THE EPHEMERALITY 

part of OnePath Toronto

on the grounds of the Spadina Museum

Nuit Blanche Toronto 2017

The Ephemerality is a multi-media installation founded on the Greek concept of

all things being transitory, existing only briefly. Will our efforts to improve the

environmental condition of Canada, and ultimately the earth, be transitory? This

installation can be seen as capturing an instant in the ever-changing landscape

and environmental state of Canada.

NUIT BLANCHE TORONTO

September 30, 2017

on the grounds of the Spadina Museum

285 Spadina Rd, Toronto

Hope you all can join me for this year's event.  Here's a small sample of what you will see!

Nandu

Nandu 

The Great Indian rhino has been cited as 'vulnerable' by the IUCN, and it needs our help!

The Toronto Zoo saves and protects animals and their habitats at home and abroad and this includes the rhino. All rhinos are in desperate need of our help as poaching of these magnificent, and ancient creatures is on the rise. Did you know? There's a possibility that we will lose rhinos forever if the population continues to decline at the rate it is now.

I created a quilted baby rhino is honour of Vishnu's (see previous Vishnu post) baby born at The Toronto Zoo February 2016.

This Rhino statue is on his way to the Toronto Zoo for auction at one of their annual IHeart fundraising events.

Vishnu

Vishnu is one of the principal Hindu deities worshiped as the protector and preserver of worlds.

Vishnu is also the name of the male Great Indian rhinoceros at the Toronto Zoo that I instantly fell in love with on the Behind the Scenes tour May 2014. I immediately started dyeing and quilting fabric to create the tubercles and folds of his skin: the quilt draping his frame, provides comfort from the plight of the rhinoceros. This project developed into a forest of textile light sculptures surrounding Vishnu as a shrine to him and his endangered kind. This installation highlights human divergence from an idealized path laid out in the book of Genesis. The patches on this sculpture depicts the human efforts to put things right.

The Great Indian rhino has been cited as 'vulnerable' by the IUCN, and it needs our help!

The Toronto Zoo saves and protects animals and their habitats at home and abroad and this includes the rhino. All rhinos are in desperate need of our help as poaching of these magnificent, and ancient creatures is on the rise. Did you know? There's a possibility that we will lose rhinos forever if the population continues to decline at the rate it is now.

This Tribute to Vishnu is part of the group exhibit GENESIS: MEMORY LANE sponsored by AVANI  www.avanikitchens.com/genesis featuring 13 artists on 9 different locations on the grounds of the Spadina Museum . 285 Spadina Road, Toronto, October 3^rd, 2015  7 p.m. to 7 a.m. for Scotiabank Nuit Blanche. www. snbto.ca/project.html?project_id=1598

This Rhino statue of this installation will be donated to the Toronto Zoo for auction after being shown at Scotiabank Nuit Blanche.

Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2015

SCOTIABANK NUIT BLANCHE

Presented by

AVANNI

Genesis of Memory Lane





October 3rd, 2015

at the Spadina Museum

285 Spadina Road, Toronto, ON

7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Past Event

HILLCREST VILLAGE FIBREWORKS SHOW 2015

presents

GATHERING

at the Galeria 814

 814 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto

June 2nd to 16th 2015
Opening Reception Thursday June 4, 7 - 10 pm

SCOTIABANK NUIT BLANCHE 2014

was an amazing success on the grounds of the Spadina Museum

• SYLPH

Sylph is an imaginary/mythological, spirit of the air originating from the alchemical works of Paracelsus. This 16th century Swiss-German physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer and general occultist not only established the role of Chemistry in medicine but developed the four elemental categories: gnomes, undines, sylphs and salamanders. These correspond to the Classical elements of antiquity earth (solid), water (liquid), wind (gas), and fire (plasma).

Sylph is now used to describe the term for minor spirits, elementals, or faeries of the air. I chose to represent her with these airy wings with a hint of a body depicted by the transparent tubing.

Materials: Hand dyed/batiked cotton and linen fabric, plastic tubing, fishing line, threads/strings and staples.