tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17033702007118787712024-03-13T15:13:17.912-07:00ioftheneedleKarin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.comBlogger411125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-1544159356763128702020-10-25T12:06:00.007-07:002020-10-25T12:09:35.370-07:00End of an EraThis is the last post on my blogger site - i-sew.blogspot.com.<div>Future blog posts are now housed on my website at:<br /><a href="http://karinmillson.com">karinmillson.com</a><br />
Simply click <b>Blog</b> to see new blog posts....<br /><br /></div><div>(Old blog posts can be accessed by clicking Blog Archives from the new blog).</div><div><br />Thanks for following me over the years and I hope you will continue to follow me on the new blog.</div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Please subscribe to the new blog to get blog posts straight to your inbox.</span></b><br /> karin</div>Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-6179711692212948872019-10-31T13:57:00.002-07:002019-10-31T13:57:57.479-07:00This is a Great Show, don't miss it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Melanie Thompson has a show at the <a href="http://www.saltspringgallery.com/" target="_blank">Saltspring Gallery.</a> It isn't going to be up for long... so do get to see it soon. It is a pleasure an easy on the eyes roomful of sculptural forms that invite you to pay attention to the shadows that are created. Above is one of my favourites, but you can see more if you go to<a href="https://www.instagram.com/melaniethompson1" target="_blank"> Melanie's Instagram site.</a>Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-78442866716327885672019-10-30T12:21:00.001-07:002019-10-30T12:21:53.907-07:00Ledger of Thoughts is for sale onlineI have just learnt that Ledger is for sale online.<br />
Dimensions are given under Additional Information. It is a good size.<br />
Check out the link - with 3 views of the piece at <a href="https://ssiartists.com/product/ledger-of-thoughts/?fbclid=IwAR3g7oPcZrgpIl-CnwHcUmA-1uVWfRBJR58reiW29YyOfrkxpt-f4mYjvDg" target="_blank">HERE</a><span id="goog_819585123"></span><span id="goog_819585124"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-7764005231216965192019-10-29T12:31:00.001-07:002019-10-29T12:36:16.395-07:00Thank you ViewersPlease see the winners of the<a href="https://saltspringartprize.ca/congratulations-to-the-ssnap-2019-2020-award-winners/" target="_blank"> National Art Prize.</a><br />
<a href="https://saltspringartprize.ca/finalists-2019/" target="_blank">Go here</a> to see images of the finalists' work. then click on Winner to see the winning pieces and hover over an image to see more information.<br />
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The winners of the Parallel Show of which I was a part <a href="https://saltspringartprize.ca/parallel-art-show-viewers-choice-awards-2019/" target="_blank">are also online.</a><br />
I am happy to be a recipient of the 2nd People's Choice award ie., second place. <br />
The works will all go on show again soon. More information will follow.<br />
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Ledger of Thoughts (my favourite side view, detail)</div>
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Congratulation too to the Youthful exhibitors and the <a href="https://saltspringartprize.ca/ssnap-youth-exhibit-award-winners/" target="_blank">winners of the Youth Show</a></div>
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Come and see the Parallel Show, featuring artists from The Gulf Islands, District 64.<br />
I am so pleased to be showing alongside the talented artists that have been selected for this show.<br />
It must have been very difficult to make the juried selection and keep within the gallery's space constraints.<br />
I hope we get to see the other fabulous art submitted to SSNAP and the Parallel show in due course.<br />
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See you at the opening this Friday - or when I am sitting the show - which I love to do, to hear your comments.<br />
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Also note that the main SSNAP is now open and is a stunning collection of super high quality works by younger to older artists from across all Canadian cultures, including lots of fibre related pieces, beading, weaving, embroidery, wool work! and more....<br />
All great reasons to make a trip to Saltspring Island.Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-12698669976137606732019-09-11T16:03:00.000-07:002019-09-11T16:03:04.628-07:00Thanks for your support - Jane.I am getting a lot of support from friends and family. I give thanks for that.<br />
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This time it was a generous gift of ends of spools from <a href="https://janestaffordtextiles.com/" target="_blank">Jane Stafford</a>.<br />
Imagine my happiness to discover this Aladdin's Cave of threads available on my doorstep - a half an hour's drive north, on the island.<br />
Jane wants to empty the spools / I want a selection of coloured threads for my next knotted piece of art.<br />
A marriage made in heaven. How clever of Jane to propose it.<br />
Thanks again Jane.<br />
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The Institute for Canadian Citizenship has given me some ideas for colour combinations.<br />
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I don't want to get into trouble for illustrating this blog entry with their logos... do go<a href="https://www.inclusion.ca/about/" target="_blank"> here</a> to learn about all their good works.<br />
https://www.inclusion.ca/about/<br />
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My works recently are about thoughts and connectivity, particularly across cultures<br />
I certainly won't be using their (probably copyrighted) colour choices, but the concept of using colours for suggesting diversity is clearly sound.<br />
