tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88795121503894503302024-03-13T05:36:58.782-07:00Treatment Conservation and Art BlogLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-15086619681249179332013-08-15T05:27:00.002-07:002013-08-15T07:05:26.794-07:00A Year and a Half Later..<br />
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So it's been nearly a year and a half (maybe more) since I last posted about this conservation project. I had just finished making a velcro mount for future 'potential' hanging of the banner at my parents cottage. It was decided while I was back for a visit this past long August weekend that it would be a good time to finally find this thing in a permanent hanging place! <br />
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After digging around in the basement of the house, I found an appropriate piece of wood and cut it to fit the wall over the stairs. I attached the other part of the velcro to this board using an epoxy mix-let it dry, then staple-gunned the velcro to be sure it was solidly on and not going anywhere. I then mounted the board above the stairs from a ladder, using 4 nails which I hammered through the velcro and board into the panneling and support beam on the wall, and proceeded to fit the banner to the board. Thanks to some direction from below as to banner straightness, I matched the two velcro pieces by feel and gradually unrolled the textile into its final resting place.<br />
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<i>Attaching velcro-d banner to board</i><br />
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<i>View from top of the stairs</i><br />
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Hopefully the banner will now be here permanently because it's an interesting heirloom that's been in the Denison family since the 19th century and until I managed to fix it up upon request from my mom, it had been stored away in really poor condition. It felt good to conserve something that had both familial and historic value and to know that it now will be up for people to see when they come visit. Next step: interpretation panel at the top of the stairs explaining the history of the Egyptian textile so people have a bit more context, and to understand why and how it has come to be here. <br />
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Frederick Denison (my great, great grandfather) was a military officer based in Toronto and was sent on some interesting expeditions! He was also one of the first Denisons to build a cottage on the island where we now have ours. Here's a link to the history:<br />
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<br />Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0Muskoka, ON, Canada44.901642 -79.57582100000001919.379607500000002 -120.88441500000002 70.4236765 -38.26722700000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-16131168865604452012-01-25T13:22:00.000-08:002012-02-13T11:44:02.239-08:00Finished Product<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFmPqOPD1KUEwEpxQMS_w2sqmHBmNz9M-VqKFJH7219m5dz8u-H42AvBCfUR_gC2ouz5Ft_CnktSI1_bam9c3DPfGlXLUNMb4i3o2wUvxD_v9ld8mPj4Ce5EdJ-8OfiFJ7V31aYC9VksX/s1600/AT-front.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFmPqOPD1KUEwEpxQMS_w2sqmHBmNz9M-VqKFJH7219m5dz8u-H42AvBCfUR_gC2ouz5Ft_CnktSI1_bam9c3DPfGlXLUNMb4i3o2wUvxD_v9ld8mPj4Ce5EdJ-8OfiFJ7V31aYC9VksX/s320/AT-front.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704605450735103218" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And the results.. very happy with my stitch-work, seeing as there was a lot of it and slightly tedious. The before and after comparison images aren't great because I didn't really have a proper photo setup and space. The detail pictures are where you can really see the difference:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmgyyOuRFhXdk-eiK6Gqd4LE8Cg9Y7WRXwD2ZVa89CtX0lf6mv8xSckhBJPsCn3yGWJy9oqH6SVDBEiO1W8VjTMFYetWJGkvuJOZYGHWnpze4Dj2l-CHtlAjCbpGJIRnChCiQ8HtM4RzC/s1600/AT-back-velcro.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmgyyOuRFhXdk-eiK6Gqd4LE8Cg9Y7WRXwD2ZVa89CtX0lf6mv8xSckhBJPsCn3yGWJy9oqH6SVDBEiO1W8VjTMFYetWJGkvuJOZYGHWnpze4Dj2l-CHtlAjCbpGJIRnChCiQ8HtM4RzC/s320/AT-back-velcro.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704605452538792594" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsiCwou9HDOqx1RU3s6Jue_SROrSys9QQDCUeOSbzVgp5-Q6l4zDbQvPFddtPsST6qxwtAfscV0gj_Hmmyjg6mFR7WtjdGS4jrSck87ke6a3nvo94JjTSh7YSSYQqbOy87Iun-3M3dhnI/s1600/BT+bottom+left+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsiCwou9HDOqx1RU3s6Jue_SROrSys9QQDCUeOSbzVgp5-Q6l4zDbQvPFddtPsST6qxwtAfscV0gj_Hmmyjg6mFR7WtjdGS4jrSck87ke6a3nvo94JjTSh7YSSYQqbOy87Iun-3M3dhnI/s320/BT+bottom+left+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704609413564538354" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xiYYdOFW_gVtmWizYI66DBlN_AjzhPFw4mWQJitgYO9Hmwe5Awf-sDOxHmjBS2Xb4SPT2ZU-NuVsVZ4zhOfv252vPxahR9QtOzwah0wuAPieZkbBZ9jvdpOn9CPG50H3GuCZEuQbDTj8/s1600/AT+left+bottom.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xiYYdOFW_gVtmWizYI66DBlN_AjzhPFw4mWQJitgYO9Hmwe5Awf-sDOxHmjBS2Xb4SPT2ZU-NuVsVZ4zhOfv252vPxahR9QtOzwah0wuAPieZkbBZ9jvdpOn9CPG50H3GuCZEuQbDTj8/s320/AT+left+bottom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701686762638846498" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5AQFYI0yht6BWYKVraRNzktKbl2sNjlwFw2NDtqd0t0Qta7_chrzHxleDP-W5YVdCgxkjcJR8QCiRSt6ABK2T64DHptRdTBCWZUfyGd8f58NJCzwSdQoNoGXTcBWR89t6YysUpfnCiRA/s1600/BT+detail+2.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5AQFYI0yht6BWYKVraRNzktKbl2sNjlwFw2NDtqd0t0Qta7_chrzHxleDP-W5YVdCgxkjcJR8QCiRSt6ABK2T64DHptRdTBCWZUfyGd8f58NJCzwSdQoNoGXTcBWR89t6YysUpfnCiRA/s320/BT+detail+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704610834077062914" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0J-SXkMDjsxKkscVekKcXjbf3mB042qRcPSE1HVoecx2NVpW00tpkCGv9PoTez3NnhI96uZq85gkMxCytzniFFbDAdLEeR_1-KmvEv-3Pif8l5Ag6uCY3mSpu0clcLyn5arezyieca0Cj/s1600/AT+right+bottom.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0J-SXkMDjsxKkscVekKcXjbf3mB042qRcPSE1HVoecx2NVpW00tpkCGv9PoTez3NnhI96uZq85gkMxCytzniFFbDAdLEeR_1-KmvEv-3Pif8l5Ag6uCY3mSpu0clcLyn5arezyieca0Cj/s320/AT+right+bottom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704611731999973570" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On a side note, I ended up attaching the velcro backing properly as recently, I helped hang two massive tapestries during my internship.. and their velcro system looked like this:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsySmv8LOTdQTPQcnnIjoTgzC3sukxE0ZmHZJ_FO7Jz95PDP79CXMl0jZ3damq5Rb0ZSHc79ViqcWRXZDQIMW_mHoC_vsXg0alMJnmfDTQwBd1v_GCqVaC08szzPN2lkfMs7uJ3aR6R_O/s1600/IMGP4659.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsySmv8LOTdQTPQcnnIjoTgzC3sukxE0ZmHZJ_FO7Jz95PDP79CXMl0jZ3damq5Rb0ZSHc79ViqcWRXZDQIMW_mHoC_vsXg0alMJnmfDTQwBd1v_GCqVaC08szzPN2lkfMs7uJ3aR6R_O/s320/IMGP4659.