Although I would never call myself a 'quilter' (more of a fabric mixed media surface design contemporary embroiderer artist) I really appreciate quilters and what they can do with little snippets of fabric. By cutting large pieces into smaller ones, then recombining them in endless variations - just look at what can be created. If you have ever owned a quilt, I am sure you will find that pattern somewhere in this film.
This 1996 film from the National Film Board of Canada called QUILT by Gayle Thomas is infectious with its Celtic music backing ever shifting patterns that have been handed down over quilting history.
Its synopsis reads: "A tribute to the unique and long-established art form of patchwork quilting, this abstract animated film uses computer and experimental techniques to choreograph quilt motifs and designs to music."
ENJOY!
Donna Clement is a Canadian textile artist who shows and sells on her web site and at various exhibits throughout the year. She travels throughout the world and loves to share her photos of inspiration seen abroad, with special focus on UNESCO World Heritage Sites. She is an exhibiting member of ARTICULATION Textile Group and CONTEXTURAL Fibre Arts Cooperative.
April 22, 2011
April 16, 2011
Coachella Music Festival
Can't believe they are live streaming the Coachella Music Festival this weekend! And to top it off, two of my favourites played one after another this Saturday night.
Gogol Bordello - gypsy punk - went to their concert six years ago (to report back to my underage son at the time!) and have just watched them soar in popularity since... One of their newer ones is Wonderlust King.
Mumford and Sons - I wrote about them back on October 28, 2009 and was thrilled to start hearing them on indie radio last fall. I am just waiting for them to show up at the Calgary Folk Festival. For this, they closed with The Cave.
Well, that was a good way to spend a snowy Saturday night!
Gogol Bordello - gypsy punk - went to their concert six years ago (to report back to my underage son at the time!) and have just watched them soar in popularity since... One of their newer ones is Wonderlust King.
Mumford and Sons - I wrote about them back on October 28, 2009 and was thrilled to start hearing them on indie radio last fall. I am just waiting for them to show up at the Calgary Folk Festival. For this, they closed with The Cave.
Well, that was a good way to spend a snowy Saturday night!
April 02, 2011
Another song...
To encourage April... greenness...spring... and Easter bunny bop...
a bouncy song from Ingrid Michaelson - EVERYBODY
and because I love her voice so much... here is her song THE WAY I AM, which you may have heard either from Grey's Anatomy or on Old Navy ads. But this one has a great rap beginning...
a bouncy song from Ingrid Michaelson - EVERYBODY
and because I love her voice so much... here is her song THE WAY I AM, which you may have heard either from Grey's Anatomy or on Old Navy ads. But this one has a great rap beginning...
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