdoYk9aDXQkEibb0J5JlMZaZzt0rPRghB3NHGEBhqprYcrUSLx9NnUmfQ/w284-h400/mvtm-exhibition-30-judy-mar.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swedish Death Cleaning work, recycled artist clothing, stuffed,, Leisa Rich</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I created these objects out of clothes as a cathartic way of using up those garments that didn't fit me any longer, as a talisman to remind me that excess anything is not good for the body or soul. Leisa Rich<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAHGs4hNIubp9KnQMt1sMEUt0tm9q3cIR4zAyFtyFhHp-msmNSWeWlr5nfkvorZuFoaJcnCuWW6ctAb6gIuQBhGQyAga6fE_sjD-clQzE1z2Gz0Lg-VaFSkjMyIcdsBCPyKt6KuBmOPeC5mO8LJtg8lK_Km3T2GFljxrgsspbwv9h2FXGXnnDFQ/s2162/mvtm-exhibition-26-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAHGs4hNIubp9KnQMt1sMEUt0tm9q3cIR4zAyFtyFhHp-msmNSWeWlr5nfkvorZuFoaJcnCuWW6ctAb6gIuQBhGQyAga6fE_sjD-clQzE1z2Gz0Lg-VaFSkjMyIcdsBCPyKt6KuBmOPeC5mO8LJtg8lK_Km3T2GFljxrgsspbwv9h2FXGXnnDFQ/w278-h400/mvtm-exhibition-26-judy-mar.jpg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">slice of life, felt with vintage fabrics, Melanie Siegel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MXdKmV0JcDX7SlQNIxlkCVhw4y2GVGH1oKmVKAWfEEMLV3dooNvqLpzTzkVPm62xZNxoB_4ZmmmyjyuV6PMeU0QJyCAXzK3ZkgJBaaO8fVR4Vg-iLE_baCK3rgXTBVH5WRgXXJYrAdudMVAv0T0EdVPF2-By7404YiLq9r_s6re1ERtGe5Dwqw/s1600/mvtm-exhibition-24-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MXdKmV0JcDX7SlQNIxlkCVhw4y2GVGH1oKmVKAWfEEMLV3dooNvqLpzTzkVPm62xZNxoB_4ZmmmyjyuV6PMeU0QJyCAXzK3ZkgJBaaO8fVR4Vg-iLE_baCK3rgXTBVH5WRgXXJYrAdudMVAv0T0EdVPF2-By7404YiLq9r_s6re1ERtGe5Dwqw/w300-h400/mvtm-exhibition-24-judy-mar.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">slice of life, detail, Melanie Siegel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqlYdpksyRTDPRHHPZeSxt2ufNZu9lVDQldVdSymg1So5NrB-Jo7ol-Yhj2EXylxQ-mfYtu6R4noPo6F2-OojX5-hEc3OwLGfXsZfXzqRxZpXaFdVuKXy-mmslRH7H45T4twnfYGy6UpDOYtqxNEjhQA_GEZiDDv_nqL_C1KYK4qH1hBF2-yZNQ/s1999/mvtm-exhibition-27-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1999" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqlYdpksyRTDPRHHPZeSxt2ufNZu9lVDQldVdSymg1So5NrB-Jo7ol-Yhj2EXylxQ-mfYtu6R4noPo6F2-OojX5-hEc3OwLGfXsZfXzqRxZpXaFdVuKXy-mmslRH7H45T4twnfYGy6UpDOYtqxNEjhQA_GEZiDDv_nqL_C1KYK4qH1hBF2-yZNQ/w240-h400/mvtm-exhibition-27-judy-mar.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cover Me, repurposed felt and old fabrics, Melanie Siegel</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In the manipulating of the textile medium I aim to evoke a sensory experience that resonates and contemplates the beauty of nature. Melanie Siegel<p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0U7kmUCuTL-QvEQgfAjrw36phOSil1CXtiVyf9MOlY_c_G2x9D3d1ucv-fr2KnHxdJGY8XawJWXRN5nf31kERrIFSDlk6cSagKnuAdt5MR2MrYWh2DnPQCb4uiwnhSXmW36yLrkGsTsRi76xwWBYk9j3w0N5NSBy6EwtA7WnX7ZPA8iN72q3xYA/s1511/mvtm-exhibition-23-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1511" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0U7kmUCuTL-QvEQgfAjrw36phOSil1CXtiVyf9MOlY_c_G2x9D3d1ucv-fr2KnHxdJGY8XawJWXRN5nf31kERrIFSDlk6cSagKnuAdt5MR2MrYWh2DnPQCb4uiwnhSXmW36yLrkGsTsRi76xwWBYk9j3w0N5NSBy6EwtA7WnX7ZPA8iN72q3xYA/w398-h400/mvtm-exhibition-23-judy-mar.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">left, Melanie Siegel, right, Ghost Rope by Sandra Smirle, </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0zA7cKDcYrhw6jHbOW0ulLEGcqciw6jiyFObJ8pxyeDBb1UmgPhQv1eksQJdUkeYtABvTi0PMLb0NCKRKpC5j4mfT99Fyulry8UJ788Wtsww3bqu6QGhi_IdCph3T7ke6lC3JCEDoJGZ9Pjwoue6x-1Jy_yGrYsZcdQn4fJ28HsxaIr0XwOX2g/s2000/mvtm-exhibition-1-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0zA7cKDcYrhw6jHbOW0ulLEGcqciw6jiyFObJ8pxyeDBb1UmgPhQv1eksQJdUkeYtABvTi0PMLb0NCKRKpC5j4mfT99Fyulry8UJ788Wtsww3bqu6QGhi_IdCph3T7ke6lC3JCEDoJGZ9Pjwoue6x-1Jy_yGrYsZcdQn4fJ28HsxaIr0XwOX2g/w300-h400/mvtm-exhibition-1-judy-mart.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ghost rope vessels, retrieved marine rope, Sandra Smirle</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Re-using rope or "ghost rope" that has been retrieved after being discarded at sea, and transforming it into organically shaped, anthropomorphised objects, this body of work addresses consumerism and its consequences on our ocean's health - and thereby, our own- perhaps opening a dialogue about humans' impact on the Earth's climate and natural ecosystems. Sandra Smirle<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwshcMFPU39WLXyiaErahRHPa6YCAWu0DNa__GyFNwi-5DIPsT3fFAmnfq-0lJjTe4sPpMdglrTZVxSP33X5knQCaSDXhva7MGojMqJsYx4AWCOI04Q5rB7FRsksiLeYqoTYyVtMsVD3RYnJZR4TM5FaiovOhvzOAmLZ2RttjNkoXPtyJOVN9wg/s2292/mvtm-exhibition-9-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2292" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwshcMFPU39WLXyiaErahRHPa6YCAWu0DNa__GyFNwi-5DIPsT3fFAmnfq-0lJjTe4sPpMdglrTZVxSP33X5knQCaSDXhva7MGojMqJsYx4AWCOI04Q5rB7FRsksiLeYqoTYyVtMsVD3RYnJZR4TM5FaiovOhvzOAmLZ2RttjNkoXPtyJOVN9wg/w210-h400/mvtm-exhibition-9-judy-mart.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pandemic #3, denim mined series, recycled denim, Judith Tinkl</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3NoGgbgzrQHghmsU7H4rgQxJxQOIpE51BCMKPXVGxmyoXWBd4vb5f-6grwnbHuN6qA9RZAKsh9bif5HBouhN8fMKvt7hGHEWPbFtXz8d8F00zLbWMD1dXoA5VfjBdrbLRFwmyME6MJn-5DjyqM7mt8pQtkFS728TZXZydhJfR6sGvakgD9WxKA/s2125/mvtm-exhibition-12-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2125" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb3NoGgbgzrQHghmsU7H4rgQxJxQOIpE51BCMKPXVGxmyoXWBd4vb5f-6grwnbHuN6qA9RZAKsh9bif5HBouhN8fMKvt7hGHEWPbFtXz8d8F00zLbWMD1dXoA5VfjBdrbLRFwmyME6MJn-5DjyqM7mt8pQtkFS728TZXZydhJfR6sGvakgD9WxKA/w226-h400/mvtm-exhibition-12-judy-mar.