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Walking Birdcages and rusty stuff

3/24/2013

Upcoming:
Pieces in the 'Look ' show Bay Centre Victoria
Mothers Day Paint in at Royal Roads
'Excellence in Crafts' Island Artisans show July 6&7 Cedar Hill Rec. Centre
Filberg Festival Courtney/Comox August long weekend

Currently:
Abkhazi Gardens
Butchart Gardens
Blue Poppy Nanaimo
The Gallery at Mattics farm
Sea Cider on the Peninsula
Sooke Harbour House

Working on pieces for shows and galleries plus replacing what people are buying this past week. The good thing about our wet weather is I am also rusting metal in the driveway and our environment is lending a hand with all the rain we have been having. The good news is my grass is growing fast but because of afore mentioned rain I simply cannot cut it as the ground is still too wet and the lawnmower would sink.
Replacing the usual rusty quail this week, plus chickens and small mermaid stakes. The really fun project was the birdcage come alive. My birdcages are funny anyway but I really wanted to give it even more a sense of life and humour and I believe have succeeded, it is not quite done and needs some details but will include photos so far. It has been a busy two weeks with an away show in Vancouver with the Master gardeners and then up to Parksville for the Brant Goose Festival. Am looking forward to working in the shop next week with no interruptions or packing up.

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Herons, Mermaids, and such

3/15/2013

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Scroll down to last post to see current and upcoming shows

Garden herons made from recycled materials are in big demand as spring is right around the corner and people are starting to think gardens. Can barely keep up with mermaids and my need to get out in the garden was hampered by torrential rain this week, I did manage to get outside a bit, after all I need driftwood for my quail. Am packing up for a show so quickly on to photos. A variety of items were made in the shop besides what is listed above, filling in the gaps with a huge push for mermaids needing to be done next week.

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Conclave of Crabs

3/4/2013

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Currently:
The Gallery at Matticks Farm
Sea Cider on the Peninsula
Sooke Harbour House
Abkhazi Gardens
Blue Poppy Gift Gallery Nanaimo

Upcoming:
Butchart Gardens
Vancouver Master Gardeners convention, Burnaby March 17th
Brant Goose Festival Parksville March 22,23, Parksville

Metal pinchers that open and close, arms that articulate and ball bearing eyeballs that seem to watch you walk by. All very realistic yet Toy Storyish and unsettling at the same time. Rising from out of the bins of metal scrap, bars and bolts inching to the bench, welded and bent, manipulated with muscle and heat, cut with fire yet with origins coming from the sea. The great thing about Victoria is I can jump in the car and be at the beach in 10 minuets and see both live and washed up versions of my creations. I'll take them down to the beach for a photos shoot in situ.
The pruners on the big crab and the amazing weather on the weekend got me outside in the sun to start pruning my fruit trees, where I watched the birds choosing birdhouses and flying to and fro with long ungainly pieces of dried grasses, in this part of Canada spring is here!