Whisper Project #2: a textile exhibition

A few days ago I was delighted to attend the opening of a textile exhibition in Ingersoll, a small town near me. This was the opening of the Whisper Project #2, a project of the Fergus-Guelph Pod of SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates), which I belong to. I don't get time to participate in a lot of activities with the group, but this is the second time I've made a piece for this project. 

It's really fun -- it works like the old fashioned game of telephone: the first person gets a photo and creates a 12x12 piece based on the photo, then passes a pic of only their piece (not the original) to the next person in line, and so on, until the end of the line (usually 5 to a group). It can result in some pretty neat artworks! 

This time I was smack dab in the middle of a group, and really enjoyed working from my inspiration piece, which was beautiful. I was able to see the whole show hung, 7 groups of five this time, and it was great. 

My piece is called "Before the Coffee Gets Cold", inspired by the Japanese novel of the same name, and I was so pleased to see that it was on the promotional card for this show. What an honour! 

This was great fun, and the show will be moving around to various locales over the year, so I may get another chance to visit it again. It's nice to have a deadline to help you finish something :)