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Whilst searching about on the Institute's website I learnt about the LaFontaine-Baldwin Lectures ( since 2000) and am now listening to them (online). What a gift too.Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-14035951750869468632019-09-11T12:16:00.000-07:002019-09-11T12:45:00.142-07:00Showing work with Printmakers of the Saltspring Painters' Guild I showed two small pieces. Just an extension of the work I often do on paper, as studies for the works created in mixed media and fibre.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: center;"> Voyage #2 Paper, Multiple Monoprinting, collage and resists using upcycled Tectronic Ink</span><br />
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"<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px;">I hope that you had a chance to see our recent show at the library. As always, the calibre of the pieces was excellent. I heard many positive remarks about the show. I was impressed at the many interested people at our pop up sale that asked many interesting questions about the techniques and processes of printmaking." </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Johanna Hoskins</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">If you are interested, the group meets at Artspring, Saltspring Island and the next (fall) dates are - </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">September 17th (next Tuesday); Tuesday, October 22nd and November 26th. Email</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"> me</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"> (or comment) if you want more information.</span></div>
Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-48988761503119751672019-09-11T11:50:00.000-07:002019-09-11T11:50:07.673-07:00Saltspring National Arts Prize - Parallel Show - Ledger of Thoughts, accepted.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy to acknowledge the jurors of the Parallel Show Quentin Harris and Celia Duthie.<br />
Ledger of Thoughts has been selected to show alongside some 50 Gulf Island Artists in the Parallel show.<br />
I am thrilled and humbled.<br />
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More details on the show, opening, and talks etc to follow.<br />
Also on the SSNAP show which is coming soon. Check here for details<a href="https://saltspringartprize.ca/category/events/" target="_blank"> NOW</a>.<br />
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are invited to walk through stands of assorted trees, take in views to the sea,
intimately observe deeply-grooved and sculptured bark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pieces demonstrate the fibre cycle,
from strong, tall tree growth, through logged and split lumber, to the
recycling of paper and back to the growth of healthy woodland.</span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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remnants of shows long past; and finally, you are invited to add your chewing
gum deposit before entering the theatre.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bernadette Mertens-McAllister uses mixed media and an unconventional use of
paint and photography. The artist
expresses her feelings caused by human greed, negligence and disrespectful
practices of forestry. By using art material in an insulting and abusive way
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Such is the demand for exhibition space at ArtSpring on Saltspring Island that I have had this space booked for more than two years.</div>
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I cannot believe that that is how long we have lived on this fabulous, art-enriched place. I am thankful for whatever cause it was that brought us here be it fate, planning, luck, or the west wind. One thing is certain, in this environment I am supported and strengthened and my art has the opportunity of developing.</div>
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This latest exhibition explores..... well, here is my artist statement, and that of my accompanying artist collaborator... Bernadette Martens Mcallister.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">This body of
work demonstrates a mental </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">struggle</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;"> that I have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to be an environmentally responsible person living
respectfully on this planet yet I know that I cannot but have a devastating
effect on my immediate surroundings simply by being.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">In this series of works, I attempt to depict what I
see, feel and think when I take a forest walk, as I acknowledge that forests
exist alongside humankind as part of a cycle of fibre – from wood comes lumber,
from lumber comes paper, from paper comes compost, in compost grow saplings and
so on.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">The artworks are made of predominantly up-cycled
materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The methods are as
eco-friendly as I could make them, yet this collection forms part of the cycle
and the </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">conflict</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;"> itself.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“HEART
GROVE SERIES”</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">This body of
work is dedicated to a small cluster of magnificent cedar and fir trees that
are being clear-cut for lumber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is a special place nested in a 45 acres lot on Beddis Rd, Salt Spring
Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beneath the towering
trees, I found a large heart on the ground made of boughs covered with
moss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I call this place <i>Heart
Grove</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When standing there,
one is connected with Nature, the trees and the forest. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">This series is
