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Maggie Vanderweit from Stone Threads Fibre Arts gave a trunk show at the Brampton Quilters' Guild September 2013 meeting.
Our speaker was Pam Denesyk who spoke about Modern Quilting. Pam is active in the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild and operates the store Mad About Patchwork. Click hereto find Pam on flickr.
NOTE: Due to technical constraints, Nusbaum's film appeared in two different formats throughout the duration of the exhibit. On opening night, the film was shown inside the suitcase. Otherwise, it was projected onto the wall.
The video can be seen online here: vimeo.com/7271453
Colin Nusbaum
apple
Video, found suitcase, clothing, magazines, toiletries
2009
This video installation fixes the camera’s eye on scenes of Brooklyn and New York City. By climbing on bridges and sneaking on rooftops, I was able to see the city through a lens from high above. The actual aerial images were captured in sunlit high definition and focused in a tilt-shift technique to shrink space and virtually magnify the spectator.
Like much of my work, this project was designed as a sincere documentation and playful invitation to turn the camera on oneself. apple inspires reflection from a new perspective as it gazes at movement through city space. Specifically, the montage celebrates transit and motion itself, without regard for destination—showing people in mid-gallop. The video makes the big city small before us, so we can might scrutinize and innocently indulge.
I was initially drawn to the scenes because, when eyed from above, locomotion appears both mechanically trivial and yet utterly graceful. Ironically, it was not until I finished shooting the project and descended back to ground level that I began to feel disoriented and dizzy with vertigo.
Maggie Vanderweit from Stone Threads Fibre Arts gave a trunk show at the Brampton Quilters' Guild September 2013 meeting.
Our speaker was Pam Denesyk who spoke about Modern Quilting. Pam is active in the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild and operates the store Mad About Patchwork. Click hereto find Pam on flickr.
Pressed glass square pillow shaped beads were handmade by me using Italian Moretti and Vetrofond glass with hand pulled twisted cane. These unique torched beads are complimented by sterling silver and Swarovski crystals. The adjustable clasp allows the wearable length to be 18 to 21 inches.
Jewelry Art by Sheila Papaioannou
Renee of uglykitty.etsy.com made these adorable crab shaped delicious cakes for the show! Way to represent Maryland!
Maggie Vanderweit from Stone Threads Fibre Arts gave a trunk show at the Brampton Quilters' Guild September 2013 meeting.
Maggie Vanderweit from Stone Threads Fibre Arts gave a trunk show at the Brampton Quilters' Guild September 2013 meeting.
Maggie Vanderweit from Stone Threads Fibre Arts gave a trunk show at the Brampton Quilters' Guild September 2013 meeting.
Maggie Vanderweit from Stone Threads Fibre Arts gave a trunk show at the Brampton Quilters' Guild September 2013 meeting.
Our speaker was Pam Denesyk who spoke about Modern Quilting. Pam is active in the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild and operates the store Mad About Patchwork. Click hereto find Pam on flickr.
Monique Chevassu from Brampton Sew N Serge presented a trunk show of quilts. She offers classes at the store. Monique also spoke about embroidery machines, which she sells.
Maggie Vanderweit from Stone Threads Fibre Arts gave a trunk show at the Brampton Quilters' Guild September 2013 meeting.
Emma Powell
Suitcase Grid 1 & 2
Archival digital prints
2009
This work is a meditation on the meanings a suitcase can hold for me. A suitcase represents that moment when you leave the comfort of childhood. Certain journeys mark transitions in my life. The suitcase is a poignant symbol of those times. As I grew older my travels have become more solitary and the destinations more exotic. Home feels farther and farther away despite this a suitcase serves as the constant and one remaining tie to my past. The in-between times have always been difficult for me. The days when one experience has ended and the next is not quite there hold a great amount of anticipation and refection. At these times I usually return to my childhood home. I simultaneously feel like the kid who once lived there, and the person became in my last journey. I find myself packing again. I go through all the things I left behind last time and the treasures I had with me years ago. Each time I have to choose what will make the cut and what will never fit into the suitcase that will be in my next life.
Freshwater pearls and lapis lazuli complement the center focal bead made by Sheila. There are seven layers of glass in this style of bead. Findings are sterling silver. Adjustable necklace length measures 17” – 21”. Glass beads are created in the flame of a torch and fully kiln annealed.
Jewelry Art by Sheila Papaioannou
Peter McLean-Browne & Del Nakamura
Artifact
Mixed media, photo copy, laser copy
2009
A suitcase of snapshots; compartments of perspectives; fragments of scenarios. This work explores the remnant nature of memories symbolized by the traveler's baggage imprinted with the artifacts of life, snapshots. The boundaries of the earth and sky witness the comings & goings of humans, in parallel existence with us, but with a completely different, quiet, and non-human perspective. This piece juxtaposes these elements to create an artifactual portrait of a person, their memories, and their brief time here on earth.
The piece stems on a personal level, from the need to travel on occasion due to tragedy or loss. These times are a mix of new experience and nostalgia with much emotional gravity. The suitcase is positioned upright, as a marker, almost a headstone. So that it marks a place, a time. Someone was here.
Freshwater pearls, peridot, Swarovski crystals and Czech glass mix with Sheila’s handmade glass shells and mermaid. Findings are sterling silver. Necklace length measures 24”. Articulated pendant is 4 ½”. Glass beads are created in the flame of a torch and fully kiln annealed.
Jewelry Art by Sheila Papaioannou