Wintry Warmth (a little while ago)

Warmth and Welcome

An exhibition by Fiona Veikkanen

The Front Gallery and Cafe, 6-11th July,  2011. 

This exhibition is about warmth - warmth and welcome, comfortable and cosy on a chilly Canberra evening. Woollen garments, blankets and yarn have been generously contributed and collected, now transformed into a show including sculpture, textiles, books and drawing.  These artworks convey the ways we keep warm, and the nourishment derived from a lovingly handmade object.  Resonating with the intensity of making, there is something so appealing about a handmade- homemade- object; be it a carefully constructed birthday card, freshly baked bread, or a hand knitted woollen.   These objects somehow hold on to the spirit of their hand worked creation.  They simply cannot possibly compare to their mass manufactured store bought counterparts. 

There is SOMETHING heart-warming about the individual creating that is retained within a handmade object.

This SOMETHING is what I am interested in.

(Photos by Julia Boyd and James Boyce-Thankyou so very much!)

 

Woollen blankets, 2011. Woollen blankets.     

Wooooolies zine, 2011.  Photocopied paper.                        

Wall Wool on Paper, 2011, Permanent marker on watercolour paper.

My Warmest Welcome, 1-20, 2011. Wool, paper, badges, tea. 

Packaged Wool, 2011. Wool and paper.                         

 Six and a Bit Balls of Wool, 2011. Six and a bit balls of wool.       

 I Wanted to Bake for You, 2011.  Water colour and pencil on paper in frame, glass jar, wool and guesses on paper.         

 Wall Wool, 2011. Reused woollen clothing, cotton thread (background) 

Warm Wool, 2011.  Woollen blanket, steel, found objects, wire, fibre fill, thread.(foreground)    

 Warm Wool (Breville) 2011. Woollen blankets, found objects, thread.