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.
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Common Threads: Volume 21, October 2023
[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.
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Common Threads: Volume 20, August 2023
[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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How Textiles Helped Transform My Home for Filming “Nowhere Normal”
Fibre artist Jessie McKitrick shares the experience of having her home used as a film set. Many of her own craft projects and even some of her grandmother’s were used to dress the set.
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Forest Bathing and Fibre Explorations in Haliburton County, Ontario
A tour of two fibre arts installations in the forests around in Haliburton, Ontario. Susan Kendel uses yarn and fabric to create fantastical lichens, mosses and mushrooms. Artists of the Connections Fibre Artists of Haliburton use fibres and textiles to decorate the forest.
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Wellington Fibres: Virtual Tour of the Woolen Mill
[Open Access] Take a guided tour of the mill at Ontario’s Wellington Fibres. Enjoy a peek at the specialized equipment and learn about the steps involved as wool fleece is processed into yarn.
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Ontario Satellite Reef Project Raises Awareness of Climate Change Impact
[Open Access] The visiting exhibition of the Core Collection of the crocheted Coral Reef Project is accompanied by local crocheters creating their own hyperbolic planes to form so-called Satellite Reefs. The #OntarioSatelliteReef project began in 2021 and will remain on display at the Ontario Science Centre well into 2022. Click to read more about it.
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Woven In Time: From Historical Swatches to Contemporary Weaving
[Open Access] During a recent restoration project at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, a decades-old book of woven samples was discovered in the rafters. The discovery led to a collaboration with weavers to recreate some of the swatches. Read the tale as reported by the chair of the museum’s board of directors, who has woven (😉) a fascinating tale of textile history and contemporary weaving.
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