BRIDGING WATERS in Sidney BC

The show in Sidney was in the Tulista Gallery along the seawall walk. This provided a steady stream of people coming through ready to look at the latest show on display and become engaged in the works.

Inside the door...

Wendy Klotz's piece was one of the first seen when entering the gallery. "Lost At Sea" is about the statistic that a Nova Scotian fisherman is more than 19 times as likely to die on the job than any other occupation. She has knit 19 fish that are found offshore - cod, halibut, and haddock.

Barb McCaffery made a series on bivalve shells found as fossils and still today onshore...

Ingrid Lincoln explored Cape d'Or - a windswept corner with a lighthouse protecting sailors from rocky outcrops below...

Lesley Turner's "Postcards From Fundy", looking at the history of human settlement as represented through the textiles they wore and used in various time periods...

Two of my pieces using free-motion embroidery over tissue paper. The first represents the iconic sight from Hopewell Rocks; and the second is a boat in drydock awaiting repairs from the ever present elements of the sea and saltwater.