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Body op's new poster g uby, a computer.

a New Body Shop icon
- pushes boundaries

:. By Layne Christensen

'.. Fashion Editor .

THE Body Shop has a
new poster girl. Her
name’s Ruby.

” Ruby’ s measurements area
apely 43-36-40.-

She’s smart and sassy. She’s

“a Libra. And her ambitions are

“to-help’ everyone develop
More. positive self-esteem, so
.they'can find inner contented-
ness ‘and realize their full
potential within society.”

Her turn-off is peopl: who
_:think-you:can “never be too
rich or too thin.” ~

, Ruby doesn’t just take care

of her body, she looks after her
soul, her family and her com-
munity, say Body Shop pubfi-
cists. She’s at. peace wa her-
self. She loves her body. And
she’s not afraid to pose in the
nude, :

Did we mention she’s
computer generated?

Get real, you say?

“She’s actually more real
than the supermodels so many
women try to emulate,” say
her publicists. “In a socicty
that is intolerant of women
who can’t squeeze into a size
8, Ruby more realistically
reflects beauty in diversity and
the pride that women have in
their own accomplishments.”

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north shore news

§ FASHION
Textile artist awarded grant

Historical themes
woven in to work

RUTH Scheuing, the coor-
dinator of Capilano
College’s textile arts pro-
gram, has been awarded a
$34,000 Canada Council

grant.

Scheuing said she will use the
money to pursue her artwork and
her new passion -- weaving and
computers.

Earlier this year, the fibre artist
was invited to the Alberta College of
Art in Calgary to speak about the
relationship between computers and
weaving.

“When | returned, I was so fired
up that I sent off my grant applica-
tion and was really pleased when I
found out it was accepted,” said
Scheuing.

She used part of her grant this

summer to go to Montreal where
she studied new technology on a
jacquard loom — a loom that oper-
ates with a computer to create pat-
terns. Scheuing plans to teach the
new technology to her textile art
students.

“I make pieces with historical ref-
erences to people who have a con-
nection with textiles,” she said.

“At present, there are several
people in the Vancouver area who
use computers for weaving. They
make it a more technical process —
more up-to-date. They also allow
you fo weave more complicated pat-
terns.”

Last year, Scheuing was the recip-
ient of the Jean A. Chalmers Award
for Crafts for her multimedia textile
art. That award carried a $20,000
cash prize.

Jury members cited Scheuing as
“forging new directions for craft
through her work which embraces
the history and traditions of textiles
with @ view to the future."

RUTH SCHEUING... “forging new - direc: ;
tions jor craft through her Work.”

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