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708705608505946642" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And the actual scale :<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WKccVrQ0hHdUGD35dEmS5pmWJ5vtzWw-jscZg4tamxq34FEqZAgaveausXVGxu1096-e6p8uHEqGpjFksa0lU-DzcDf_NnQtqkceimDjX0wuETHl1psC4_bLB-Z3f1MLRueD1waB6-rP/s1600/Tapestry+going+into+Presence+Chamber.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WKccVrQ0hHdUGD35dEmS5pmWJ5vtzWw-jscZg4tamxq34FEqZAgaveausXVGxu1096-e6p8uHEqGpjFksa0lU-DzcDf_NnQtqkceimDjX0wuETHl1psC4_bLB-Z3f1MLRueD1waB6-rP/s320/Tapestry+going+into+Presence+Chamber.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708705618966843634" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54ZuOhNhtRshU8nMrwZ1al1HjbBF8QyybLqP16MhUwvx1EcNxrLJJPE5FKakNB8bF_LEaQqPQ1meDHm34vbDpCoOc5UlYy5bqX6eQLKBOaTVbZI6lcouRO6_yzSOZ0xp3I19CFvhb7qae/s1600/IMGP4648.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54ZuOhNhtRshU8nMrwZ1al1HjbBF8QyybLqP16MhUwvx1EcNxrLJJPE5FKakNB8bF_LEaQqPQ1meDHm34vbDpCoOc5UlYy5bqX6eQLKBOaTVbZI6lcouRO6_yzSOZ0xp3I19CFvhb7qae/s320/IMGP4648.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708707467211784642" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-69508123947246493932011-12-02T10:02:00.000-08:002011-12-02T10:46:42.686-08:00Phase 3: ConsolidationThis is the third part of the treatment where I was reconsolidating the loose fabric, basically-sewing. After it's done, the treatment is complete. The only thing left to do is (with my recommendations) decide on an appropriate hanging method. <br /><br />Here are pictures of the stitch repairs...the first four images are before and after shots:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUBmrm6FTbdsltGgNqCdHvDQpdGt8m_lzW59ub2ijI7sWHEbHmeSXJImQqHIRCvsCz163l4gg494-WK0GyoiJj7Q7rQqDpu4t7EPBhHirTKegkOALH0gZGkbg5i-ogr16qJvrzjD2Qi6g/s1600/IMGP4255.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUBmrm6FTbdsltGgNqCdHvDQpdGt8m_lzW59ub2ijI7sWHEbHmeSXJImQqHIRCvsCz163l4gg494-WK0GyoiJj7Q7rQqDpu4t7EPBhHirTKegkOALH0gZGkbg5i-ogr16qJvrzjD2Qi6g/s320/IMGP4255.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681597899924889730" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEV5r7_LbmnXmE6moFK-Hskd81sqSr02XfAHODnotwQmSN9Q6O3kemjmQb_58YwhyphenhyphenBC968iSwTQgIdAgqvDazCZpJhnr0O6B_3wPu1_nDSfvYUrkuXF76HwIDvypiOVRtKZuRjqz__G9gI/s1600/AT-detail.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEV5r7_LbmnXmE6moFK-Hskd81sqSr02XfAHODnotwQmSN9Q6O3kemjmQb_58YwhyphenhyphenBC968iSwTQgIdAgqvDazCZpJhnr0O6B_3wPu1_nDSfvYUrkuXF76HwIDvypiOVRtKZuRjqz__G9gI/s320/AT-detail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681597895727262530" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPwQjeihY5J9ElKEVxceeRNroUG6__xVE0KZoLS7QuXvhyaxWmZsypz3UPjtKOUgOUzM_I_h0ayYZAnmlJ1-JaS9aRMc1d3uWz_rp_poWWRLEbmNsBZaS4p2xaL_7lTZhV0T-JAV9oatz/s1600/DSC05316.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPwQjeihY5J9ElKEVxceeRNroUG6__xVE0KZoLS7QuXvhyaxWmZsypz3UPjtKOUgOUzM_I_h0ayYZAnmlJ1-JaS9aRMc1d3uWz_rp_poWWRLEbmNsBZaS4p2xaL_7lTZhV0T-JAV9oatz/s320/DSC05316.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681598902738683042" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERfYO_jtB7fs5sqz75aeNeTaX1v-16Xl7sNRhIN42f-tKK9H5Ayo0FLejKrTPko-j8bV2CZZLTAtjEylKscizpukMmU_xyB3qpdb5so2bVjIo-UpeX2hdjr6srtxacpDf7Lxpge1Rhl8A/s1600/IMGP4346.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERfYO_jtB7fs5sqz75aeNeTaX1v-16Xl7sNRhIN42f-tKK9H5Ayo0FLejKrTPko-j8bV2CZZLTAtjEylKscizpukMmU_xyB3qpdb5so2bVjIo-UpeX2hdjr6srtxacpDf7Lxpge1Rhl8A/s320/IMGP4346.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681598451930951314" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG088WIjuxMRjyMyQIoj4-sbiUUYxq-5Qtv3scZ-ByocbZKORB1clZsIjSgwc6Ao0bWa4uaQIYJqkHEN1Iv-c_APxnfozgJCSQOH7DjZrd4j5MbIp2gYrVrft6Jziffc3Om8ranaAk60w_/s1600/IMGP4341.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG088WIjuxMRjyMyQIoj4-sbiUUYxq-5Qtv3scZ-ByocbZKORB1clZsIjSgwc6Ao0bWa4uaQIYJqkHEN1Iv-c_APxnfozgJCSQOH7DjZrd4j5MbIp2gYrVrft6Jziffc3Om8ranaAk60w_/s320/IMGP4341.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681599943347664210" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-18896934656343327952011-10-12T08:19:00.000-07:002011-10-12T09:32:26.482-07:00Phase 2- Wet cleaning..I got around to doing the wet clean for the Egyptian banner on thanksgiving weekend. It took about 3 1/2 to 4 hours, in the backyard in the sunshine and it was tricky handling it soaking wet and heavy on my own, but I managed. I did two soaks, the first with tap water and the second for longer but with distilled water. <br />I'm quite happy with the process and the results (the water was yellow so SOMETHING came out, even if the major stains didn't- but I didn't used any detergent. If I had, I may have had more luck. So, next time- Orvus Paste).<br /><br />Now I can move on to reconsolidating the loose pieces, which will be far more time consuming. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1GU2lM8KYB3Q4C3detBEwuMb_Fdr6F7qSURzaBGK32SnpTOfHxU8W-FR3dI4ED-kWUNXMXQD_5lEXy0NdCuw0TBYm46BWd3U8RY0FxkfQEkA9jJMZn7aNH4LXKvCRzb1N2gAzrrRNqiR/s1600/IMGP4285.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1GU2lM8KYB3Q4C3detBEwuMb_Fdr6F7qSURzaBGK32SnpTOfHxU8W-FR3dI4ED-kWUNXMXQD_5lEXy0NdCuw0TBYm46BWd3U8RY0FxkfQEkA9jJMZn7aNH4LXKvCRzb1N2gAzrrRNqiR/s320/IMGP4285.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662632838201398194" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8Jlmu_rbRhLzXKIXyoUGoCHwJ1H2QS8g8LJydVjZL6eg59kPl7lzI0I9jbwC-n8NR08zSbpjUe1Vx8jPTwyJwwyGJ_wPviqjUiQaD_8J5sSFIqIJCsGdBPi_D7Sn43uy-beB__3VLXvI/s1600/IMGP4286.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8Jlmu_rbRhLzXKIXyoUGoCHwJ1H2QS8g8LJydVjZL6eg59kPl7lzI0I9jbwC-n8NR08zSbpjUe1Vx8jPTwyJwwyGJ_wPviqjUiQaD_8J5sSFIqIJCsGdBPi_D7Sn43uy-beB__3VLXvI/s320/IMGP4286.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662632846713155554" /></a><br /><br />Prepping the distilled water bath with a makeshift frame lined with a polyethylene.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKinBM-4yHH_ysacuLyVnRqLKEwmaBv8uJJdjj3-K5a5UFPex_gH4C9gWKHCs7bs4-lLM1oRzoetHg-CkkqDFhnuQWIJyyLCatz6vJxS6dpgRmwDOyBxWjAqiRObMDwjccrVHS-vMiBi9F/s1600/IMGP4293.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKinBM-4yHH_ysacuLyVnRqLKEwmaBv8uJJdjj3-K5a5UFPex_gH4C9gWKHCs7bs4-lLM1oRzoetHg-CkkqDFhnuQWIJyyLCatz6vJxS6dpgRmwDOyBxWjAqiRObMDwjccrVHS-vMiBi9F/s200/IMGP4293.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662638969825985378" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Banner unrolled onto screen and water added.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgOSp0IoPGiFCpOZLlWNd0oYU8gNUViv0FKFOGFqOOBkwqxt8oudWAYFR6R3B56Kf2sqDCNM5gyC43U6K_h6jcHqLTUfhvjmuzWqmuZRHmXlKvrMm9iM-8m-1PEoHMyJHG04KuKKqMoHM/s1600/IMGP4294.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgOSp0IoPGiFCpOZLlWNd0oYU8gNUViv0FKFOGFqOOBkwqxt8oudWAYFR6R3B56Kf2sqDCNM5gyC43U6K_h6jcHqLTUfhvjmuzWqmuZRHmXlKvrMm9iM-8m-1PEoHMyJHG04KuKKqMoHM/s320/IMGP4294.