Ralph Jarvis
@ralphjarvis.bsky.social
One of those queer, avidly nature-loving, surface pattern designing, quilting, digital nomad types...
I tried Iceberger. Draw a berg, see how it floats. A reminder what's at the surface isn't the whole truth. This one's dense, unstable, despite claims to the contrary. Oddly vacillating between Greenland and Canada. Adrift, not knowing which way is up. "Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting!"
March 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I tried Iceberger. Draw a berg, see how it floats. A reminder what's at the surface isn't the whole truth. This one's dense, unstable, despite claims to the contrary. Oddly vacillating between Greenland and Canada. Adrift, not knowing which way is up. "Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting!"
Puffin Tumble. Puffins are pelagic, coming to land only to breed. No doubt a few are being tossed about in the North Atlantic now, waiting for spring. Natural history illustration is my comfort zone. One of my first designs to use more character drawing skills. #quiltsky #nature #art #pattern
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Labrador Wild. Inspired by a school visit in Nain, Labrador in the 90s and a career as a wildlife biologist. Designed and sewn on the terrace in Mexico. The hardest part was finding the quilting cotton. Easy part, the amused neighbours. #quiltsky #nature #labrador #thequiltedstash #ecology
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Labrador Wild. Inspired by a school visit in Nain, Labrador in the 90s and a career as a wildlife biologist. Designed and sewn on the terrace in Mexico. The hardest part was finding the quilting cotton. Easy part, the amused neighbours. #quiltsky #nature #labrador #thequiltedstash #ecology
Happy Anniversary to this amazing man- a product of China, Mexico and Canada. Any duty required for this amazing shared life, I am happy to give. #loveislove #notariffonlove #anniversary
February 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Happy Anniversary to this amazing man- a product of China, Mexico and Canada. Any duty required for this amazing shared life, I am happy to give. #loveislove #notariffonlove #anniversary
Vestiges and Horizons. Feels a little like how I see the details of a life lived in Newfoundland in the later part of the 20th and first quarter of the 21st centuries. #newfoundland #oldandnew #landscape
January 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Vestiges and Horizons. Feels a little like how I see the details of a life lived in Newfoundland in the later part of the 20th and first quarter of the 21st centuries. #newfoundland #oldandnew #landscape
A retired nurse and friend's nan, told me a story of how she took half of her very 1st pay cheque to buy a tricycle for a terminally ill boy. Turned out, he was the son of the woman who later mentored my mom when she needed work after our house burnt. Circle of Kindness. Made as a gift. #quiltsky
January 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A retired nurse and friend's nan, told me a story of how she took half of her very 1st pay cheque to buy a tricycle for a terminally ill boy. Turned out, he was the son of the woman who later mentored my mom when she needed work after our house burnt. Circle of Kindness. Made as a gift. #quiltsky
My mother is a bonafide red seal chef and expert berry picker. She's shared her love of foraging with three generations now and gifted countless bottles of her homemade jams. I'm a proud recipient of both and the wider love of nature it led me to. #nature #family #respect #TinyJoys #foraging
January 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
When Sun Rays Crown (2023). A line from the official national anthem of Newfoundland pre-confederation with Canada, sung at public events to this day, served as the inspiration for this piece. #quiltsky #craft #newfoundland #canada
January 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When Sun Rays Crown (2023). A line from the official national anthem of Newfoundland pre-confederation with Canada, sung at public events to this day, served as the inspiration for this piece. #quiltsky #craft #newfoundland #canada
MoMA (2010). Took this picture on a New York getaway with friends that long ago. Shortly after, I had a computer crash and lost it. One of my trip companions recently showed me the pic on her phone, a forgotten share. I was happy to see it again. Loves me a bit of chance I do. #art #TinyJoys #MoMA
January 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
With 50 mil of rain buddied up with wind reaching 120 km/h here in eastern Newfoundland tomorrow, I dug out a rubber boot fabric I designed a few years ago. Might play with it in the studio as the weather passes. Keep the real boots in the porch. #quiltsky #newfoundland #sewday #art #fabricdesign
January 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
With 50 mil of rain buddied up with wind reaching 120 km/h here in eastern Newfoundland tomorrow, I dug out a rubber boot fabric I designed a few years ago. Might play with it in the studio as the weather passes. Keep the real boots in the porch. #quiltsky #newfoundland #sewday #art #fabricdesign
Caribou Borealis. Fabric collage background and appliqué for the caribou. I spent too much time in my stash auditioning fabrics for the part of binding. Eventually an ombre batik got tired of being overlooked and volunteered.
