Happy Newest Year to you!
With last year being such an eventful year, I'm looking forward to seeing what this year has in store.
Some highlights of the past year include...
- Interning for admired artist Suzanne Carlsen
- Finishing four month long graduate project
- Graduating
- Winning 'Best in Show' award for my work in our graduation exhibition
- Winning 'Best in Show' award for my work in our graduation exhibition
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| Joe Lewis, writer/editor for fibreQUARTERLY wearing Lion's Head @ OCC Gallery, Toronto |
- Participating in group exhibition Surfacing in Hamilton
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| Lion's Head on display @ The Knit Cafe, Toronto |
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| Felted Slippers workshop @ The Knit Cafe, Toronto |
- Leikey Designs now a full-time company
- Went to Montreal - First trip within Canada, outside of Ontario
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| Amanda McCavour's installation @ The Beehive Craft Fair, Hamilton |
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| Felted Bear Feet slippers - available online |
- Featured in the Finishing School edition of fiberQUARTERLY
- Work on display at the Gladstone Hotel (exhibition extended to Feb 26th)
- Started renovations on the new place
And those are just the highlights.
We rang in the new year with a mid-reno party; a great excuse to have people over to the house. We passed around the camera all night and there were some great shots. Take a look at the rest of the photos here.
So far 2012 has been kind, starting with a feature on the lovely Polish blog Pick Me Up , selling my first pieces of work in gallery from the Hard Twist exhibition, and just this morning - a featured seller on 100 Mile Finds blog.
In addition, the Gladstone has announced they've extended Hard Twist until February 26th. So all you lazy bones who haven't had a chance to go see it, you'll have extra time to make it down there to see an incredible collection of Canadian Textiles Art at it's finest.
The exhibition will run during the Hotel's popular annual event, Come Up to My Room and Toronto's IDS event, happening January 26th - 29th! Opening reception for CUTMR is Saturday 28th 7pm - 10pm. So go see both shows while you're there.
For now, I'm off to the post office to mail out some orders! Followed by a copious amount of painting, de-carpeting, de-wallpapering, and trips Home Depot and the reuse centre. I have a feeling we'll spend the majority of 2012 in a Home Depot.
And those are just the highlights.
We rang in the new year with a mid-reno party; a great excuse to have people over to the house. We passed around the camera all night and there were some great shots. Take a look at the rest of the photos here.
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| photo from Owen Deveney on Flickr |
In addition, the Gladstone has announced they've extended Hard Twist until February 26th. So all you lazy bones who haven't had a chance to go see it, you'll have extra time to make it down there to see an incredible collection of Canadian Textiles Art at it's finest.
For now, I'm off to the post office to mail out some orders! Followed by a copious amount of painting, de-carpeting, de-wallpapering, and trips Home Depot and the reuse centre. I have a feeling we'll spend the majority of 2012 in a Home Depot.
