Back orders of the Surfacing Journal can be placed with Nana Nishismura by calling 416.266-2999. The following is a taste of what is offered in the hard copy Journal. As Surfacing members we have degrees of passion for textiles and consequently different degrees of expectation for professional standards. Janet Koplos presents this scenario and raises excellent points for reflection. Jennie Angus writes from her own experiences as artist and writer.
Good dialogue encourages rigor.
The bar doesn't get raised if the pressure for rigor is absent. This is not to say that good work isn't being made, only that more people at the discussion table are more than welcome. Jennie Angus' fascination with the beauty of bugs is counter to our western squeamishness of them. Catherine Heard indulges in the disagreeable object and presents her embroidered sculptures of dolls that at close viewing are covered in skin eruptions. Christine Tarkowski, through the use of digitally manipulated prints, resurfaces structures in patterns that disguise and contradict their usage.