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Making a glass bird with Mary Firth

By Station Gallery
 on September 18, 2022
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Mary Firth gives us a quick lesson on the stages needed to make a stained glass masterpiece.

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These pieces of glass have been cut out and the edges ground smooth.

Wrapping glass with Copper foil

Wrapping glass with Copper foil

Each piece is then wrapped in copper foil and pressed tightly onto the surface. Flux is brushed on the foil then all the pieces are tacked together. 60/40 solder is used . A smooth line of solder is applied with a #8 soldering tip. The reverse side gets the some treatment. The outside edges then get flux applied and a smooth bead of solder brings the soldering to a finish except for a small loop for hanging the piece. Surfaces must be cleaned thoroughly before using patina to darken the solder, then the piece is ready for polishing. Et voila! a masterpiece!

Mary Firth

Mary with the finished bird.

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Painting the Fenelon Falls Museum – Terry Sullivan

By Station Gallery
 on September 12, 2022
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Here Terry Sullivan demonstrates the stages of this painting.

Stage 1. Basic pencil set up and the first rough washes, sky, house and foreground. Composition is the key, showing the subject in a balanced way that allows shadows to make the building 3 dimensional.

Stage 2. Blocking in the background trees and adding some of the foreground tree washes.

Stage 3. Adding the big tree in the left foreground which acts as a stop end for the side of the picture. A little more detail on the house, including windows and shutters.

Stage 4. Adding the shadows. This is where it really begins to come to life as the shadows give the image a 3 dimensional form.

Stage 5. Adding the detail. Shadows on the foreground trees give depth to the picture. Details of flowers and benches give the eye a selection of things to focus on.

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Making Frames – Terry Sullivan

By Station Gallery
 on August 25, 2022
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Terry Sullivan generally makes his own frames from recycled timber. This batch was formerly used as a deck, a prop for a TV series.

Here are Terry’s steps for making his own frames.

Stage 1. I cut the boards into pieces and, on a table saw, I form the rebates. These are all then sanded down and mitred to the frame sizes required.

Stage 2. I assemble the frames using glue and mitred blocks, a simple tried and tested method. Once dry the corners a pinned for strength and filled to take out any holes etc.

Stage 3. Once sanded I apply a primer coat. This shot shows a batch of frames, it’s a simpler to do several at once.

Stage 4.  The final coats of paint are applied and hung up above where I work. I generally apply 2 coats and a polyurethane sealer.

Stage 5. The final result is simple and effective.

For watercolours the glazing comes from recycled windows and double glazed units which take ages to prepare but  is worth it to save it all being dumped.

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Ingorance is bliss – Sandy Cogar

By Station Gallery
 on August 17, 2022
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Sandy Cogar

Sandy in her work gear.  Pretty fancy, right?

Many people ask me if I have been trained to weld and why I decided to take up the hobby. I love to garden and when I created multiple gardens at our first home, I was in the market for something unique to complement them. I couldn’t find anything that appealed to me so I decided to take a stab at making something that incorporated my love of rocks. As I had no formal training, my approach was rudimentary, but sometimes ignorance breeds a new style of approach. Although I’m sure there was an easier and more industrial way to create a sculpture, I loved the fact that my creation was unique and done completely by hand. So here I am 18 years later, still making rock art and expanding my skills to bigger pieces for my sculpture trail and commissions. Every piece still done by hand with a bench vise, a plasma cutter and hand grinder and a welder.

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Marilyn Clayton and 8th MOC Designs

By Station Gallery
 on August 11, 2022

As a child, Marilyn Olivia Clayton (MOC) could be found sketching, creating cartoons, beading rings with her cousin Karen, painting, knitting, crocheting, rug hooking and so on.

During her 32-year career as a Registered Nurse, Marilyn used art as a creative outlet and as a healing therapy.

A search for miniatures for a miniature garden led to Marilyn’s exploration of polymer clay as a medium for creating miniature pieces for gifts and eventually to making beads and then of course classes to learn how to put them together and so it began in earnest.

From classes in Polymer clay to jewellery making classes at her second home, Iguana Beads, in Cambridge; where Marilyn met two of her major influences, Deb Benninger of InDividual by Design (A phenomonal creator, and teacher of wire weaving), and Pearl Blay, blogger at the Beading Gem, and fabulous teacher of a variety of metal and beaded media.

