Monthly Archives: June 2014

New rust series

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Margaret Ford

I’ve nearly finished four small pieces which will be wrapped around 30cm canvases for hanging in the MELD exhibition (Hidden Revealed Transformed see http://meldarts.wordpress.com) Can’t show them here because they’ll need to be kept unpublished but here’s a detail….

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Life imitating art

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Margaret Ford

I went with friend Di Binns to the Artsource open studios in Midland today.  We got there early so looked in on the Farmers’ Market first. Seeing this vegetable, I couldn’t resist buying it, if only for the photographic opportunity. … Continue reading →

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Displacement activity

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Margaret Ford

My last post was headed “Panic sets in”.  So did you  think that this next post would be a focussed presentation of a work for the MELD exhibition? How naive! I’m a member of a Perth-based group called Designing Women. … Continue reading →

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Panic sets in

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Margaret Ford

It’s the end of a long weekend and all my fellow MELD members think I’ve been applying myself to some exhibition pieces.  NOT! I spend the first two days totally absorbed in the detective problem solving that is on-line genealogy … Continue reading →

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