Object Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
2012.021.037 |
Object Name |
Brayer |
Description |
.001 is a brayer with a metal handle that has a green finish. Rubber roller with a wooden interior attached to one end of the handle. The other end of the handle forms a loop. .002 is a brayer with twisted metal wire handle. Rubber roller with a wooden interior attached to one end of the handle. The other end forms a loop. Paint accretions on both the roller and the handle. |
Date |
1970 |
Date |
1985 |
Dimensions |
W-12 L-13 cm |
History |
Nancy-Lou Patterson (1929-2018) was well-known as a writer, artist, scholar, teacher, and poet. Born in Worcester, Mass., she received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of Washington in 1951. After graduating, she worked as a scientific illustrator at the University of Kansas and at the Smithsonian, and then worked for nine years as a lecturer at Seattle University. In 1962, she and her husband, Dr. E Palmer Patterson, moved to Waterloo Region to teach at the University of Waterloo. In addition to her position as Director of Art and Curator of the University's art gallery, in 1966 she taught the university's first Fine Arts course, and in 1968 she founded the Department of Fine Arts, twice serving as Department Chair. She became an Associate Professor in 1972 and full Professor in 1981. In 1993, she was named "Distinguished Professor Emerita" by the University of Waterloo and also received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. As a scholar, Nancy-Lou Patterson has written extensively on the traditional arts of Swiss German and Dutch-German Mennonites of Waterloo County, and also on First Nations art. She has published both poetry and fiction, including several novels. As an artist she is known for her liturgical commissions that have been done in textiles, stained glass, wood, metal, terra cotta, and calligraphy. She designed a series of stained glass windows in 1964 for the Conrad Grebel Chapel at the University of Waterloo. Nancy-Lou Patterson is an inductee in the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame. |
People |
Patterson, Nancy-Lou |