This in-depth tour of “The Secret Codes: African Nova Scotian Quilts” exhibit at the Textile Museum of Canada introduces readers to the work of Black Nova Scotian quilters, and explores some of the history and controversy surrounding the exhibit.
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[For Paid Members] The second of a two-part interview with Joanna Dermenjian, who is researching the history of Canadian Red Cross WWII-era Comfort Quilts, and telling the stories of the quilts and their makers.
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[For Paid Members] The first of a two-part interview with Joanna Dermenjian, who is researching the history of Canadian Red Cross WWII-era Comfort Quilts, and telling the stories of the quilts and their makers.
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[Open Access] Take a fibre- and textile-centric tour of Qonasqamkuk/St. Andrews, New Brunswick, with three hooked rugs providing key landmarks.
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[Open Access] Reflections on the work of painter and rug hooker Alexandrya Eaton, who looks to disrupt the art of rug hooking, and change viewer perception and expectation of the medium. Eaton breaks the traditional rules of the craft, and brings a pop-art sensibility, changing the subject matter, the format, and the form of the works.
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