Articulation Textile Group

My favourite tree, the Arbutus. Love the layers of bark and how the bright green is hidden underneath, gradually revealed. And because the Arbutus grows on windswept barren rock expanses, a tidal pool was right next door. Piper's Lagoon Park... We found Garry Oak trees... And, outside of Nanaimo, we found a Petroglyph Park...

The Big Leaf Maples of Cowichan Bay... (notice Vickie on the lower LHS) and Cow Bay itself, one of the quaintest little towns on the Island... for its' fences gates and boats, boats, boats...

We are all busy working on new pieces for the March 2010 show in Victoria, BC based upon the rain forest which covers Vancouver Island. In September of 2007 the group gathered in Duncan, BC as a base out of which trips were made around the Island. From Goldstream Park... to Victoria's Chinatown where we visited a Chinese Temple... orientation - L to R: Gloria Daly, Linda McKay, Vickie Newington, Lesley Turner, Miriam Birkenthal, Ingrid Lincoln, Leann Clifford, Wendy Klotz (Donna Clement taking the photo) and bought strange and wondrous fruits in the market to taste test later that evening at a BBQ put on by our host Gloria... This was all in our first day on the Island!

Here are some more gallery shots of our work hanging in the Mennonite Cultural Heritage Gallery in Winnipeg. The exhibition is on until November 14, 2009. If you can get out to see it, let us know what you think by adding a comment to this blog. Over the next few weeks we will be adding close-up images of the works. If you sign in as a Follower of this blog you will automatically be notified when new works are posted without having to search for our blog each time.