Tag Archives: mennonite
Finding family – looking for the needle in the haystack
Have you ever tried to find a relative named Jones or Smith? Well that’s what it’s like for me – I’m trying to locate people who came to BC when my grandparents arrived in Canada in 1923. I’m a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged 1920s, 1923, Abbotsford, blacksmith, Isaac, Isaak, mennonite, Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Warkentin
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The process
For those who wonder what I’m up to here, I’m journaling the process of my next large set of artworks – thinking, researching, drawing, writing, collaging, painting, listening to and transcribing oral histories – they all form part of the process. Also, … Continue reading
Posted in The artistic process
Tagged artist, dorothy doherty, drawing, memories, mennonite, oral history, painting
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In search of form
My greatest challenge is finding out where to begin …. that applies to this blog, and also to almost everything I do. I call this post In search of form because that’s what seems to occupy my thoughts, from the first … Continue reading
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Tagged 1923, art, ceramics, drawing, gnadenheim, mennonite, mennonite communities, painting, passport stamps, photography, printmaking, rosthern saskatchewan, russia, sculpture, Slavgorod
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