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| Elly van Steenbeek Faith |
Enough about my work at
the EPM – what about the other fabulous artists? I was in the village of
Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines and there were three other venues there. I snuck out from my gallery, leaving Richard
and the kids in charge and had a look at the other work in the village.
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| Brigitte Paumier Transition Serie 5 |
Next door in the church
was Brigitte Paumier, who created beautiful mixed media collages, using stitch,
various fabrics and paper.
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| German Afghani Initiative |
Also in the
same venue was the German-Afghani Initiative with some gorgeous hand
embroidered fabric, created by Afghani ladies as part of an exchange
scheme. You can find out more about it
at www.guldusi.com and about their newest competition.
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| Praskovia Bogdokumova Mother's blessing |
On the other side of the
village at the Villa Burrus was a group of ladies from the Yakutia (or Sakha)
region of Siberia in Russia. 37 of them
had come with their intricate patchworks, created from a duffle-coat type
fabric. Traditionally the patchwork had
been used for saddlecloths made from felt, but now they make wall hangings and
other decorations too. I really liked
the subtle colour palette.
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| Elly van Steenbeek Faith (detail) |
Finally, there were three
or four exhibitions in the exhibition centre and I was really entranced by the
work of the Art Quilt Fusion group. I
could have spent all day just looking at the work of Elly van Steenbeek. Her colours, designs, choice of material,
shapes were all amazing. The work just
shone for me.
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| Hilde van Schaardenburg Flames |
In the same group, I also
enjoyed the gorgeous hand dyed and painted works of Hilde van Schaardenburg. It was also a pleasure to
meet her during the show.
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| Sophie Santoir-Futbeyre Galactica (detail) |
Also Sophie
Santoir Furbeyre created the most luscious textures on her work. All of the the artists in this group are established artists in their
own right and it was great to see them get together to show their work. I hope
they continue to do so as the work was interesting and complimentary, without all being the same.
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| Elly van Steenbeek Waiting |
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| Elly van Steenbeek Healing |
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| Elly van Steenbeek Healing (detail) |
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