by andrea | May 24, 2017 | Art, Blog, Colour, Have You Met
Louisa Glenn (@gracelouisagee) is a painter from Nashville, Tennessee. Her work is mesmerizing, with striking colours and always makes me think, “I should make a quilt like that!” (And someone did.) In this interview, Louisa reveals that a trip to the...
by andrea | May 16, 2017 | Blog, Canada, Pier 21
This is the first in a series of posts describing and documenting The Here & Elsewhere Bee, my project as the 2017 Artist-in-Residence at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. A list of the subsequent posts related to the project can be found at the...
by andrea | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog, Canada
When I was in architecture school eons ago, I participated in the Canadian Centre for Architecture’s annual student “Charrette” competition. It was a weekend-long intensive project that called for little sleep and fun times with my comrades. My team never won. The...
by andrea | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog, Have You Met
Inspiration is for amateurs—the rest of us just show up and get to work…[T]hings will grow out of the activity itself and…you will—through work—bump into other possibilities and kick open other doors that you would never have dreamt of if you were just sitting around...
by andrea | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog, Tutorials
I was asked to make a quilt for a woodland nursery. Animals are not yet in my design wheelhouse so I still have to work out that part, but I was delighted that to have the opportunity to test a tree technique that was in my head. Birch trees are linear, black and...
by andrea | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog, Colour
My love for navy blue is right up there with my love for grey, black, and white. I imagine that it will adorn my living room or bedroom walls someday. What is special about navy is that it’s an actual colour; I surprise my architect self with this preference. What...
