March 2011

Too much!

Submitted by Saskia on March 29, 2011 - 1:31pm

Between teaching, working a full-time job, prepping for 2 craft shows, a giant freelance job and a massive home renovation I am very shy of time for my beloved blog.

I ask you, my devoted readers, to be patient. I have a few stories that I am working on but not enough time to massage them into shape. I will be more focused in a few weeks but until then my blogging will be slim.

This week I will share a link to an inspiring video about a Dutch artist creating kinetic art that roams a beach in Holland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=HSKyHmjyrkA&vq=medium

Spring Arts and Crafts Fair.

Submitted by Saskia on March 22, 2011 - 10:03pm

This will be my first fair of the year!

Both Michelle, of Kempton Jones, and I will be vendors at the Oshawa Hungarian Cultural Club On Saturday April 9th. I wil be selling my Sock Monkeys and my new Monkey Plaques. Michelle will be selling her Owlies of Ontario, Tooth Fairy Pockets and I think she may have a few surprises up her sleeve.

The event is at 64 Albany Street. Oshawa, Ontario. It starts at 10 and ends at 4. Admission is free and there is a draw for a free gift basket.

Come help us celebrate SPRING!

I would drive you to their website but they prefer to do it hard copy only.
So why not take a gander at the Kempton Jones site instead.

http://www.kemptonjones.com/

New Monkey Product

Submitted by Saskia on March 14, 2011 - 9:39pm

345 Monkey Plaque – ORANGE^{Monkey Plaque by Saskia. Quote by George Bernhard Shaw.}

I am slightly obsessed with sewing sock monkeys. It is relaxing and feeds my inability to sit still. I can contentedly sit and watch a tv show without getting fidgety if I have a needle, a thread and monkey parts that need to be assembled. I only want to keep one monkey as my very own so what am I supposed to do with them once I make them? I try to sell them and I give them as presents instead of wine when I go to parties (which is why my friends think I'm a bit cracked). After last year's Christmas crunch sewing my fingers off for craft shows, even recruiting my mother and friend Marie to sew some limbs on for me, I decided that it might be wise to branch out and not rely so heavily on such a labour intensive hobby.

348 Armsandlegsandtailsandears.jpg^{Arms and legs and tails and ears}

I do not want to stop working on monkeys so I have branched out into a new line of monkey products – monkeys as home decor. I call them Monkey Plaques. They are mixed-media collages with a pen and ink drawing of a sock monkey inspired by quotes and song lyrics. Very few people can afford to buy original art so I have laser copied these portraits and adhered them to wooden frames. With brightly coloured edges and a couple coats of water-based glossy varnish they make lovely little happy pieces that can sit or hang anywhere that needs a little ray of sunshine.

I am quite happy with how they have turned out.

346 All 3 plaques

http://www.baitedhookhandmade.com/products/decor

200 artists in 3 hours.

Submitted by Saskia on March 8, 2011 - 5:04pm

338 Gosia^{By Gosia. Image from theartistprojecttoronto.com}

A dismal Friday evening in March. It's 6:00pm, it's pouring rain and I am reluctantly heading down to the Exhibition grounds. What I really want to do after a long week of non-stop work and renovation insanity is to go home and read a book in the bath until bedtime. But this will be my only free time this weekend and I was given tickets to The Artist Project from David Brown after we chatted a few weeks back. I had to go and say hello... at least.

340 Alice Vander Vennen

^{By Alice Vander Vennen. Image from theartistprojecttoronto.com}

The Artist Project is an annual art show in the Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place. Am I ever glad I went. Isle after isle of inspiring, diverse and innovative works of art. The best way to describe it is to show it.

341 BEVERLEY HAWKSLEY^{By Beverley Hawksley. Image from theartistprojecttoronto.com}

342 LAURA MUIR^{By Laura Muir. Image from theartistprojecttoronto.com}

343 NAVA WAXMAN^{By Nava Waxman. Image from theartistprojecttoronto.com}

I handed out many business cards so I hope to be able to write more on these and many other talented artists I met on Friday night. Thanks to you all for lifting my spirits on such a bleak Friday eve.

344 Iaian Greenson^{By Iaian Greenson. Image from theartistprojecttoronto.com}

Check it out!

Submitted by Saskia on March 1, 2011 - 1:28pm

My fish was featured in someone else's blog!

http://3stitchcreations.blogspot.com/

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