Life is busy!

My 'other life' is keeping me busy ....

I'm in lots of craft groups, and I'm promoting them during my residency.

Just in case you are free tomorrow, please come to Open Day at QSWFA (Qld Spinners, Weavers & Fibre Artists) at 12 Payne Street, Auchenflower, 9am-3pm ... no entry fee .... fibre supplies, handmade garments and other merchandise, cakes, plants, fashion parade, food and drinks.  I'll be inside the hall, so please come and say hello! Visit the website.


The Embroiderers' Guild exhibition "Embroidered Treasures" is on from 2 - 9 June at 149 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, 9.30am - 3.30pm (last admission 2.30pm). $7 entry fee includes a catalogue. Visit the website. 

As well as working at the gardens, I'm still doing calligraphy commissions for people ...

Here I am writing a lovely poem called "The rain on the leaves" by Pham Duy.
Writing on large sheets of paper is always a challenge ... and it's always on the last line that I make a mistake, and have to start again!

Here's the display I had on Mother's Day at the Gardens.

The children made cards for their mothers.

What I’m doing in the next few weeks ….

DISPLAYS OF MY WORK throughout May …
Toowong library (Toowong Village Shopping Centre)
Corinda library (641 Oxley Road, Corinda).

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Tricia works on projects with her friends at the Gardens each month on the first Tuesday and third Monday. Please visit, say hello, and watch the work progress, from 10am-3pm

Tuesday 5 June in the Auditorium – Fabric collage
Monday 18 June in the Richard Randall Art Studio - Wreath making

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY ACTIVITY - “Tree of Hope”
Join Tricia to write your environmental message on leaves, then tie them to trees to celebrate World Environment Day.
Sunday 3 June in the Japanese Garden - 10am - 3 pm. Free, no bookings required.

MY EXHIBITION - "The Language of Nature"
Thursday 21 June until Friday 29 June in the Richard Randall Art Studio, 10am - 3pm
Celebrate Tricia’s residency to date. See a display of her artworks and collaborative ventures, and join in the daily activities. Artist talks each day at 11am & 2pm. Free entry.

WINTER SOLSTICE ACTIVITIES - Wreath making
Saturday & Sunday, 16 & 17 June near the Visitors’ Information Kiosk, 10am - 3pm
also Saturday & Sunday, 23 & 24 June in the Richard Randall Art Studio, 10am - 3pm

Join Tricia making wreaths (in fabric, yarn, plastic, metal, plant materials) to celebrate the Winter Solstice. Material supplied, but contributions of non-perishable flowers and leaves welcome (fabric, plastic, etc).Free, no bookings required.

WINTER SOLSTICE ACTIVITIES - Candle covers
Thursday 21 June, near the Visitors’ Information Kiosk, 5 - 6pm
Join Tricia making decorative covers for candles as a prelude to Fete de la Musique performance by the Deep Sea Divas. Free, no bookings required.

Flower Bowers

More swishy swathes now grace the gardens. There are now garlands of flowers and leaves in the shelter shed in the Fragrant Garden and also in the bus stop.

Thanks to my wonderful friends and relations who contributed some of the flowers and leaves - my cousin Gay McEwan, and my friends Joanne Jayne, Tess Murray and Felicity Clarke.

These colourful garlands have been created to display some of the many different techniques that I will be incorporating in my work during the year.
I hope you get a chance to see them next time you visit ... maybe when you come to the Gardens this Sunday (what a lovely way to spend Mothers' Day) ... or you can check them out when you come to my exhibition in June! (see more details at the end of this post).

BUS SHELTER

Hopefully this will brighten the day for people arriving at the gardens by bus.

 

 

 

FRAGRANT GARDEN SHELTER SHED

Margot kindly helped me hang these.

 I hope you think this is an improvement on how it looked before!

What I’m doing in the next few weeks ….

MOTHERS’ DAY DISPLAY
Sunday 13 May in the Japanese Garden - 10am - 3pm

DISPLAYS OF MY WORK throughout May …
Toowong library (Toowong Village Shopping Centre)
Corinda library (641 Oxley Road, Corinda).

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
Tricia works on projects with her friends at the Gardens each month on the first Tuesday and third Monday. Please visit, say hello, and watch the work progress, from 10am-3pm
Monday 21 May outside the Auditorium, below the library – Bonded fibre
Tuesday 5 June in the Auditorium – Fabric collage
Monday 18 June in the Richard Randall Art Studio - Wreath making

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY ACTIVITY - “Tree of Hope”
Join Tricia to write your environmental message on paper leaves, then tie them to trees to celebrate World Environment Day.
Sunday 3 June in the Japanese Garden - 10am - 3 pm. Free, no bookings required.

MY EXHIBITION - "The Language of Nature"
Thursday 21 June until Friday 29 June in the Richard Randall Art Studio, 10am - 3pm
Celebrate Tricia’s residency to date. See a display of her artworks and collaborative ventures, and join in the daily activities. Artist talks each day at 11am & 2pm. Free entry.

WINTER SOLSTICE ACTIVITIES - Wreath making
Saturday & Sunday, 16 & 17 June near the Visitors’ Information Kiosk, 10am - 3pm
also Saturday & Sunday, 23 & 24 June in the Richard Randall Art Studio, 10am - 3pm

Join Tricia making wreaths (in fabric, yarn, plastic, metal, plant materials) to celebrate the Winter Solstice. Material supplied, but contributions of non-perishable flowers and leaves welcome (fabric, plastic, etc).Free, no bookings required.

WINTER SOLSTICE ACTIVITIES - Candle covers
Thursday 21 June, near the Visitors’ Information Kiosk, 5 - 6pm
Join Tricia making decorative covers for candles as a prelude to Fete de la Musique performance by the Deep Sea Divas. Free, no bookings required.