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662639318902602578" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN47y4vF4R8lW-4DiuFekxpI0n29w6k3a-I0XIbfIaIRKszxMskMu8H8AXFdiSqjlMK8vCoeJfc5wreN2IeCfvsCwUV7VEzq5_97XiZ3gwlKe-0sWSLIB-4l0alKYqwnL12X2S5P6D3h2U/s1600/IMGP4291.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN47y4vF4R8lW-4DiuFekxpI0n29w6k3a-I0XIbfIaIRKszxMskMu8H8AXFdiSqjlMK8vCoeJfc5wreN2IeCfvsCwUV7VEzq5_97XiZ3gwlKe-0sWSLIB-4l0alKYqwnL12X2S5P6D3h2U/s320/IMGP4291.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662639642875587378" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Submersion<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgso2-mkhm6PLmg8mbn75Klx5zaKTbznsvV0z5q6hDmSB22oMFzQ0I1xWAVMEBxfR_8InXGafnyF-dZNvoGLAnTcqTikolP63uk7buz8pVpfljnZ1n5LI7o0kNCNz1qA_8vg_0wJeHROTvF/s1600/IMGP4295.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgso2-mkhm6PLmg8mbn75Klx5zaKTbznsvV0z5q6hDmSB22oMFzQ0I1xWAVMEBxfR_8InXGafnyF-dZNvoGLAnTcqTikolP63uk7buz8pVpfljnZ1n5LI7o0kNCNz1qA_8vg_0wJeHROTvF/s320/IMGP4295.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662640856758614018" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Slightly wet process..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWo-9kk5hhkkISaQAsw8K6obHKAmDWEsmKnn_W8iF9mscs9GP3VlovbIaU7e2jwXujde7KWSngSD_DHRGAQgORACfYA3oliWOpcG5D1-iBpupcw3HL0XVyePhoVUg_dT74S3JBOb6ycm4i/s1600/IMGP4298.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWo-9kk5hhkkISaQAsw8K6obHKAmDWEsmKnn_W8iF9mscs9GP3VlovbIaU7e2jwXujde7KWSngSD_DHRGAQgORACfYA3oliWOpcG5D1-iBpupcw3HL0XVyePhoVUg_dT74S3JBOb6ycm4i/s320/IMGP4298.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662641316037843250" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bath water after soaking for a half hour.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFPkA8NfAs4fBGbWzsML6zSq9RS6AUmjsRoxjAYWHMTA0a_z_y4gA_O4wFjoHPz-hp4gSqkdzKdmLcD9FA7Hv5uwTnzmQ1SfMO3VfRmeSXMm3dk0mnBhSiHDFsdhj0dKp1uKsxT6bvZrc/s1600/IMGP4306.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFPkA8NfAs4fBGbWzsML6zSq9RS6AUmjsRoxjAYWHMTA0a_z_y4gA_O4wFjoHPz-hp4gSqkdzKdmLcD9FA7Hv5uwTnzmQ1SfMO3VfRmeSXMm3dk0mnBhSiHDFsdhj0dKp1uKsxT6bvZrc/s320/IMGP4306.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662641323987618002" /></a><br /><br />Towel drying after removing from second soak.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-17072847788818337092011-09-24T13:52:00.001-07:002011-09-24T14:54:55.093-07:00Egyptian Tapestry Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNAtYHe6a53MNXrJHrQyJcScDUL5aNSelXaW76lFv8QIRmneW8dqXniQQN5A7h7QELq1pwfwkdxoVS-JkHg5UQjzHmpx6IOjTfTcmLZIZpTTApm5VWENZgoa7upn4NPDA3W4T5NZY63KE/s1600/IMGP4253.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNAtYHe6a53MNXrJHrQyJcScDUL5aNSelXaW76lFv8QIRmneW8dqXniQQN5A7h7QELq1pwfwkdxoVS-JkHg5UQjzHmpx6IOjTfTcmLZIZpTTApm5VWENZgoa7upn4NPDA3W4T5NZY63KE/s320/IMGP4253.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656040175648826210" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />So this is my first solo conservation treatment outside of school. My family has had this tapestry for generations (it was brought back by my great great uncle from Egypt when he was on military duty) and it's been hanging at my grandmother's cottage in Muskoka in the sunlight for years. It was taken down a few years ago when my aunts renovated and it hasn't been put back since because of the condition. As such, I was asked if I was interested in working on it. <br /><br /><br /><br />This will essentially be a surface cleaning and stabilization project as I don't have the facilities to do a proper wet cleaning with detergent, but I am going to try to do at least one immersion so the cigarette and other stains in the weave will have a chance to come out.. somewhat. A bit of consolidation of the loose pieces and some couching should make it more stable. It used to be a beautiful colour but years in the sun has really left it faded (go figure) and nothing can be done about that. <br /><br /><br />It's cotton on a full linen substrate. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnSWEutV-hD6C8jAUrbgvPaj_gojfwHQn0hAX8P_I3D5NAG9ioCZxvYctYdfrw1FM7pk0WiebY3AAH15z-RwjiMDSmr6Y1cVZ_Co7MYWzzBom7LyW0PoQhXuTdD2IDdiGUVnt_33D7lei/s1600/IMGP4256.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnSWEutV-hD6C8jAUrbgvPaj_gojfwHQn0hAX8P_I3D5NAG9ioCZxvYctYdfrw1FM7pk0WiebY3AAH15z-RwjiMDSmr6Y1cVZ_Co7MYWzzBom7LyW0PoQhXuTdD2IDdiGUVnt_33D7lei/s320/IMGP4256.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656039555554793922" /></a><br />Loose strips of fabric and unravelling of linen<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7sDbRPJPSl-nJN8f8fBIabNVu7yXiyB3ZL1HDL-rifFEgLcN0hbbkjafIi5wcXrS5J0eYu881nOec7OFZaN8K-4yaV_rxzoJsUAkHAKjyBiwVaUudPhyubSE5YSkDphgZWGxqlc5-7Jy/s1600/IMGP4255.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7sDbRPJPSl-nJN8f8fBIabNVu7yXiyB3ZL1HDL-rifFEgLcN0hbbkjafIi5wcXrS5J0eYu881nOec7OFZaN8K-4yaV_rxzoJsUAkHAKjyBiwVaUudPhyubSE5YSkDphgZWGxqlc5-7Jy/s320/IMGP4255.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656039555969625554" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26mLETiK2TGUdk8lAHR7k1fj7W27_5rtDTcVgBca4P3wrxVOXgX9l1kM4rk7fd9Rbz8kM8hV2bVJPCrnXbhYRWktMCRCZPCESx-PhBHcS3lsvLpgmLNQuV9LjcTW2xrWhosREbX2cg-D2/s1600/IMGP4258.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26mLETiK2TGUdk8lAHR7k1fj7W27_5rtDTcVgBca4P3wrxVOXgX9l1kM4rk7fd9Rbz8kM8hV2bVJPCrnXbhYRWktMCRCZPCESx-PhBHcS3lsvLpgmLNQuV9LjcTW2xrWhosREbX2cg-D2/s320/IMGP4258.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656039550598248258" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ripped cotton detail and corrosion stain<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYaBfFhOZu6KEjvUddW32-emexWaXSwebcBZKi8jS-5kMj1IZ7PnxICmF-LvVeGml5aqbnLj3kPEtLIw9HSgg0MUaCx5idftVztXNu025FJ-YlBQVVOOFeHo4nkhOUuwgiqPszc6mncE0/s1600/IMGP4263.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYaBfFhOZu6KEjvUddW32-emexWaXSwebcBZKi8jS-5kMj1IZ7PnxICmF-LvVeGml5aqbnLj3kPEtLIw9HSgg0MUaCx5idftVztXNu025FJ-YlBQVVOOFeHo4nkhOUuwgiqPszc6mncE0/s320/IMGP4263.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656039547769087682" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />General staining (mildew?)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAUdpTCmbk2NEVdGeLtihdLOQ14BOIQ6StifNsa6A8opbsoKrWpaF5S-akeYRBVb2XRcSBPOt8-ucNX7ALuIG4HwVX7Gm0oCdotq3vrMR246HfMNmJBiDKpavv5JMtRGCLqGHn_WXhEkC/s1600/IMGP4273.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAUdpTCmbk2NEVdGeLtihdLOQ14BOIQ6StifNsa6A8opbsoKrWpaF5S-akeYRBVb2XRcSBPOt8-ucNX7ALuIG4HwVX7Gm0oCdotq3vrMR246HfMNmJBiDKpavv5JMtRGCLqGHn_WXhEkC/s320/IMGP4273.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656039542762119154" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Back of tapestry.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'll hopefully get more treatment pictures up as work gets underway.