Diana Sanderson & Melanie Thompson
Showcase Gallery, Mahon Hall
Salt Spring Island, BC
Sept 2-19, 2021
Opening Reception | Thursday Sept 2, 6-8 pm
Artists Talk | Sunday Sept 5, 11-12 a m
114 Rainbow Rd Salt Spring Island V8K 2V5
250 537-0899
info@ssartscouncil.com | https://ssartscouncil.com/
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Diana Sanderson has spent the last 40 years indulging her fascination with the inherent qualities of silk by dyeing and weaving it to create distinctive garments and accessories. The Silk Weaving Studio on Granville Island, Vancouver has been the centre of her exploration, providing a space that inspires her and creates an environment for exploration of the natural characteristics of the fibre for her fellow weavers and public alike.
Salt Spring Island is now Diana's home and it is here that she has continued her exploration of natural materials but now branching out into naturally dyed three dimensional work, still using silk but adding gut, wire and other structural materials like branches, twigs and vines. These new materials and forms are offering her endless fascination and challenges as she endeavours to combine them in ways that highlight their inherent characteristics.
She is delighted to be showing her work with Melanie Thompson who has been a source of inspiration and support for developing this new area of artistic expression.
Melanie Thompson's Artist Statement
I am a multidisciplinary artist. My work is materials driven and that is what inspires my making. My approach is experimental and I push the material to see what it is capable of. I work with natural and found materials. Everything is grist for the mill. I often obtain materials without having a clue what to do with them, the process of working with the material in an exploratory way informs my decisions of what to make, what techniques to use, what form they will take. Materials also direct the concept behind the work which leads to large installations and collaborations with other artists.
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