1 Year of Stitches โ DONE
One year ago my friend Lou Anne Sybenga and I started a project called #1yearofstitches or #onestitchaday. This challenge was begun byย Hannah Claire Somerville. When I saw this project on Instagram it...
View ArticleDandelion Summer
It's been sort of a dandelion kind of summer. I got into harvesting these beautifully long stems in June. I was a bit obsessed with foraging. I like making things from free stuff! I had no idea how...
View ArticleโMoment of Surmountingโ Mixed Media Piece
"Moment of Surmounting", 12" x 12" mixed media by Ev Ward (recycled Laotian cotton pants, book plate on handmade paper fabric, birch bark, oxidized metal, dandelion stem cordage, hand-dyed doily, key,...
View ArticleThe Texture of Bark
๐๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด . . . ๐๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ...
View ArticleSaturday, March 16, 2024 Creating Cordage
Saturday, March 16, 2024 1-4pm Stratford, ON Facilitator- Ev Ward A fun afternoon creating rope from fabric and found natural elements while contemplating the things that keep us tied up and the cords...
View ArticleCoiling round and round
Thank you Westland Gallery for hosting my coiled basket class Feb 11, 2024. It's one of my favourite cultural gems. So proud of my students. Sheri Cappa Carolyn Vandersluisย Stephanie Kerlovich Laura...
View ArticleSunday, April 14 2024 Creating Cordage, London, ON
9:30-11:30 AM Westland Gallery,ย 156 Wortley Rd, London, ON N6C 3P5 Facilitator- Ev Ward A fun afternoon creating rope from fabric and found natural elements while contemplating the things that keep us...
View ArticleReflections on a Year Long One-a-Day Ephemeral Art Project
I spent all ofย 2016ย focused on an endeavour called One-a-Day Ephemeral Art Project*. Every day for a year I went outside and had a short conversation with nature. I made a piece of art with foraged...
View ArticleHow to Enjoy an Art Studio Tour
Art studio tour signs brighten my day. It is a treasure and honour to be able to see into an artist's space. If you have never done an art studio tour or wanted to but feel intimidated, here is my...
View ArticleWalkabout
the paintbrush is smallbecause I want tomake small marksrows of dotslike the aboriginesgoing walkabout each dot a new thoughtleading to lines of inquirylines of longinggo this waygo that waylines of...
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