When the sun shines

Piece of the action

Here's a little glimpse into the May 12 gallery opening. I received some great feedback from the visitors to the exhibit. Most people thought I had made a pretty pink skirt that was artistic. The woman pictured in the first image with the look of shock on her face is learning that the skirt is made from real love letters that I had collected. She proceeded to tell me that she had a bundle of love notes herself - and her husband told her she had to get rid of them. The two of us mourned this fact and read one of the letters I received from my high school sweetheart, at age 17. It was a moment I'll remember well.

The 2nd image captures more of this feeling of surprise and desire to touch and read and dive into the memories of the letters, into the love. Everyone wants a piece of the action.

A big thank you to Greg for being in the right place at the right time with a camera, and knowing when that time was.

It's really all about Love.

Come see the Love Tutu!

For more information, contact:

Reisa Smiley Schneider
Art Gallery Director
Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver
950 West 41st Avenue
604 638 7277; 604 257 5111
reisa@jccgv.bc.ca

www.jccgv.com

Dharma Threads and Dancing Light

This afternoon I had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours in a magical garden with old friends and new. We photographed the lovely Tangachee, of Dancing Light Cottage adorned in Dharma Threads.

Craft Bazaar round two!

Excitement builds as I gear up for my second time participating in Salt Spring's Craft Bazaar at Mahon Hall. I'll have more nuno felted scarves there and will also be featuring unscented kama soap felted with natural merino fibres, un-dyed for sensitive skin.

Here's a photo of my dear friend Sandra wearing a scarf I made recently, looking very scholarly indeed:

Mail call!

A while ago, I went on a clothes tag cutting frenzy and sent a pile of them to Lea at Leafcutter designs. She's been working on this really smart project called changing clothes where she investigates the politics and ecology of clothes - and for her work on "care instructions", she invites the public to change the tags in their clothes to this tag she designed. I recently received a glittering pile of these tags in the mail the other day from Lea. I'm excited to sew them into my wearables and share them with friends so that they may do the same.

Wrapped in rainbows

Once upon a time there was a girl who liked the colour fuschia. She enjoyed wearing fuschia lip stain and donning a fuschia attitude. She was especially happy when wrapped in her fuschia rainbow stole. She felt like she caught the sky.