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pandemic #2, denim mined series, recycled denim, Judith Tinkl</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I am a great respecter of tactile intelligence, the ability of physical skill and intuitive thinking to be fine-tuned to express many aspects of creativity. Words, though very important, are only one way in which intelligence can be manifested. Judith Tinkl<p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OfnAjX0lf0biI8XVklymK6XvRvgZON69ZV5DmCLnr3V_rXQcDgrvv9fFBSQo1YfH-1vjGa6HNhmIY2LV9FMeM64bXq_bUBCYlOv7-qhsmNkPrS6MYeutJzjgkzk3KFi0W6IIw2suOLev82IN9LK6RD4AS9JAQTd-vkcnPSiNCrOoAdgiIlem-g/s1440/mvtm-exhibition-29-judy-mar.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1063" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OfnAjX0lf0biI8XVklymK6XvRvgZON69ZV5DmCLnr3V_rXQcDgrvv9fFBSQo1YfH-1vjGa6HNhmIY2LV9FMeM64bXq_bUBCYlOv7-qhsmNkPrS6MYeutJzjgkzk3KFi0W6IIw2suOLev82IN9LK6RD4AS9JAQTd-vkcnPSiNCrOoAdgiIlem-g/w295-h400/mvtm-exhibition-29-judy-mar.jpg" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patterns, copper and textiles, Alice Vander Vennen<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Reimagining the familiar, my contemporary compositions invite connection with ancient wisdom and diverse stories. Alice Vander Vennen<br /> <p></p><div><br /></div><div>These photos were taken during the August 5 opening reception at the textile museum in Almonte Ontario. The show continues until October 7, 2023. The artist’s statements are from the catalog, available for $20 from the MVTM gift store. </div></div>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-5648006014558027132023-07-31T04:15:00.010-07:002023-08-03T01:44:53.787-07:00A Stitch in Time: artist profile about Judy Martin <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Z9nmB5wcmE2AbGSUNL-8c45Ua2HlJJ-9OAKe6mUsT2hF_4v3qcwecHimiipe-gpakzybweFucB3-NT5WXUmr0S7oKnYvB8j7IDaspVTPnk4Ztkvfzua9oWFptnUq5GJun-q0nhjLSsTIu_08mlvmBmgY-Um-mC1xTWOyW6tPkYwZf4IpMysIxg/s1600/grandmothering-7-judy-marti.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Z9nmB5wcmE2AbGSUNL-8c45Ua2HlJJ-9OAKe6mUsT2hF_4v3qcwecHimiipe-gpakzybweFucB3-NT5WXUmr0S7oKnYvB8j7IDaspVTPnk4Ztkvfzua9oWFptnUq5GJun-q0nhjLSsTIu_08mlvmBmgY-Um-mC1xTWOyW6tPkYwZf4IpMysIxg/w300-h400/grandmothering-7-judy-marti.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">medicine earth</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p>If you paddle by Puckwana Island in Nares Inlet this summer and happen to look up, you might just spot Judith Martin sitting on her porch stitching away. Martin is a textile artist who hand-stitches large masterpieces from dyed and/or re-purposed cloth. While her home and studio are based on Mantioulin Island, she spends her summers on Puckwana, the family cottage in Nares Inlet. </p><p>Martin grew up on a large rural property near Fort Frances in northwestern Ontario. She left home at 19 to attend Lakehead University where she met her husband, Ned Martin. She and Ned lived in Thunder Bay and Kenora for several years before eventually settling on Manitoulin Island.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAv8PELXDSe_L9LthDq4oA1ls1CIAPHN7LKdPoFo9tWE5EF39gxqmnfmejeXJSSAOZgW47B1t42TPNsCcvIYE-lV8GJkBFGT38FQEG2Q6pJP-ezrjCNFnaGeweC1a1ClTnb4Nski3PI9COpeV_JIjpZk_A2hGpKEg7y6-E5qdUSAJtbeAbN52og/s2000/judy-red-glasses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAv8PELXDSe_L9LthDq4oA1ls1CIAPHN7LKdPoFo9tWE5EF39gxqmnfmejeXJSSAOZgW47B1t42TPNsCcvIYE-lV8GJkBFGT38FQEG2Q6pJP-ezrjCNFnaGeweC1a1ClTnb4Nski3PI9COpeV_JIjpZk_A2hGpKEg7y6-E5qdUSAJtbeAbN52og/w300-h400/judy-red-glasses.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><p>Her artwork is grounded in the sense of touch and the passage of time, and it stands out for the vast amount of hand stitching it involves. She works by first stitching smaller pieces in her lap, repeating stitches and patterns over and over, almost like a journal where one works on segments each day. These smaller pieces are then sewn together to form large-scale finished products that can sometimes take years to complete.</p><p>"My work does not represent the outer world, but rather the feeling that we have inside us when we are at peace," she says. </p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11fuEW1vAQalyuQ6R0hP1bLnKvvEtBz3XjGCBQC7RHWPIUifm4eOpjmHu4cVb8NhZMJqWJa24JIS7uS-7uqSfffej4uW1nOHEpJNP0D0lei08T8C_K3MPexL3VQVBDHkzasNpnfpevmj2teNMwBRRTVYWzDfr8RsRmP6pc83gkXckhC5eGf1SjQ/s1500/marks-enough-time-4-judy-ma.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="1500" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11fuEW1vAQalyuQ6R0hP1bLnKvvEtBz3XjGCBQC7RHWPIUifm4eOpjmHu4cVb8NhZMJqWJa24JIS7uS-7uqSfffej4uW1nOHEpJNP0D0lei08T8C_K3MPexL3VQVBDHkzasNpnfpevmj2teNMwBRRTVYWzDfr8RsRmP6pc83gkXckhC5eGf1SjQ/w400-h380/marks-enough-time-4-judy-ma.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">turning forever to the heart</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Martin's childhood home in the Rainy River Valley was surrounded by flat fields, big skies and vast views. Her summers on Puckwana and the rest of year on Manitoulin give her the same kind of ever-changing views of big skies with a horizon line.</p><p>"My work is not a representation of these vistas. Rather, I'm more interested in communicating how the large emptiness that I experience, so full of unique small marks, makes me feel," she explains.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0VBWyu2EsYQ9um7r-gA80N0usTpZaaNpwdfuGPOUDSoEv9vdnGmndM6-CU2r5zrM9_v3-OAvAOUhEixhpjgFRCZgJQ05fhEZmiBbapiuWjLGQfTOJ2NckB8N8kAORpAJJtEImXVc4XRlymkqwbajJVHDMkaf82g-kSh0SXzdBMgJA_Eobf31LA/s1500/10%20%20Canadian%20pioneer%20%202012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1130" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0VBWyu2EsYQ9um7r-gA80N0usTpZaaNpwdfuGPOUDSoEv9vdnGmndM6-CU2r5zrM9_v3-OAvAOUhEixhpjgFRCZgJQ05fhEZmiBbapiuWjLGQfTOJ2NckB8N8kAORpAJJtEImXVc4XRlymkqwbajJVHDMkaf82g-kSh0SXzdBMgJA_Eobf31LA/w301-h400/10%20%20Canadian%20pioneer%20%202012.jpg" width="301" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canadian Pioneer</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Thread and cloth have always been a large part of Martin's life. As a youngster she expressed her creativity through stitching doll clothes,making gifts for family, and even sewing her own clothes until she was in her 30's. Growing up she was constantly sewing, quilting, embroidering or knitting.