The Final Booklet (Project #3)

Here is my completed booklet for my Digital Imaging class.  It can be viewed in the link below:

Portfolio Booklet

Cover Image for booklet

Project #3 for Digital Imaging – Booklet

For our next assignment we have to create a booklet with a minimum of 12 pages on a topic of our choice.  I have changed my idea about three times so far.  There was one booklet about food and another about bees… Anyway, I have decided to do a booklet as a small portfolio of sorts.  It will have my work in it that I completed at the Textile Arts Program at Capilano University.  So far so good!

Here is an image of one of my sailboat prints for one of the projects:

Poster Update

Final Poster Image for Digital Imaging in an outdoor location.

Portobello West – March 27th and 28th, 2010

I haven’t been yet but the last weekend in March will be an opportunity to check out our local artists and designers – Here some information direct from Portobello West’s website:

“Find your style at Portobello West market, the last Sunday of the month. Meet over 110 local artists and designers and shop for one-of-a-kind fashion and art in one of Vancouver’s most impressive indoor venues.

Created in 2006 and inspired by the famous artisan markets of Europe, Portobello West brings together Vancouver’s talented artists and designers in an eclectic and often surprising mix 10 months of the year. Come down and meet the designers, hear their stories and take home truly original garments, inventive and inspired accessories, unique and sublime jewelry or works of art that speak to you and who you are.

See you at our first market of 2010 – the March Two-Day Season Opener on March 27th and 28th!

Portobello West fashion and art market
is open March to December
at the Rocky Mountaineer Station,
with $2 admission for the public (children 12 and under get in free!),
on the last Sunday of the month from 12pm to 6pm.”

Electronic Embroidery from Craftzine.com

Crafter Becky Stern posted this embroidery a while back which uses LEDs in the imagery.   Here are the links to the Craftzine post and Becky’s site, complete with video tutorial!

Valentines Day Loveliness

Found through A Beautiful Mess but originally from Flickr.

Project from Design Sponge

If you would like to make one too click here for the tutorial!

Love Letters

Photo found on A Beautiful Mess but originally from Flickr as well.

Also found through A Beautiful Mess but its blogger, Elsie Flannigan, doesn’t know the source.  Here is a link to Elsie’s blog instead – great inspiration for all things that are good!

Hope you all had a wonderful valentines day or for those anti-valentines…

In Progress…

Pond at Queen Park After Photomerge in Photoshop

Pond afer Cropping

Pond after subjects were cropped and edited for the photo

Craft Night at MOV

On Thursday night the Museum of Vancouver held a night of social crafting where you could also see the ‘Art of Craft‘ show featuring artists from Canada and the Republic of Korea as well as the taxidermy show, ‘Ravishing Beasts.’

There was also a mini craft show put on by ‘Got Craft?‘  There was seven different indie sellers offering things from soap to clothing to sewing kits to wall art.  Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain’s book ‘Yarn Bombing’ was also being sold.  For more information on the guerrilla movement “knit graffiti” check out arsenalpulp.com or yarnbombing.com for more info.

Ravishing Beasts is on till February 28th and Art of Craft till April 11th.

A Soggy Day To Be Taking Photos…

Queen Elizabeth Park

Beautiful and sunny today when I went to take my pictures in Queen Elizabeth Park but there was A LOT of water and I forgot to wear my gum boots!

Despite ugly construction going on across the street there were lots of people out enjoying the pond (with ducks!), golf course, and the flying (frisbee) disc course.

Work of Embroidery Artists

While browsing through the Craftzine blog today I came across a post on Iviva Olenick who posted links on her website on fellow embroidery artists Rebecca Ringquist and Crystal Gregory.

Rebecca alternates between machine and hand embroidery to create narrative double entendre.  Her website is RebeccaRingquist.com.

Sampler 2007 Embroidery on Found Cloth

Crystal Gregory is a crochet graffiti artist who works with lace-like silhouettes to create her installations.  Her website is crystalgregory.org.

From the series “Art in Odd Places”