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Entertainment & Leisure
`Every Fibre of My Being' to open gallery season
Fibre art
The Blyth Festival Art Gallery will open its season of
professional shows on Friday, June 22 with "Every Fibre of
My Being", an exhibit by Stratford -based textile artist Kathy
White. Above is "Harrison Park in July", a piece comprised
of Peruvian wool and beeswax on wood. (Photo submitted)
At first glance, you see a complex
image of a natural scene. Is it an oil
painting, acrylic or watercolour? On
closer examination the viewer is
surprised to find that every element
of the extraordinary piece before
them is made up of strands of
colourful wool yarn.
Kathy White is a textile artist who,
with her musician husband, Doug
White, has lived in Stratford for the
past two years. Although she studied
English at the University of Waterloo
and began a career in business,
White continued to explore the arts
through courses at Fanshawe
College in London, the Dundas
Valley School of Art and Globe
Studios in Kitchener. She studied a
variety of techniques: oil, acrylic,
watercolour, ceramics and even
spent time as a commercial graphic
artist. Throughout all of it, she also
pursued traditional needlecrafts,
including embroidery and knitting.
When her stash of wool yarns grew
to alarming proportions, she realized
that this was her preferred medium
and began to create her signature
textile art pieces.
She uses organic materials like
wool and sweet-smelling beeswax to
explore moments of natural beauty
in rural Ontario throughout the
seasons. The halo of fibres created
by the wool softens the divisions
between colours and adds a dreamy
haze to her work.
White says she is motivated to use
both the materials and skills that
#FlowerMeBlyth moving ahead
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Blyth's main street will soon offer
a unique tourist attraction with the
Blyth Business Improvement Area
(BIA) #FlowerMeBlyth project
moving forward.
The project will see special head -
in -hole photo props created beside
the courtyard at Blyth Memorial
Hall. The structures will include
traditional Victorian -era dressed
man and woman models for visitors
to pop their heads through and have
their photo taken.
The attire featured will include a
morning suit and top hat for the male
head -in-hole model, while the
woman will be wearing a hoop skirt
dress -form.
The name of the project,
according to organizer Jennifer
Triemstra-Johnston, is designed with
social media in mind. She hopes
that, through using the hashtagged-
name, participation in the program
can be tracked.
The project came out of the
Regional Tourism Organization 4
(RTO4) DestinationBLYTH
initiative and was picked up by
Triemstra-Johnston who has
coordinated several different
individuals and organizations to
make the project a reality.
Jim Wallace of Sharpe's Creek
Forge near Goderich will be
building the structure for the project
while Michelle Greydanus of
Greyhaven Gardens will be helping
with the flowers that will adorn
them.
Triemstra-Johnston, who teaches
Fashion Arts and Creative Textiles
Studio (FACTS) through Blyth Arts
and Cultural 14/19 Inc. will be
providing costume components and
North Huron Township will be
permitting the use of the space
alongside 14/19 and the Blyth
Festival.
Triemstra-Johnston will be also be
maintaining the installation once it is
fully implemented.
The project should be ready for
July, Triemstra-Johnston said,
adding that each season will feature
different floral arrangements around
the dressed figures.
"In the summer we will have a
live -flower display, while in the fall
it will be harvest -inspired and
include cornhusks and wheat," she
said. "In the winter, we will have a
Christmas theme as well as some
other fun ideas."
She said the head -in-hole
installations will be unique in that
they will be "living" thanks to the
flowers and creations surrounding
them. She also said that the
structures will be permanent.
On the back of the structures,
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generations of women.
"Every Fibre of My Being", the
exhibition by Kathy White, is
presented by the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery. The show is sponsored by
Joan Perrie and curated by Carl
Stevenson. It can be viewed in the
newly -renovated Bainton Gallery
(next to the box office) in the Blyth
Memorial Hall, from Friday, June 22
to July 14. The gallery is open during
Festival box office hours.
Rozalynn Schlosser &
Brian Schlosser would like to
announce the forthcoming
marriage of their son
Cameron to Rebecca Reinhardt,
daughter of
Peter & Amy Reinhardt.
The wedding will take place at
the Reinhardt residence,
July 28, 2018.
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love and constant praise for the job is
part of the reason why Holly decided
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