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-27071903056155063162011-06-06T09:44:00.000-07:002011-06-30T20:30:26.983-07:00More from Emergency 2011:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfi1Hk33GfsEzvP1OmDAP8y3uMEQmloTvEqh7zmaKQ5NnCDsdZSoJhuEhPhT80QVsA8OKau1GcV-qCnEwkayjLf5iyY3IYdm7HqJlhq2wtyW710r9-Km5A6FeMVJ1tKtb_FxglO_cfmJqd/s1600/IMGP3604.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfi1Hk33GfsEzvP1OmDAP8y3uMEQmloTvEqh7zmaKQ5NnCDsdZSoJhuEhPhT80QVsA8OKau1GcV-qCnEwkayjLf5iyY3IYdm7HqJlhq2wtyW710r9-Km5A6FeMVJ1tKtb_FxglO_cfmJqd/s200/IMGP3604.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615149464149825586" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKUiDcan_mV_R9as3JRWkg1Uv7F4PDu-Nf5n_yUwzeCVz9zxqYO00BYah3H4x2wrpTaomy7hKxVod4F2FO7zDoVt-LUFYYEnv7t3ZsrcnSJzdOdxtsh2qcUzPGMjuXBiF34c8OAX7q146/s1600/IMGP3620.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcKUiDcan_mV_R9as3JRWkg1Uv7F4PDu-Nf5n_yUwzeCVz9zxqYO00BYah3H4x2wrpTaomy7hKxVod4F2FO7zDoVt-LUFYYEnv7t3ZsrcnSJzdOdxtsh2qcUzPGMjuXBiF34c8OAX7q146/s200/IMGP3620.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624220983057641618" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFARc_0TLp1IjhTxvLfzjKxG9ZtHmuQFRhJXqT3ewOouTUqInLcjToTt2AGDubhEpSbceEu4lHNJfW7oevHYNI7WDBlWnSpTaJ6uE3SaeiUa7iYiBSijYCjzXDu-YBhB5wXEABBth1Q7u/s1600/IMGP3614.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFARc_0TLp1IjhTxvLfzjKxG9ZtHmuQFRhJXqT3ewOouTUqInLcjToTt2AGDubhEpSbceEu4lHNJfW7oevHYNI7WDBlWnSpTaJ6uE3SaeiUa7iYiBSijYCjzXDu-YBhB5wXEABBth1Q7u/s200/IMGP3614.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624220972961302658" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-48360484565999509172011-04-22T19:00:00.000-07:002011-04-22T19:33:57.553-07:00Emergency # 18It's been eons since I've posted anything new, as school has been keeping me busy.. here's some photography.<br /><br />These are images I took of my friend Jenn Cole performing her piece 'Je Vous Salut Marie' at the Emergency dance festival in Peterborough, ON in April. This is a sister piece to another one she performed of which I also took photographs, two or three festivals ago. If I remember, I'll post these in the near future.<br />These are just the raw pics. I like the various light gradations and how only parts of her are outlined in some images where in others the light hits straight on. Another set of images from a different dance piece I took from reflections in the plexiglass beside my seat, which actually offered a better perspective and vantage point then from head- on to the stage. These too I'll post at a later date!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojnnrjdmY0NhZ2sR1Y696IuVzXRW_4HetVC58O7zRJol5YmIkyqCRCS_Pi_oC0MJY5hhdc5c7G_lnUDmhldotdRc2et2rOC9f2RqHrWO4DJ0qculC3qg6kb59p-0n0DQSr-hKTqX8xOI6/s1600/IMGP3665.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojnnrjdmY0NhZ2sR1Y696IuVzXRW_4HetVC58O7zRJol5YmIkyqCRCS_Pi_oC0MJY5hhdc5c7G_lnUDmhldotdRc2et2rOC9f2RqHrWO4DJ0qculC3qg6kb59p-0n0DQSr-hKTqX8xOI6/s200/IMGP3665.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598595299083420946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_J8HbDxJFPO8VPjUbNuOEkjXkvkmv0Eow2dABSrHT8PoQxhaGF8TI0JiNsIBS2wfOlQI1SQDECkmeiIX3qIyUfjaL1nA5LGWv6eQhH8uXb-y60q21xzKikzu4ol5LOpB7jmL91z-h2LC/s1600/IMGP3675.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_J8HbDxJFPO8VPjUbNuOEkjXkvkmv0Eow2dABSrHT8PoQxhaGF8TI0JiNsIBS2wfOlQI1SQDECkmeiIX3qIyUfjaL1nA5LGWv6eQhH8uXb-y60q21xzKikzu4ol5LOpB7jmL91z-h2LC/s200/IMGP3675.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598595288003589842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UO-uCS7OpJz3n5R8Ky564JD9RCDGD8XE9iSdeBTA_ExizowdCThdxJYrOv_dBuyJcIrkjx6FS-e81-TxvM2St6ue0I_oaDDqVkg3ECE3aKbYOsWx_-Kv7TRhi36gpxuEJLzTf3d5hBbB/s1600/IMGP3658.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8UO-uCS7OpJz3n5R8Ky564JD9RCDGD8XE9iSdeBTA_ExizowdCThdxJYrOv_dBuyJcIrkjx6FS-e81-TxvM2St6ue0I_oaDDqVkg3ECE3aKbYOsWx_-Kv7TRhi36gpxuEJLzTf3d5hBbB/s200/IMGP3658.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598598255895391026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOM1EaNQXcHSMlW3h0IV78QMMvaUxkCoTeVHSNbZxzh5WJkKmw8yGM3PN_LAkasVSVIRcEnoBlkJRlkmYoZjoPEAy5iyqOKT9tLTl2Qg4Iq-T_Tzf2DKzdxEnegFTP0i-k3wBuNJE9Xo0p/s1600/IMGP3654.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOM1EaNQXcHSMlW3h0IV78QMMvaUxkCoTeVHSNbZxzh5WJkKmw8yGM3PN_LAkasVSVIRcEnoBlkJRlkmYoZjoPEAy5iyqOKT9tLTl2Qg4Iq-T_Tzf2DKzdxEnegFTP0i-k3wBuNJE9Xo0p/s200/IMGP3654.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598595282867103042" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1R8XwTwl30u_-m-tj_1snafmLlyTGcF-hk6B7gZ1sFefUp0Va44fneZarnIvfI_2DRp-GDcb-qGb1micjjwSnz6tQobnrhEgzweFAyCyl6-VubU8Yy-3j5o-mspxfb5FhHJPxbVP10AQ/s1600/IMGP3667.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD1R8XwTwl30u_-m-tj_1snafmLlyTGcF-hk6B7gZ1sFefUp0Va44fneZarnIvfI_2DRp-GDcb-qGb1micjjwSnz6tQobnrhEgzweFAyCyl6-VubU8Yy-3j5o-mspxfb5FhHJPxbVP10AQ/s200/IMGP3667.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598595358466059954" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-11253285246525864842010-09-09T06:34:00.000-07:002010-09-10T16:10:29.738-07:00QWAC and Cabbagetown festivalTwo of my paintings will be up (at the toronto school of art booth) at the Queen West Art Crawl and Cabbagetown festival in Toronto this sept. The Cabbagetown fest is this weekend..the 11th and 12th of september, and the QWAC is the 18th to the 20th. This makes me very happy but at the same time I'm in the midst of starting a Collections Conservation and Management degree in Peterborough so I have to race home and prep the artwork!<br /><br />I'm glad these two got in to the show because they actually depict the city :)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggoy0CA75ZF8hbYpBLmtq1WjDcTC1-J3srvStJ6C0EHzQnSHt6HGRLWbDcOveSxBqIUGUMhKt7a4xHxpqYn6cvHyXk6I5aK5LtWwkvsKuj1yFGe3HZF2pE52jYgVwT4UOSdonqoBHy7Id6/s1600/LaurenAshley2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggoy0CA75ZF8hbYpBLmtq1WjDcTC1-J3srvStJ6C0EHzQnSHt6HGRLWbDcOveSxBqIUGUMhKt7a4xHxpqYn6cvHyXk6I5aK5LtWwkvsKuj1yFGe3HZF2pE52jYgVwT4UOSdonqoBHy7Id6/s200/LaurenAshley2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514913661705549970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRoN1zFJwLsN_5SC_HfR2KqHYMMAJrqjQJJhHnvbRv2uqHJrQUvDjp34m84Hnp2NXnu2-jV5M4e5m-s_q2GNIXm3vZHxAZl91KXc7XS3MThwTNLb3v6Hx5SCxx-fih_7amTCWnMXjUjVe/s1600/LaurenAshley1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRoN1zFJwLsN_5SC_HfR2KqHYMMAJrqjQJJhHnvbRv2uqHJrQUvDjp34m84Hnp2NXnu2-jV5M4e5m-s_q2GNIXm3vZHxAZl91KXc7XS3MThwTNLb3v6Hx5SCxx-fih_7amTCWnMXjUjVe/s200/LaurenAshley1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514913651559880706" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-29978713453314591342010-08-29T12:28:00.000-07:002010-08-29T12:41:15.656-07:00hand sketches....my hands, to be specific. I used to hate drawing hands but after I did these, I had a bit more confidence.. normally I'm not big on drawing from life but it's good to know you can still 'do' it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MBJOcR4oUS4vXKidx2WHk_GCoWynaFAJ3UN1RcTEgleF-uNnbVrnOUt1H3eBusNwY0X6UVFkBQRh_DCBJd4TpPXxvrMvjcVZQYITp1w0KB8b3ATgFSlCQD-Vapczwj2QHcSDXGGLWdJs/s1600/IMGP3232.