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Sablage de Plancher Morin-Heights : Redonnez Éclat à Vos Planchers

Sablage de Plancher Morin-Heights : Redonnez Éclat à Vos Planchers

Chalet Bellevue, Morin-Heights, QC (photo credit: top-Lucien Lisabelle).

Exposition collective de membres de l’Atelier de l’île de Val David, Québec.

A group exhibit by members of the Atelier de l’île of Val David, Quebec.

Les artistes ont expérimenté le pliage dans leurs projets. J’ai fait ma boîte à lumière avec des boîtes de blizzard pliées suivant un design inventé par Hedi Kyle et Ulla Warchol. J’ai créé chaque étape du processus de pliage dans le panneau d’accompagnement.

The artists experimented with folding in their projects. I made my lightbox with folded blizzard boxes following a design invented by Hedi Kyle and Ulla Warchol. I created each step in the folding process in the accompanying panel. 

Le titre de la boîte à lumière, Île de Margaree, fait référence à une île visible de la plage d'Inverness à Cape Breton. Les couchers de soleil à cette plage ont inspiré cette œuvre.

The title of the lightbox, Margaree Island, refers to an island visible from Inverness Beach, Cape Breton. Sunsets at Inverness Beach inspired this piece.

Noah suggested we drive up to Morin Heights today and hike around the mountain. Both of the kids learned to ski here, as I did. I like the idea of that.

My grandmother had a home in Morin Heights, just a few kilometres from the hill. We visited most weekends when I was very young and I remember struggling to stay awake for the 1hr. drive.

My parents actually moved our family to Morin Heights for a year. We lived in a large house with 2 other families that we were very close to. The husbands all made the daily commute to their jobs in Montreal. The house was then known as the “Watchhorn Farm”. The house is now a bed and breakfast called Le Clos Jolie. I’ve stayed there with friends.

When we all moved out, one of the families we lived with either bought or rented a cottage just down the road from the hill. Behind their house there was a path that led to some falls where we would swim in the summers.

My own family began skiing at Morin Heights when Noah reached an age where lessons could be considered. It was never easy. It takes a lot to get a 6yr. old to the hill every Saturday morning for 10 weeks. When Claire reached the age for lessons she came along and further complicated our Saturday adventures. Mel also joined and occasionally skied, but mostly she’d snowshoe until we all met up at lunch after the kids lessons. We occasionally made weekends of it in rented cottages near the hill and also spent a few consecutive March Breaks in the area.

Salut from Red Crowned Kinglet   -  Tiny spot on tiny bird on lilac