</div><div><p>Formally, she holds two fine art degrees from Canada and the UK (plus a degree in classical piano), and she continues to learn and evolve her textile work by reading and studying other artists..</p><p>Her influences include painters Mark Rothko, Agnes Martin, and Emily Carr, textile sculptors Louise Bourgeois and Magdalena Abakanowicz, and large-scale abstract textile artist Dorothy Caldwell.</p><p>"I feel a great connection to my inner world when I stitch, and I look forward to the time-traveling that becomes possible for me to do while my hands are moving." she says. </p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeP_9Bcc_YGL1qv5wFxtMNv4YgBpi3CP5WIi3PrlrWndwHaZqJIpwVLvwsgh6hSAX4sbI8qz9rK0SHl3TxtD7n4MurJQyfaE5YLHZn8xf0rDej7hf9_5CPlI_Sw4gNWh7hZvX4TRwfkiysczhX1V_sV6wLtxhIJZmO63HK_5RfzPbNOpKEPRbyOw/s1200/prayer-to-the-sky-judy-mart.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1200" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeP_9Bcc_YGL1qv5wFxtMNv4YgBpi3CP5WIi3PrlrWndwHaZqJIpwVLvwsgh6hSAX4sbI8qz9rK0SHl3TxtD7n4MurJQyfaE5YLHZn8xf0rDej7hf9_5CPlI_Sw4gNWh7hZvX4TRwfkiysczhX1V_sV6wLtxhIJZmO63HK_5RfzPbNOpKEPRbyOw/w400-h359/prayer-to-the-sky-judy-mart.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prayer to the Sky</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>"I hope that the art I make, full of empty space yet covered with touch, gives this dreamworld feeling to my viewers." </div><div><p>You can learn more about Judy Martin's artwork on her website <a href="http://judithemartin.com">judithemartin.com</a> or on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/judithemartin/">@judithemartin</a> or on her blog <a href="http://judys-journal.blogspot.com">judys-journal.blogspot.com</a>. She also sells through the <a href="https://www.perivalegallery.com/">Perivale Gallery</a> on Manitoulin Island and the <a href="https://guildworks.ca/">Guildworks Gallery</a> in Prince Edward County. (Check out the News section of her website to see her list of upcoming exhibitions; she is showcasing her work frequently this year.) </p><p>This article was written by Ginny LeVan for the Bayfield Nares Islanders Association yearbook, published in April 2023. </p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyAffJ2LLsOT4Zf3nxfYEzdY4NCcjx_OCQ5ioSWipYDFZekBww5Jt8qVVbzKTVqb8aGY_z3dP7HAVVIBmuNxuWrP7sn2r2z8zpBZ8VgkS5KeQtVYxZN4IH-ext3_Y0p0VFxoFtQpPN943XF9L3cT9lu7Me-67sCfS9oYhFgdpnqv2hu5YnpCteg/s1024/9%20twenty%20four%20hour%20care.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyAffJ2LLsOT4Zf3nxfYEzdY4NCcjx_OCQ5ioSWipYDFZekBww5Jt8qVVbzKTVqb8aGY_z3dP7HAVVIBmuNxuWrP7sn2r2z8zpBZ8VgkS5KeQtVYxZN4IH-ext3_Y0p0VFxoFtQpPN943XF9L3cT9lu7Me-67sCfS9oYhFgdpnqv2hu5YnpCteg/w400-h400/9%20twenty%20four%20hour%20care.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">twenty four hour care</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On July 29, 2023, the Annual General Meeting of the BNIA was held in the Pointe Au Baril community centre and Judy was invited to bring her work to the meeting for members to see and touch. She took seven pieces that showed how her 'normal life' as mother - wife - sky watcher has influenced her work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOMbGZtHgTjyjJ1Ytxb7vKgEa_OIk2G-7KMHmiTpKA1fBR6KqqXQ8nSNq3ml6VRV83pZJ-JNwD7sk_H7crZUYcJrfuQpbSd7b88Sn7iLa5amEFMtYXKw8jVEVb8vx5UItteGmJ8oG2LS-sfzTspiOK30snfYsLBDjykYYOCmAP3GmGHILWC-SNg/s640/6%20Above-Us.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="324" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOMbGZtHgTjyjJ1Ytxb7vKgEa_OIk2G-7KMHmiTpKA1fBR6KqqXQ8nSNq3ml6VRV83pZJ-JNwD7sk_H7crZUYcJrfuQpbSd7b88Sn7iLa5amEFMtYXKw8jVEVb8vx5UItteGmJ8oG2LS-sfzTspiOK30snfYsLBDjykYYOCmAP3GmGHILWC-SNg/w324-h640/6%20Above-Us.jpg" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">above us</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;">"During my years of active motherhood, I leaned into my inner life, and the story quilts I made during that time were a place to put memories, secrets and daydreams. Those early quilts are full of colour, pattern, time, and touch, each of them a personal story, while at the same time, a functional bed covering. I learned how to be an artist/poet over those years of normal, ordinary, busy, lucky life, I went into a reverie every day when I looked at the sky." </p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-2118343560118281682023-07-27T06:04:00.007-07:002023-07-27T09:46:41.628-07:00Manitoulin Expositor review of the Stardust Exhibition <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmj54Nf3QlO2iESkmwZrh4JaNpu1X5g4tIRgkQlYaWGwm7ck_7EZdYiDKLdA3lDVHp_BYA2OVufwc1hrfdDhQXGTSgRfIS8c2LuI25rZ5Abi9GYCzdI7sCnNu5PlFG4dfpFitf4lIj8I3LqHsy-BJKf5TxtSI7Zr0Wu1c-D9w9ofQpvIIcJQ6_ow/s1689/michael-review-3-stardust.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1689" data-original-width="1224" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmj54Nf3QlO2iESkmwZrh4JaNpu1X5g4tIRgkQlYaWGwm7ck_7EZdYiDKLdA3lDVHp_BYA2OVufwc1hrfdDhQXGTSgRfIS8c2LuI25rZ5Abi9GYCzdI7sCnNu5PlFG4dfpFitf4lIj8I3LqHsy-BJKf5TxtSI7Zr0Wu1c-D9w9ofQpvIIcJQ6_ow/w290-h400/michael-review-3-stardust.jpg" width="290" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Sky is Not the Limit when it comes to Creativity</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Walking through the doors of the Gore Bay Museum and into Stardust, the new exhibit by internationally renowned fibre artist Judith E Martin, you are immediately enfolded into the arms of a very personal creativity. Ms Martin is a visual artist who works in two-sided and three-dimensional hand stitched textiles.