7 WORKS COLLECTIVE PROJECT

Residency Replaced

Kathryn Bossy - mosaic artistKathryn Bossy
"Charis lives here"
16”h x 5.25”w driftwood, Italian and Mexican smalti, stained glass, sea glass, objet trouver, silver leaf
NFS - not for sale (study)
 
I escaped for countless hours on the Toronto islands in my 20s. I dream of living there on an endless loop. The description of Charis’ house in Margaret Atwood’s novel The Robber Bride has stuck with me for years - tangible and alluring. Searching for elements for my mosaics on the beaches and then creating at the Gibraltar residency closed my circle.
Mario Cerroni - photographer / artistMario Cerroni
"Yesterday's vessels"
20"h x 26"w (approximately), archival inkjet print
$450

when seasons paint 
the days gone past
 Lynn Dubinsky - abstract artistLynn Dubinsky
"Human Vessel"
8"h x 10"w, ink, coloured pencil on watercolour paper
$250

The challenge “Vessels” got me thinking about individuals and how we are all vessels of our own experiences. Each of us has light and darkness, small and expansive thoughts, feelings of joy and sadness.
Catherine Gutsche - abstract artist Catherine Gutsche




"Contain My Story"
24"h x 24"w, mixed media on canvas
$875

I selected my favourite portion of Karen's painting and incorporated a few mixed media paper techniques to emulate Karen's addition of calligraphic line work and additional levels of transparency. Vessels contain, hold and protect. My vessel holds words on paper that have no particular language. Make these words your own!
 Judi Miller - free motion embroideryJudi Miller
"Focus"
6"h x 5"w, free motion embroidery
$200
 
Whilst we were at our residency in the spring of 2019, Karen and I had studios side by side. I could hear Karen moving about her studio, listening to her music and heard the strokes of her paint as she created ‘VESSELS’. It was intriguing to hear her work unfold, and exciting to see the finished product. With inspiration from Karen’s unseen process I focused on a small section of VESSELS and thought about my own process as I created a little piece. I took a small video of the work in progress, with the sound of my sewing motion, opera in the background and my own humming as I worked.
Jo-ann Zorzi - silk fiber drawing/fusionjo-ann Zorzi
"feeding the soul"
16"h x 16"w, silk fiber drawing/fusion
$225
 
Using our residency and Karen's piece as inspiration, I portrayed how the time and place seeped into my soul and allowed creativity to flow out of my hands.