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MBJOcR4oUS4vXKidx2WHk_GCoWynaFAJ3UN1RcTEgleF-uNnbVrnOUt1H3eBusNwY0X6UVFkBQRh_DCBJd4TpPXxvrMvjcVZQYITp1w0KB8b3ATgFSlCQD-Vapczwj2QHcSDXGGLWdJs/s200/IMGP3232.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510918093854581090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFQuOjteK0521Z5rRAXvzGAoHmfjwG82_Ictoly7la8bCHFAKOFHVK940F-3pgUMIMy7JeY2ESRlQl8u1HF-J77icluLH_S7x-Mt8_skMo74dICaQJnbQ_TohWORTqAM8I0HpB4W1iSnx/s1600/IMGP3227.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFQuOjteK0521Z5rRAXvzGAoHmfjwG82_Ictoly7la8bCHFAKOFHVK940F-3pgUMIMy7JeY2ESRlQl8u1HF-J77icluLH_S7x-Mt8_skMo74dICaQJnbQ_TohWORTqAM8I0HpB4W1iSnx/s200/IMGP3227.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510918085499275394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjJHVtJ0fLjm2TErSYrAsjM_2nO0MUQxqwxD3j9IMW4JiM-iTFOSTuftcGDc1n8ezAuTufBZi2i8ih9XX9JwU9uxbd64W209QJOf21NSGYHfbc8Hloqm2dRMIwP9-vmnosC_Q-axzlV65/s1600/IMGP3225.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjJHVtJ0fLjm2TErSYrAsjM_2nO0MUQxqwxD3j9IMW4JiM-iTFOSTuftcGDc1n8ezAuTufBZi2i8ih9XX9JwU9uxbd64W209QJOf21NSGYHfbc8Hloqm2dRMIwP9-vmnosC_Q-axzlV65/s200/IMGP3225.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510918072941857522" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-49302255851229443022010-08-05T07:27:00.000-07:002010-08-29T12:27:50.040-07:00Tree painting (ancient Oak)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZLELLur982ymo31aYFntGU3rfeItksGntaj-enjIeCnvHwAKFOrMS3no9rKxPACVf1ml8yDtLzJrO1MhiPd00T284S67L6E-UtYZ2IbitVnqOXafcXUmRXWXYeVygFSADQERgoluHLkt/s1600/IMGP3209.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZLELLur982ymo31aYFntGU3rfeItksGntaj-enjIeCnvHwAKFOrMS3no9rKxPACVf1ml8yDtLzJrO1MhiPd00T284S67L6E-UtYZ2IbitVnqOXafcXUmRXWXYeVygFSADQERgoluHLkt/s200/IMGP3209.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510910370539550546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UNxvvFKMwMCkRnVh_szeNNnaEkQEUF26olmqctgKDBKbdivxVAvL2ejSea-YMLJl3mRayIX0I4kihvVs0M-1QY3xUZ8iLvYGUD0xKFG1HjBeYx3vPSDYTtgRuvAP9EWr6d4vONCOh3S2/s1600/IMGP3169.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UNxvvFKMwMCkRnVh_szeNNnaEkQEUF26olmqctgKDBKbdivxVAvL2ejSea-YMLJl3mRayIX0I4kihvVs0M-1QY3xUZ8iLvYGUD0xKFG1HjBeYx3vPSDYTtgRuvAP9EWr6d4vONCOh3S2/s200/IMGP3169.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501933901028447394" /></a><br /><br />A painting I'm working on based on a photo I took of an ancient oak tree from Sherwood forest in the UK a few years ago. Yes, robin hood-times tree! It was huge and I've always wanted to paint it.<br /><br />It's oil, 24x30 inches..<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Of all the trees that grow so fair, / Old England to adorn, / Greater are none beneath the Sun, / Than Oak and Ash and Thorn."- Rudyard Kipling</span>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-54000127520740545512010-07-23T15:51:00.000-07:002010-07-23T15:58:38.333-07:00A piece I did in the last few days.. it's been a long time since I've used a pen to sketch. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8hfh3N9OstM9qH5QImtbl4mxO8z0oqDGmTU9WzAdeuncxSbvQT8mQXrxlVYGQdhYdXEh7L1oPXS_R-wqpVaQBawaoFYr37Vzlu3zRNR3fORkQ7IXVWDLQRrXioMRAC8o6LBdOwl0OelV/s1600/IMGP3070.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8hfh3N9OstM9qH5QImtbl4mxO8z0oqDGmTU9WzAdeuncxSbvQT8mQXrxlVYGQdhYdXEh7L1oPXS_R-wqpVaQBawaoFYr37Vzlu3zRNR3fORkQ7IXVWDLQRrXioMRAC8o6LBdOwl0OelV/s200/IMGP3070.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497239765538312578" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-70098133903803960022010-07-17T08:29:00.000-07:002010-07-17T09:11:31.415-07:00More Old Sketches.. Pre Art SchoolI just found these recently.. they're at least 5-8 years old, if not older. It's weird comparing how I drew then to how I draw now. Almost feel like my style was more my own then it is now, since being in school. I guess that can bring up the whole issue of the role of school in artistic development. The technical aspect has helped me hugely in terms of composition, spacing, material use and so forth but the creativity and personal side was harder to tap into. Getting pieces done in a set timeframe has always been a challenge because I don't *always* feel creative, some months there's nothing and other times it's a crazy wave of ideas within like 2 or 3 days. <br />The middle piece I remember doing based on a man I saw on the bus when I first moved to TO (10 years ago..holy mother) who I thought looked like a dwarf. I then drew the guy from memory and put him at a table because I couldn't remember what the bus seats looked like. I was also reading a lot of urban fantasy/Charles De Lint and Terry Windling-type books then.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KRd_LJMca5rHUR_gH0ftZMAWgBVLYPxrFoR7e8yIV1Cdarw14TqU292m8CrB5hTAGlW8I0CJCfOacNrL5dSfxHRjPJ_ejw10R4I8afTCOziun0BsEeqqUwwErJ_G76jfxiw315YPt31n/s1600/Old+sketches_0002.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KRd_LJMca5rHUR_gH0ftZMAWgBVLYPxrFoR7e8yIV1Cdarw14TqU292m8CrB5hTAGlW8I0CJCfOacNrL5dSfxHRjPJ_ejw10R4I8afTCOziun0BsEeqqUwwErJ_G76jfxiw315YPt31n/s200/Old+sketches_0002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494903110024548130" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLu19epFQsxoIpQ0llzdYA1lRNbGHa-zXeG4MwcP_9lT7AHXCVMr-_SMgetpg6aKaIUz119tleiObggtVv6m3EMhITdW35cdCeXAYf2PdzmA8SybsjN9hTg9L7pcK5Jd3Qx4B_JoIcF2x/s1600/all+237.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLu19epFQsxoIpQ0llzdYA1lRNbGHa-zXeG4MwcP_9lT7AHXCVMr-_SMgetpg6aKaIUz119tleiObggtVv6m3EMhITdW35cdCeXAYf2PdzmA8SybsjN9hTg9L7pcK5Jd3Qx4B_JoIcF2x/s200/all+237.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494903105162027394" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJPMmOu8mgcQNdvq-6QzhiDjJWxdsmb1RjCSGyuiRLa-BHftBXudv3sotcljmnRk0XrFPgLq88Emuz-PKqpm4at6OLNhP2tQoIH0vSrXo_nI7YOluN9IuUkrslfHt7G8BPzYWtW0MFo0C/s1600/all+230.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJPMmOu8mgcQNdvq-6QzhiDjJWxdsmb1RjCSGyuiRLa-BHftBXudv3sotcljmnRk0XrFPgLq88Emuz-PKqpm4at6OLNhP2tQoIH0vSrXo_nI7YOluN9IuUkrslfHt7G8BPzYWtW0MFo0C/s200/all+230.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494903094489158722" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-63314843164915826502010-07-11T07:42:00.001-07:002010-07-17T08:12:16.474-07:00Oldish sketches...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkGjwTcOsJU2vjvI_mSJi5SfHZC6yDOVz-Q0-BkPpjwgLWy5PdG1kKgEoy-e_rH1qfd3aFfJ-wvcwP0ynhi3i4TMFfkfGEw-mSdTcQgQ-i0QsS0VSB_1_ClzDjZDFDQok4KL20smQqhRM/s1600/IMGP3060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkGjwTcOsJU2vjvI_mSJi5SfHZC6yDOVz-Q0-BkPpjwgLWy5PdG1kKgEoy-e_rH1qfd3aFfJ-wvcwP0ynhi3i4TMFfkfGEw-mSdTcQgQ-i0QsS0VSB_1_ClzDjZDFDQok4KL20smQqhRM/s200/IMGP3060.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492660099395150050" /></a><br /><br />These are a bunch of sketches I did over 3 years ago which I've been meaning to turn into larger, more complete images. I don't know what medium I want to use yet..maybe something new. New territory mwahahahaha!!