Field trips

Tuesday evening was my YHQG meeting but between work and the meeting, I had time to kill. I wanted to pop down to the Spadina library branch to see the fibre art exhibit of Monica Bodirsky. I ran across her name and work on the internet and wanted to see it up close and personal. The works I liked on her website are not being shown at the branch because their exhibit space is quite small. It's an glass enclosed case about four feet wide by two feet deep by two feet high so the pieces displayed were small -- I'd say postcard size mounted on canvas about an inch perimeter larger than the art work itself. The pieces were fabric and paper collages, if I remember correctly, mostly black, white and grey, incorporating many textures and text. Very nicely displayed. Remind me to visit her website again and see where else her work can be seen.
I also popped into the Native Arts Centre to see if I could buy some beading thread. That's where I bought my original spool of thread when I learned beading in my U of T Native Arts & Crafts class. And since I was down to my last few feet of thread, it's a good thing I popped in and purchased some.

I still had time to kill so I went to the Miles Nadal JCC to look around and there was an exhibit of Myriam Nafte primarily of Judaic art. She does painting incorporating text. The blurbs beside the works said that she works on canvas, linen and silk but the predominant medium is paint. The colours were striking.

Then I headed off to the YHQG meeting. The speaker was a guild member, Kathy Wylie, with a computer background who relies heavily on the computer to plan and execute her quilts. It was an informative session. The quilter of the month is an art quilter so I was more drawn to her work. Bright colours.

Yesterday was my POM guild meeting and again, I utilized the time between work and the meeting, this time for a visit with Sari and Ora. I went down after work. It had started snowing so it was quite slippery. Her apartment is very nice and we had a lovely visit and dinner. I brought back to her the family wall hanging to which I had added another hanging sleeve.
We talked diapers, Ora cooed. David got home just as I was leaving.

The POM meeting was at the Baycrest museum. There is an exhibit of Sephardi culture, many items of which are textile related. Not that many people showed up because of the weather. I am looking forward to the spring when the weather is more conducive to going out. Melanie talked a little about the mezuzah exhibit.

I took my mezuzah apart and reconnected it so it leans in the right direction (see my previous post). Hopefully this afternoon/evening, I will finish it. I need something to stiffen the back, maybe a tongue depresser.

Off to work.