about grieving for the <i>Heart Grove</i> and all our</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: yellow; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">forests doomed to be greedily clear-cut. Like any
clear-cutting practice, my art displayed here seems to be done with negligence,
disrespect and lack of beauty.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #c0504d; font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">It
expresses my confusion and fear every time I hear the harassing noise of the
chain-saw a breath away from my doorstep.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Forgiveness and
a realisation that all is impermanent will carry me through these months of
devastation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope and wish that
this secret and sacred place, I call <i>Heart Grove</i>, will remain intact for
all of us. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-16677519557634634962018-10-03T11:49:00.002-07:002018-10-03T11:49:41.392-07:00Getting Knotted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is with pleasure that I continue to tie knots whilst reflecting on the day. Very quickly my headspace moves to one of serene contemplation. Based on the Rosary Knot those shown contain only a double twist. Why the computer keyboard background? So that you would ask "Why the computer keyboard background?"..... This piece of work holds a question for me: what do the thoughts of a day look like and how can artificial intelligence come close to, or surpass, that complexity of thought processing and storage?Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-55441708113618156432018-08-01T14:05:00.002-07:002018-08-01T14:17:48.623-07:00Taking Down The Show Tonight<div style="text-align: center;">
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The <a href="http://www.saltspringgallery.com/">Salt Spring Gallery </a>was excited to show Memory Hive again and it stimulated many an interesting conversation, not just about memory but many ageing related topics, general biology, art and science matters.<br />
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Some of the pieces that I showed were older but there were <b>an equal number </b>of new creatures (30 pieces in total, like the little snail and the spiky bangle-shaped creature mid shot above.</div>
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This delightful young woman was a breath of fresh air - I hope to work with her on another project shortly.<br />
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Ilse's daughter donated this piece of driftwood on which my miniatures were displayed.</div>
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This one named for Joan Radven - Vesparum Perterget radvenii, from the Latin meaning Raven's wasp with brushes (or eyelashes.... reminds me of you Joan)...<br />
I think the show was successful Ilse and I both sold works. And tonight I hope to get a photo of Ilse and me at the show and find out how many footfalls we attracted.<br />
Thanks to everyone who supported us in this venture, especially Ilse for inviting me to join her in the space.<br />
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<br />Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-32762436279082341382018-07-19T16:11:00.000-07:002018-07-19T16:11:31.519-07:00GemstarIn another parallel universe I am working on a theatre production.<br />
Here is my latest - a mock up for a 2' x 5' vinyl banner for a scientific research group call Gemstar.<br />
I learnt to use Photoshop with my son years ago - and I'm still learning.<br />
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Probably this item needs to be supplied as an Illustrator file... so the learning curve continues.<br />
Anyway here it is for perusal and comment only.<br />
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Vectors by <a href="https://www.vecteezy.com/">Vecteezy!</a></div>
Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-6998570816209758232018-07-11T15:50:00.002-07:002018-07-11T15:50:42.563-07:00Such a ReliefIt has been months since I could access the photos neither those on my darling Olympus OMII (- you know the one.. it look like it uses film. And should be on a film set circa 1950..... Oh dear, its sensor got zapped and when I was trying to photograph the Transporter Bridge in Squamish I got lines over the image....<br />
nor those stored on Aperture we have been locked out of that software for weeks....<br />
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Oh happy day - today we found that the fabulous John has solved the issue after many reloads. And an attempt to switch to Lightroom... which we will have to do.<br />
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I mention this here because without access to my images I wouldn't have been able to build this didactic for the show. I hope it explains for all and sundry what I get up to in order to create my creatures.... (maybe you will have to click on it to enlarge and maybe it will be legible then??) I think this will make a good blog entry for Evolution of Moral Progress, so I had better put it up there too......<br />
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<br />Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-6724715615396036452018-07-10T12:04:00.001-07:002018-07-10T12:04:34.788-07:00Invitation to Meet Curious Creatures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am so fortunate to have been invited to show alongside Salt Spring Gallery Member Ilse Leader.</div>
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The gallery (and artists' collective) does fabulous work for the community including fund-raising for those in need.</div>
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In my case I am an invited artist showing my <i>shibori-</i>based textile art along with Ilse's fabulous weave/felt/fabrics, clothing and three dimensional constructions.</div>
