Comments from the students: Grace: How long would it take to make the painting All For One? ALL FOR ONE was painted by 30 years ten (10) students at Bayside Secondary College in Williamstown, Victoria. I visited them with the canvases already designed and drawn and they carefully painted the shapes [...]
Hi again Flossie, We had 14 Grade 1/2′s come through, and for many it was their first visit to the gallery. They were very interested in the artworks, in particular Haustafeln and Table Eight. One little boy said of Haustafeln “it looks like raindrops”. ”Jolly Roger” was suggested as a name for your small pet [...]
General comments from the public: The figures in Table Eight would look lovely pinned up around the space. “Flossie, I agree that the routine of the eating ritual around a table is becoming a rare event in homes. Is there a reason your scarf people are folded at the table on their seat? Should we [...]
Hi Flossie, Here are some entries for your blog from the first week … “Once again Flossie you touch us deeply. Nerida cheers, Sally Sally Huguenin Exhibitions Officer Wangaratta exhibitions Gallery Thanks, Sally, This comment is from Nerida…there can only be one Nerida who knows my work! How is it that she was in Wangaratta? [...]
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:28 AM, wrote: One question came from the Vic State Gov Minister for the Arts the honourable Peter Batchelor when he visited on Friday. He wanted to know the significance of the names on the chairs… Cheers Di Dianne Mangan Director Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery Thanks, Di. Good question! The [...]
Comments by the fabricators of the HANDMADE APRONs: My apron allowed me to use a saved, maybe even sacred artifact from my children’s’ history. It is a superman cape from some favorite worn-out pajamas. It seemed a very suitable symbol for Caroline. I had such difficulties with my cross stitch letter that I almost gave [...]
Comments by the fabricator of a HANDMADE APRON: The plaid letter I used I cut from the very first school dress I made for my daughters – worn by all four and now outgrown. Caroline also saw to the education of girls in her time. The glossy blue background is cut from the most expensive [...]
Today Tom watched the movie How to Make an American Quilt. I remember seeing this movie as a younger wife and mother in 1995…very much about how culture and belief is passed along through the making of artifaction (my word for the traditionally based fabrication of dance/music/artifacts within any culture). I was jarred by the [...]
Comments by the fabricators of the HANDMADE APRONS: I picked red, white and blue. Perhaps it is because I lived in America for a time. I thought I would show the only four remaining artifacts from Caroline’s humble home life but I settled for just one. It is her marble bust from the pope. The [...]
Comments by the fabricator of a HANDMADE APRON: I enjoy authentic craft so completed my apron using a Victorian crazy-quilt technique. Notice the spider and web, a required motif in this type of quilting. I worked the apron while visiting my father in Intensive Care. My letter was picked for my baby granddaughter. I included [...]
Comments by the fabricators of the HANDMADE APRONS: The vibrant magenta ribbon once wrapped a present from a distant friend. Long ago our children were in Playgroup together. My mother raised geese. She knew them each by name. Touching the sensual downy grey trim so like the curved neck of a gander drew me [...]
Comments by the fabricators of the HANDMADE APRONS: I used the colours of the feminist movement – green, blue and white. Caroline Chisholm always spoke of ‘Providence’ present in her life and in the situations she faced. Likewise, it was her Christian beliefs that led her to ‘provide’ homes for many. Related website: [...]