</div><p>While she was born and raised in a remote area of Northwestern Ontario, Ms Martin acquired a first-class honours BA in Embroidery from Middlesex University in London, England through distance education in 2012. She and her husband Ned have raised their family at their Bay Estates home.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcI6z0wRz4XPk3kI0RFhOe3AbMJlSpxcGzbZHh8FQZhEH-MUYGD-tZp2gL1UjrGQq8x6qmoEGw0qzfkiElOQhjAJi25DKVuRMnjG50_uT8WUNSGL0Pw39OBqObbClcWpnF5mnLNsTgCqYh_7L4RQ0JpXviH3uZlKJG2kFYC7Rwdpe9Zd6qFiUehA/s1562/michael-review-5-stardust.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="1562" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcI6z0wRz4XPk3kI0RFhOe3AbMJlSpxcGzbZHh8FQZhEH-MUYGD-tZp2gL1UjrGQq8x6qmoEGw0qzfkiElOQhjAJi25DKVuRMnjG50_uT8WUNSGL0Pw39OBqObbClcWpnF5mnLNsTgCqYh_7L4RQ0JpXviH3uZlKJG2kFYC7Rwdpe9Zd6qFiUehA/w400-h343/michael-review-5-stardust.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p>Ms Martin's work is exhibited internationally and is included in several permanent collections, one of which is the International Quilt Museum in Nebraska. Ms Martin considers 'time' to be her main material, "both as how it is held within pre-used domestic wool blankets or table linens and also how it can be made visible through hand-stitching added over months, sometimes years. The inner world is her subject."</p><p>There is no mistaking the immense amount of time, effort and love represented through the works displayed in Stardust. The works are a road map through the many facets of her life, physical representations of the gains, the losses, heartbreaks and jubilation of a life well lived.</p><p>Ms Martin's work is familiar to many on Manitoulin island, having been a central part of community projects such as the Millennium Quilt which now stands as a permanent exhibit in the Assiginack Museum. But many of the works displayed over the next few weeks in the Gore Bay Museum reveal an intimate portrait of the artist and her inspirations.</p><p>Several themes work to bind Stardust together. The aforementioned 'time' features prominently, but so do circles and the role that wrapping has played in assisting Ms Martin in working through loss and mourning.</p><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqexd9Qi-Ymv0Dl3QaGctyeIZIVUkyJ4DFtx7jyXpgs4TnDCXMzSXT4pMZxSVXSjYWdbcdo59FkFTPa4_-DoYNYmn32ut10wE0NU0xcAfJYbt0dlgw15AWiIzrjUXIL0Rtau970AQUXozpT9PoNHdn4vmvS2yoiemCfm1rs_IVnqVvVH4_LjWW1w/s1535/michael-review-stardust.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="1535" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqexd9Qi-Ymv0Dl3QaGctyeIZIVUkyJ4DFtx7jyXpgs4TnDCXMzSXT4pMZxSVXSjYWdbcdo59FkFTPa4_-DoYNYmn32ut10wE0NU0xcAfJYbt0dlgw15AWiIzrjUXIL0Rtau970AQUXozpT9PoNHdn4vmvS2yoiemCfm1rs_IVnqVvVH4_LjWW1w/w400-h343/michael-review-stardust.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p>"Scientist/philosopher Carl Sagan said that we are made of star stuff, meaning that the raw materials of our physical bodies were originally forged in distant, long-extinguished stars" Ms Martin explains the thematic title of her latest show. "He said, "The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."</p><p>"Included in the Stardust exhibition are women's hankies and doilies, all of which have been given to me with the hope that I would use them in artwork", notes Ms Martin, adding that the exhibit has an intimate and generous quality because of these gifts and expressing gratitude for those gifts. "I also hope that visitors will feel a connection to nature in most of the pieces.. Sometimes it is an obvious link, while other times the connection is abstract. The use of the same techniques, colours, or shapes throughout the exhibition mimics what happens in the natural world. Grasses, trees, ripples on a lake, every one is unique. It is the repetition that counts."</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxkBErQwrsKHZUTiZhk7giwX-Sq3erTqEcDnj-LOMias2nW5RWcoTwMF1lHQBTsZQSQSzepf_o6N_c-msQkcKxjVOIXYxRCHJ5WAFjaVCE5IkhnpVEF-Nszp55ClRUteUQbQH68JiBxQXk0j_7y0DX4sP_DZADwlfBrBWWNndOZGQq_Ux9qqcKA/s2563/michael-review-4-stardust.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2198" data-original-width="2563" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxkBErQwrsKHZUTiZhk7giwX-Sq3erTqEcDnj-LOMias2nW5RWcoTwMF1lHQBTsZQSQSzepf_o6N_c-msQkcKxjVOIXYxRCHJ5WAFjaVCE5IkhnpVEF-Nszp55ClRUteUQbQH68JiBxQXk0j_7y0DX4sP_DZADwlfBrBWWNndOZGQq_Ux9qqcKA/s320/michael-review-4-stardust.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Ms Martin also expressed thanks to Gore Bay Museum curator Nicole Weppler for hosting the exhibit. "Nicole invited me to create an exhibit in 2018, even before the Pandemic and water damage closed the building for five years" she said. "Things always seemed to get in the way of making it happen.."</span></p><p>Thankfully, the time has finally arrived wherein these works can be shared with Manitoulin Island. </p><p>"Hand stitched work takes a long time to make and the pieces in this exhibition have been with me over a lengthy period, supporting me like friends or journals do," said Ms Martin. "The time in them is another gift, from me to you. There are several quilts in the exhibition. Quilts read as comfort, safety, warmth and time; the time it takes to make them but also the time that allows the body to become vulnerable and give way to sleep and dream. When we pull a quilt over us, it touches our whole body. Time and touch are what this exhibition is about. Textiles are tactile. They relate to the body."</p><p>But no touching - please.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgOWhj17z2NOx3T9SEzWqYxZ9loEbL7GhVO1ec29V2-f6sPLXfWg7jrjDGdQ4jo0qk7c_H14E7eq857bjOvfWQA-70OrbmuxSqifYqU-77zV9vyUTkR5ErGCtjm7ozLPv980NmC-onjmZT6VeE1zFceYRcqppNbjQHuGSkit7AeJgiw02BgKQ6A/s1748/michael-review-2-stardust.