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My work will include some 30 nudibranchs or creatures based on marine slugs!!!!!!! I just love them. Also a showing of <i>Memory Hive.</i></div>
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Both Ilse and I feel very connected to the sea, both of us having lived most of our lives by the seas of the world and now we are connected by our fibre art too.</div>
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I hope you can make it to<a href="https://www.facebook.com/saltspringgallery/"> the gallery </a>on Friday 13th (yikes!) July, the show is on for 3 weeks.</div>
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And if you can' make the opening maybe consider coming over to the Artists' Island of Saltspring for the Fibre Fair.</div>
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<a href="https://www.saltspringfibrefair.com/">Go here to learn about when that is on and what is happening.</a></div>
<br />Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-27720765520053006992018-06-26T12:30:00.002-07:002018-06-26T12:30:31.153-07:00I'm a proponent of cultural appropriation in art - How politically incorrect is that?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm thinking of using knotting in a piece of work, researching Quipu and thinking about the political correctness of avoiding cultural appropriation in art. Cultural appropriation is a thorny issue, one I have been made keenly aware of in Canada. I hold in my heart regret for those whose culture has been appropriated whilst under colonial rule, or subjected to an imbalance of power. This is not what I am involved in here.<br />
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Quipu are best known from the now lost civilization of S. America, but also from China and Hawaii... and thought to be a method of recording data, stories and double-entry accountancy. Who would have thought that when researching for a mixed media/fibre art work I would need to read from <a href="http://www.accountingin.com/accounting-historians-journal/volume-10-number-2/use-of-knotted-string-accounting-records-in-old-hawaii-and-ancient-china/">The Accounting Historians' Journal</a>?<br />
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Is cultural appropriation a bad thing? <br />
Though the word <b>appropriation </b>has negative connotations, I argue that cultural appropriation can be a work for good.<br />
Where would we be, I wonder, if no-one had picked up the idea of making marks on a cave wall and run with it?... Hmmm? <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(The latter remark to be said with a James Keziah Delaney intonation), to lighten the mood a little).</span><br />
This, below, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_appropriation">Wikipedia </a>(of course) says the same thing, a view expressing when cultural appropriation might be seen as a positive activity...<br />
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<i>"A different view of cultural appropriation characterizes critics of the practice as "engaged in a deeply conservative project: one which first seeks to preserve in formaldehyde the content of an established culture and second tries to prevent others from interacting with that culture" Proponents of cultural appropriation view it as often benign or mutually beneficial, citing mutation, product diversity, technological diffusion and cultural empathy as among its benefits."</i><br />
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I would add the word progress to this list.<br />
I can imagine a world where Quipu continues to be created in its original form as a tribute to the now, lost civilizations that practiced it in South America and others eg., China and Hawaii. Alongside this I would advocate its progress and development in the same way I work with Trapunto (Italian), Shibori (Japanese) and Shisha (India) and other techniques that are traditionally associated with a specific culture (see names in parentheses), where I have studies the traditional form, and then moved it to a new and innovative use.<br />
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Please do comment as this is an area I would like to continue thinking about.<br />
<br />Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-25502937222472669982018-06-19T15:28:00.003-07:002018-06-19T15:28:44.182-07:00Working towards a show with Ilse Leader<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">This little guy, is based on an amalgamation of memories from diving in the Gulf of Oman, researching the most fabulous of creatures (Nudibranchs) </span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 12px;">after Foraminifera who as </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">single-celled sure take the biscuit</span></span><span style="font-size: 12px;">, and walks along the SW shores of England... the Jurassic coast!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">It was 'put together' after spending a morning of art-talk with Ilse and finding a light bulb had gone on.</span></span><br />
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The <a href="https://www.giss.sd64.bc.ca/">Gulf Island Secondary School (GISS)</a> has a fabulous reputation... check out District 64's school on Saltspring Island.<br />
I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to teach 3 days this week, during the Flex Period when students get to actually choose what to do.....<br />
After meeting many None-Schooled and Home-Schooled kids recently I have learnt that many people prefer to have their children choose what to study as opposed to study via a hard and fast curriculum. I liked what I heard.<br />
GISS appears to be walking the middle road in this.<br />
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My workshop followed on from the lecture "Paper to Puppetry, Shibori just Doesn't Cover It".<br />
I gave a presentation and showed a video on Day 1 and the students had time to create paper arashi shibori sculptures. <br />
