studio warming party at the house
October 18, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 4pm to 8pm
The House, 131 Elliott Street West, Windsor Ontario
There will be live music (TBD), Rino’s bar will be open for your beverage needs, and there will be plenty of art on display. I’ll also be debuting my new line of woodblock printed skirts, never before seen! Come say hello, check out what I’ve been up to, enjoy drinks on the patio one last time before winter (weather permitting), and help me christen my brand new studio.
Posted by jodi on October 18, 2011 at 8.42am
october schedule
October 3, 2011
Saturday, October 1: acting as a “book” in a Human Library presented by Windsor Public Library for Culture Days. Sorry, but you missed this one already; tomorrow I’ll show you the drawing I did in between sessions of being. . . read. The terminology of this event really is funny, but it was fun enough that I’d say yes to another one.
Wednesday, October 5 (yup, just two days from now): I’ll be appearing as a guest on CBC Radio Windsor’s afternoon programme The Bridge as part of a series they’re doing where they interview an artist at intervals throughout the show while during the rest of the show the artist works on a piece right there in the CBC studio. Listeners can email the programme for a chance to win the artwork at the end of the show. It’s been a pretty popular segment for them thus far; I think I’m their first printmaker. I’ll be getting a head start by bringing in a piece that’s already started with a couple of layers of woodblock printing that I will then spend the two hours drawing on top of. Horror vacui, folks. I’m scared a two hour drawing might still have some white space!
The Bridge airs from 4pm to 6pm Eastern. Not in Windsor? You can listen online, here: CBC (scroll to the “radio one” player and choose the Windsor Ontario stream). Please feel free to tune in and hear me possibly make an ass of myself on what thankfully is at least only regional radio. I haven’t quite decided whether it’s best to spend the next two days practicing not swearing, or whether to get all the swearing out of my system before then. Suspense!
Friday evenings, October 14, 21, 28 and November 4: I’ll be teaching another knitting workshop at a fun local shop, Saint Flamingo, this time on how to knit mittens. It’s a class for intermediate beginners: you should be able to do a knit stitch and possibly also a purl stitch, and have at least your first small project under your belt. But! You don’t need to know how to knit in the round or make a thumb gusset or anything more complicated than knit and purl. That’s what this class is for! We’ll have a project pattern for a simple worsted weight adult mitten, which the less-beginner, more intermediate-beginner students will be able to customize if they want more of a challenge.The sessions will run from 7pm to 9pm, and you can sign up by contacting Christine through the Saint Flamingo website.
Sunday, October 23: I’ll be having a studio warming slash art opening to welcome everyone to my fabulous new digs over at The House at 131 Elliott Street West. More details forthcoming on this once we nail down the specifics, but we’ll be starting at 4pm, going until who knows when, there will be live music and of course the bar at Rino’s Kitchen will be open for your beverage needs. In addition to having new artwork on display I’ll be debuting my fun new line of block printed clothing (skirts and bandannas, and I’m hoping to have some shirts ready by then too). If you’re in the area, I’d be honoured if you’d come by and say hello and check out my charming new studio/office, of which I’m quite enamoured.
Sunday, October 30: More fun times at The House! This time in the form of the Midtown Hallowe’en Bazaar, which will happen in the parking lot at the corner of Elliott and Pelissier, right next to The House. There will be artists, crafters, nonprofits (including the ever-awesome Border City Brawlers), local independently owned shops of all kinds (vintage gear! used records! so clearly if I make any money at this thing I won’t be taking any of it home). Everyone there will be handing out treats, so bring the kids all costumed and loot bag’d for a fun early start to the festival of sugary excess that’s to follow. The event runs from 2pm until 8pm, followed by a Hallowe’en party inside at Rino’s Kitchen. I hear there’s going to be pumpkin carving and prizes for the best costumes, too. I’m still trying to decide whether to be a pirate rollergirl, a medieval Russian peasant rollergirl, a 1970s rollergirl, an Ottoman Empire dancer rollergirl or some other kind of rollergirl for which I don’t already have an appropriate costume on hand. Or perhaps even (gasp) something other than a rollergirl? Nah.
Posted by jodi on October 3, 2011 at 4.51pm
secret lagoon
September 12, 2011
The Chandler & Price guillotine chopper is getting cleaned up a bit and all the rusty bits on the base covered and protected from the damp basement floor. This was the only colour of Tremclad rust paint in the house, so it’s only on the inside where it won’t be seen. Like a hidden treasure.
Posted by jodi on September 12, 2011 at 8.15pm
bandannas
September 10, 2011
Newly printed, hanging in the studio window to dry. They’re now dried, washed, and waiting to be photographed for the launch of my second etsy store. Stay tuned!
Posted by jodi on September 10, 2011 at 12.07pm
september 7 studio view
September 8, 2011
This drawing in progress is difficult to photograph.
Posted by jodi on September 8, 2011 at 7.47am
august 31 studio view
August 31, 2011
The beginning of a new drawing. I’m taking the rest of the week off to go camping at the Pinery, but bringing this drawing and its reference materials along with me. I’m that excited about it. This is what I get for starting something new, half an hour to quitting time before a long weekend.
Posted by jodi on August 31, 2011 at 4.46pm
august 30 studio view
August 30, 2011
One of a pair of matching chairs thrifted in Athens, GA during my second year of graduate school. I finally peeled the grungy cream-on-cream striped damask off one of them and recovered it with a piece of canvas, wood- and lino-block printed with an image of my naked lap.
Also shown above: Victoria brought me a great sideboard for my office, one that’s very similar to the one I’ve been working on refurbishing for our dining room except this one’s much nicer. The drawers have had their finish stripped off but the whole thing’s not in terrible shape so I’m thinking about just painting the drawers red and leaving the rest as is. In the meantime, I’ve already got it fully loaded with fabric.
Posted by jodi on August 30, 2011 at 6.20pm
august 26 studio view
August 26, 2011
Putting waistbands in skirts.
Posted by jodi on August 26, 2011 at 6.54pm
august 25 studio view
August 25, 2011
48 pamphlet stitch notebooks I made covers for and stitched up.
Posted by jodi on August 25, 2011 at 7.51pm
painting my office
August 16, 2011
I’ve got my Habitant apron on, so you know I mean business, y’all.
Actually only this one wall is getting painted, from this light-devouring red to a most excellent and glowy yellow.
The inside of the closet, which is kind of yucky at the moment, will also be yellow once I’ve replaced the tiny shelves (hidden around the corner) with shelves that go all the way across. Today I pulled out all of the coat hooks and the useless little shelves and pulled up the awful beige carpet, which had perfectly good (if slightly paint-spattered, which doesn’t matter! because it’s a closet!) hardwood flooring beneath it.
I like this light fixture a lot. It can stay. We had a fixture just like this in our kitchen growing up, and I’m just at the right time in my life (turning 40! soon!) to be nostalgic about every single unimportant object. It is a good time to use a snippet of a 1980s post punk song to try and sell me a chocolate bar or a midsize sedan as well. In case you wanted to try that.
Primer! I love the look of a blotchy primered wall. It holds so much promise. Promise of COLOUR, possibly in as few as two coats. I hope.
Tomorrow, hello yellow!
Posted by jodi on August 16, 2011 at 7.35pm
