Craft Is Art

Well, it’s not perfect especially since the last note to this could have been more easily read with larger text, but here it is, my personal viewpoint to share along with some old pics of my weavings. It was quite an adventure yesterday searching for photos of things I created in the past where they were scattered among storage sites and digital albums. I did a lot of hard copy print outs to go in the two of my giant stack of poems. I have a new printer an Epson eco-tank to be exact which amazes me now since otherwise I would have been shopping for ink many times over with my cheaper printers. $$$ 😂

Intentional

This is my current project, a slow process of making acrylic on canvas paintings.

When I moved back to Ontario from BC a few months ago, my car was so packed I had to remove two large blank canvases from their frames and roll them up to squeeze them into a small space. The other day, I decided to start a new project so I unrolled them on our patio table to play outside with my acrylic paints. Messy and fun to do. One turned out to look like a tablecloth or shower curtain and the other looked overdone like a forgotten steak on the BBQ, neither destined for the Louvre, I know. However, it was my intention to create varying sized pieces of mosaics from the start. honestly 😂 Mosaic pieces are often a ‘go to’ when recycling some paintings I have done. My only ambition is fun. As you can see, I am only in the cutting phase of paint, cut, paste and display. I’ll probably add other surprise (to me) elements as I sometimes do. I’m in no hurry so will post more photos later perhaps.

Alissa’s Creations

My daughter, Alissa, is multi-talented. She created these two necklaces and pairs of earrings for me. I have several other creations she made over the years including other expressions of her artistry. Both my son and daughter are writers as well. These are truly ‘my people’:)