MAKING STUFF
and writing about it

Making Community

I am beyond excited at the prospect of a former prosecutor debating a current felon on Sept. 10, if Trump doesn’t wuss out . Kamala Harris has said she thinks “the voters deserve to see the split...

Creative Process

Utopic dream work is now an unwieldy mass​ ​ As soon as my coffee arrived in bed early Friday morning (don’t hate me) I jumped on Reddit to try to find news of the latest cyber snafu, because...

Creative Process, Exhibitions, Fibre & Textile, Making Community, Painting

When I first started out as a suburban-newspaper reporter I had a single original artwork tacked to the wall in my basement suite. It was a life-sized acrylic-on-paper, a nude holding her...

Fibre & Textile, Making Community

We all sort of forgot about celebrating Canada Day last weekend, up north, on a farm. No fireworks, no flags, no impressive array of themed party foods in the American way. That doesn't make...

Making Community

Two years ago to the day of this writing, my sweetie and I arrived in downtown San Francisco the day before the Pride parade and the day after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. ​By...

Creative Process, Sculpture & Installation

I have my share of obtrusive thoughts but this week it’s an ear-worm: Arcade Fire’s "Reflektor." ​ It jumped into my head while on a brilliant morning bike ride this week, after passing someone...

Making Community

This one’s for my brother, on his second memorial Father’s Day. ​ I started the artwork just after returning from his ashes-scattering ceremony on one of the Gulf Islands, as he requested in...

Fibre & Textile

Is it easy to cut up hand-embroidered linen tablecloths, runners, pillowcases? It is not. As an adequate hand-stitcher I understand the skill, labour, time and patience that goes into each linen. I...

Creative Process, Fibre & Textile, Making Community, Painting

I opened up my studio yesterday to the public to get some general feedback on a new series of paintings. Because even though I’m compelled to keep working on it and even though I’m enjoying a...

Fibre & Textile, Making Community

Just a week before Halloween — prime creative costume time — we in these parts are again reminded of the tragic, toxic end to our local Value Village. The general love-hate relationship came to a...