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The Art of Boro
Boro (ぼろ) are a class of Japanese textiles that have been mended or patched together.[1] The term is derived from the Japanese term "boroboro", meaning something tattered or repaired.[2] The term 'boro' typically refers to cotton, linen and hemp materials, mostly hand-woven by peasant farmers, that have been stitched or re-woven together to create an often many-layered material used for warm, practical clothing.
"Artists together"...
...as our friend Floyd Kuptana used to say.
Faces
Video installation by Joachim Oepkes
From one room to another
something to be explored
Questions open doors
...answers close them
try to keep asking
A Pissarro Day
Berneval Meadows Morning
Camille Pissarro 1830-1903
A little bit of matcha green
(It looks bigger because it's closer than the boot)
Inspired
Jean Édouard Vuillard (French artist, 1868-1940)
Marie at the Balcony Railing 1893
In the heat of the moment
Collage by Eron Boyd
Observing the creative process
Sometimes in collage workshops participants will express
that they are bored that their work seems to repeat patterns.
I believe recognizing our patterns makes perception visible.
We are able to see what we see or rather how we see.
Perhaps repetition is an attempt to penetrate understanding?
The above paintings are by Giorgio de Chirico.
1888-1978
Too Much to Attend to...
...but nothing has dropped yet.
Sharing Inspiration
Today we had a visit from our friend Eric McConachie who lives and paints at his home in Haliburton.
During our visit he shared stories with us of Peter Camani.
This video will introduce him also to you.
Joyful
Sometimes when I open my mouth
a rhino comes out running
another pauses close behind
considering
Running and Considering
friendly siblings
on either side of expression.
Out of the boudoir into the feild, a collage journey
Collage by deborah harris
Painting by Pierre Bonnard 1867-1947
A fugue in three movements
Collage by deborah harris
Collage by Jill Lawrence
Collage by Eron Boyd
Crow complains and Eagle listens
Photo by Dominique Cruchet
"The spring is here and the fields are full of yellow color and we met a crow and an eagle having a conversation in the middle of a field. It felt joyous to have seen them and that they kept arguing in front of us."
From Joan Cullen and Dominique Cruchet in Prince Edward Island
Three Faces
Collage by deborah harris
The Rescue
Today we changed the Library to be home to the painting 'Wolf' by Travis Shilling.
Travis Shilling is represented by Ingram Gallery in Yorkville where he has been showing since 2012
You can treat yourself to a view of these exhibitions on their website.
Walking through an arbour of blossoms
Early morning Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan
In the Dark Room
Daniel Hanequand had direct experience of war. Some years after surviving that experience he made these
pieces, eight in total. We did not have occasion to meet him but we met his wife, Maria Carla, and she
bequeathed some of his work to us. I think that we are living in a time when we need to reflect upon the
madness and sacrifice of war. It is a privilege to be able to show this work which does not champion
political sides but instead awakes us to the enormous cost to all of us if we allow ourselves to be infected
by hate.
Balancing
Collage by deborah harris
Wind and Sun and Chocolate (TGIF)
"Today the wind is not mean." SK
Companions
Collage by Eron Boyd
Where to look if you loose your baguette
Photograph by Simeon Posen, collage intervention by deborah harris
A meeting in the library with three engineering students
How to describe a space which is not merely shaped by walls and ceiling and floors
a space which is held and shaped by attention
a space which changes shape by the questions it poses, by the forms placed in it.
Somethings are too overwhelming to explain.... but we can try
Today's inquiry... what is skill , the ability , through repeated practice to do something well, what part does skill play in all creative endeavors and
what is that other part, the mysterious inspiration which sparks that skill.
A ship takes skill to build, the skill and strength of many workers.
A wave does not take skill, a wave happens.