<br /><br />The first one will definitely be a painting because I want to get the effect of the woman and the boy walking into another reality, so the scenery's going to mesh. I'll probably rotate it to so that they're walking to the right because apparently I have the tendency to make all my compositions left heavy with everyone 'looking' to the left. This is what school has taught me, thank youuuu constructive feedback.<br /><br /><br />Note the tiny man at the bottom..this is supposed to be a living mountain. The guy at the bottom is climbing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEdlz5BD5bh5g4VTdfGK27d-UVz4KK6lxt4togi-SX1AMQDVgHZ53ljKAfmnMd65vXVZWDj-0eP0g1hrS4Acellk5ukuUYPh1MnkFAc_qIU6ZdJxICoI3w8FNE_cq-6Be0wEO8pBANWrF/s1600/IMGP3063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEdlz5BD5bh5g4VTdfGK27d-UVz4KK6lxt4togi-SX1AMQDVgHZ53ljKAfmnMd65vXVZWDj-0eP0g1hrS4Acellk5ukuUYPh1MnkFAc_qIU6ZdJxICoI3w8FNE_cq-6Be0wEO8pBANWrF/s200/IMGP3063.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492660129128925602" /></a><br /><br />dragon creature.. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tJ0u-9pseGgEItoTczEbacXsQ6jDNdXPakXr32YMhdpa0vadbOpldcKiok1Si5aD2t6FINi4xLD2vCaJOuG4srsr61aRFoYZI_e-ImvD1_V_yyr01dQ8STpMRSWZG9XE3rI7ceaLqg2T/s1600/IMGP3062.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tJ0u-9pseGgEItoTczEbacXsQ6jDNdXPakXr32YMhdpa0vadbOpldcKiok1Si5aD2t6FINi4xLD2vCaJOuG4srsr61aRFoYZI_e-ImvD1_V_yyr01dQ8STpMRSWZG9XE3rI7ceaLqg2T/s200/IMGP3062.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492660117799170402" /></a><br /><br />faery woman luring away a young boy, birds watching.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_FqfvAbitPRQdYKq7SkobQjwTWJLelEBLur83Kyj8TS4_SdbNAuUMjhDvGNceJ8WilLn1X92qmvaWCwvpEJKTLQVMV-p4DOkKkkI2WscOu6T2vSy2_h89ZOt-xg2tdLk-RWRw0i5OPjd/s1600/IMGP3061.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_FqfvAbitPRQdYKq7SkobQjwTWJLelEBLur83Kyj8TS4_SdbNAuUMjhDvGNceJ8WilLn1X92qmvaWCwvpEJKTLQVMV-p4DOkKkkI2WscOu6T2vSy2_h89ZOt-xg2tdLk-RWRw0i5OPjd/s200/IMGP3061.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492660109074446754" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-81192196381522893442010-07-04T16:24:00.001-07:002010-07-04T16:42:36.146-07:00Paparazzi picsThese are from a Ronald McDonald House charity gala that I helped photograph in June.. l think they turned out well- though I couldn't use a lot of them because of who was in the pictures. These I could post by permission of the RMH charity people. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsS2y5cvugSEKlh8tLZBIlgaWoypVlmi_rxk1DOymAB9chnTWZoBD3o9Kva1TMQEmxabZWUC9dA7nosaE8FvtjBCeVUykViNx80_beE_sUtiioK3tJJTwdVDXK2MgWXwbLNYdetE6mJh-/s1600/DSCF3513.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsS2y5cvugSEKlh8tLZBIlgaWoypVlmi_rxk1DOymAB9chnTWZoBD3o9Kva1TMQEmxabZWUC9dA7nosaE8FvtjBCeVUykViNx80_beE_sUtiioK3tJJTwdVDXK2MgWXwbLNYdetE6mJh-/s200/DSCF3513.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490200480629278594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIxVO-g8vQGh_rfLc4Fs14veqYnrfgwPR9WPG3Ny2pbipbAd7IFBeD481hMFS6c56kr2EcEooQ7RX9y_tDQQt2WpjTQCL3UMzBGaqLqqBa2uWA0z_WrxEsYkPDAv5PkMhPtCxUSaywz3Q/s1600/DSCF3574.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIxVO-g8vQGh_rfLc4Fs14veqYnrfgwPR9WPG3Ny2pbipbAd7IFBeD481hMFS6c56kr2EcEooQ7RX9y_tDQQt2WpjTQCL3UMzBGaqLqqBa2uWA0z_WrxEsYkPDAv5PkMhPtCxUSaywz3Q/s200/DSCF3574.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198356947688162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHETSrzFb8CMsAJW-h0EvOb8iwu5-NwaXZiPaZ__5yLqkc_tqtpah6vc5ENkMy4qwUAioszw8zjltdgJ8DrOSL4p-_Lk6chw-6_0S68c0MMN3E2byOPvMsHWl2ia6zv5xGnnZ5i5Jaiv7s/s1600/DSCF3603.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHETSrzFb8CMsAJW-h0EvOb8iwu5-NwaXZiPaZ__5yLqkc_tqtpah6vc5ENkMy4qwUAioszw8zjltdgJ8DrOSL4p-_Lk6chw-6_0S68c0MMN3E2byOPvMsHWl2ia6zv5xGnnZ5i5Jaiv7s/s200/DSCF3603.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198100758341746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQMfXmsn8iJT6DCPYuPEDnOY3pgGMoOHrvev3DaDMWkwylE5XgRQdeksjaW23l0viIpjOULRwI6ly_FGybtej-mZ_OrTd0CqxpPWzczc03QqzyP9Uv7mjS39tr0qms0cphyphenhyphenqeUPqaAJqS/s1600/DSCF3596.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQMfXmsn8iJT6DCPYuPEDnOY3pgGMoOHrvev3DaDMWkwylE5XgRQdeksjaW23l0viIpjOULRwI6ly_FGybtej-mZ_OrTd0CqxpPWzczc03QqzyP9Uv7mjS39tr0qms0cphyphenhyphenqeUPqaAJqS/s200/DSCF3596.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198096496842162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmx595QNq6YTVJ4_-nPlFwRbynxXqXzTLsiE8Ah4E74aD3vn_TxUrto-Aa6yNjbc5nJ2MX7eSy9zUNbrgTu2Js2MhFOSmaoJP1zi4EON5dEiz5Q-8pBUDb3NGZhGnWlPeOQBa0h3qO6Gv/s1600/DSCF3553.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmx595QNq6YTVJ4_-nPlFwRbynxXqXzTLsiE8Ah4E74aD3vn_TxUrto-Aa6yNjbc5nJ2MX7eSy9zUNbrgTu2Js2MhFOSmaoJP1zi4EON5dEiz5Q-8pBUDb3NGZhGnWlPeOQBa0h3qO6Gv/s200/DSCF3553.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198076845324690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGI6VWFJTOV5SALV1V9QY9rx-T3LCyi3K65FvpT6RJPLtvwo3oG8uX94FPd02lFG9tUrhOMVQZDCeJ9Kq52vAODiLiIkg4zafkHnphfLARnZVBtBofBQF2aOf7s3CuotX-DNoOKWRL0Rh/s1600/DSCF3538.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEGI6VWFJTOV5SALV1V9QY9rx-T3LCyi3K65FvpT6RJPLtvwo3oG8uX94FPd02lFG9tUrhOMVQZDCeJ9Kq52vAODiLiIkg4zafkHnphfLARnZVBtBofBQF2aOf7s3CuotX-DNoOKWRL0Rh/s200/DSCF3538.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198076285320434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp1O9_1kkY96qLCD6PsCsAPZY-YYh-22EQICOVYfzAgDrFBZt8kVhc1S-QCGtR8Au2YcnaWfkPqIaukGwqP3N9vaa66Ic2NUhOJPh9NvaQhLHzVWbTf4lAiGB-F8eFc9MpfpMFGz5SeW6/s1600/DSCF3543.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp1O9_1kkY96qLCD6PsCsAPZY-YYh-22EQICOVYfzAgDrFBZt8kVhc1S-QCGtR8Au2YcnaWfkPqIaukGwqP3N9vaa66Ic2NUhOJPh9NvaQhLHzVWbTf4lAiGB-F8eFc9MpfpMFGz5SeW6/s200/DSCF3543.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490198058515325026" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-45855125148830563952010-06-23T11:27:00.001-07:002010-06-23T11:42:49.670-07:00Digital art show at Launch Projects<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103155469733550"></a><br /><br />I've got my first group show at Launch Projects in Toronto on June 30th! <br /><br />The show will be up for two weeks (till July 10th).<br /><br /><br />Facebook link:<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103155469733550Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-42803676858637472102010-06-21T13:38:00.000-07:002010-06-21T13:46:38.961-07:00New workA new painting/digital hybrid. All the images are from photos I've taken, with the exception of the boy in the tree..he is from my head. I needed something as a central focus so he was added after everything else was done. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWjEM7xZnybU9F23RsWokfCabwOnpoZnfcZMSzt_ibLpCRvbF0jCVXW5xcLiPJs6VFRToFfkmexMBKY20j2cVxlPj4yuUDdQJgl3Zbf2g5g08N0iMVxtPHyMiTsjjndoeWi02CmONMk-_/s1600/IMGP2781.