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="1748" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgOWhj17z2NOx3T9SEzWqYxZ9loEbL7GhVO1ec29V2-f6sPLXfWg7jrjDGdQ4jo0qk7c_H14E7eq857bjOvfWQA-70OrbmuxSqifYqU-77zV9vyUTkR5ErGCtjm7ozLPv980NmC-onjmZT6VeE1zFceYRcqppNbjQHuGSkit7AeJgiw02BgKQ6A/s320/michael-review-2-stardust.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p>Well, except for one piece, a quilted blanket that sits waiting in a basket, ready to provide tactile comfort for those visiting the exhibit. While time and circles abound in Stardust, the textures of the various textiles utilized by this amazing fibre artist exude the warmth inherent in the concept of quilt, taking things to a whole other level. </p><p>But don't take our word for it. Go and see for yourself. Stardust will be on exhibit at the Gore Bay Museum until September 15, Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm.</p><p>This article by Michael Erskine was printed Wednesday July 19 in the Manitoulin Expositor. </p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-45343492137179789912023-07-17T08:27:00.006-07:002023-07-17T13:34:24.386-07:00Among the Garbage and the Flowers group exhibition<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLE6FmJdFgAsqsqSxu8jA_lt087vDH4svNjCsmLRnCcvRalUKtSQhz74LgqGKJhrGl6nxakcj4AbxpgFwflnvARnntbdKJS413R0bDLhT59B00RIZFu8YPZk6wqG01qZYwr1sUPCmz2tMqUOp5bLz4jZ6mOuB4dbez09Qka5LK0S6YaFr34jukQ/s1866/If-you-desire-healing-judy-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1866" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsLE6FmJdFgAsqsqSxu8jA_lt087vDH4svNjCsmLRnCcvRalUKtSQhz74LgqGKJhrGl6nxakcj4AbxpgFwflnvARnntbdKJS413R0bDLhT59B00RIZFu8YPZk6wqG01qZYwr1sUPCmz2tMqUOp5bLz4jZ6mOuB4dbez09Qka5LK0S6YaFr34jukQ/w321-h400/If-you-desire-healing-judy-.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><br /><div>A group show of eleven artists who work with used or discarded textiles, curated by Susan Avishai opens August 5 at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte Ontario. The exhibition continues until October 7, 2023.</div><div><br /></div><div>Judy Martin will be showing four poem blankets from her What Happens In Bed series. The poems are by Rumi, Pablo Neruda and Agnes Martin. Vintage wool blankets with embroidered text, 2020-23</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_ZjgN3bfWkZ7zgY6EjDuar43po1dsfwZIwYerxjPh3Xiu6OL2JP12x9TWWIyL2rhZEbZ03xOeLxypfiW60zpwP2SLO_wwnDN-4f7a86Y5pLUjBeNn1x6g4fTz8_vskMvRIjd2dSBi9R5DOTgVK-bKkecOwlxxMQKvJVQNmkTpDvXwIKRO9kAbA/s1000/among-the-garbage-and-the-f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1000" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_ZjgN3bfWkZ7zgY6EjDuar43po1dsfwZIwYerxjPh3Xiu6OL2JP12x9TWWIyL2rhZEbZ03xOeLxypfiW60zpwP2SLO_wwnDN-4f7a86Y5pLUjBeNn1x6g4fTz8_vskMvRIjd2dSBi9R5DOTgVK-bKkecOwlxxMQKvJVQNmkTpDvXwIKRO9kAbA/w400-h331/among-the-garbage-and-the-f.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The artists are:</p><p>Top: Liz Pead, Sonia Jacyk-Bukata, Amy Meissner, Susan Avishai</p><p>Middle: Melanie Siegel, Sandra Smirle, Alice Vander Vennen</p><p>Bottom: Judy Martin, Leisa Rich, Carole Baillargeon, Judith Tinkl</p><p>There will be an opening reception August 5 : 2-4 pm. Most of the artists will be present.</p><p><a href="https://mvtm.ca/mvt2/event-page/among-the-garbage-and-the-flowers/" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more information. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-52769775057375514422023-07-16T05:40:00.007-07:002023-07-16T05:46:01.436-07:00The Stardust Exhibition <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXExPbP8ygfOM0Pqaauf_6hjyFISomrhPoA-nsNs0J8-vDJEKKuN-Eg8AipE_upg5HsZ1PnWdDqs4FbClrgR1bKUllYkZvzLALPR4nl-x6-J2D4-d9yewUEZ7ymgDZaOD4qjiUL5y54nHVpOWn6T3nso1OtnObKTV_L1a_juOGkgyTMj9nCwy0w/s1500/stardust-exhibition-12-judy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1500" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXExPbP8ygfOM0Pqaauf_6hjyFISomrhPoA-nsNs0J8-vDJEKKuN-Eg8AipE_upg5HsZ1PnWdDqs4FbClrgR1bKUllYkZvzLALPR4nl-x6-J2D4-d9yewUEZ7ymgDZaOD4qjiUL5y54nHVpOWn6T3nso1OtnObKTV_L1a_juOGkgyTMj9nCwy0w/w400-h288/stardust-exhibition-12-judy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Scientist/philosopher Carl Sagan said that we are made of star stuff, meaning that the raw materials of our physical bodies were originally forged in distant, long-extinguished stars. He said: "The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: center;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbeKDITdixL2w6SgMPb28dusC_NY5BmSgDljGUHn7F-XGiH4TZo8fsAjSvBHn6e5SPepfT-VoU8wr6Oic42aLFYN0Hfr8Sm5cnXLpR8cz5J87g1BFGcI73ETPrzahPUpY3FJUGe79YvUVtESSYAMRsgI5RTxMNt0H3MnitwzwATyM_oGlaTbSHw/s1500/stardust-exhibition-13-judy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1197" data-original-width="1500" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbeKDITdixL2w6SgMPb28dusC_NY5BmSgDljGUHn7F-XGiH4TZo8fsAjSvBHn6e5SPepfT-VoU8wr6Oic42aLFYN0Hfr8Sm5cnXLpR8cz5J87g1BFGcI73ETPrzahPUpY3FJUGe79YvUVtESSYAMRsgI5RTxMNt0H3MnitwzwATyM_oGlaTbSHw/w400-h319/stardust-exhibition-13-judy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden". (Joni Mitchell)</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq74CBw-hb2YAS7R29cZlZR4mBFhlPWiV2R2l9OaAFFseuVCVOmQV7P9uQCFb9dMZxxNHa4n5hjQMOxiDW-OtEHoM9vSYVZQ1oQ_W9p2O5Id2QP3249MekphEHAZluG9JzI141IJddRm1w3aEMXP9JPSv6pb05XwFxQuUt1nriktjkqev_WXl7RQ/s1500/stardust-exhibition-15-judy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq74CBw-hb2YAS7R29cZlZR4mBFhlPWiV2R2l9OaAFFseuVCVOmQV7P9uQCFb9dMZxxNHa4n5hjQMOxiDW-OtEHoM9vSYVZQ1oQ_W9p2O5Id2QP3249MekphEHAZluG9JzI141IJddRm1w3aEMXP9JPSv6pb05XwFxQuUt1nriktjkqev_WXl7RQ/w400-h300/stardust-exhibition-15-judy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Included in the Stardust exhibition are domestic linens, women's hankies and hand made doilies, most of which have been given to me with the hope that they would be used in artwork.