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Just post it! Series: La Poulette DéCOOPage.

In an effort to step away from being so tied in to FB and IG, and go back to a bit of old school blogging, I’m going to attempt to do the main bulk of my social media posts here on my WordPress website and share links on the socials. That way they can’t hold my content hostage.

So, as to not overthink the written part of my blogging–which tends to paralyze me and leads to a whack of saved drafts– I am going to ‘just post it!’. Kinda a take off on Nike’s, Just Do it. This ‘Just Post It! Series’ will be short posts, mostly images, maybe a video if I can get that organized. Point being to make quick updates and simply relay what I’m working on, where my projects are at and show a little behind the scenes to keep momentum.

Today’s adventure: I’m having a play ‘hatching’ some little French hen sculptures using up-cycled food packaging trash, bits and bobs, and paper mâché, decoupage\collage. I intend to make a small flock of a dozen or so–as well as upscale them to a life size version– so lots of experiments in the works!

Hope you have a great day and give yourself some time to play!!

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2020 Hindsight: Instalment 2

Post-Pandemic Posts – STDO 1470 Materials: Printmaking


As promised here’s the next instalment of my Post-Pandemic Posts series, STDO 1470 Materials: Printmaking.

This first year studio course was an introductory ‘sampler’ of four mediums offered through the University of Manitoba’s School of Art faculty and each needed to be a medium that could be taught remotely via Zoom. During Covid19 lockdowns all the in-person studio programming was cancelled and remote classes were the only way to keep students on track. This particular course ran January to April, 2021.

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2020 Hindsight: Instalment 1

Post-Pandemic Posts

Ahhhh, yes, 20-20 hindsight, fitting name for overdue posts and reflections on my art practise during the pandemic.  I know, I know, this post (and the series to follow) is WAYYYYY out of date and over due....by about three + years! YIKES

Sure, I wish I would have posted all these works back in 2020-21 to have included my emotions and what I was experiencing at that time.  However, mentally I just couldn’t, I was outta gas.  I wasn’t thinking of blogging, journalling or sharing my art with the world.  I recall that the idea of doing that felt really selfish and pointless when so many were hurting. Here I was in a place of privilege, feeling relatively safe and secure in my home and work life.  As an ‘essentail-worker’ I did not get any time off.  I was not bored.  Nor was I trapped at home – I was travelling into the city to my office job every day, being social with my co-workers ( 6′ apart) and functioning in a bizarrely surreal environment.  I do remember feeling a lot of fear, unease, resentment and loss of control in the early stages of the pandemic and decided the best way for me to cope with all these negative emotions was to put my creative brain to work solving problems I could enjoy and could control.  So, I enrolled in a few courses at the local university to help me inch toward my Bachelor of Fine Art degree….

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