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IN THE STUDIO – July 8 with Donna Mulholland

 

In the Studio picture of Donna Mulholland
Canadian Artist Donna Mulholland will headline In the Studio June 24.

Donna Mulholland:
Hook what you love!

Join colour lover and Canadian artist, Donna Mulholland, as she shares her thoughts on: 1) developing a personal style in her art and 2) her rug hooking inspirations. Donna creates happy, expressive, and colourful art. She currently works in acrylic, collage, and fibre.

Donna’s work can be found in private and public collections across North America, in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. She’s studied with artists and coaches across Canada and the United States. She’s taught locally, provincially and online. Her work has most recently been exhibited at the Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, at the Charlotte St Arts Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and at the Blue Crow Gallery in Toronto, Ontario.

You can learn more about Donna Mulholland on her website www.donnamulhollandstudio.com and on instagram at @donnamulhollandstudio.

Donna Mulholland can be contacted by email at info@donnamulhollandstudio.com and sells her work in her online shop at www.donnamulhollandstudio.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

Looking forward to seeing you there!

IMPORTANT:
This talk will be held on July 8th, at 1:00-2:00 pm EASTERN. This is a ticketed event ($6 Canadian) and you must purchase your ticket before the event using the link in this event. Find tickets on the event Facebook page. After purchase, Eventbrite will send you an email with the link. If you do not receive this after purchasing, look in your spam filter as it may be there. On the day and the time of the talk, you will use the link in the Eventbrite email to access the talk. You may be asked to log into Eventbrite so keep a note of the email address that you used and your password. It is advisable to log into the talk a few minutes early so that if you have any trouble with the link you will have time to fix it before the talk begins. Also, if you are not familiar with Zoom and how it works you may want to go to the Zoom website where there are free online tutorials of the Zoom features.

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Finding artistic elements: Can I incorporate that into a rug?

Star as artistic element found in Black Forest
I liked this eight-point star superimposed on the blue sky and angles of the building. It’s found in Germany’s Black Forest.

 

I bet a whole bunch of you spend a fair amount of time looking around, see things, and wonder, “That looks cool; can I make a rug out of it?” I do. Even Tom has started asking me if I can use a particular design that he spies in nature, in the store, in the clouds…

My vacation is long gone now that summer is churning forward and August is just around the corner. Sigh… Sure, it’s freaking hot here in New Mexico, but I love the vibe of summer. So, I thought that I’d try go back to Germany in June – it was chilly – and share some of the “artistic elements” that I discovered there.

 

 

 

Metal bird sculpture.
Okay, less an artistic element than a piece of art itself. I really liked these metal yard birds. Also in the Black Forest .
Scalloped roof shingles as artistic element.
These roof shingles were on many of the houses of Breisach, Germany, a little town on the Rhine. As old as the town looked, it was almost completely rebuild after WW2. Besides the scalloped shape, I like the variation in color.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lines and reflections as artistic elements in Strasbourg, France.
Just check out the lines and the reflections of these homes in Strasbourg, France.

 

Artistic elements on pottery.
If only my own flower pots has this kind of artistry! Found this at Heidelberg Castle in Germany.

 

 

Sgn for a restaurant.
I loved the individual artistic elements incorporated into this sign, I think for a cafe. It was in Rüdesheim, Germany. The sun, the grapes, and the tea- or coffee pot caught up in the leafy grapevine.

 

 

 

 

Lines as artistic elements - rows of grapevines.
Never mind the steepness of the hill that these grapevines have been planted upon (though workers do have to tie up to a bar at the top and repel down to tend to the vines). Note the rows and rows of straight lines. The ones that go off at a bit of an angle are owned by a different farmer.
Circles and cylinders: artistic elements in the castle kitchen.
Kitchens – even in castles – are full of artistic elements. Here we have circular plates, cylindrical cups and vessels, and the horizontals of the shelving. Saw this in Marskburg Castle near Koblenz, Germany.

 

 

More circles and lines: artistic elements in the kitchen.
Spoons on a rack provide us with more circles and lines. They look like pewter lollipops!

 

Slate roof with repeating tiles.
Marksburg Castle had some interesting slate roof tiles.

 

Floral artistic elements in carved wood walls.
And incredible woodwork!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colored wall panel, floral design.
Both Tom and I looked at this and the other wall panels and thought RUG!
Animal artistic element.
Dog? Sheep? You be the judge.
Snakes as artistic elements.
Maybe snakes are more your thing… Seen in Koblenz.
Stained glass window, cubes of cut glass. Artistic elements.
This window in the Cathedral in Cologne was made of colorful, glass squares. Being that I love to hook geometrics, I was quite taken by it. Wish the pic was clearer, but the camera on my phone bit it soon after this.

What have you recently seen during your travels that might make it into a rug?

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