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Go ask the crow, he probably knows

4/27/2013

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Upcoming:
Island Artisans Assoc. presents Excellence Gallery, Bay Centre, mid May opening
Filberg Festival, Comox, August 2,3,4,5
Touch of Saltspring, Panorama rec centre, December
Gifts for Myself and Others, Divinci Centre Nov 15,16,17

Galleries and Stores:
Abkhazi Gardens
Butchart Gardens
Knickerbockers
Sea Cider Saanich Peninsula
Sooke Harbour house

Blue Poppy Garden gift store Nanaimo


    I have been spending time collecting metal and wood, this needs to be stockpiled for my upcoming summer shows. This is also a time when I dream up new products and items as well as stocking up my stores. A lot of garden sculptures are being made, spinning salmon, and a really fun project, my large crow. I did a few last year and they were very popular. He stands over 26 inches tall, is free standing, and may be the first of many. That would be a murder I believe. My younger daughter feeds our back yard crows pigeon eggs, so I see them around every day, the sleekest shiny-est feathers on the block. Watch for more crows!
   Also have been out in the garden moving dirt this week, building more raised beds, planting seeds, and have espaliered a peach tree against a sunny south facing fence. It is very grounding to work with dirt on a sunny day.
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Arts Council of Greater Victoria award

4/13/2013

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Opening night at the Arts Council of Greater Victoria 'Look' show at the Bay Centre. My small articulated dog and his ball and carrier cage has won the award for 3 Dimensional sculpture. The piece is called 'Good Dog'. I have also added a fantastic recycled metal piece by the only youth to enter the show, well done!

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"Good Dog'
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photo op after receiving the award for best 3D sculpture
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A great piece by Tavi, the only youth in the show! Really nice work with found objects, great upcycling.
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Under Water

4/9/2013

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Upcoming:
   Greater Victoria Arts Council 'Look' show 3rd floor The Bay Centre April 11
   Royal Roads mothers day paint in May (mothers day Sunday)
   Filberg Festival Courtney Comox August

Currently:
   Abkhazi Gardens Victoria
   Blue Poppy Nanaimo
   Butchart Gardens Victoria
   Gallery at Matticks farm Victoria
   Sooke Harbour House
   Sea Cider Saanich Peninsula
  

   So when the weather is nice, and I mean it is spring and I can wear shorts outside nice, how hard is it to work inside when I really want to be out in my garden? the answer to that is very incredibly hard. The best thing to do if I cannot build, dig, prune, and plant is to pretend I am fishing, which also has an extreme high ranking in positive things to do in avoidance of working in the shop. Now, I am an artist and I love what I do with my steel toed books and leathers on but I also and equally like to not do that. It is a fragile balance, like a writers block, where the most important thing I can do, is not in fact to do, but to not do. Sounds a little Dr. Suess-ish but it is true, to not do is the space where your brain is gathering all the sights and sounds in weird convoluted files that will be stored for instant recognition of extremely relevant information to be pulled at the exact moment when you need it in the middle of creating. Enjoy the photos.
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    Karen Lancey is the metal artist behind Metal Mermaid Welding, at home in North Saanich B.C. Canada

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