Annabel Stanley
Annabel Stanley
Organic Weaver & Sculptor
Annabel has been weaving for over 20 years, she started in New Zealand where she lived with her family before coming to the Okanagan in 2003. She shares her time between family, working in her vineyard, weaving and teaching workshops. She is also a director on the Okanagan Folk School and a cross country ski coach for Special Olympics.
Key to artwork above by Annabel Stanley
1. Three Blind Mice
Fairy Story Three Blind Mice
I sang his little Rhyme often as a child and had a mixture or delight and horror at the poor fate of the mice. These little mice are woven out of Arctic willow, sitting on a block of wood with a woven surround of other natural weavers. There are a couple of cutting instruments to portray the imminent doom of the tails! ( well glued into the wooden block)
Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run
They all ran after the farmer's wife. She cut off their tails with a carving knife
Did you ever see such a sight in your life as three blind mice?
Three blind mice, three blind mice
Willow Dogwood Wire $250.00
2. The Mermaid 3
Myth The Mermaid
In European folklore mermaids (sometimes called Sirens) who, like Fairies had magical and prophetic powers. They loved music and often sang-sometimes luring sailors to their deaths. There are many stories about
these half human sea creatures with one of the earliest legends dating back to Syria in 1000BC. Hans Christian Anderson (1837) wrote a more recently a fairy tale which Disney elaborated on and created a version which is still popular to this day. I loved to swim like a mermaid.
Barrel Staves, willow, dogwood, reeds, $210.00
3. Quails
Myth Quails
In Greek mythology, quails were often associated with love and passion. It is said that Aphrodite, the goddess of love, took the form of a white quail to escape an unwanted suitor. Since then, quails have become symbols of love and romance, and their sweet song is often considered an omen of romantic happiness.
Wire willow $190.00 for 4
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2024 Bio - Annabel Stanley
Annabel Stanley grew up under the umbrella of an artistic family.
Her great Grandfather was Charles Henry Augustus Lutyens, a famous portrait painter and father to Sir Edwin Lutyens an architect who was very influential to the Arts and Crafts movement from early last century alongside garden designer Gertrude Jekyll.
Annabel has been weaving for over 20 years, she started in New Zealand where she lived with her family before coming to the Okanagan in 2003. She shares her time between family, working in her vineyard, weaving and teaching workshops. She is also a director on the Okanagan Folk School and a cross country ski coach for Special Olympics.
Her influences have been willow artist Serena De La Haye and environmental sculptor Andrew Goldsworthy. She has studied with Peter Faulkener, a coracle builder(hazel and hide small light weight boats), learning new styles of weaving with Martha Cloudsley from BC and trained in Willow Sculpture with Julieann WorrallHood in Wiltshire England.
She has held many exhibitions in NZ and here in BC and featured in The NZ Gardener, NZ Cuisine, on NZ National TV , she featured in the first edition of Sculpture Pacific in Canada and in Sage-ing , a local Okanagan publication.
She had an exhibit in the courtyard at The Kelowna Art Gallery called The Circle of Life between September 2021 to 2022 and has exhibited twice at the Peachland Art Gallery