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Day 2 they formed shibori surfaces in synthetic fabrics and these were steamed.<br />
Day 3 the students took the surfaces and either embellished them with stitch and beading or formed them into three dimensional beings.<br />
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It was a pleasure to share my knowledge with these enthusiastic Grade 9-12 students.<br />
Here are some more photos.<br />
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So excited to discover I had a letter to collect from the Post Office in Fulford.<br />
It was no letter, it was a beautifully packaged selection of silk fabrics from Japan.<br />
The burgundy one is more or less flat. The orange and red one is still puckered from the tiny little shibori bundles tied prior to dyeing. And the second parcel is of pieces of fabric, one printed and one ?dyed by a method I do not know.<br />
Lots to learn about, lots to share.<br />
I am teaching a high school class, at Gulf Island Secondary School, next week.<br />
So I will take these fabulous reference materials in for them to share the joy! and these fabrics will give me so much pleasure from here on in.<br />
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Thanks again to you darling people with big hearts. I mention no names for fear of causing embarrassment, but do not underestimate the gratitude I feel. xx<br />
<br />Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-39494147035499829822018-04-22T17:39:00.001-07:002018-04-22T17:39:51.995-07:00Presentation at Mahon Hall<b>News - Workshop Sold Out</b><br />
Sorry there are now no places on the workshop.<br />
If you are interested in a subsequent presentation of this workshop please message me.<br />
Looks like it will be repeated, so you too can be there!<br />
Thanks.<br />
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Come and hear the presentation (instead).<br />
Saltspring Island - this Thursday evening , 6:30 details below.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On Saltspring Island, British Columbia</span></b></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This course is suitable for all skill levels</span></o:p><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Have you ever thought</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> :</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“How do I get this sewing machine to sew how I want it to?” </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">or even, </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“How can a
sewing machine sew in space?”</i></b></span><br />
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with Karin, and you will learn how to do these things and
more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Karin likes to challenge
the instruction manual. She will teach you the rules and then how to wilfully break them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Judicious use of sewing machine needle types allows challenging threads can be worked concurrently. Here thick DMC crochet cotton with fine metallic machine hread</span></div>
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Join Karin and you will be able to make your machine stitch in ways you didn't know were possible, with threads that you would have thought were of no use to a sewing machine and on surfaces that one doesn't naturally think of as sewing machine fabric. You will use the machine as an art tool.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Machine stitching on multiple layers of ironed bubblewrap</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One participant’s partner
remarked “Honey, I think there is something wrong with your sewing machine”
after he was surprised by the textural stitches that had been produced during
the class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In fact there was
nothing wrong with the machine and the course participant was able to make
adjustments, at will, to create flat stitches, even stitches and looped
stitches in patterns and shapes that were not even in the instruction manual
and she could even make stitches in thin air.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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non-intimidating way:-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-: and then mimic those shapes, lines and visual textures with the new stitch
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">FAQs</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Since this class is based heavily on the use of a sewing machine, participants need to bring a machine that is suitable (see below)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Karin has 2 such machines
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</span>Email her at <a href="mailto:ioftheneedle@me.com">ioftheneedle@me.com</a>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The type of machine that is <u>optimum</u> (though others are suitable) for the studies is a basic, mechanical, sewing machine. The ability to do zig zag, free motion, vary both stitch length and width at will and easily adjust top and bottom tensions (a vertically loaded lower bobbin is usually the best, but other machines can be accommodated) are required. If you are new to free motion stitching, please contact me (details below). Even a machine that you think cannot do free motion can usually be given a disguise to make this possible.</span><br />
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Machine embroidery on waxed paper.</div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Register for the workshop </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/3-day-workshop-on-sewing-machine-abuse-and-how-to-stitch-in-thin-air-tickets-43279225328?utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb_email&utm_term=viewmyevent_button">here:</a>-<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Follow the instructions to obtain your ticket.</span><br />