Marilyn’s daughter in law, Sarah, a talented artist herself, pointed her to the popular art of mala making which connected her to the gemstones, to which she felt an immediate affinity. By the time she made family, friends, customers, including a native women’s group over a hundred malas, she was a pro at stringing beads and began identifying the healing properties of the crystals(gemstones) she was working with.

From there workshops with the Kims!  Kim Krompf of KW Studio the wonderful world of metal smithing; and Kim Kool of The Hive Encaustic studio where she began her exploration of the versatile, and mixed media world of encaustic painting. Both use torches!  Insert child-like excitement! And the ability to tell stories and create to her heart’s content.

In 2016 Marilyn began to sell her jewellery creations under the name “One of a Kind Jewellery and Crafts”.  She attended craft shows and had a website to sell her wares.  In 2018 she began to show and sell her jewellery at the Fenelon Falls Station Gallery and continues as one of the artist cooperatives’ members at this time.  The Gallery is open from mid-May to September each year and is a historical train station and wonderful backdrop for up to 20 artists’ beautiful wares.

In 2021 Marilyn retired from nursing and decided it was time to focus on the left side of her brain and move to the north country where she could enjoy her family and artistic pursuits in the fresh air and relative simplicity of a tiny town on the southern tip of Algonquin Park.  This 115 year-old school house seemed uniquely suitable for a home base and workshop.

This seemed a fitting time to launch her jewellery and encaustic/mixed media art with a rebranding and so 8th MOC Designs was born.  8th because of her position in her large family of 10 children and MOC of course, for her initials.

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Steps in a Painting – Lynn Cragg

By Station Gallery
 on August 10, 2022
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Cows can be very inquisitive. This curious young cow was stretching over a high gate to see what was going on. She had to be one of the cutest cows I’ve seen and I just had to paint her!

cutest cow Lynn Cragg

These photos show my process from start to finish for one of my recent oil paintings.This pretty little mare was very friendly and came over to see me as I was taking her picture. Click on the first image to see a larger version.

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Reticulation in Sterling Silver

By Station Gallery
 on July 30, 2022
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All of the artists at the gallery make what they create because they love the processes of it.  Marilyn Clayton wanted to explain this process.

The cuff bracelet pictured is a good example of Reticulation in Sterling Silver.  This process is one of Marilyn’s faves as it uses one of her favourite tools, a torch!!

The flat piece of silver is super-heated past red hot and just before melting.  What this does is get the copper that is in the sterling silver liquefying and moving around inside the sterling sheet.  This forms to patterns seen in this bracelet which looks and kind of feels, like leather.

Reticulated Silver Bracelet
Reticulated Silver Bracelet
Reticulation on silver cuff - closeup
Reticulation on silver cuff – closeup

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Maud Skoog

By Station Gallery
 on July 27, 2022
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Maud is still painting, still enjoying the fabulous sunsets over Cameron Lake, but from a new location.
Condos are being built at her “old” location, so many people will enjoy the sunsets.

Maud moved into town last year and is the happy owner of a big studio in the back of her property.
That studio will be better organized and set up by next year.

Until then she is still part of the Fenelon Station Gallery artists  and looking forward to new visitors now that our Covid restrictions are now minimized.

Maud loves the heritage building and how it is perfect for our local artists.

Hope to see you there!

Maud Skoog

Maud’s Roses

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R John Leggett – Wood Turning

By Station Gallery
 on July 20, 2022
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R. John Leggett was first introduced to wood turning through some very good friends that introduced him to this hobby. Since then, he produces many many items that are used around the house every day, all food safe products.

Four years ago John started producing charcuterie food boards, which in turn became a large success for him. John says he finds wood turning very satisfying and relaxing, taking a rough piece of wood and make something beautiful out of it.

R John Leggett

John in his woodworking workshop

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Vase by Anne Marie Van Brunt

By Station Gallery
 on July 18, 2022
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It’s always lovely to hear back from people who have bought your work. Anne Marie got an email recently:

“I love the glass vase I bought from you at the show on the weekend and have filled it with lily of the valley and a few small pansies. It looks so great on my kitchen window. Thank you for making it! I will enjoy it all through the summer with treasures from my garden.”

Glass Jar

Glass Jar

She was talking about the Smucker’s Jam Jar vases that I frequently recycle and turn into vessels for fresh or dried flowers. I have sold quite a few of these little gems over the years and it was special to know that this small item made her day!

She attached this picture taken from her kitchen window. Isn’t that sweet?

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