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Thrown and Altered

By Station Gallery
 on July 25, 2023
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Janet McDougall

Thrown pot before Altering

Janet McDougall enjoys working on the wheel and hand-building so a great way to enjoy both is to throw and alter her work.

Altered work encompasses an endless variety of options. These pictures are examples of altering the base of a pot. First step; throw a pot. In this case, Janet has thrown a round vase. It is important to have a good idea of what kind of altering will be done once the pot dries to leather hard. This will have an impact on the size and shape of the pot.

Once the pot has dried, but is still flexible, the altering can begin. I this case the very bottom inch or so of the pot was completely remove This allows the sides of the pot to be altered from round to oval.

Janet McDougall

Reshaped base

The next step is to work at shaping the sides. Janet cut out some of the clay from the sides and rejoined the sides to give the piece a new bottom and shaped sides. More refining and working the sides to give the piece the final shape is needed. The last step before drying is to decide what , if any, texturing will be done. In this case some carving and slip trailing was done to enhance the piece.

Janet McDougall

Refining and adding Texture

Once bone dry, touch ups need to be done before bisque firing and the final glaze firing. Altering a piece is a fun way to create truly unique pieces that are both functional and decorative.

In categories Artists, ceramics with no comments

2023 Art Season

By Station Gallery
 on July 21, 2023
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Dagmar PinneyDagmar Pinney is looking forward to the 2023 art season at the Fenelon Station Gallery. Over the past few months she has been hard at work studying and learning new techniques while attending the Acrylic University Community online programs. These new works will be hung at the gallery for all to see. Dagmar continue to work with her twelve little art students two nights a week at her home teaching studio. They are constantly learning new styles and every week look forward to sharing their work (that and the cookie of choice for that night). One of the children will be showing at a May 2023 art event in Bobcaygeon.

Dagmar Pinney

In categories acrylic, Artists, painter with no comments

A Small Commission

By Station Gallery
 on July 18, 2023
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Tentative design

Tentative design

A customer requested…a 10×15 ,”open work” panel including these colours: olive, amber, soft orange and cream. Vertical ovals were used to suggest plants, not trees. Mary Firth doesn’t always plan ahead! She just plays with shapes, layout, and colours until she’s happy with the result. Copper wire and glass globs were used to strengthen and hold everything together. Mary didn’t like the line of globs in photo #1. She was much happier with the design in photo #2. She was very pleased with the final result…and so was her client. See more of Mary Firth’s work on our website or better still, visit the gallery, it’s open from 10-5pm every day except Tuesday.

Finished project

Finished project

In categories Artists, stained glass with no comments

Debbie Yarnell on her show set up

By Station Gallery
 on July 14, 2023
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Debbie YarnellWhen you are an artist, you have to have a lot of skill sets. Stock control, accounting and even getting ready for a show. Setting up for a show is very dependant on the size of the space you have. 8′ x 8′ is the usual size of a booth . Attached is a photo of one of Debbie Yarnell’s set ups.

She doesn’t really need many tools; a wall paper trough, scissors, upholstery thread. One of the big things that Debbie started to use a few years ago are shadow boxes from Michaels. They help to keep the pieces dust free.
Getting the wheat hasn’t been too problematic since Debbie has a farm neighbour and friends in the prairie provinces.
Debbie’s art can be produced anywhere that she can have water and a flat surface. You may see her demonstrating at the gallery on the days she is looking after the gallery.

In categories wheat weaver with no comments

Beauty of Light on Water

By Station Gallery
 on July 11, 2023
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The beauty of light playing on water, ice or glass has been a lifelong fascination of Terry Atchison’s. As an emerging glass artist, her works are inspired by a rich life immersed in nature. Each creation offers the viewer a multi-sensory experience influenced through the beauty of light, colour, shape, texture and reflection. See more of Terry’s work at the gallery any day (except Tuesday) from 10 – 5pm.

Terry Atchison

In categories Artists, fused glass with no comments

The scary side of art

By Station Gallery
 on July 7, 2023
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Well that was scary!

The other night Anne-Marie Van Brunt was working late in her basement studio determined to finish a piece that had been full fused and was now ready to slump into a shape using a mold.
She placed this special piece on the mold to shape it into a decorative plate, at the bottom of her kiln, and prepared to enter the fusing schedule on the Bartlett electronic programmer.

White Fern Fossil Vitra PlateAnne-Marie got distracted, as is often the case; she checked something on another firing page, and then entered the fusing schedule.
Just before turning in for the night Anne-Marie went down to check on how things were advancing by reviewing the stage that was currently displayed.

On the way down the stairs it occurred to her that she might have entered a full fuse schedule instead of the slumping schedule required! Upon review she realized that that is exactly what she had done!
Panic set in and she tried to figure out what she could do, with NO help available at this time of night.

Thankfully Anne-Marie realized that the temperature hadn’t reached the 1445 degree temperature that would have possibly ruined the piece, as well as the mold holding it.

She decided to cancel the whole fusing schedule and entered the correct program. The kiln seemed to know at which stage it should resume because of the current temperature.

Anne-Marie crossed her fingers, said a few prayers and called it a day.
In the morning she cautiously opened the lid, holding her breath the whole time….and it was perfect!

In categories Artists, fused glass with no comments

From mistakes to beauty

By Station Gallery
 on July 4, 2023
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The glass before

The glass before

Sometimes, glass projects go sideways. One of our gallery members, fused glass artist Anne-Marie Van Brunt, had a beautiful bowl that exited the kiln with an irreparable flaw. Janet Tysiak (stained glass artist) salvaged what she could from that magnificent teal bowl, even its delicate lacy edge. Working with glass that does not sit flat was a challenge, but a gratifying endeavor. Take a look at what she created with it! It’s wonderful when artists collaborate. We are open 10-5 daily except Tuesdays.

Finished project

Finished project

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A twinkle in the painting

By Station Gallery
 on June 28, 2023
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People start with “a twinkle in someone’s eye” as the saying goes.  Lily started with the sparkle on the water, painted with a dry brush technique, over a blue and yellow wash.

Janice Addison

 

 

The sketch was drawn to follow the light pattern across the water. As she observed the lone lily, Janice noticed that lilies don’t sit on top of lily pads. They float beside them on their own stems.

Janice Addison

The colour was removed from the lily, back to the white of the paper. The lily pads were fleshed in, taking great care to paint around the individual petals of the lone lily.  Next came her reflection and then the water was deepened in colour, in the foreground and on the side away from the light source.

Janice Addison

 

Colour was lifted from the dark water to create additional sparkle. The painting was cropped and voila…..Lily!

Janice Addison

 

In categories Artists, painter, watercolour with no comments

Making a glass bird with Mary Firth

By Station Gallery
 on September 18, 2022
 with 1 comment

Mary Firth gives us a quick lesson on the stages needed to make a stained glass masterpiece.

Mary Firth1

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.

In categories stained glass with 1 comment

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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