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The exhibit has an intimate and generous quality because of these gifts, thank you.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATOHUwZrEMAFrwcBCSrY4gjme3afNp5PIvr4XBG0yAmBhupCud7jxl9MYgVcJzCQ6zVGcX2Iajf6ilUDQyd-QoXUeLX8hdj1ks_JfeeqKZbhqS4COkAmfOOQYlN4sQZUpQ2so7T4aQ9S7sm8FCXc0rwNoT8RFkVBBb_qdHfzq_B3rvvugvXN3FA/s1602/stardust-exhibition-18-judy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1602" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATOHUwZrEMAFrwcBCSrY4gjme3afNp5PIvr4XBG0yAmBhupCud7jxl9MYgVcJzCQ6zVGcX2Iajf6ilUDQyd-QoXUeLX8hdj1ks_JfeeqKZbhqS4COkAmfOOQYlN4sQZUpQ2so7T4aQ9S7sm8FCXc0rwNoT8RFkVBBb_qdHfzq_B3rvvugvXN3FA/w375-h400/stardust-exhibition-18-judy.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I also hope that visitors will feel a connection to nature in most of the pieces.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sometimes it is an obvious link, while other times the connection is abstract.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvGVJ-fbS-gMbwd7TqfArMjJVKwupPhtt755wnFMwjeUvNnc_A0SJZsJgFbRbwLHtJV37xKQfjATcWbTrjKmeVcSCqi8C_EpH18zpbz1a0FWEIFeNrstFa2CXEdyl94LSNFSDUaMMoeVxO0wQ-oUpWvqRvf4zTuiiQOKDgLu5SFRwobQ2qI7Jng/s1500/stardust-exhibition-1-judy-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1500" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvGVJ-fbS-gMbwd7TqfArMjJVKwupPhtt755wnFMwjeUvNnc_A0SJZsJgFbRbwLHtJV37xKQfjATcWbTrjKmeVcSCqi8C_EpH18zpbz1a0FWEIFeNrstFa2CXEdyl94LSNFSDUaMMoeVxO0wQ-oUpWvqRvf4zTuiiQOKDgLu5SFRwobQ2qI7Jng/w400-h281/stardust-exhibition-1-judy-.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The use of the same techniques, colours, or shapes throughout the exhibition mimics what happens in the natural world. </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Grasses, trees, ripples on a lake, every one is unique.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It is the repetition that counts.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeI9GcMpaETUTjh-2j7Xc4XRoIWtcahvTkv0pvQ5PB9b2KVfw3NRxOk4rUqrQ5tG-HrDppj-OVfdhidTtWjL_D-pYyf9w-NToeLz50Rya2wayVC9Ym4s3TtLMHzQTRYulFemiLSZ1hJ-2QZ4r9TQRHVgz5bsHulOJI9-sWDHE0Ksh92XTPbMyjSg/s1500/stardust-exhibitiono-19-jud.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1227" data-original-width="1500" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeI9GcMpaETUTjh-2j7Xc4XRoIWtcahvTkv0pvQ5PB9b2KVfw3NRxOk4rUqrQ5tG-HrDppj-OVfdhidTtWjL_D-pYyf9w-NToeLz50Rya2wayVC9Ym4s3TtLMHzQTRYulFemiLSZ1hJ-2QZ4r9TQRHVgz5bsHulOJI9-sWDHE0Ksh92XTPbMyjSg/w400-h328/stardust-exhibitiono-19-jud.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfOi8Z45fkOb2_jlQtrv_BBogX7OFt1irr_V6NQJLUqTIinF26ZNrovMZiyUgDeXBoUOBFraei0D6l5Z5MvSg7rEjsWRr226PLKwpvAlA_Zio4-C8792vVfRiVSz9WcISCGoar_3V2PCG_tP98yCsEXGADuJrG_nZkWG2IJ2ztAesKy484-ouVA/s3698/stardust-exhibition-11-judy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3698" data-original-width="1718" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfOi8Z45fkOb2_jlQtrv_BBogX7OFt1irr_V6NQJLUqTIinF26ZNrovMZiyUgDeXBoUOBFraei0D6l5Z5MvSg7rEjsWRr226PLKwpvAlA_Zio4-C8792vVfRiVSz9WcISCGoar_3V2PCG_tP98yCsEXGADuJrG_nZkWG2IJ2ztAesKy484-ouVA/w186-h400/stardust-exhibition-11-judy.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Hand stitched work takes a long time to make and the pieces in this exhibition have been with me over a lengthy period, supporting me like friends or journals do.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The time in them is another gift, from me to you.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNF4GRQ06ijzfh6-J1Fzbo_87fcDnJBerTAY6ct34_abB_SWz62Su8RmtgUgwZJIEMRaK-6XQU5r-BAPXpgC6-J8aj5YxfMSMNCpVr59sFeiWsBVQKGbvqd4BAnNJ7ufvDiQ-NMWsuBCxdkItV1cBu-IPoqLQTLRxrqbE2YSTg4ndcv6ZCu3-Kg/s1500/stardust-exhibition-6-judy-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="1500" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNF4GRQ06ijzfh6-J1Fzbo_87fcDnJBerTAY6ct34_abB_SWz62Su8RmtgUgwZJIEMRaK-6XQU5r-BAPXpgC6-J8aj5YxfMSMNCpVr59sFeiWsBVQKGbvqd4BAnNJ7ufvDiQ-NMWsuBCxdkItV1cBu-IPoqLQTLRxrqbE2YSTg4ndcv6ZCu3-Kg/w400-h343/stardust-exhibition-6-judy-.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">There are several quilts in the exhibition.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Quilts read as comfort, safety, warmth, and time; the time it takes to make them but also the time that allows the body to become vulnerable and give way to sleep and dream.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1zfdbxw_jbt6SDbkZLXxD1gV0g8XyJbeHTxI3yxAHShemSZ-jAhHig9Rk3VBw-WwCMohhzG62T1TRTywNWO2z_p1tc2CdweKljLauJXrdCgzvvyP-Hc_kk31ZKD_D4GQ5WV9Ji_CnWVCG04vtfxjy_UrIbZ04KTVIq_Y_JbC7GBfq-INjlV2LA/s1500/stardust-exhibition-2-judy-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1500" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1zfdbxw_jbt6SDbkZLXxD1gV0g8XyJbeHTxI3yxAHShemSZ-jAhHig9Rk3VBw-WwCMohhzG62T1TRTywNWO2z_p1tc2CdweKljLauJXrdCgzvvyP-Hc_kk31ZKD_D4GQ5WV9Ji_CnWVCG04vtfxjy_UrIbZ04KTVIq_Y_JbC7GBfq-INjlV2LA/w400-h308/stardust-exhibition-2-judy-.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">When we pull a quilt over us, it touches our whole body. </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Time and touch are what this exhibition is about. Textiles are tactile. They relate to the body. </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAfJsGSL2i9rEHUBoPj_p9JzArDze14TA29xCLlIo_fh7Yz8fYcQhFx_zUP9UrBdCW77DHl37BelIRHD_dLqi6wXf0hXMUSegCGxYtS5TM9tU-XdKGxmXRaGqqim6esl9k5ZAAGSuoZRfMIvEGNpZZG_59cKguWFiy8sXQ1q7GulpBwrcU3x7CA/s1783/stardust-exhibition-3-judy-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAfJsGSL2i9rEHUBoPj_p9JzArDze14TA29xCLlIo_fh7Yz8fYcQhFx_zUP9UrBdCW77DHl37BelIRHD_dLqi6wXf0hXMUSegCGxYtS5TM9tU-XdKGxmXRaGqqim6esl9k5ZAAGSuoZRfMIvEGNpZZG_59cKguWFiy8sXQ1q7GulpBwrcU3x7CA/w336-h400/stardust-exhibition-3-judy-.