The Whisper Project Group A

Project Description is here 

This was our original photo inspiration:

First Participant - Barb Kulka

Walk in the Park

Artist Statement: “When I saw the picture, I was immediately reminded of Shubie Park, one of my favourite places. Dartmouth is lucky to have this beautiful wilderness in the city. My family and I have spent many happy hours there. It is also very historic and has been used as long as people have been on this land.” 

Techniques: Made of quilting cotton, cotton batting and cotton thread. Quilted on a domestic Singer. 

Second Participant - Gillian Noonan

Cattails

 Artist Statement: “Cattails was my immediate reaction to the quilt photo I received. The contours in the photo were suggestive of a shoreline landscape which I associate in Nova Scotia with seeing cattails. These were an uncommon sight in Newfoundland where I grew up but I was familiar with them from the books we had at home. I dearly loved them as a child and always wanted to touch them. Now I delight in seeing them often. How could I not make them?”

 

Media: velvet, handdyed cottons, batik and thread 

Third Participant - Regina Marzlin

Stormy Weather

 Artist Statement: I took my inspiration from the plants depicted in the previous piece in our Whisper project. Introducing diagonal movement, I wanted to show how the plants sway in the wind. The sky is dark and menacing but the stalks are resilient, they bend but they don't break.

Techniques: I used monotype printing with acrylic paint on a gelatin plate as my technique. 

Fourth Participant - Darcy Hunter

Cat Tails in the Garden, Hour #2

 Artist Statement: “I was inspired by the fleeting beauty of light as it transforms an ordinary marsh into something extraordinary. I often visit a marsh on my daily walks, and it has become a place of quiet reflection and creative inspiration. Using layered textiles, stitching, and surface textures, I wanted to capture the shimmer of water, the warmth of dusk on the hills, and the quiet presence of cattails in the foreground. This piece reflects my ongoing exploration of landscapes in fabric—where thread becomes brushstroke, and textiles become light, movement, and memory."