#quiltsky #collage #art #nature #Newfoundland #wildlifeart #quilting
#quiltsky #collage #art #nature #Newfoundland #wildlifeart #quilting
January 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Caribou Borealis. Fabric collage background and appliqué for the caribou. I spent too much time in my stash auditioning fabrics for the part of binding. Eventually an ombre batik got tired of being overlooked and volunteered.
#quiltsky #collage #art #nature #Newfoundland #wildlifeart #quilting
#quiltsky #collage #art #nature #Newfoundland #wildlifeart #quilting
“There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen, “Anthem”. #Newfoundland #icebergalley #nature #hiking
January 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
“There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen, “Anthem”. #Newfoundland #icebergalley #nature #hiking
Tibb’s Eve never came. “You’ll get that money back Tibb’s Eve!” Never. In Newfoundland though, Tibb’s Eve actually comes around on Dec. 23rd. Work to be done was done. The first nips of home-brew made for season tasted. Rumour is, even Santa got in on the action. #quiltsky #art #tradition #christmas
December 24, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Tibb’s Eve never came. “You’ll get that money back Tibb’s Eve!” Never. In Newfoundland though, Tibb’s Eve actually comes around on Dec. 23rd. Work to be done was done. The first nips of home-brew made for season tasted. Rumour is, even Santa got in on the action. #quiltsky #art #tradition #christmas
Grey Jays are resident in Newfoundland and Labrador and don't need an invite to a winter campfire, our "cuppa tea in the woods". Smart enough to know a free morsel might be procured. Paired with some red osier in this fabric collage for decor. Spiced Grey. #quiltsky #collage #birds #thequiltedstash
December 20, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Grey Jays are resident in Newfoundland and Labrador and don't need an invite to a winter campfire, our "cuppa tea in the woods". Smart enough to know a free morsel might be procured. Paired with some red osier in this fabric collage for decor. Spiced Grey. #quiltsky #collage #birds #thequiltedstash
I make small projects and I make larger ones. The important thing I've learned is to keep making, my self thrives on the tacit knowledge it creates. Most work comes from my love and experience in nature, here the crucial seasonal flooding in the Peruvian Amazon. #art #várzea #pyrography #nature
December 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I make small projects and I make larger ones. The important thing I've learned is to keep making, my self thrives on the tacit knowledge it creates. Most work comes from my love and experience in nature, here the crucial seasonal flooding in the Peruvian Amazon. #art #várzea #pyrography #nature
Sometimes I'll undertake an off the cuff, no pressure project using a variety of techniques to jump-start my creativity. Here a simple pieced background, Fabric painting (Inktense) and some nature inspired stitching served the purpose.
#quiltsky #quilting #natureart #creativeflow #crafted #fall
#quiltsky #quilting #natureart #creativeflow #crafted #fall
December 14, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Sometimes I'll undertake an off the cuff, no pressure project using a variety of techniques to jump-start my creativity. Here a simple pieced background, Fabric painting (Inktense) and some nature inspired stitching served the purpose.
