The shop was down for a while because I didn’t have any products to really sell, and the system I was using was not so amazing. I’ve fixed it all and everything should be working now. I also implemented the Canada Post shipping calculator so that should be working now as well.
I’ll be adding a few more products over the next few days hopefully.
Here’s some of the scarves I’ve been making this week. I’m still working on olive, light blue, orange, black and red ones. I’ll probably just add them to the shop when I’m done.
They’re made with wool and silk, and dyed with kool aid. I’ve had a ton of fun making them. I love the texture.
So it looks like I’m going to have a table at the Big On Bloor Festival. This will be the first craft show I’ll be in, so I’m worried a bit. I have to get my inventory up, I’m been trying to do this since I got out of school for the summer. I’ve made quite a few silk/wool scarves, a whole bunch of glass pendants and some glass earrings. I’ll probably update with pictures of a few things this weekend, as I’m trying to get my online store set up and functioning.
How It Works
The skirt is turned on by a conductive velcro switch. When the velcro is fastened, the white lights on the skirt turn on. There’s a switch inside the left shoe. When you step with your left foot, it puts pressure on the switch and activates a wireless transmitter that sends a signal to the skirt to turn on red LEDs. Below is a video of the red LEDs turning on.
Artist Statement
There are several actions that typically signify anger, including clenched fists, yelling, and stomping. Ariela and Tashi’s character used the power of natural elements to defeat her enemies. The idea was that when she would stomp her feet, her wand would activate her elemental powers. As for Blake’s character, his tattered garb inspired the burned and worn aesthetic in the piece. Both of the students’ characters were superheroes ultimately fueled, to some degree, by anger. Working with the concept of stomping, I incorporated elements of the students’ work to create an outfit as dark and disparaging as anger itself.
My project will be up at the Textile Museum of Canada until the beginning of June :)
To the left is an invite for the Super Wired exhibition at the the Textile Museum of Canada. The opening reception is tomorrow night from 6-7:30pm and my piece will be on display until the beginning of June.
Last year, I was chosen to participate in a project called ‘Digital Threads’. In October 2007, I attended a workshop at the Interaccess Media Centre in Toronto about electronics and textiles. I was given a group of grade 10 high school students to work with, and I helped them to create a small electronic textile piece. The students were given an assignment to create Superheros. My project was to work from their images to create a textile-based artifact.
I didn’t snap any photos of it at the time because I was extremely rushed, but I hope to get photos of it at the museum tomorrow night. I’ll post them then, along with the artist statement I wrote up.
This is the first post here! I’m not sure how much I’ll actually use this. This is mainly going to be for updates about my art/website/store or whatever.
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