I just received the good news that I'll be showing in this Spring's Halifax Crafters show!
I've been keeping myself busy through these longs winter nights crafting away creating detailed Nova Scotian birds of prey soft sculptures, 3-D needle-felted scenes and of course the odd woolen accessories.
Also I've been dabbling a bit in wet felting; making marbled wash bars as a part of my preparation for a workshop I'll be teaching in April at Inspire Art school in Windsor.
Another project that has been filling my free time has been creating feather fascinators for my best friend's sister's bridal party. I took this opportunity to treat myself to a large batch of peacock and other natural feathers and have been experimenting like crazy with elaborate hair pieces and necklaces. I'm really happy with the results and have been looking for excuses to get out and show them off!
As for usual I've accumulated a small selection of cut-up portraits over the last few seasons featuring tributes to characters like the Queen, Yoko Ono and of course the man with Adonis DNA - Mister Charlie Sheen.
When I'm not cutting, sewing or felting I've been doing research and laying-out designs for notebooks featuring some of my favorite cut-ups as well as a variety of my photographs as the covers. My Dad gave me a long reach stapler for Christmas which inspired me to begin collecting images from my own personalized "Favorite Things" note paper.
It's been a crafty Winter and I can't wait to share my creations with you all!
The show will be held Saturday and Sunday April 30th and May 1st, 11am-6pm at the Olympic Community Hall on the corner of Cunard and Hunter Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