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Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-54536150771851679812018-02-08T14:38:00.001-08:002018-02-08T14:38:47.131-08:00Gone LiveI have just gone live on the Saltspring Arts Council website.<a href="http://ssartscouncil.com/directory/listing/karin-millson/"> Here</a><br />
And here is a taste:-<br />
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Fish Fence Canmore</div>
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Photography Manipulation Image floated on aluminium</div>
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Not new work but good to see it again - me thinks!</div>
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There are 6 more images on the Arts Council Website</div>
Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-78154593547094175772018-02-06T17:34:00.000-08:002018-02-07T08:50:56.812-08:00Ribbon-Rope-Chain <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My latest artwork will go to the gallery tomorrow for display from Friday.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Be at the opening if you can, see previous post for details.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">After <i class="">“Treasures Hidden in our Pockets: An Easy-to-Understand Sex Guide for Obedient Wives”</i> by Keisai Eisen, mid 1830s - early 1840s.</span></div>
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Ribbon-Rope-Chain is a scroll that the viewer turns to reveal the imagery of the artwork.</div>
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On which are supported two scroll holders. There is another block of lovely wood over which the parchment is supported.</div>
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Wrapped onto the scroll holders is a ‘parchment’ = silk fabric on which I have embroidered the (short) title of the work and accreditation and 5 images from 'guidelines for the obedient wife'.</div>
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They are taken from 18th Century Japanese woodcuts by Keisai Eisen, entitled <i class="">Treasures Hidden in our Pockets: An Easy-to-Understand Sex Guide for Obedient Wives. </i>(The latter information will appear on the label, on the plinth in the gallery).</div>
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I have varied thread-thickness to give the character of the line some of my own, subtle, commentary. Also the expressions on the man and woman's faces and their fingers and toes are my own, sometimes comical, stitchery.</div>
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I am hoping that <i class="">Ribbon-Rope-Chain </i>will stimulate some discussion when thinking of The Edo Period's "Floating World" philosophies and also the current Me Too Movement.</div>
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Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-33092099656018149502018-01-31T15:06:00.001-08:002018-01-31T15:06:23.135-08:00Erotica and GrantHere is the information I promised :-<br />
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Please don't ask me what the photo relates to, but it is what they decided to illustrate the announcement with... maybe the play development with N Meisner... or the Scrooge project. Well done and good luck to all the other recipients.<br />
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My project will allow me to get to Calgary to work with Wendy and reconnect with the hardware of the show EMP, work with her on various items on the To Do list and (even more excitingly) work with a sound engineer on the soundtrack - hence the<span style="color: red;"> Create, Compile</span> part - and I will then be able to <span style="color: red;">Ship</span> some of the set pieces to Saltspring Island and <span style="color: red;">Share</span> them with the community via 2 workshops, one in a school, one a 3-day workshop on sewing machine abuse, and two one hour talks about sculpture in textiles and creating part of EMP. A lot of work lined up for this year!<br />
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So !excited! to be asked to participate in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/saltspringgallery/">SSG's artist collective</a> exhibition.</div>
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Thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/528524887494938/">Cinda Helm</a> for inviting me - it is q<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">uite out of my comfort zone. I’ll post a photo of my piece when it is complete. It is rather more erotic, I think, than this tame miniature yet, truly charming, oil painting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #2d2c2e;">"Thank you for entering your work in </span><span style="color: #2d2c2e;">2017 Excellence in Fibers</span><span style="color: #2d2c2e;">. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #2d2c2e;">Your work is in the group that goes into the </span><span style="color: #1b3ede;"><a href="http://fiberartnow.net/portfolio/excellence-in-fibers-2017/">online gallery</a></span><span style="color: #2d2c2e;"><a href="http://fiberartnow.net/portfolio/excellence-in-fibers-2017/">,</a> </span>"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marcia Young</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you go to the online exhibition you will see why I am so honoured to be up there with those artists' work. Take a look. It's rich it's diverse, it's colourful, it's meaningful, it's a pleasure.</span><br />
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Karin Millsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05375385659780164744noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703370200711878771.post-32981053837158126022017-12-07T13:45:00.002-08:002017-12-07T13:45:48.559-08:00A terrifically exciting developmentCan't talk about it now or I would have to dip you in Indigo and then bleach back, sew you up and hang you out to dry.<br />
Here is a clue: more on this when I get the snail reaches me.<br />
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