Wanaka is beautiful - especially in Autumn when the bi-annual Festival of Colour is held - a feast of exhibitions, performances, and events in a stunning setting. This year the Autumn leaves were still holding firmly to most of the trees, right to the end of the week when a sudden change from warm sunny days brought snow low on the hills, and even made chains necessary on the Crown Range road through to Queenstown for a few hours on Monday morning. This view is within Rippon Vineyard, where an outdoor sculpture exhibition gave an opportunity to walk round the vineyard for an hour - views over the lake and to the mountains all round. The sculpture with about 30 artists represented, looked good in the setting too!
Our COOTS (Central Otago Outside The Square) group of fibre art loving friends exhibited all week, enjoying the interaction of over 600 people, some of whom stayed as long as 90 minutes studying the work. There was variety in mediums and technique from patchwork, quilting, stitch, book art, wall hangings and wearables; fabrics, hand-dyeing, paper, felt and paint. At the door our garland of handmade flowers and leaves was welcoming - and suggestions flowed for its future uses - ideal for weddings we were told! Once inside there was room to wander between the tables and screens and stand discussing the works. So much variety (we work independently, meeting only 5 times a year) but we had all worked on a black,grey and white piece each, with a red thread we had given out at an early meeting. In spite of the set size, and theme of architecture, we managed to stamp our own mark on the resulting pieces, which were displayed together on a central screen.
The flower close-up is part of the banner, and the other pictures are general views of the exhibition room. Over the next few days I'm planning to give you some more closeup views of individual works, so have another look later this week. Check out http://www.festivalofcolour.co.nz/ to see what else you missed, and maybe come next time! Ang.
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