Strands

Two of my mixed media encaustic paintings were in this exhibition:

STRANDS 2012
annual juried show at North Bank Artists Community Project in Vancouver, WA.

August 2-31, 2012
STRANDS - 1. A complex of fibers or filaments that have been twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread, or yarn.2.a. A single filament, such as a fiber or thread, of a woven or braided material.b. A wisp or tress of hair.3. Something that is plaited or twisted as a ropelike length: a strand of pearls; a strand of DNA. 4. One of the elements woven together to make an intricate whole, such as the plot of a novel. 1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a set of or one of the individual fibres or threads of string, wire, etc., that form a rope, cable, etc.2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a single length of string, hair, wool, wire, etc.3. a constituent element in a complex whole one strand of her argument strand -  4.Strand – a very slender natural or synthetic fiberstrand – a very slender natural or synthetic fiber fibril, filamentbarb – one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feathercobweb, gossamer – filaments from a web that was spun by a spider chromatid – one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle – one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber rhizoid – any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc hypha – any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus paraphysis – a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed fiber, fibre – a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn 5.strand – a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) shore – the land along the edge of a body of water leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; “the travellers were marooned” maroon desert, desolate, forsake, abandon – leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; “The mother deserted her children” 2.strand – drive (a vessel) ashore land – bring ashore; “The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island” 3.strand – bring to the ground; “the storm grounded the ship”…STRANDS - in other words – totally open to the interpretation of the individual artist!The 51 STRANDSentries were submitted by local artists, and  from  as far away as Arizona to Pennsylvania, and Texas to Alaska. Including artists; Barbara Burns, Margaret Zeps, Linda Barlow, Suzanne Hesh, Laura Rocke, Leslie Pearson, Maria Shell, Sandra Ciolino, Connie Utterback, Nicole Penoncello, Marilyn Casto, Joyce Gifford, Marcia Weiss, Shannon Weber, Aryana Londir, Alexanna Padilla Johnson, Stephanie Sailer, Jess Jones, and Mar Goman. The works are wonderful and eclectic from traditional to the avaunt garde, and are woven, quilted, embroidered, sewn, tapestried, knotted and knitted.

THE JURORS : 

Sally Sellers has been creating textile art since 1989.  She has been juried into the major textile exhibition, including Quilt National, Crafts National, Visions, Fiberart International, and the Museum of American Folk Art’s Quilted Constructions.  Her work has been featured in dozens of publications and is included in more than forty public collections. www.SallySellers.com

Bonnie Bucknam’s large-scale quilts have been featured in exhibitions around the country and abroad since the 1980s. Known for her striking use of color and form as well as her use of both hand and machine-quilting in her work, she has accrued multiple awards and accolades, including Best of Show at Quilt National 2011 and Viewer’s Choice Award at Rio Parchwork Design. www.handwerktextiles.com