I Can Feel the Sunshine Dance Across My SkinWire, beeswax, wool, organics2022 I Can Feel the Sunshine Dance Across My Skin explores the role of rest, care, and play in sustaining and supporting a long term creative practice. This work is part of Connie Chappel’s instagram gallery project Study Untitled Study, where artists are given Collin […]
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Winter Candles
Little Hexagon Candles– Filtered beeswax with lemon tea and dried lemon, with lemon tea ‘confetti’ on the bottom layer– Filtered beeswax with alkanet pigment on bottom layer– Filtered beeswax– Half Filtered half yellow beeswax with beveled top and ‘sprinkles’ coloured wicks– Bottom half remelt, top half filtered beeswax Little Block Candles– Half filtered half yellow […]
Backyard Upgrade
Backyard upgrade, 2021.
Front Yard Garden
Front yard garden. 2021.
Lawn to Garden
Lawn to garden, initial stages. 2021. Some process photos of the first few stages of front lawn-to garden-transition. There were already two beds in front of the house, and the two freestanding boxes when we moved in. I removed the sod, dug out the front beds, and made the wooden edging, staining it to match […]
Indoor Sanctuary
Indoor Sactuary, 2021.
Where Are My Lady Bugs?
Balcony Garden. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2020.
Plants and Pollinators
Balcony Garden. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2019
Among the Marigolds
Among the Marigolds2019
Growing Forms, Free Standing
Growing FormsWool, soil, living plants2018 Fuzzy and Prickly, Smooth and rough, soft and hard, air and earth. Cacti and plants living in pots with decorative yarn outsides, soft and prickly, smooth and fuzzy. Containing nature through structure and forms.
Growing Forms: Hanging
Growing FormsWool, Soil, Living Plants2018 Fuzzy and Prickly, Smooth and rough, soft and hard, air and earth. Cacti living in textile and soil pods, watered through the permeable layer of crochet wool containing roots and soil. Containing nature through structure and forms.
An Emerging Green Thumb
Balcony Garden, 2018.