Day 2 of the Eastside Culture Crawl is a wrap… I’m open again today and tomorrow 11am till 6pm- 1000 Parker st Studios, Vancouver. Studio 435… start at the top and work your way down. So much great art to see!!!

Despite preparing for the #CultureCrawl2025 I've still got out a few times to take photos of the #forest and #fungi. These were some huge Amanita muscaria I found including the most perfect specimen I've ever seen! I made one commission of an Amanita in '22 but I feel another one coming on!

Lovely BlueSky people… I did a thing! I have been working on this #needlefelt for over a year! If you’re in the lower Mainland come by and visit during the Eastside Culture Crawl! 20th-23rd November #ArtYear #smArtist #forest #textileart #eastcoastkin

Many of you won't have seen this one before. I made it back in 2022 an am including it with the original photo it was based on. A huge Douglas Fir covered in Chicken of the Woods mushrooms (yum!). Sadly when we did the same trail last summer this tree had been cut down. I preserved in felt though!

Been working on this guy all day… slow but sustained progress! #wip #ForestFriday #scape #felting #needlefelt #ArtYear #smArtist

I’m in the UK right now but meant to share this time-lapse of work on the monster! It’s twice the size of the next biggest piece I’ve ever felted but it’s a great challenge and I’m looking forward to getting back to it when I return to the studio. #ColorADay #GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin

Where the light gets through #forest #nature #peace

I'm going to be working on the monster for a while so to avoid me boring you posting endless WIP updates I thought I'd share this: My latest finished piece at the beginning middle and end. I built up the polypore using felt scraps I had lying around, hence the purple!

So here I am, back again at the studio working on this monster! I’ve got lots of the background done but haven’t started the foreground so that’s what I’ll be working on for the foreseeable future! #Stunday #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #smArtist #felting #needlefelt #textileart

I finished and framed this piece today! I’m happy to have completed so I can move back to my absolutely giant felt that’s been on the back burner for a while. Updates to follow! #BleSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #ColorADay #GreenSat #smArtist #AbstractAug #trees #fungi #textileart

Progress so far on this needle felt. I've done most of the bark and the background but still need to include lots more moss and I need to do more work on the fungi too... Still liking it so far. My first time doing this kind of fungi. #forest #fungi #needlefelt #textileart #forestfriday

This piece is special… there’s a story behind it. I went on a #fungi foraging foray in Pacific Spirit park a couple of years ago (which is where I took the pic this piece is based on). The instructor told me lots of fungi react to UV light and if you use some kinds of UV reactive fungi to dye wool..

Just delivered this small piece to its new owner… #needlefelt #textileartist #ArtYear #smArtist #ColorADay #GreenSat #fungi #BlueSkyArtShow

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Finished this piece last year The photo i based it on was taken on Burnaby Mountain in the summer which is why it’s a different quality of green than you will see in my other forest felts #ColorADay #GreenSat #smArtist #BlueSkyArtShow #needlefelt #textileart #forestscape

#tbt to another piece I completed in 2023. I finished this just in time for the Eastside Culture Crawl and was really pleased with it. Someone snapped it up right away and it now has a forever home here in East Van. #needlefelting #fungi #textileart #textileartist

Think I’m finished! Just need to frame it now. You can see the felted moss a lot better in this video. #felt #felting #needlefelt #embroidery #forestfriday

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There's just over a week left to see the Current Threads exhibition at Cowichan Valley Art Council Gallery in Duncan... This was my contribution and I'm proud to share that it was awarded an honourable mention by juror Jane Kidd! #textileart #needlefelting #forest #smArtist #communication #art

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Finished the hand-embroidered tree canopy. Now working on the moss. I love mossy trees!! 🌳 😍💚 #scape #forestfriday #ArtYear #textileart #wip #felt #handembroidery #needlefelt

I’m working on a new piece… adding some embroidery!

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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Excited this felt will be in the Current Threads exhibition at Cowichan Valley Arts Council opening this Thursday! www.surfacedesign.or... I'll be there for the reception on the 19th & can hardly wait to see the other work on display!

I made this piece as a commission back in 2022 and really enjoyed it. Unusually, the photo it was based on wasn't taken by me and I would love to take some more shots of Morels myself so I can make some more Morel felts... so if you have any leads ;) #tbt #morels #morelseason #fungifelts #wool

Here's some progress on the piece I'm currently working on- 11x14 needle felt of a moss covered tree with a split trunk. I think I might include some embroidery in this one. I'm really enjoying it so far! #needlefelt #tree #wip

Here are some stills of the piece I finished yesterday 8"x8" The photo this piece is based on was taken on the trail heading towards Rice Lake in North Van incase the location is interesting to you! #vancouverartist #needlefelting #woolpainting #textileart #fungi #fungiart

So beautiful! I wish I could quilt like this 😍

Excited for this new 11" x14" felt I'm working on... its a different perspective than I would usually do, looking up from the base to the canopy.. a moss covered tree with an interesting split trunk. Next up is the branches. I'm enjoying this new perspective!

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I’ll have one of my needle felted forest scapes in this show. If you’re on the island it’s definitely worth a look- think it’s going to be a really great show! In Duncan at the Cowichan Valley Arts Council.

Repetition With their leaves and needles, the trees act like giant filters. One ha. of beech forest can filter around 70 tons of dust out of the air every year, a ha. of spruce forest as much as 30 tons. Forests and parks as "green lungs" are important💚🌿🌱☘️🌳🌲🍀💚

Progress on this monster of a forest felt #wip #green #blueskyartshow #needlefelt #forest

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Ana Teresa Barboza (Peru) : ‘Forest plot. Rhône River’, 2016 Digital photography on cotton paper, woven in cotton thread, 160 x 90 cm

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#tbt to last year. This piece sold at the Culture Crawl but its probably my favourite so far... the complexity of the image had me wondering if I might be insane for starting such a project but I was ultimately happy with how it turned out. Moral of the story- Dont give up on yourself halfway thru!

Went for a walk in the forest... took some pictures of the foresty, mossy, mushroomey, fern-y goodness! #forest #forestbathing #moss #temperaterainforest #NorthVancouver

So happy to say that these little felts found a forever home at the weekend and the best part is they are staying together! #artist #forestfloor #needlefelt

The Japanese word komorebi (木漏れ日) means "sunlight filtering through trees".

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Starting to see the #forest from the trees! After completing some small pieces for the show at Eastside Atilier I’m super happy to get back to this project… studio is open tomorrow if you want to come and see it in person! Studio 435 @ 1000 Parker st #felting #paintingwithwool

Just dropped off these little guys today… they will be part of the ‘Smalls’ show happening at Eastside Atilier next weekend… my studio will be open for First Saturday too if you’d like to come visit! #art #needlefelting #mushrooms #fiberart

My first post on BlueSky #artmove