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif">Thank you to Nicole Weppler and to the Gore Bay Museum for the invitation to exhibit in this beautiful gallery. </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif"> </span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh073vYWKsntVvatGz4UOHQo69nTQcBCGXrTQWSzR_XV2PqzBajZSXvUc2qknvr_WQAFANy3VU4z37Nc7aeoNtCqQCrtpYuqVugdmVKervjlLwSuHroAMvCmhBYoTmYRXRbSPEI5376uibBRZsLpq5Yr0vT418ceRnxg3BNUepjvLr4WpbQTUBs6w/s1872/stardust-exhibition-16-judy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1872" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh073vYWKsntVvatGz4UOHQo69nTQcBCGXrTQWSzR_XV2PqzBajZSXvUc2qknvr_WQAFANy3VU4z37Nc7aeoNtCqQCrtpYuqVugdmVKervjlLwSuHroAMvCmhBYoTmYRXRbSPEI5376uibBRZsLpq5Yr0vT418ceRnxg3BNUepjvLr4WpbQTUBs6w/w320-h400/stardust-exhibition-16-judy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Each of us lives an original life.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">In nature, there is no sameness.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">No two rocks are alike.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">No two people are alike.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">No moment is like another moment.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">We are born to do certain things.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">We are born to fill a certain need.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">We are born as verbs, not nouns.</span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">(Agnes Martin)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1500" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSI0LKATZxb8jFCpdTLUUjedorsQrgFD3aVWCUumYwVgSrbnglOnCEJaHkVBMOvwn17DihsHqlZHKv9NJzP6I6_RDWHgqIlC_zHu-tTod1HzMJh2NY4piMp8y7ZoUoNjAf_aRCYVcKT-MrR86GYoXsrioI8JTxE-0hDvq_wXMtiNbJT6Og6IsRLA/w400-h246/stardust-exhibition-5-judy-.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">The museum has been closed to the public for five years because of the pandemic and then because of repairs for water damage. This exhibition celebrates the re-opening of a much loved museum and art gallery. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSUL9cOaXWaHjYPL0iHTmvPk2KxL3eJDmtxWamWOTaqvVDZOp15L1tDDYQ1Biy99W1tfFFJPT_x4cRzB_9uXzke-2mKBJSMcM9HfT1YqN_nAkbSc5DK8yzGOtJudFwgLFt0IWgZ2J_RydEVHJg8DSj4bzKsuzo_HDXyhJJ4vKFvKhWJLHa0CexQ/s1586/stardust-exhibition-9-judy-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSUL9cOaXWaHjYPL0iHTmvPk2KxL3eJDmtxWamWOTaqvVDZOp15L1tDDYQ1Biy99W1tfFFJPT_x4cRzB_9uXzke-2mKBJSMcM9HfT1YqN_nAkbSc5DK8yzGOtJudFwgLFt0IWgZ2J_RydEVHJg8DSj4bzKsuzo_HDXyhJJ4vKFvKhWJLHa0CexQ/w379-h400/stardust-exhibition-9-judy-.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face="Arial Narrow, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">The stardust exhibition is a collection of domestic artworks. Exhibited throughout the two gallery spaces and corridor are six quilts, four ironing pads, three tablecloths, two pillow cases, two books, eight framed embroideries and over one hundred bundles. Two pieces are presented on well crafted stands made by my husband, Ned. The stands blend well with the gallery's large wooden bench, as well as the several vintage chairs, small tables, and grand piano. The addition of furniture within the space also blends domestic with fine art. The artwork here is intimate, even personal, and was created over a period of several years. </span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAvHcXJ43QxxMTF1epQbfh2wfuA3SGdnH1yl_8SeXnKFnzOkY5AA-SccT51-JoNMsXaaiOyVnxn4Zhajkia7q6Gqphd7UbNpE8xYw5sAI-WhpVwmlYlbdhrFdiYFj1uEuLB8Q3ZrkV-a5Iqfqn4jJ3Kjycffvyw0jj4jHYt7_0EbPJ77-rIQEKw/s1500/stardust-exhibition-4-judy-.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1500" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAvHcXJ43QxxMTF1epQbfh2wfuA3SGdnH1yl_8SeXnKFnzOkY5AA-SccT51-JoNMsXaaiOyVnxn4Zhajkia7q6Gqphd7UbNpE8xYw5sAI-WhpVwmlYlbdhrFdiYFj1uEuLB8Q3ZrkV-a5Iqfqn4jJ3Kjycffvyw0jj4jHYt7_0EbPJ77-rIQEKw/w400-h324/stardust-exhibition-4-judy-.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> The work is quiet but it is a companionable silence. There is a sacredness to what feels familiar. Every single object in this exhibition is about the passing of time and the repetition of touch. We are stardust. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHxvDygU9eIpTXVo2DmJ7Jc8LKxuO_3H9z509dsgazzp7ZG2TEwbEvYaRF0G9MSqIhj_9Zvvncl0Fvd0LSVWf5MIMHBa3WhI1fnVfRu8DeA9jtzMg_ZftslPXmtQ2htuHukyz0sWCfRxzVCgAzZ_-fpmvVDeB1R4reQG06DPT-w4sWQVRk0FlHQ/s1954/stardust-exhibition-14-judy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="1656" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHxvDygU9eIpTXVo2DmJ7Jc8LKxuO_3H9z509dsgazzp7ZG2TEwbEvYaRF0G9MSqIhj_9Zvvncl0Fvd0LSVWf5MIMHBa3WhI1fnVfRu8DeA9jtzMg_ZftslPXmtQ2htuHukyz0sWCfRxzVCgAzZ_-fpmvVDeB1R4reQG06DPT-w4sWQVRk0FlHQ/w339-h400/stardust-exhibition-14-judy.jpg" width="339" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">We are golden. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwL2Vo1Gq49x9DJ0Dfy8xfREi2490yScfjK9RLkojVYQezQ9lyTnjfZiCDaK4AeKyXNQ6fVl69QIMlIksA6nxj2SLwc2A1M8Cql3C_H7V_S0ET-xH1vQzZBld9mIcTI7NR5m00nEbV55whcREsNe8KeJDyStma1Q0L8xtrMlVWOgQ0sppfxCrRPg/s3897/stardust-exhibition-19-judy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3897" data-original-width="2009" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwL2Vo1Gq49x9DJ0Dfy8xfREi2490yScfjK9RLkojVYQezQ9lyTnjfZiCDaK4AeKyXNQ6fVl69QIMlIksA6nxj2SLwc2A1M8Cql3C_H7V_S0ET-xH1vQzZBld9mIcTI7NR5m00nEbV55whcREsNe8KeJDyStma1Q0L8xtrMlVWOgQ0sppfxCrRPg/w206-h400/stardust-exhibition-19-judy.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Exhibition continues until September 15, 2023. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Gore Bay Museum, 12 Dawson Street, Gore Bay Manitoulin Island </span></div></div><p></p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-45091617399146661562023-07-09T20:02:00.003-07:002023-07-09T20:02:28.623-07:00Time Passes Over the Earth enters private collection <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGa6sOQO3K3i21duq7zVT-penzDDbRZrv1CHTDDqb53M66yd8TAaVVl4ugVR97N6jl6ToCpuQoD-DbOe31w20Oc7sq8SS2_WtCDvjVZWWNNjfC83e1wdgPR3bUJrLbp1o7x6xGiH9pscZpQyW_L6-omA7l7Z_o6V84CyS_IR5MTgT4L1JaLAvPJg/s1795/unnamed-(86).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1795" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGa6sOQO3K3i21duq7zVT-penzDDbRZrv1CHTDDqb53M66yd8TAaVVl4ugVR97N6jl6ToCpuQoD-DbOe31w20Oc7sq8SS2_WtCDvjVZWWNNjfC83e1wdgPR3bUJrLbp1o7x6xGiH9pscZpQyW_L6-omA7l7Z_o6V84CyS_IR5MTgT4L1JaLAvPJg/w334-h400/unnamed-(86).jpg" width="334" /></a></div><p>time passes over the earth - velvet, silk, hand pieced over foundations, hand quilted, 20.5 x 20", 2015 has gone into private collection this week. (in Australia) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybIeqHpndF_DuvYgeJC_9k2w1xwprKWWvOW7_mqQoG3dcAFcoNyxvK30v0ypHhBg_msWkAGi_ZHJPMGU4iJ2QqvvzhCaTE4xyAfdmZtERlbxIpJiR_aBSXKSZsZvR4TxEej2rzL2VXg8gv4OF2qbk3exNo0Ir_QOafGc27dNePtUJ-fw3StWyUA/s1996/unnamed-(87).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1996" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybIeqHpndF_DuvYgeJC_9k2w1xwprKWWvOW7_mqQoG3dcAFcoNyxvK30v0ypHhBg_msWkAGi_ZHJPMGU4iJ2QqvvzhCaTE4xyAfdmZtERlbxIpJiR_aBSXKSZsZvR4TxEej2rzL2VXg8gv4OF2qbk3exNo0Ir_QOafGc27dNePtUJ-fw3StWyUA/w300-h400/unnamed-(87).jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">a kitten of a piece, so small and soft. </p>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27060174.post-55252690381943027052023-06-29T16:34:00.003-07:002023-09-15T12:12:34.034-07:00People's Choice award: Quilt National<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUqhzB835k98S9-rrzNBaeE6f5qvgl5buUTIBN0o9-QnSly6Q001KtM4tT4-sPuKJMT2pD7-a0xq3QehsbrF6lmK83uBp9q1uCWnZmcc7pdMZSlp_WOMjarjSRhkoFnVIM7ctksi_IVkd6HuRns5rNj1JoIya53x5IHgyfae_DHWuqf89Ktnyww/s2000/shin-hee-Chin-trees-at-dawn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUqhzB835k98S9-rrzNBaeE6f5qvgl5buUTIBN0o9-QnSly6Q001KtM4tT4-sPuKJMT2pD7-a0xq3QehsbrF6lmK83uBp9q1uCWnZmcc7pdMZSlp_WOMjarjSRhkoFnVIM7ctksi_IVkd6HuRns5rNj1JoIya53x5IHgyfae_DHWuqf89Ktnyww/w300-h400/shin-hee-Chin-trees-at-dawn.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Trees at Dawn by Shin-Lee Chin (detail image) </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTq5zbkQLFgaPE_XWTKmo7gC4yu-gxi_4lubfwhFYiktsJM-Xx8RIXx4xpE2Vx4j8imV1cY5snJDK7_lO9Tbv4RixgbrMC_OuN46sbslUL2ww4Cl5IUAWRu3DfU5DB_33WYtEneN7bIy-qSzqo9gYmtZxmM_Qfq_Kf7MM9Ua6qBOV-nBhNX698g/s1500/forest-of-seasons-diana-s-f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1500" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYTq5zbkQLFgaPE_XWTKmo7gC4yu-gxi_4lubfwhFYiktsJM-Xx8RIXx4xpE2Vx4j8imV1cY5snJDK7_lO9Tbv4RixgbrMC_OuN46sbslUL2ww4Cl5IUAWRu3DfU5DB_33WYtEneN7bIy-qSzqo9gYmtZxmM_Qfq_Kf7MM9Ua6qBOV-nBhNX698g/w400-h361/forest-of-seasons-diana-s-f.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Forest of Season by Diana Fox </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Fx50YXu4p_befQx3mhuf_3KfwJuazBAJEnO8vbv66_qXnPQrcktdhIBMt96kzqjiQ9P9tNcDwpnfGMLjeiUfCY45XBXvQRGiWj4R6AlvyQW6DKeBCHLrffNV91WJFjkSABytzX_Wkc-tcT6ro8x12zIfHSyBu9tJF1whP7IIaM-NSXaH2sQ7FA/s2000/mimi-mimi-mimi-by-heide-par.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Fx50YXu4p_befQx3mhuf_3KfwJuazBAJEnO8vbv66_qXnPQrcktdhIBMt96kzqjiQ9P9tNcDwpnfGMLjeiUfCY45XBXvQRGiWj4R6AlvyQW6DKeBCHLrffNV91WJFjkSABytzX_Wkc-tcT6ro8x12zIfHSyBu9tJF1whP7IIaM-NSXaH2sQ7FA/w300-h400/mimi-mimi-mimi-by-heide-par.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Mimi, Mimi, Mimi by Heide Parkes (detail image)</div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjTYGT7S4js4RIv3F6sOE5IAfetDRJTvOCf1WBLeJE-XuK074IqoGK0EKDaLyC-Je3ilAeULvUkbs-PFK2VzyxufhD-22lehTD6XDZSgx3Cth8of1smZSxOgzBf0hC6SCmCaxSTXiL0mfbPe8PPdlTH0zCqfW2Ri271DN_295wpw2OY3J810Qzg/s1500/Under-Drifting-full-Stars-D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjTYGT7S4js4RIv3F6sOE5IAfetDRJTvOCf1WBLeJE-XuK074IqoGK0EKDaLyC-Je3ilAeULvUkbs-PFK2VzyxufhD-22lehTD6XDZSgx3Cth8of1smZSxOgzBf0hC6SCmCaxSTXiL0mfbPe8PPdlTH0zCqfW2Ri271DN_295wpw2OY3J810Qzg/w400-h266/Under-Drifting-full-Stars-D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Under Drifting Stars by Judith E Martin (detail image) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfcPXAw4U5IDdzov1G5uQMRg-EWOTSiQFJJ2kAnE1XduefSiLl1uuOL_0zjYbFOD9CYxO3sX9DDY-PJF-cYfQjyZNI0mbbjhloomWqFAdjn0TTuKHC629oUHWbPnZNzKuz-i-J29mOkJnmRBp65ddVTcOQZef6VT7CmeCE3E_BrTdsqRbK3cjHQ/s1511/summer-garden-by-hilde-hoog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1511" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfcPXAw4U5IDdzov1G5uQMRg-EWOTSiQFJJ2kAnE1XduefSiLl1uuOL_0zjYbFOD9CYxO3sX9DDY-PJF-cYfQjyZNI0mbbjhloomWqFAdjn0TTuKHC629oUHWbPnZNzKuz-i-J29mOkJnmRBp65ddVTcOQZef6VT7CmeCE3E_BrTdsqRbK3cjHQ/w398-h400/summer-garden-by-hilde-hoog.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><div><br /></div>summer garden by Hilde Hoogsworth (photo taken from the catalogue)<div><br /></div><div>These are the five leading quilts for people's choice award at Quilt National 23. If you visit the show you can vote for this award. Check<a href="https://dairybarn.org/quilt-national-23-peoples-choice-award-top-5/"> this link</a> to see how your favourite quilt is doing. The list is updated every Friday. </div><div><br /></div><div>EDIT UPDATE: The top quilt in this post, Shin-lee Chin's Trees at Dawn won the People's Choice award, announced on September 11. Judy's quilt remained in the top five until the end of August.</div>Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.com0