Common Threads: Volume 22, November 2023
[Open Access] Our November 2023 roundup of fibre and textile arts and crafts in Canada. Explore the latest exhibitions, news, and events, including workshops and holiday craft fairs.
Read More[Open Access] Our November 2023 roundup of fibre and textile arts and crafts in Canada. Explore the latest exhibitions, news, and events, including workshops and holiday craft fairs.
Read More[Open Access] Our October 2023 roundup of fibre and textile arts and crafts in Canada. Explore the latest exhibitions, news, and events, including workshops and holiday craft fairs.
Read More[For Armchair & Studio Members] Andrea Tsang Jackson’s large-scale public art installation, “In Conversation,” adorns a parkade in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia. The work uses textile imagery to tell six stories about diverse craft traditions and makers, illustrating history for all to see.
Read More[Open Access] In which D&T publisher Kim Werker goes for a sail and encounters the largest sewing project she’s ever seen: the mainsail of the iconic Bluenose II. Kim spoke with fourth-generation sail-maker Michele Stevens about her career, and about how she and her team made sails so large they had to be laid out (in halves!) in the Lunenburg, NS, community centre.
Read More[Open Access] Cynthia Levy’s father insists that grey mittens are bad luck; it’s a maritime superstition extending back through generations in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. This essay is best enjoyed with a hot beverage and a cozy blanket.
Read MoreTextile artist and printmaker Julie Rosvall captures the textures of knitting by printing it on paper. Here, enjoy a photo tour of the process she used to create her Iterations exhibition at the Harvest Gallery in Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Read MoreIn this short video, artist Julie Rosvall takes us on a tour of her exhibition, Iterations, at Harvest Gallery in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Due to COVID-19 restrictions at the time of publication, the gallery is closed to the public. Here, Julie shares the history behind several key pieces, and explains her process for creating them.
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