I had a week, and after 98 % procrastination and 2% work, I cut up a coffee can and put the strips together, and...voila!
My work here is done. I wonder how the cookies will turn out?
M.B. found a great gingerbread recipe and the 75 odd cookies held up well.
Volunteers made eyeballs, and Claude made a big vat-o-blue icing!
At the Annual Spaghetti dinner to raise funds for the Ottawa Mission, kids decorated their own cookies...
With fantastic results!!! You can never have too many sprinkles, can you?
Dovercat, him(her?)self showed up and while the big blue creature does not speak, he was clearly impressed.
Occupy continues at Cyclelogik , 1111A Wellington St. Opening night was packed to the rafters and I was pleased to sell one of my pieces. My "Longhorn" sculpture is hanging in the window (thanks Andrea!). I snapped this picture on my way home from work in the wee hours. The show continues until the end of the month, so drop by for a coffee and check out some local art over the holidays.
This will be my second time participating in this well attended event which merges two of my passions: art and bicycles. Any bike shop that serves up coffee and art deserves a lingering visit. It opens at Cyclelogik in Hintonburg tonight, and runs all month.Friday, December 9th, 2011
8 pm
Andrea Stokes and Cyclelogik are proud to present the 4th annual Holiday Art Show, "OCCUPY".
Over 40 local, emerging, and established artists will occupy the walls of Cyclelogik for the month of December, beginning with a fabulous opening on December 9th.
1111A Wellington Street, (613) 722-2345
This highly anticipated annual event features food by Essence Catering, ale from Kichesippi, music by DJ Greg.
Come on out to SKETCH, the annual fundraiser for Galerie Saw Gallery. I will be among 150 artists who have contributed affordable works (starting at $10), with all proceeds going to this artist-run centre. Admission is $5. Hope to see you there!
Rin Tin Tin
Goalie
Longhorn
Bad Idea
Babar
Erik The Red
I set up for the Festival early Saturday, and was finished installing my six masks in the beautiful sunshine by 1 pm. Shortly thereafter the skies opened up and we had a heavy downpour. Fortunately, by late afternoon things cleared up and the Festival got underway on schedule. Here are some images of the masks I made for the festival as they appeared in the daylight and then at night.
The crowd that walked through Stanley Park was estimated at about 8000. This Festival holds it's charm with handmade lanterns, candlelight, local visual and performing artists, acoustic musicians and actors. Many come to the Festival in costumes and carrying lanterns.
I was pleased to meet photographer, Louise Imbeault who took some lovely photo's at the festival and posted them to her website.
I put the finishing touches on my 6 masks for tomorrow's festival. When it's all over I'll run a post to show how the pieces look when they are all lit up in the thicket just past the wall along the Rideau River in Stanley Park.
I was at Stanley Park this afternoon, scouting out the area where I will be installing the masks that I made for Saturday's Lumiere Festival(photo by Karen Massey)The bicycle wheel chandeliers that I made for the 2009 Festival will be on display as well. There will be music, drama, visual art, shadow puppets, stilt walkers and much more. Bring a lantern or make one on site. This is a free event along the River in Ottawa's New Edinburg, with opportunities to make donations to help keep this unique event going.
I've been working away at my series of masks for the Lumiere Festival that takes place this Saturday in Ottawa . I've moved twice in the last five years and have purged a great many items, but was not able to part with a bin full of assorted heat shields. If you've lost part of your exhaust system, or maybe a hub cap in the last 10 years, you might find it has become part of my work for this year's festival. I knew there was a reason I couldn't part with this stuff!
I've been working away on some art blocks for tomorrow's Urban Art show. This picture shows the hi-tech operation out on the picnic table. Yes, that is the canoe (A.K.A) "the barnacle", peeking out from behind the shed. Typewriter, scissors, glue, old magazines and maps are some of the necessary ingredients. The coffee is essential for that little burst of energy after last night's graveyard shift. I would not have finished up any new blocks for the show if it weren't for late night input and elbow grease from Karen (thanks!), and inspiration from our garden muse.
Hope to see you tomorrow at Minto Park, Elgin and Gilmour, between 9 and 6 pm.
Come on down to Minto Park at Elgin and Gilmour on July 23 for this annual event that brings together a fine selection of local talent in the Ottawa art and craft scene. I will be at spot number 41A with Mobius t-shirts and artwork, alongside friend and former co-organizer Katie Argyle who has recently relocated, but is returning to Ottawa for this show!
I'll be here tomorrow. I participated in the Idle Hands Christmas show in 2010 and was really impressed at the selection of Ottawa talent represented there. Come on down to Chinatown and say hi!
Black Box Collage #29, continuing the series of collages from items in my recycling bin. Inspired by this week's Illustration Friday topic: Soaked.
After a long winter, an unexpected move and a nasty blow to the head, the Black Box Collages are back! #27 coincides with this week's illustration friday topic: Safari.
