This show was originally to be in April but Covid managed to shift everyone's schedules. Finally it is hanging in the gallery at cSPACE.
Donna Clement
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.
November 12, 2020
Woven In Place Nov 5 to Dec 6, 2020
November 13, 2019
Various items I will have at the Contextural sale this year...
HANDMADE BOOKS
(with Resist-Clamped dyed Wool covers,
6" square and 4.5" square and 5" by 7",
all $50 each)
INDIGO DYED SILK DEVORE SCARVES
(various sizes averaging 14" by 70",
with and without fringed ends,
flat or raised velvet finishes,
$70 each)
Indigo dyed Shibori silk scarf
KEEPSAKE POUCH necklaces
( 2"x3" bags filled with semi-precious stones.
Done in waxed Irish Linen, using a needle and thread and 2000 stitches,
the technique is called "nalbinding", and ancient knotless looping stitch which predates knitting by centuries. Many different colours and decorations available. $70)
VASES
Pyrography and Watercolours on Watercolour papers
(Original artwork.
6" square and 8" square, mounted on canvas frames,
$60 and $70)
NATURAL DYED SILK DEVORE SCARVES
with pomegranate, logwood, cutch, fustic and more
(average size 14" by 70",
with and without fringed ends,
flat or raised velvet finishes,
$70 each)
NEWBORN AND INFANT SIZED COTTON TOQUES
(Hand dyed and illustrated,
$25 each)
Labels:
art sale,
books,
Calgary,
Contextural,
Contextural Artisan Sale,
devore scarves,
fibre,
fibre artists,
handmade books,
indigo dyeing,
Keepsake Pouch,
pyrography,
shibori,
silk scarves,
textile art,
textiles
November 12, 2019
Time for the yearly Contextural Artisan Sale!
I've spent the fall dyeing silk scarves and am thrilled that my indigo ones were put on the invitation!
If you're in Calgary, come by and say hello - I will be there all weekend.
Connected Heritage ART
I did five pieces for the exhibition in Gimli that ran for all of July and August 2019.
MESSAGES TO BEYOND
Viking runes are viewed as more than just the letters of an alphabet; they are powerful symbols with potent metaphysical virtues that can be used as a means of communication between the natural and supernatural. Carved into stone or wood, they are used to commemorate events of great importance.
Viking runes are viewed as more than just the letters of an alphabet; they are powerful symbols with potent metaphysical virtues that can be used as a means of communication between the natural and supernatural. Carved into stone or wood, they are used to commemorate events of great importance.
VESTUR ISLENDINGAR
In 1875, the world changed for Icelanders. After years of detrimental Danish rule and then an unusually long freeze that crippled the fishing industry and blocked arrival of vital supplies, the Askja volcano erupted, ruining farmland. Almost one-fifth of the population left the island, and New Iceland, Vestur Islendingar, was established on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, giving a new beginning to the immigrants.
In 1875, the world changed for Icelanders. After years of detrimental Danish rule and then an unusually long freeze that crippled the fishing industry and blocked arrival of vital supplies, the Askja volcano erupted, ruining farmland. Almost one-fifth of the population left the island, and New Iceland, Vestur Islendingar, was established on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, giving a new beginning to the immigrants.
VIKINGS AMONG US
With such a large settlement, the colonists recognized
a need for order and conceived a constitution based on the Althing in
Iceland. With that in place, the government of Canada granted an Icelandic
Reserve for the settlers at New Iceland giving them full jurisdiction over
immigration, taxation, and legal matters. They self-governed until 1887, when
they were incorporated into Manitoba and all became Canadian citizens.
VINAR TERTA
Every culture has its food icons, and for the
Icelandic diaspora, it is a delicious cake made of
alternating layers of spice-infused plum jam and almond or cardamom-flavoured shortbread.
While little known in Iceland today, the immigrant community in North America
holds tightly to this culinary time capsule, a cultural touchstone
of their home country.
LUCKY ME, LUCKY YOU
Scattered along the shores of Lake Winnipeg are unique
stones with natural holes, known locally as Lucky Stones, but also know as Odin
Stones or Hag Stones. These are widely considered lucky finds, as they are
believed to be imbued with special healing properties and to provide
protection. If you find one, hold on to it!
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