Earth Looms: Eco-Creative Expressions of Community

12 October 2022

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As a craftivist and zero-waste textile and fibre artist, the words earth and loom together conjure up unlimited possibilities and conversations about environmental issues. Looms are used to weave; the earth is the single common thread that every person shares. Therefore, Earth Looms have the potential to bring different people together to build a strong foundation based on what we have in common. Our common threads strengthen our ability to listen and understand each other’s differences. It’s time to turn off twenty-four-hour news, go outside, and create strong, personal, human bonds of understanding and compassion.

All photos by or courtesy of Sandra Clarke.

Copyright © Sandra Clarke except as indicated.

About Sandra Clarke

Sandra Clarke, has been untangling skeins of yarn + making useful shiny things for over 30 years. Born in the colourful, celtic, Montreal neighbourhood of Griffintown, + educated in Montreal, New York, Winnipeg, Vancouver + Toronto, helped Sandra develop her eclectic style. Her textile + fibre arts + courses include; embroidery, weaving, spinning, sewing, felting + knitting. On the shiny arts side, she creates + teaches; fused glass, beaded trees of life, jewelry + button making. Her art can be seen regularly in boutiques, galleries, + online. Sandra's ecology themed colouring books can be found on Amazon + in her courses. She teaches art + art business courses online, in galleries + schools. Fueled by the fast-fashion rebellion, visible mending + craftivism, Sandra's no-waste philosophy results in ethically made + thoughtfully re-fashioned textile art. Sandra lives with her husband + children, dividing her time between her home in Mississauga, Ontario, + her off-grid cabin-in-the-woods near Algonquin Park in Highlands East, Ontario. You can see more of her work at sandraclarke.ca, and on instagram at sandra.clarke.canada.

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