We spent this morning hanging Articulation's latest exhibition, called Provinces. Actually, it is a portion of the body of work. Each of the six members made two panels representing each of the 10 Provinces, 3 Territories and 1 general Canada hanging. The Fish Creek Library, had enough space to hang three full sized pieces and one panel of the remaining pieces. It is the first time we have hung this exhibition and we were not sure how it would hang together as the pieces were so different. However, I really like the way it looks and Donna and I were really happy at the end of the hanging.
The middle piece is my depiction of Nova Scotia. The piece is hung at the top from the Nova Scotia Tartan, and the colours represent the stormy seas and red soil. There are also fish and Bay of Fundy Fossils appliqued. The Blue Nose, which is still found on our ten-cent piece reminds us of the proud shipbuilding history of Nova Scotia. I will have to go back and get a better picture of the piece.
A shot of the first pieces up.
My piece is depicting Ontario. I had used a technique of laminating photographs onto organza in a Pojagi style to connect the pieces. There is a mixture of photographs that include the Parliament buildings, maple trees, Trilliums which are the Provincial flower; as well as tulips that were a gift to the people of Canada from the Netherlands after the war. Of course there is also a picture of Niagara falls as well.
This pieces depicts Prince Edward Island. The colours reflect the sea and the red earth, so good for growing potatoes. The hanging pieces in front of the dyed cotton, depict the many motifs that make one think of P.E.I., lobsters, lobster pots, different shell fish and the bridge that was finally built after many years, which connects the Island to the mainland.
The exhibition is up for the month of March, so I hope lots of people are able to enjoy the exhibition and reflect on how lucky we are to live in this diverse and beautiful country, while they go about choosing their books!
