Eastside Culture Crawl 2013 is Coming!

October 29, 2013

The 17th Annual Eastside Culture Crawl is just three weeks away, and happens on the weekend of Friday November 15th to Sunday November 17th, 2013. This will be my fourth year participating. It amazes me to realize how much time has passed since my first Crawl experience because it feels less long ago.

In addition to the usual Friday to Sunday dates a preview evening has been added on Thursday November 14th, from 6pm to 9pm. Visit the Crawl website for details because not all artists will be participating (myself included).

You can find my page here on the Culture Crawl web site. For those on Facebook I have created an event invitation if you would like to RSVP »

17th Annual Eastside Culture Crawl
Dates: November 15th to 17th, 2013
Time: Fri, 5pm to 10pm | Sat & Sun, 11am to 6pm
My location is E15 on the Culture Crawl map
Address: 1660 East Georgia Street

Hot Art Wet City at Autumn Shift Festival

September 11, 2013

This Sunday September 15th my work and I will be amongst a collection of artists representing Hot Art Wet City gallery in a booth at the Autumn Shift Festival. Look for us in the parking lot at Main and 7th Avenue, on the north-west corner.

The Autumn Shift Festival takes over Main Street between Broadway and 7th (including the Laneway one block west of Main Street), and brings all the local businesses out into the street for one big party. There will be a BBQ competition, a fashion show by Blim, booths from Science World, and the Vancouver Aquarium, live music and more.

Representing the Hot Art Wet City booth will be artists, Alice Vogelaar, Andrea Hooge, Sean Karemaker, Josue Menjivar, Russell Alton, Drew Young, and me.

Opus In-Store Demo: Freeform Paper Cutting Techniques

September 8, 2013

This coming Saturday I will be on location at Opus Art Supplies Hastings Street location giving an in-store demo of paper cutting techniques. The demo is FREE but you must register by phone (604‑678‑5889) to reserve a spot as space is limited.

Full details about the demo can be found on the Opus website.

Freeform Paper Cutting Techniques
Opus Downtown
Date: Saturday, September 14th, 2013
Time: 2pm to 4pm
Location: 207 West Hastings Street

Cut, Fold, Shred at Florida Craftsmen Gallery

September 5, 2013

If you happen to be in St. Petersburg Florida in the next while, I have a few pieces in “Cut, Fold, Shred” at Florida Craftsmen Gallery. The show opens tomorrow evening and runs until October 19th, 2013.

Florida Craftsmen presents a showcase of paper art from beautiful carved, folded, cut out paper objects and realistic 3D paper sculptures to altered books.

Roam through “Falling Leaves”, an installation created by members of the community using decorative papers created by Jackie Peters Cully.

Participating Artists: Rachael Ashe, Marsha Bard, Lucrezia Bieler, Sarah Butz, Jeff Henriquez, Cindy Mason, Dennis Meloy, Mark Noll, Aida Sheets, Michael Velliquette, and Elise Wehle.

September 6th – October 19, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, September 6th, 5:30-8:30pm
Location: 501 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, Florida

The Great Thank You Giveaway

August 22, 20134 Comments

As a thank you to those who support my art and follow my progress on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr, I’ve decided to do a giveaway contest. I’ve put together a collection of some of the small items I sell on Etsy, and all you have to do to win it is leave a comment on this blog post.

The prize package includes:

A 5″ x 7″ portfolio of recent paper cut work.

Two postcard sets; one of the Imaginary Girl series, and one of the Collage postcards.

One 6″ x 6″ bird collage made from recycled paper.

If you’d like to win, please leave a comment and include your email address. That’s all you have to do.

The contest closes on Monday August 25th at 10am. I will do a random draw to choose the winner from amongst the comments. Good luck!

Currents of Nature In Situ

July 2, 2013

My solo show, Currents of Nature, opened this past weekend at the Ranger Station Art Gallery in Harrison. Here are photos of the exhibition:

Currents of Nature, Ranger Station Art Gallery

One side of the gallery has altered book work and installations, while the other has recent paper cut sculptures and wall pieces.

Currents of Nature, Ranger Station Art Gallery-3

Thanks to my friend Siobhan Humston for making the installation process so smooth and easy. All of the work was in position within two hours of my arrival at the gallery, and the show looks terrific.

Currents of Nature will be on display until July 28th as part of the Harrison Festival of the Arts, so please do visit the show.

Hello Pretty is Pretty Smart

June 20, 2013

Hello Pretty is a handmade marketplace for South African designers and artisans filled with amazing stuff I wish I could buy. The site is the brainchild of Scott Hadfield and Sam Marx, who recognized a need for an Etsy-style web site catering specifically to the South African market.

The site has grown by leaps and bounds in a short amount of time, and they’ve been getting terrific exposure from local press. The latest is this short interview with Sam (click image for a larger view).

The pretty in pink photo featured in the article is a portrait I took of Sam a few years ago when she was in Vancouver for a visit. You can view the original version on Flickr.

Currents of Nature at the Ranger Station Art Gallery

June 12, 20132 Comments

In July I have a solo show at Ranger Station Art Gallery in Harrison Hot Springs, as part of the 35th Annual Harrison Festival of the Arts.

Currents of Nature is a mix of new works in abstract cut paper sculpture as well as installation works made from repurposed books, all inspired by elements of the natural world.

Please join me on Sunday June 30th, between 2pm to 4pm, for the opening reception of Currents of Nature. I will be in attendance and look forward to seeing you there. The exhibition continues at the Ranger Station Art Gallery until Sunday July 28th.

Currents of Nature
Date: June 30th to July 28th, 2013
Opening: Sunday June 30th, 2pm to 4pm
Location: Ranger Station Art Gallery
Address: 98 Rockwell Drive, Harrison Hot Springs, BC

Oh Look! A Spiffy New Online Portfolio

May 9, 2013

This is a really big deal to me but I seem to have forgotten to mention it anywhere, and its been live for weeks. I have a brand new online portfolio for the first time evah! The many different types of work I create, from portraits to paper, are all nicely organized and looking quite impressive together as a whole.

While this blog remains in wordpress the portfolio is built with Behance ProSite. I was really tired of my work looking bad in the half-assed galleries I’ve had on the blog for years, and really wanted something more professional looking.

I chose Behance because I use their free site to share my work with a larger creative community and the ProSite pulls my projects in from there. I like this aspect of having my work in multiple places at once. The interface is relatively easy to use and the templates are straightforward and simple enough to cleanly show off my work. Check it out as Behance ProSite is free to use until you choose to publish your site.

For your viewing pleasure, find this visual treasure trove of my work at portfolio.rachaelashe.com. Peruse at your leisure, and share it both freely and widely.

10 000 Hours: Celebrating 40 Years of the Craft Object

April 15, 2013

It’s the fortieth anniversary of the Craft Council of BC and in celebration they are having a whole series of shows around the province on the theme of 10,000 hours. I have one of my paper cut vessels in the show opening tonight at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby.

From the press release:

…Malcolm Gladwell identified 10,000 hours as the “magic number of greatness” in his book Outliers: The Story of Success. The artists featured in this exhibit are working towards 10,000 hours in their own expertise. They are intimately familiar with many aspects of their chosen materials –what they can and can’t do, where they can push them, as well as their metaphoric, communicative potential.

‘10,000 Hrs’ presents a wide variety of mediums from ceramics, to fibre, from jewellery to sculpture and installation work. The show runs from April 15th to April 30th, 2013.

10,000 Hours: Celebrating 40 Years of the Craft Object
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Date: April 15th to April 30th, 2013
Location: 6450 Deer Lake Avenue Burnaby

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