March 18, 2024 When an Old Wise Tree reached my mailbox a couple weeks ago, it brightened up the gloominess of the winters’ last days. This time of a year we often wonder if the light and colours will ever return. It is the art that saves the day and raises our spirits. And in my case, the lace art works like a magic….
December 2, 2023 It’s always exciting when a new Old Wise Tree reaches my email inbox, and this month it was not one but four beautiful lace creations! They were perfectly timed, arriving in November, when the real trees in Vancouver present a spectacular display of colours before revealing delicate lacework of their bare branches. The new lace trees added even more beauty to…
I am happy to share the news about an upcoming exhibition “Art in the Wash” in Port Washington on Pender Island (British Columbia, Canada) on Labour Day weekend. Colin Hamilton, an amazing artist and artisan wood worker, who makes the custom cedar wood frames for my lace, invited me join him and his friend, sculptor Stan Oglov, for a weekend show on their home…