page 6 - April 21, 1976 - North Shore News

‘The thought.of making a
-2,400-square yard . dropped

ceiling-for an aircraft hangar.

out of patchwork scraps
doesn’t daunt Evelyn Roth

and her. happy band of.

rag-pickers-who are working

at Habitat Forum site . in .

Vancouver.

a

‘She and 10 co-artists are

decorating a total of 5000: to

‘The patchwork ceiling will .
be in Hangar Five, to create”
atmosphere for an amphi-.
theatre for -2000 to 3000
people. They are nee

about making © in a
north-west east Indian
design.. In Hangar 7, a

‘dropped ceiling will also be

fabricated and all the walls
covered. Five hangars in all
will be decorated and smaller

co-ordinate. Maybe that’s
way it’s become so excit-
ing.”” a
‘I used recycled material
because I can’t afford—and
often can’t. get—materials I

towards conservations, and
the recycled materials suit
this tendency.

fashioned . from unraveled

strands: of old. rope.. Others

. are -doing . textural relief

panels 40 feet high; someone
is crocheting a 120-foot long
vannister from rope:strands;._.

want, such as mohair.’’ She - others are making’ batik

. also has a philosophical bent window | coverings.

te Ss “wild. “and, - in. “some!

ne 100% wo! worsted w woven: “in”
our Vancouve mill.

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6000 square yards of ceiling © banners will. be one
and walls and windows in the between the hangars.

drab grey hangars at the -
Jericho beach site.

“cases, ‘literally woolly, ‘and:

fun. Anything goes, and:the: |
5,000 people expected to visit.~
Forum from . around: the
world are: in. for’a an n exciting
‘experience: ©. >>

A class from the Northwest
Handcraft House,” North
".. Manecouver, is at the Forum
sewing shop making “‘rope

-works’’—wall hangings -

‘‘There’s no over-all.
_ plan,”’ Roth says. “Everyon’ |
does original designs. I just.

"Habitat Forum, a ‘non-
governmental conference/ ©
exposition, starts May 27 and
runs parallel to Habitat:
“United Nations Conference.
on Human. Settlenients, May
31—June il. ;

| Already i in forum’s design foo.
department: schools. of fish “|...
drift through °-multi-green
seas; a Canada. goose flies
against a’ ‘background : ‘of
maroon’ mountains and a | ..
giant yellow and orange sane
a killer whale. leaps . in.
purple sea and an eagle :
perches. on a bare-branched
tree. The huge banners will
_ be used as room dividers and |
for decoration in the huge
hangars to be used for. athe
conference. — :

“
.

Roth and her co-artists get "
most of their materials from .
B.C. Wiping ‘Cloth, where |
mountains :of the brilliant”.
nylon are heaped to the qa
ceiling. eens ©

Ol Lae
ees (labour: Bi material)

| We have been very selective. in choosing. a: fine collection: :
of sun-fast ‘dration acrylics. We are. able: ‘to: assist you. In:
f 6: .

.4 “We literally have to climb
up and paw through ‘the |
heap,'’ says Roth. ‘‘Often «

- the colors we want are in the:
middle of the pile. It’s fun.”*

' The fabric costs eight”
cents a, yard, ‘and. ‘its:
semi-transparency lets light
through the, _ hangings, to

create an. ‘almost ‘stated ve
glass quality.

> Kirsty Babcock and:
Marion Denny are doing an
“endangered. _s underwater |.
‘species”’ - series. Sharori
Halfnight and Karen Gomes
are reproducing the B. C..,.
landscape, all the way from”
northern lights:in the north:
to a totem pole in the south,
with polar bears, seals,
geese, sun and ‘mountains t..
between.

‘Menive hand-made potter
candles, and tampa. vo

. "The artists first do ‘jamal:

color. sketches, | ‘thein; repio:
duce them in paper’ pattexns:
from which the fabric is cut.:
Sewing’ machines’ using a .
zig-zag | stitch. fasten. the.:
pieces: together. Volunteers’ :

are working too—about three
of them a day but. the |
full-time staff is’ paid. “