by andrea | Sep 17, 2020 | Art, Blog, Canada, Uncategorized
Last winter, before the pandemic hit North America, I was approached by a Quebec architect Viviane Zhang. She was building a short-term rental home in La Malbaie in Quebec and was wanting a special textile piece for the entryway. Photo: Stéphane Brügger photographe Le...
by andrea | Jul 16, 2020 | Blog, Canada, Colour, Quilts
When I wrote this article about Classic Blue, the 2020 Pantone Institute’s Colour of the Year, I had no idea that the year that would ensue would reflect exactly the projections: Classic Blue represents calm and stability in an uncertain world. Fat Quarterly No....
by andrea | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog, Canada, Tutorials
When a community suffers a tragedy, we turn to making. Making to comfort, making to process our own emotions, making to work through grief, especially from a distance. Making to heal. The events that unfolded in Nova Scotia over the weekend of April 18-19, 2020 were...
by andrea | Oct 31, 2019 | Art, Blog, Canada, Colour
This past summer I had the opportunity to take part in a summer Hoyt House artist residency at Kings Landing in Prince William, New Brunswick. We got to inhabit a delightfully blue house during our studio days, to create work and enjoy the surroundings at this living...
by andrea | Oct 2, 2018 | Art, Blog, Canada, Community
Last December, as I reflected on the year that had passed, I came to the conclusion that an overarching goal in 2018 would be “to learn how to be an artist.” Let me now qualify that with an adjective: “To learn how to be a professional artist.”...
by andrea | Jul 12, 2018 | Art, Blog, Canada, Quilts
I married into a family of Saskatchawanians. I had no connections or interest in the prairies prior to my relationship with my now-husband. This summer we had the chance to spend some time at the family cottage two hours north of Saskatoon, as we celebrated the...
