folk art

One of the benefits of membership in the Nepean Fine Arts League is the opportunity to participate in a group or solo show at the NFAL Gallery. My turn has come up and from June 10 to 30, I am having a solo show of my mixed media textiles at the NFAL Gallery.

These small fibre works are made in the folk art tradition combining various materials with simple imagery to create whimsical depictions of common themes. The framed size with double matt and glass is 10″ x 10″. They are all unique ‘one of a kind’ pieces available for $75 each.

They are perfect for a child’s bedroom and can be combined as a set of 4 or 6 for greater impact on the wall. I really enjoy creating these small images and love the textures of all the different materials.

Some for little boys.

Some silly.

Some whimsical.

And some for little girls.

The NFAL Gallery is located in the Nepean Creative Arts Centre at:

35 Stafford Rd., Unit 11

Bells Corners, Ottawa

613-596-5783

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Little Fish
Originally uploaded by Janice Saunders

Wow! What a mouthful! It is very hard to define textile art as it includes many different styles and materials. These little folk art pieces developed from a little experimentaion with my felting machine. They are mostly 4×4″ to 6×6″ in size. I added wool felt images and then beads and buttons and finally thread details to build them up in a 3 dimensional way. They need a shadow box style frame.

The other mixed media textile pieces are larger and were an experimentation with dye discharge…using bleach to remove some of the colour from the fabrics. You have some limited control as to how much colour is removed by using an agent to stop the bleaching action. Later I added extra details with Shiva paintsticks and beads. The shapes seemed to suggest a city with gathering storm clouds and then the sun breaking through later.

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