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWjEM7xZnybU9F23RsWokfCabwOnpoZnfcZMSzt_ibLpCRvbF0jCVXW5xcLiPJs6VFRToFfkmexMBKY20j2cVxlPj4yuUDdQJgl3Zbf2g5g08N0iMVxtPHyMiTsjjndoeWi02CmONMk-_/s200/IMGP2781.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485330906475637586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlgKiejiPXWdAUWh23IvjEbUQvugFsYWoMU8k1XRSW_Hc4LXLonNY9mFGGDhqaxNnUTaVsPOef5LyKEKLBSNmRZmvN7vV8f5CBYC_eJpVZeGo4SHX_BVfA7_Gc_GJ1IMmpResfJPl8D82/s1600/IMGP3017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlgKiejiPXWdAUWh23IvjEbUQvugFsYWoMU8k1XRSW_Hc4LXLonNY9mFGGDhqaxNnUTaVsPOef5LyKEKLBSNmRZmvN7vV8f5CBYC_eJpVZeGo4SHX_BVfA7_Gc_GJ1IMmpResfJPl8D82/s200/IMGP3017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485330894141206482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CtOEZL5awu5xshphNFdniPxJ-PT8qM3K9wbpzMM_ezbF-9LSUtUDd9I_FuyhjeTZsxb3U1sBw7ae2cEe74mO0nqnc-wmVt3_4uQeXNtQr9P-HJDUj3oeWZFDsvOzSgHmkhilu7emFZGN/s1600/IMGP3037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CtOEZL5awu5xshphNFdniPxJ-PT8qM3K9wbpzMM_ezbF-9LSUtUDd9I_FuyhjeTZsxb3U1sBw7ae2cEe74mO0nqnc-wmVt3_4uQeXNtQr9P-HJDUj3oeWZFDsvOzSgHmkhilu7emFZGN/s200/IMGP3037.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485330879529159698" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-42255194154688546262010-06-11T18:55:00.000-07:002010-06-11T19:34:48.511-07:00Festival on Centre IslandJune 12th (tomorrow!) from 12:00 to 4:00 I'll have a table selling some outdoor/nature photo work. It's a tree festival put on by the city, hence the tree photo-age. A lot of these images I've been showing at festivals in toronto this and last year- a few have had good responses, generally, from people. <br /><br />http://www.torontoislands.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&lang=en<br /><br />Here are a few of the images. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEtgaAm92oOYglI_MHyBZVZSzv7Y2z7gw1tmj6AmJ9MW2JY5YwblExUnibr6sWt6SnLkx1klIFIIkzr7g8mZXkGdf6v0RW8IX_5ns5ScgPA7T8KrYe145WHdw-mBG8wwh502UIygjResq/s1600/P1010050.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEtgaAm92oOYglI_MHyBZVZSzv7Y2z7gw1tmj6AmJ9MW2JY5YwblExUnibr6sWt6SnLkx1klIFIIkzr7g8mZXkGdf6v0RW8IX_5ns5ScgPA7T8KrYe145WHdw-mBG8wwh502UIygjResq/s200/P1010050.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481708797638980402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee6F3aPS0vxCIxh2CLgHwjez0GSXLPR5SHiap0VASsX2G6UKqqehyEdQCp8ZrGVkhEEmS2-zaaQ-TF0jAZ0kHS4a0i3CkmAweGdng0hTCVLr_xvCE5NFLtFOSi9mj3klA_JeBmCt_jDjz/s1600/all+013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhee6F3aPS0vxCIxh2CLgHwjez0GSXLPR5SHiap0VASsX2G6UKqqehyEdQCp8ZrGVkhEEmS2-zaaQ-TF0jAZ0kHS4a0i3CkmAweGdng0hTCVLr_xvCE5NFLtFOSi9mj3klA_JeBmCt_jDjz/s200/all+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481708793347922962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-UFCulNlTEGszcXeWDhU-UCLjTAbn8ThqjeiBKrrjm0QgYbOU_7hS_7EkoLfID5nXxGb_Abt_SvG0wv_LThlr89mmR4ZeaFaplLojJAF8evYOL2ciGJgp02leucZPudK15irU2VpFk3-/s1600/2005_0101TrinityBellwoods0001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-UFCulNlTEGszcXeWDhU-UCLjTAbn8ThqjeiBKrrjm0QgYbOU_7hS_7EkoLfID5nXxGb_Abt_SvG0wv_LThlr89mmR4ZeaFaplLojJAF8evYOL2ciGJgp02leucZPudK15irU2VpFk3-/s200/2005_0101TrinityBellwoods0001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481708789464907426" /></a>Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-6691441210729326092010-05-30T10:05:00.000-07:002010-05-30T16:54:18.435-07:00finished series.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYtGHYU5TgPmJtynX2jGQm8w0cgHm2u3MItyhsvVhkZM4wGGVeh3he51p3FbUeFApwUTvZ9lMLykbsQ2J7nDkVfna93RpdUSpHzhV7loxl64BoSMuMB5X3XAfe_UT3oHVJlfQn4uK7jBD/s1600/IMGP2912.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYtGHYU5TgPmJtynX2jGQm8w0cgHm2u3MItyhsvVhkZM4wGGVeh3he51p3FbUeFApwUTvZ9lMLykbsQ2J7nDkVfna93RpdUSpHzhV7loxl64BoSMuMB5X3XAfe_UT3oHVJlfQn4uK7jBD/s200/IMGP2912.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477119191257451650" /></a><br />Ok. I've been working on this series in theory and practice for about a year and a half and finally got them all finished. Essentially it's a combination of the theme of Toronto urban meets nature or the unexpected/otherworldly. I used a mix of painting and digital transfers and hope to keep with this technique for a few more pieces, until I get sick of the process..as it's a lot of work. <br /><br />The first one is called Urban Henge- the idea of ancient objects in a more modern/urban site, and the things we think we would never encounter there, but maybe had been there way down under the surface at one point in time. In an empty lot (this is the site of the burned down series of buildings along Queen, where Suspect video used to be), these things can get churned up with the clearing. Also, the fox was added because I did once see one at a construction site on the lakeshore, sitting on a dirt mound- unexpected but really not so, because there's a park about 15 min. walk away.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-UYpJ0s8HRAM_1Z125IHPDrMgQ_GzjTnUY2pV6LECf99QTZrH6fgZIY_B-fu0l1wd_KV-NJ7ZCSz_LBveTfbmMWIbXEaMvyztRLazw-v3eitOehwX2vq0cRHrHiGbmrGAj9evOl0gcLj/s1600/Ashley_Lauren_04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-UYpJ0s8HRAM_1Z125IHPDrMgQ_GzjTnUY2pV6LECf99QTZrH6fgZIY_B-fu0l1wd_KV-NJ7ZCSz_LBveTfbmMWIbXEaMvyztRLazw-v3eitOehwX2vq0cRHrHiGbmrGAj9evOl0gcLj/s200/Ashley_Lauren_04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477117847754689810"></a><br /><br />Much Music Forest- In this one I put an older, otherworldy musician with a lute coming out of the forest against the modern centre of music that is the Much Music building. The forest was probably there at one time in the past but has made way to the John and Richmond corner..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVqLAlp10MzhNdGf-EJtSkVXTKRbBOQK0j1dGdFOjAeqwp8n-NAvUiHUci35UTRLC-Id9PhFDp4NHR1VPhvnB4knTG6OBBAp8sT-82Lv5gFTA7zXVcVU3yF1EGCBm1tEMuenDLzPqpLhP/s1600/IMGP2919.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnVqLAlp10MzhNdGf-EJtSkVXTKRbBOQK0j1dGdFOjAeqwp8n-NAvUiHUci35UTRLC-Id9PhFDp4NHR1VPhvnB4knTG6OBBAp8sT-82Lv5gFTA7zXVcVU3yF1EGCBm1tEMuenDLzPqpLhP/s200/IMGP2919.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477118429942357938" /></a><br /><br />The last one, Sanctuary, was a name I came up with because I realized that a lot of Coffee Time shops are places of refuge for people who are down and out. Homeless people, addicts, but also regular old guys just looking for somewhere to hang out for the day. The nun I put in because I saw her standing there one afternoon in the winter, waiting to cross the street (this is one at Bloor and Lansdowne) and it was such a weird contrast to the roughness of the area. It hit me that I could put stained glass on the building and have it be a representation of a place of sanctuary, like a church. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiBfS0Z37k6Uh3bMP1jc0BZQbUxL8ROw2UpxPnjNYS5cePFgDEn0YsJERN7N4dD7FUsTe4t4FIwUeTjLaYcnhyoexbXSj2-MJBpi_5DqMC6h0gXhgwGDSpd8DwQaVlxPcOuoyfrdsipMP/s1600/IMGP2913.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiBfS0Z37k6Uh3bMP1jc0BZQbUxL8ROw2UpxPnjNYS5cePFgDEn0YsJERN7N4dD7FUsTe4t4FIwUeTjLaYcnhyoexbXSj2-MJBpi_5DqMC6h0gXhgwGDSpd8DwQaVlxPcOuoyfrdsipMP/s200/IMGP2913.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477118788727148978" /></a><br /><br />..glad to be done.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-62692914654177256762010-05-16T09:26:00.000-07:002010-05-16T09:44:39.483-07:00Leslieville Festival May 15th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak3e3KoZnR7nrX8KOcPqwUGl6Ysvthm78IiMTcJQcDXHo7nb4OPib5q7ckSYUxYWZLMsgowf0D-Wrd_rQ3k3kVhkAP2u3Gn7dPTLMB6uvh0i3ZiLJ6ikG4HbVEcolQuthsd7q7wj8OHIp/s1600/IMGP2773.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak3e3KoZnR7nrX8KOcPqwUGl6Ysvthm78IiMTcJQcDXHo7nb4OPib5q7ckSYUxYWZLMsgowf0D-Wrd_rQ3k3kVhkAP2u3Gn7dPTLMB6uvh0i3ZiLJ6ikG4HbVEcolQuthsd7q7wj8OHIp/s200/IMGP2773.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471909746531673026" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qBOu7GI3xQRdIwzy3kqVTzudzSdX8q4vjdRKplKM-2mE-A6go288MZEw5ap6tkXz6Bwa3Kk7MxOWWtwq-XWEiXJD-TFX0oUAE95dE0b0j0bYgCT47-7FHlAghX1Fs6rEeywIlF3Jz_mL/s1600/IMGP2772.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qBOu7GI3xQRdIwzy3kqVTzudzSdX8q4vjdRKplKM-2mE-A6go288MZEw5ap6tkXz6Bwa3Kk7MxOWWtwq-XWEiXJD-TFX0oUAE95dE0b0j0bYgCT47-7FHlAghX1Fs6rEeywIlF3Jz_mL/s200/IMGP2772.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471909743457597570" /></a><br /><br />So, surprisingly successful day at the Leslieville tree festival. This is the third year I've participated, with more or less positive responses to my work, however; this year I said to hell with it and brought some paintings that I did at school within the last year and set those up. With some prompting/convincing from my friend Carolyn, I put a $50 price tag on these experimental (they're mixed media-still working out kinks) pieces, and sold one! Goes to show that you need to put yourself and your work out there sometimes and just let people see what you're doing.<br />Also realizing that bird and owl imagery is really appealing to people.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-26732166382673033712010-05-10T14:24:00.000-07:002010-05-10T15:30:47.248-07:00Some of that nature/fantasy side I was talking about..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFM2f3l5g4pwoh4u3AX1BzM1-HDI3-QXrBrgtn_zJkdycbGaQEDIxSqi04BeLDblDxq3bC8n8S_3kxfWKBIWgHjDFstf69Z4noiTWQ15mO5YjFZYfxzhVSw2ArE9nJIEuFEXRvZAB_ryP/s1600/2009_0408TSAworkCharlesDeLint0014.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFM2f3l5g4pwoh4u3AX1BzM1-HDI3-QXrBrgtn_zJkdycbGaQEDIxSqi04BeLDblDxq3bC8n8S_3kxfWKBIWgHjDFstf69Z4noiTWQ15mO5YjFZYfxzhVSw2ArE9nJIEuFEXRvZAB_ryP/s200/2009_0408TSAworkCharlesDeLint0014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469771786931981234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJK_e_gHtYGUwBz7JYMo_E0ApsFcRfHZsLyJYXMYz1IXtiwtnmsCJuwlRNNZEILs_c5TzTwvWAHgPn1vPB7ZFIJ4P6hCdv2vU8jSwl90UHdnyjt9Pse9XWhezzQTPYE1DSCZPu6sRu1jy/s1600/2009_0416Artandparty0004.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJK_e_gHtYGUwBz7JYMo_E0ApsFcRfHZsLyJYXMYz1IXtiwtnmsCJuwlRNNZEILs_c5TzTwvWAHgPn1vPB7ZFIJ4P6hCdv2vU8jSwl90UHdnyjt9Pse9XWhezzQTPYE1DSCZPu6sRu1jy/s200/2009_0416Artandparty0004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469771777632534898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fNDrDpfaEaucfhjJT9U3c2C86vy3rnh0TbLXIfx26VOyn8og02V90O_b1OnHvlnMpd3CmCbOpdrBPLJkRDYURaOunNvy-CYaJQx7ucmDzJJqqQybMfB_6EUrMkHjD0N1UKhYNA3q3mZm/s1600/IMGP2238.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fNDrDpfaEaucfhjJT9U3c2C86vy3rnh0TbLXIfx26VOyn8og02V90O_b1OnHvlnMpd3CmCbOpdrBPLJkRDYURaOunNvy-CYaJQx7ucmDzJJqqQybMfB_6EUrMkHjD0N1UKhYNA3q3mZm/s200/IMGP2238.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469771235697051442" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmybikMIjuaNrGUAt0Uy5YGG4GbTir4br0lpYyUZiIkf0o6FUoKx2u0j_oFE7sgV8v0R3SswncZWS23wzLqGOSYWD5gjHPOxsnMt-niqwJzhdfRbXfj8todUpXnss2HaF8sYJsPsHvqKp/s1600/2009_1212dec09con0053.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmybikMIjuaNrGUAt0Uy5YGG4GbTir4br0lpYyUZiIkf0o6FUoKx2u0j_oFE7sgV8v0R3SswncZWS23wzLqGOSYWD5gjHPOxsnMt-niqwJzhdfRbXfj8todUpXnss2HaF8sYJsPsHvqKp/s200/2009_1212dec09con0053.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469771223128841250" /></a><br /><br /><br />As I said, Vess was a huge inspiration to me when I was a young teenager. Even after not seeing his stuff for years, when I look at my own work, I realize that influence is still there when it comes to the fantastic..<br />Here's some work from school in the last year.<br /><br />For lack of a better central focus.. cats are readily available.Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8879512150389450330.post-9646942371290125662010-05-08T11:46:00.000-07:002010-06-06T19:13:16.937-07:00My first post!<strike></strike><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBua20Gxfjp_EQrmModi4jzSzVQ_jO69_f-9d5cW09Xa0kMxXc8xTw0vwhqlk3hp10SI0JSfWfsY5VjfsLRuIYnwPfM142qS5DvNwBFaPFoGNYF59prszOo9OTcYZC_8fk4rBz27dPnIAf/s1600/IMGP2738.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBua20Gxfjp_EQrmModi4jzSzVQ_jO69_f-9d5cW09Xa0kMxXc8xTw0vwhqlk3hp10SI0JSfWfsY5VjfsLRuIYnwPfM142qS5DvNwBFaPFoGNYF59prszOo9OTcYZC_8fk4rBz27dPnIAf/s200/IMGP2738.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468980448976407554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwuCIXFKsWtpVQIyd2CBk9rRMO5aNmZico0C2Jq5yYsoOvt1wA8mk-q6WDurcCBm1PARJb8h-CnkwNaySTI_K0Tlwjuu73G8Zyke5DNrcfNBYiChhbeQkVDhL0CtZl5GbwHwjY428BTKS/s1600/IMGP2715.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwuCIXFKsWtpVQIyd2CBk9rRMO5aNmZico0C2Jq5yYsoOvt1wA8mk-q6WDurcCBm1PARJb8h-CnkwNaySTI_K0Tlwjuu73G8Zyke5DNrcfNBYiChhbeQkVDhL0CtZl5GbwHwjY428BTKS/s200/IMGP2715.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468980435919797426" /></a><br /><br />I headed down to the Toronto comic arts festival today and sat through an amazing lecture/show by Charles Vess. For those who aren't familiar with him, he did the artwork for Stardust and has collaborated with Neil Gaiman on a bunch of stuff. Fantasy based mostly.<br /><br />The best part of the presentation was seeing the work he does for the community he lives in, set design, props, public sculptures, mural designs etc. He also has an obsession with putting the Miyazaki figure, <span style="font-style:italic;">Totoro</span>, in a lot of his illustrations, which he explained was partly because of his connection to nature. <br /><br />It's like looking for Waldo..<br /><br />http://endicottstudio.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/04/04/fairyprocessionfinal_3.jpg<br /><br />www.greenmanpress.com<br /><br />He was my earliest inspiration for illustration!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375584845433731739noreply@blogger.com0