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 This is definitely a first for me: a mention in the Art Gallery of Ontario newsletter:

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Birthday Number: 34

 There can never be too many cats.

Letter Book: Four

 Objects for letters p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w:

The ? book:

Letter Book: Three

Object pockets for h, i, j, k, l, m, n, and o:

The key in 'k' opens the lock in 'l'. 

The moon has glow-in-the-dark edges.

Letter Book : Two

 The object pockets for a, b, c, d, e, f, and g:

Letter Book: One

 My granddaughter will turn 3 in March. This is when I make a personal letter book as a gift. Building on all the reading time that has already been part of her life, it is my belief that connecting letters and sounds to people and objects that are familiar will be another step towards literacy. 

Each letter has 2 page pockets. The first page has the letter and the photo of a person or a thing that is familiar on it (I will not be showing the pages with people). The second pocket/page has at least 2 objects that begin with that letter. I have finished all the pages and they will eventually all go in a great big binder, but they will be introduced a few at a time, not alphabetically. 

To show you, I will start with x, y, and z. 

X is hard. There are very few words that start with x, or have much familiarity. I stretched it to include eXit and boX. The exit sign has spaces for 2 battery tea-lights so it can be turned on. 

The zoo folds up. 

 

Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre - Covered Ground Artist Talk - January 21, 2021

 On January 21, 2021 the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre hosted my Artist Talk.

You can see it here.

I had to imagine engaging with people. This is what I could see,

when this is what everyone else could see:

Galleries West - Covered Ground: Landscapes and Lichen

This is lovely. 

 

Bohemian Waxwing - Sort of

 A plasticine sculpture cannot last forever and so it was that I had a pear tree base with an opportunity for something new. I chose to work with another medium that does not last forever: paper. 

I only have one process photo, but it gives and idea of the foundation structure. It is all paper except for the legs, which are wire wrapped with black yarn.