Articulation Textile Group

  Getting away without an agenda and a view to discovery is a favourite pastime of mine. I was recently in Toronto with some time on my hands so a visit to The Art Gallery of Ontario, (AGO) and the Royal Ontario Museum, (ROM) were on my personal agenda. I thought while we are in summer mode I would share a few images of artifacts I found inspiring. The architectural blend of old and new is the first thing I admired in the physical structure of both of these public spaces. Centuries of architectural thought and practice merged to curate space and light and make room for their respective collections. Frank Ghery's internal staircase at the AGO drew me on a circuitous route to the apex of the building in a celebration of design and simultaneously, contrast and uniformity. The view from the top of the building across the city echoed a similar merger of old and new. As a painter, The AGO's Canadian galleries are always my first stop. On this visit, I took a small sketchbook as I was...

 Articulation Textile Group gathered for the first time in 3 years in conjunction with the Vancouver Island Surface Design Association's conference in Duncan, BC. Our 20/20 exhibition in celebration of 20 years of creative association and collaboration had, like so many exhibition opportunities and commitments, been sidelined by the Pandemic. The Vancouver Island Surface Design Association gathering felt like an opportunity to reconnect with our group and also with the wider sphere of like-minded creatives. View of the pergola set up with new work "Out of the Studio", by Articulation members. To accommodate the group's initiative Lesley Turner opened her permaculture garden, home, and studio to the potential of reconnecting through stories created in thread, yarn, textiles, paint, dye, felt, photography, stitch, and sculpture. The large display included a selection of textile art pieces representative of bodies of work created over the past 20 years of the group's...

             The Articulation Textile Group is reconnecting, reflecting, and getting together to celebrate textiles. Detail "Summer Under the Maple" by Lesley Turner 2022 Articulation’s "Out of the Studio" exhibition is an opportunity to reunite our group after a pandemic absence. Our once annual gatherings at locations across Canada ceased in 2020, the year of our intended exhibition in celebration of 20 years of working independently, yet together, under the Articulation banner. Our plans to exhibit were shuttered necessarily but as the world reconvenes in new ways so too have our plans. The exhibition is open to VISDA conference attendees and invited guests only. Sign up to come and join us for this inaugural event. "Gathering the Threads" conference  Register here. The “ Out of The Studio” exhibition and Garden Tour have evolved in conjunction with this year's  Vancouver Island Surface Design Association conference just as six years ago L...

 Wendy's Articulation Retrospective Blog Post for May Since we just had Earth day recently or in fact we had Earth week - I thought it might be interesting to go back through the Articulation archives to select a couple of photographs of work from each group member, that represent Earth to me.  Sometimes they are full photographs and sometimes they are closeups that in fact may be about another subject matter entirely but jog a memory or give a fleeting glimpse that makes me think of Earth in some way.  Sometimes they are pieces made some time ago and some are recent, but it is interesting how our works bounce off each other and maybe because of the colour or materials used, still seem to work together. Lesley Turner: Roadside Weeds The background is knitted and the flowers are embroidered on top of the knitting. I always enjoy seeing the wild flowers growing beside the road and admire their resilience, struggling to survive. Meadow This is densely embroidered with differ...