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"Maritime Carving"
Jennifer Marlow
"Rug Hooking"
Doris Eaton
June 18- August 22, 2010
Opening Reception: Sunday, July 18th 2:00 pm
Jennifer and Doris will be in attendance
From July 18th through August 22nd, join us for two exhibitions of the finest in Maritime Craft. Enjoy the work of well-known and much celebrated woodcarver, Jennifer Marlow and rug hooker, Doris Eaton.
Jennifer Marlow discovered her woodcarving skills 30 miles off the coast of Massachusetts on the island of Nantucket. Drawn to the island by Nathaniel Philbrick's fascinating, In the Heart of the Sea, her first carvings alongside Master Carver Paul McCarthy were of the whales that played an integral part in both the book and the region's survival.
Upon returning to her native Nova Scotia, Marlow opened her own workshop where she continues to practice the art of Maritime carving. In 2005 she was invited back to Nantucket to join her mentor in the restoration project 'Going on the Whale' a 10 foot carved whaling scene that welcomes visitors to the Nantucket Whaling Museum.
The maritime carving tradition holds numerous attractions for Marlow as an artist. It embraces heritage, environment and art while demanding implicit trust between hand and eye, intricately linking the tactile with the aesthetic. It also encourages improvisation, whether in style or practice, the uncertainty of outcome rich in promise and surprise.
About this body of work, Jennifer comments, "whether it is the noble form of the whale or the industry that so gruesomely exploited it, the golden age of whaling continues to be a theme I return to time and again."
Doris was born in Boston and attended Massachusetts School of Art. In 1950 she married a Canadian and they farmed and raised a family in Lower Canard.
She began hooking rugs in 1961 under the early tutelage of Mrs. Edna Withrow of Wolfville, a qualified McGowan teacher and a most accomplished hooker with a wonderful sense or color.
After ten years of study, continued practice and with numerous exhibitions under her belt, Doris felt qualified to teach and did so in communities throughout Nova Scotia including Canning, New Ross, Petite Riviere, Halifax, Dartmouth and Sherbrooke Village stating, "these were wonderful years ... the learning never stopped."
"Today I am still so enthused about what I do and am becoming more and more interested in color and texture. There seems to be no limit to this art form ... and is accomplished with a very simple tool; a hook drawing strips of material through loosely woven linen or burlap ... [it's] such fun", exclaims Doris.
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