Mosaic sections completed

Wendy and I spent several hours today working on the sea of blue tile pieces 

that formed the final section of the mosaic wall.

It will be so beautiful!

Accolades to Tracey for her design and dedication.

Also to Eric for his ongoing and unflagging support!

Mosaics continue

The Mosaic Project is ongoing. 

Today I brought Lois to the gallery to help with smashing tiles and fitting pieces.

Yesterday the salmon arrived. 

Sharda, a local glass artist, created several fused glass salmon to be fit into the design.

A master mosaic artist will be arriving in Salmon Arm on Sunday night to begin the installation 

on Monday morning. Hopefully we will have all of the sections finished before then.

Mosaic Project

What fun! I have joined the volunteers who are piecing together a gorgeous mosaic wall at the Ross Street Plaza. Designed by Tracey Kutschker, the project has attracted nimble fingers of all ages from our community.

Maggie and Tegan joined me this morning to piece together this portion of sky, tree and apples. The overall design (approximately 30' x 8') moves across the four Shuswap seasons.

Created in manageable sections, these sections will be positioned in place 

and mortared at the end of the project.

Tiles are smashed into small pieces and volunteers then search 

for the perfect colour and shape to fit the puzzle.

Jane and Tori piece together a tree branch and apples.

It's important to remember where the sun is positioned

in the scene and where the light will reflect 

on the apples and the tree limbs.

So sweet!

So sweet!

Unfortunately she thought that our strawberry plants were sweet!

All of John's careful nurturing disappeared in five minutes!

House seller's limbo...again!

I just checked back through the blog to find my thoughts from the last time that we listed the house for sale in 2011. It is amazingly similar! How could I have thought that our home would sell in 4-5 days this time??? It has been over two months with only six viewings. We have repeatedly dusted, mopped, vacuumed and scoured this place from top to bottom, inside and out. Only those who have been through this process will totally relate to the unsettled feeling that envelops house sellers.

After two months we dropped the price, hoping to attract some attention...and we wait.

Meanwhile, creativity has ground to a halt. There are no paintings being painted, no writings being written and very little imaginative thinking taking place.

That is what led me to apply black gesso to a number of paintings that did not show signs of success. It was a calming and liberating feeling. At least I held a paint brush for a while...and freed several older pieces from the possibility of being trashed. Now I can gift them to other artist friends and give them the opportunity of creation.

Knitting "ROOTS"

Odd Socks knitting group meets at the Art Gallery on Friday afternoons between 1-3pm. We have graduated from knitting colourful socks to meeting a major challenge. One of our members suggested that we combine our skills to knit a "TREE" that will form the centrepiece for an exhibition in September 2015.

For the past three weeks we have been creating colourful "roots" for the tree that will stretch out from the trunk and spread across the gallery floor. Tea and goodies are enjoyed, along with supportive kinship, while we knit crazy, gnarly roots!

Gail Anderson-Dargatz

What a treat!

Gail Anderson-Dargatz participated in our Art Gallery noon hour readings this week. She read from several of her novels (including one unedited piece from her next creation) and shared an interesting discussion on the publishing world of today. One of her novels is being transformed into a future stage production....should be interesting!