#quiltsky #quilting #natureart #creativeflow #crafted #fall
#quiltsky #quilting #natureart #creativeflow #crafted #fall
Some lath from lobster pots that had long served their purpose become a wooden pieced and framed quilt block. Fishing stages were once painted with red ochre, dories with yellow. Seemed fitting to use those same natural pigments here. #quiltsky #barnquilts #ochre #tradition #art #crafted #quilt
December 13, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Some lath from lobster pots that had long served their purpose become a wooden pieced and framed quilt block. Fishing stages were once painted with red ochre, dories with yellow. Seemed fitting to use those same natural pigments here. #quiltsky #barnquilts #ochre #tradition #art #crafted #quilt
A career as a biologist gave me a chance to more fully inhabit and observe this one world we share with other species. It included wildlife rehabilitation, as face to face as it could get with wildlife including this orphaned moose calf. #nature #wildlife #animals #conservation
December 11, 2024 at 11:05 PM
A career as a biologist gave me a chance to more fully inhabit and observe this one world we share with other species. It included wildlife rehabilitation, as face to face as it could get with wildlife including this orphaned moose calf. #nature #wildlife #animals #conservation
My niece's quilting inspired this piece of mine. I covered canvas with sand and removed it where I scorched to create the image. The sand brushed away, the surface was coloured with stain made from ochres I'd collected in C. Rica, Peru and Canada. Neotropical Migration. #nature #art #quiltsky #ochre
December 11, 2024 at 12:02 AM
My niece's quilting inspired this piece of mine. I covered canvas with sand and removed it where I scorched to create the image. The sand brushed away, the surface was coloured with stain made from ochres I'd collected in C. Rica, Peru and Canada. Neotropical Migration. #nature #art #quiltsky #ochre
He Rowed Up in a Dory. Christmas starts a little earlier in Newfoundland with Tibb's Eve, Dec. 23 being the start of the merrymaking. Even Santa gets in on the action, though he might have to nurse a tiny hangover. #wallhanging #quiltsky #thequiltedstash #digitalprinting #art #quilting #santa
December 9, 2024 at 8:46 PM
He Rowed Up in a Dory. Christmas starts a little earlier in Newfoundland with Tibb's Eve, Dec. 23 being the start of the merrymaking. Even Santa gets in on the action, though he might have to nurse a tiny hangover. #wallhanging #quiltsky #thequiltedstash #digitalprinting #art #quilting #santa
Ptarmigan, are called "partridges" here in Newfoundland and lingonberries are "partridgeberries". My favourite berry for jam, quite tart but deeply flavourful. Larch (yeah, we call it "juniper") turn a most glorious yellow in the fall. #fabriccollage #quiltsky #quilting #art #nature #birds #quilts
December 8, 2024 at 7:22 PM
White-throated sparrows and serviceberry in fabric collage. Anyone thinking of sexes in binary terms will be surprised this species has four. We know this thanks to the behavioural and DNA research of Elaina Tuttle and Rusty Gosner (2016). #gueerecology #birds #quiltsky #quilting #art #nature
December 5, 2024 at 6:35 PM
We've just had a first dusting of snow here in eastern Newfoundland. It was a little later in the season a few years ago when an abandoned bike caught my eye during a beach walk. It later became this painting. #painting #art #nature #inspiration #seasons
December 4, 2024 at 11:48 PM
We've just had a first dusting of snow here in eastern Newfoundland. It was a little later in the season a few years ago when an abandoned bike caught my eye during a beach walk. It later became this painting. #painting #art #nature #inspiration #seasons
This guy started me out on a series of fabric collages featuring a Newfoundland and Labrador bird and wildflower. The blue flag isis grows along the coast and can often be seen on the islands where puffins nest. To Every Bird There is a Season: Summer Puffin. @quilts @quiltsky @birds @nature @art
December 3, 2024 at 6:24 PM
This guy started me out on a series of fabric collages featuring a Newfoundland and Labrador bird and wildflower. The blue flag isis grows along the coast and can often be seen on the islands where puffins nest. To Every Bird There is a Season: Summer Puffin. @quilts @quiltsky @birds @nature @art
Baccalieu Island has the greatest diversity of seabirds of any Newfoundland colony. From two lighthouses, keepers could watch icebergs drift by. A 'tickle' in Nfld English is the channel between two bits of land. I call this effort "Baccalieu Tickle". #quilt #quilting #birds #puffins #nature #art
December 2, 2024 at 7:33 PM