More Christmas Knitting Completed

Amber's Christmas knitting is finished - for the 2nd time. I guessed her head size and made it too small the first time round.

It is Fleece Artist's Ana Bandana in their luscious Woolie Silk (65% wool/35% silk).

Amber lives in New Zealand and there is no rush to send it to her because it is summer there. I am sure she doesn't want to be reminded winter is coming, just yet.

I was successful with an auction bid for this copper kettle and tankard.

Now I am set to do some natural dyeing with a copper mordant.

Mi'kmaq Material Culture

I continued my research on the material culture of the Mi'kmaq.
Inspired by the cover of this excellent book by Ruth Holmes Whitehead...

...I worked an image of a bark house in cotton on evenweave canvas.

After more reading...

...I collected materials to represent the ones the Mi'kmaq used in their daily lives.
Now what to do with them?
How can I tell a story about how the Mi'maq lived in the Bay of Fundy? 

Fibre Collage at Abbozzo Gallery

This was a small, interesting exhibit where 6 artists collaged a wide range of materials in individually different ways.

Allyn Cantor, Dusk Treeline, cotton canvas, linen, reclaimed textile.

Natalie Bertin, Torment of the Heart, rabbit fur, leather, brass bullet casing, gold & silver pigment, bead texture medium, acrylic.

Alice Vander Vennen, Pilgram, new & found textiles, copper, willow, found objects.

Dying Block Printed Textiles

Dying with iron liquor.

Boiling the textile with natural dye materials in a copper pot.

These textiles have been block printed and dyed repeatedly to build up the design.