[Open Access] Our August 2023 roundup of fibre and textile arts and crafts in Canada. Explore the latest exhibitions, news, and events, including a report on the craft industry in Newfoundland and Labrador, and upcoming classes on the Sunshine Coast.
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[Open Access] Visual artist and drag performer Lucas Morneau discusses their fictional Queer Newfoundland Hockey League series of crocheted and rug-hooked jerseys, and how gender influences their art.
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[Open Access] Nålbinding (pronounced noll-bin-ding) is a single-needle technique that uses lengths of fibre and a broad, flat needle to create a stretchy, ribbed fabric composed of interlocking loops. It pre-dates both knitting and crochet and—despite superficial similarities—has no evolutionary relationship to either. Writer Michelle Woodvine spent months seeking a Canadian connection to the ancient craft, and found it in Newfoundland, at the only authenticated Viking Age Norse settlement in North America.
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From a portable yarn bombing to window displays to gallery exhibitions, here’s what’s going on in fibre and textile art in February, 2021.
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