eee riage int od RAPE ~ Canadian Living Magazine Award of Excellence from. all over ‘shell, wood, stone and leather, Newman created: and’ shape = - essentially turning ; material scraps “into art. : . resting” and. “theatrical” were other judge’s s de. Wednesday, July 8, 1998 PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW L3 i limited.. In 1973 an American by the name of Jonathon ‘There's so. Holstein put on an art show ina US. gallery to much to try showcase hundreds of traditional quilts. It was that. to limit — the first time a woman's activity had been rec- yourself de- ognized as art — something with form and de- feats. the pur-._ sign rather than just utility, Newman says. pose.” And so the activity that began as a working And quilting .. class people’ s solution to the unexpected cold. for Newman they found in America became something val- has always __ ued for its beauty and complexity. been anything ° “It’s an artistic aac It's fabric and it’s = but limiting. PRA TTR EP RRC TST : Evidence of poor pac “It’s an artistic activity. 1 It wall in her Jabric and it’s really tactile. It home, over the back of every appeals to people on many couch and in afferent levels.” piles on the floor. in her Joyce Newman small studio. : “My mother) © >>> —— — was a. sean coe ; stress. There tactile. It appeals to people on many different lev- were always. els,” says Newman. scraps around quilt can take 500 to 1, 000 hours to design — the house. over a period of years, Newman says. And One. day. 1 athe. expression and thought that’goes into: made~.a~ quilt laying out each piece is difficult for nonquilters and I thought - to appreciate, she adds. ©. it was neat. .. “You just hope that, on.the witole: it makes JAVA POLDEN PHOTO. Hen I made. that impact. If you’re managing to put ali those - Fabri ‘ artist } jaye e Newman stands beside her unique, another and pieces together cohesively, they shouldn't notice | Sidney artist J oyce Newman has taken her love of quilt-making to an award-winning level By Jaya Polden Many ~. scriptions News Review Contributor : about... the piece’s.. high 0 local quilter Joyce Newnan, other peo- impact. ~ ple’s scraps are her found treasures. And The. cloth. . at a national juried quilting show held ree. Newman used cently in Vancouver, Newman was awarded the she gathered for Innovative Design for doing what she does _ the world -— best — quilting. Australia, In- - Joyce’s award- -winning piece; The Hunters. dia, North and - Gather, was one of hundreds of entries in the . Central Amer-. [ Canadian Quilter’s Association National Juried. ica and Africa. Show held in May. The piece will also be sent to. Other scraps Yokohama, Japan to appear in an exhibition dur ~ she found at lo- : He Ege went on from. ._ the individual pieces.” - ae i ing Japanese Quilt Week this fall: . “sy eal. .. garage award winning ¢ pele, Tne. one Gather. pee there” 5... “While the Victoria Quilting Guild:today ==. 7 ~ Shaped roughly like a Zulu war shield witha sales and nearby thrift shops. : aS And on and boasts a membership of 450, and such guilds can. spear across the front, the unique quilt depicts... ‘The: ‘transformation from scrap ‘hea to. up as Newman, along with thousands of others now be found in most major cities, the activity re-_ early Native cultures, animals and the close con- : gallery wall is what Newman has been doing for Tike her, rediscovered quilting and facilitated its “mains ‘largely recreational. Few. people: make ee nection between men and the earth.” “the last 20 years. 9 s comeback... Pi ei money ora living quilting. - - Combining. suede; cotton, polyester, Shalonie ve “J collect fabric and then ‘the bac begins to... “There’s been an n incredible resurgence in - But for people: like Newman. that has never 7 group itself,” Newman says “Groupings thenbe- |= quilting. When I started 15 years ago there was. . a striking: ‘collection: of colors, texture, design gin totell me what the piéce is going to be about.” ne quilting magazine: Now there are dozens,” _nd these days that can mean almost a Newman says. She, recalls the event that made s : thing. ‘Quilting i is being i ini erpreted i innew =. much of that turn-around come about.» “Twas really thrilled the piece was accepted, Aand more different ways; Newman ex But then itwon, even though I didn’t really think ©, plains.” Traditional designs such as triangles and what I had done was that innovative,” she said... “squares have expanded to include scenes of Chi-* ~ But the judges felt it was. Se “nese dragons, islands surrounded | by! boats and: ' “Dramatic” some of the judges wrote. “Ar-. elaborately detailed patterns. — “AS a auiller a and z an artist you ry) not to be too quilt every waking second, now I quilt’ every. ond that I'm not. at work, ~The British ColumbiaTask Force. ~“onBank Mergers wants to hear from you. - www. bankmergersbc.gov.be.ca 1-600-988-0259 i Central Saanich’s S- ~~ Best | ~ Lunch Spotl =" Brinist . . 2 woming cores time. ane if COLUMBIA > Daily Happy Hour Special Tg " Ministry of Small Businoss,”. = i yosi Tourlam and Culture , | > Unique Desserts | _— le ei try our... “on June 17, 1998, small Business impacts of proposed bank m mergers on *. io ie denna Minister lan Waddell appointed a | British. Columbians, their small > low fat and tow sugar : three- ean task force to look into tt 1G businesses and thelr communities. 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