On the banks of beautiful Still Creek in Burnaby, BC i worked with a group of community artists and the Still Moon Arts Society to create the Spirit Fish Festival. Kyira Korrigan helped me create this Invitation to Mindful Moment which I image recreating in Stanley Park some day. INVITATION You are invited to…
Tag: used material
velodeco : make something from nothing
for the last three years i’ve had the great pleasure to create and provide the decorations for a kids bike parade. I hand-make streamers out of used plastic bags + salvaged veggie twist ties. HOW i ride my bike all over town visiting various large-chain grocery stores where people ‘recycle’ their disposable plastic bags …
ninety three : a blue heart for betty
Ninety three Betty is my friend who is 93 here she is with with my sister and heiko I sewed her this blue fuzzy heart filled with lavender harvested from our garden in vancouver the letter B embroidered on it is slightly raised so betty can feel it with her fingers her eyes don’t…
seventy six : 25 feet of sh#t plus discarded cedar
two bundles tied with fresh inner-bark of clear cut cedar braided materials gathered from logging road in fraser valley near deroche picture taken a year ago now i’ve got this broken measuring tape
sixty four : mandala : old work
this is car crash mandala : the practice of present moment it was a performance piece that i create on the street at the encouragement of Mark Mushet of Vancouver Review Magazine in 2009 and he took the picture it was published as part of the magazine’s art centerfold. thanks Mark!
fifty nine : collective houses poster
remember this image from before? while not the final draft of the poster i am happy enough with it to let you have a look. maybe you want to attend one of the workshops?
fifty seven : that house again
the house resounds with a prickle prickle unspoke judge be farther found off walls off walks off into the moonlight you will soon turn into mold and dust green plants puffing pulling it down for now it sits empty white shell a crock of developers bargain doing nothing for us at all
fifty six : beauty
this is my fierce and beautiful bike
fifty five : evening on bird street
all hanging about being social n visiting on the porch bird silhouette foreshadows more good things to come may le zizzle! loos lik owl be cominin! brazaaaaah… here begins the new poster for Vancouver Collective House Network‘s upcoming series of workshops in March.
forty four : new years resolutions
i’ve been putting off this post because it involved more sitting at the computer which is what i’ve been doing since 2012 began. lesson about creativity right now it is more fun for me to just make things. i am going for a run do you want to be different? …
forty two : tasty bread
leftover potato bread was delicious for breakfast this morning! potatoes were salvaged from farmers fields…
forty : beet star
how to make pickled beets : salvage beets from farmers field peel wash slice thinly arrange as star for photograph add salt with no iodine add tiny bit water caraway seeds wash bucket mix all wash plate make weight to rest on plate maybe another smaller bucket…
thirty nine : material lanterns
5 beautiful pictures from solstice.
thirty seven : a way our livingroom transforms
Last year Michael and i sewed this quilt as a gift for our house. silver paper foil on fabric from my collection. This year Michael’s shadow is cast from low morning sunshine.
thirty three : apology
i used the quill pen i made to invoke this drama… tho sincerely felt. FRIENDS don’t go thinking there is anything wrong in my immediate relationships! these words address an old rift between past allies wounds healed over tho scarred for some endure
thirty two : chickadee
Sensitive Viewer Warning one of these things you will like. one of these things you will not like.
thirty one : silver box light car crash theatre reflecting
camera lens documents: 1. piece silver foil paper 2. lights (bike, reading) 3. car crash pieces several books as props tape: from collection doubly re-used series of 19 photographs capture the drama…
twenty nine : new used journal
use what you got and make it better! DIY redo on an outdated journal cover. inside is 10% full = lots more using. outside this cover no longer reflects where i am at subtle transformation used paper collage softens changes the messaging i like it better now especially as it fills with current…
twenty eight : gaaaah silver paper takes over
what’s new is that tonite i had figure it all out urge taking over scribbling up my chest and mind and heart then i picked up my fatblack oil stick and silver paper… see the series of 11 photographs…
twenty five: hearth-warming collage
crafting at the Hearth House on a rainy saturday night delicious food, co-created live music and song weaving toegther a story of connection, warmth, creativity and support. ahh… the different shapes of collective houses inspire me! plus Maggie has hands down the best collection of fabric remnants i’ve ever seen. more about Maggie: something…
use what you got 