Bettina Matzkuhn's Videos (crafthaus) - crafthaus 2024-04-26T18:47:52Z http://crafthaus.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=1knr2dwwgq6uw&rss=yes&xn_auth=no ZoologyofWeather tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2015-09-02:2104389:Video:520845 2015-09-02T02:37:23.132Z Bettina Matzkuhn http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/BettinaMatzkuhn <a href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/video/zoologyofweather"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="135" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/328450491?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>I have been working on a series of textile works that borrow the maps and symbols of meteorology. I applied for and received a BC Arts Council grant to re-learn animation -I had done 3 animated films in the 1980s but now the technology is all different. It was a learning curve. I realized that many of my pieces from hiking trips feature weather and I incorporated these. The most fun was fooling… <a href="http://crafthaus.ning.com/video/zoologyofweather"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/328450491?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=135" width="240" height="135" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />I have been working on a series of textile works that borrow the maps and symbols of meteorology. I applied for and received a BC Arts Council grant to re-learn animation -I had done 3 animated films in the 1980s but now the technology is all different. It was a learning curve. I realized that many of my pieces from hiking trips feature weather and I incorporated these. The most fun was fooling around with sound.... The other works can be seen here: <a href="http://www.bettinamatzkuhn.ca/weathering/">http://www.bettinamatzkuhn.ca/weathering/</a>