PMC...oh oh

Yay the Ontario Crafts Council had a precious metal clay workshop. I attended, It was great! very tempting... It certainly got my brain in gear, and I can't wait to get playing with it, now. must. work. on. creating more hours. in the. day. During the course, we made a ring complete with cubic zirconia, and a pendant that has an impression on it. (of course I carved a dragonfly into mine, that was modelled after this guy that I found in the garden )

Mosaics

Jean Loney is our featured artist this month, I just love the glass she uses for her mosaics, iridescent, rich colours. I think hte Beach is my favourite, especially as she adds natural elements like shells. And speaking of beaches, check out Robert Chisholm's paintings in the window inspired by his time in New Brunswick

Art a la Car

The little pamphlet that could! Co- operative marketing is always a good idea, and when 6 galleries got together to promote a road-trip little did we know it would go National! thanks to Jim Fox and the Sun group of papers. It was in the travel section of all major cities in Canada. Lets hope that even more people will discover the great artists in Dufferin Wellington and Peel. http://travel--news.blogspot.com/2010/08/day-trips-for-art-lovers.html
so come to Orangeville , Alton, Brampton, Glen Williams, Fergus and Elora and check it out.

Last week for Gail Prussky

Gail is taking her work out this week, and will be out of commission for a while. I'm trying to convince her to become a Dragonfly Studio Artist. Gail's Art is out there, in your face, she does get emotions flowing. Watch for her work next in the Headwaters Arts Festival Art show.

Carmen Hickson moves inside.

Two weeks go by so fast. and now Carmen's work has moved out of the window to join other work by artists like Kevin Roach, Justin Richards, Deja Vu Designs and others. our festival goes on till the end of July.

Found Art Festival

People are responding to our mantra of re-use, recycle, make beautiful, re purpose, make smiles!
Thanks to Rachel Clark Hall who did a demo during the opening of the founders festival. She painted found hunks of wood and even bark.
Betty Harris worked on her recycled fabric flowers, and chatted to people about where she gets her fabrics. She is building up stock of hats scarves and mitts for this winter.

Found Art for Founders Day

Wow I am blown away by our Window on Broadway this week! Carmen Hickson's awesome creations are poignant reflections on the human condition, and they are all made with found objects. She makes us look at cast off things in different ways. A stair post becomes an elegant angel, her caged man is stark re- combined foundry bits with ancient silverware. And that's only part of our wonderful Found Art Festival...for Orangeville's Founders Festival. All month we will be having artists dropping in with their work. Justin Richards makes fine furniture with dovetailed drawers out of weathered barn boards, nail holes and all. Betty Harris makes purses, dolls and accessories out of dresses, coats and blankets found at the Sally Ann. We even have jewellery from old silverplate teapots and trays, and of course JP's flag and funky animals.