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World of Threads Festival

THREADSpace: Threading the 3rd. Dimension

2012 Exhibition: Artwork

The Sculptors Society of Canada is an organization of Canadian sculptors that promotes and fosters Canadian sculpture. This exhibition is an equitable sharing of space between artists who submitted to the Common Thread International call for submission and SSC members (most of whom do not normally work in fibre). When selecting pieces, all work had to be sculpture, had to be created by fibre/thread processing and/or materials, and had to be well designed, expertly executed, and speak beyond its fabrication. As it happens, the exhibition will be completely feminist. It will showcase an equal sharing of totally abstract and figurative approaches with a smattering of pop.

Photography by Gareth Bate

Gallery

Artworks

Opening

Camilla Geary-Martin

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe.
String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe.
String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe, detail.
String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe, detail.
String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe.
String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe.
String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe, detail.
String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe, detail.
String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe, detail.
String Theory and the Unravelling of the Universe, detail.

Curators

  • Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Richard McNeill and Shuhui Lee

 

Artists

Sculpture Society of Canada:  

  • Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Michelle duQuesnay-Jones, Lisa Jayne Irvine, Camilla Geary-Martin, J.Mac, Judi Michell Young. Wainfleet: Joyce Honsberger. 

 

Common Thread International:

  • Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver: Britta Fluevog. Ontario: London: Dagmar Kovar, Anna Wieselgren.
  • Germany: Berlin: Martina Breyer.
  • UK: Cambridgeshire: Cambridge: Catherine Dormor.
  • USA: California: San Francisco: Marie Bergstedt. Massachusetts: Somerville: Jodi Colella. Michigan: East Lansing: Xia Gao.

J. Mac

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Spirito
Spirito
Spirito, detail.
Spirito, detail.
Ultimate Freedom.
Ultimate Freedom.
Ultimate Freedom, detail.
Ultimate Freedom, detail.

Gallery

  • Canadian Sculpture Centre

City

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dates

  • Nov. 9 - Dec. 2, 2012

Judi Michelle Young

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box 1.
Box 1.
Box 1, detail.
Box 1, detail.
Box 1, detail.
Box 1, detail.
Box 1, side view.
Box 1, side view.

Anna Wieselgren

London, Ontario, Canada

Pro Matria: Burka, detail.
Pro Matria: Burka, detail.
Pro Matria: Burka, 2010 Materials: Cotton fabric, yarn and thread. Technique: Digital print on fabric, computerized machine embroidery and hand knitting.
Pro Matria: Burka, 2010 Materials: Cotton fabric, yarn and thread. Technique: Digital print on fabric, computerized machine embroidery and hand knitting.

Marie Bergstedt

San Francisco, California, USA

French Connection, 2010 Materials: Antique and new cotton, buttons, artificial sinew, wire, synthetic felt, fibre-board base. Technique: Button work, hand stitching, armature forming.
French Connection, 2010 Materials: Antique and new cotton, buttons, artificial sinew, wire, synthetic felt, fibre-board base. Technique: Button work, hand stitching, armature forming.
French Connection, detail.
French Connection, detail.
Charleston Queen, 2010 Materials: Antique and new cotton, buttons, artificial sinew, wire, synthetic felt, fibre-board base. Technique: Crochet, button work, hand stitching, armature forming.
Charleston Queen, 2010 Materials: Antique and new cotton, buttons, artificial sinew, wire, synthetic felt, fibre-board base. Technique: Crochet, button work, hand stitching, armature forming.
Charleston Queen, detail.
Charleston Queen, detail.

Catherine Dormor

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Becoming, 2009-2011, Materials: Cotton, velvet, polypropylene pellets.
Becoming, 2009-2011, Materials: Cotton, velvet, polypropylene pellets.
Becoming, detail.
Becoming, detail.

Dagmar Kovar

London, Ontario, Canada

Promise, 2010, Materials: Raw silk fibres, washi paper, konnyaku. Technique: Fusing
Promise, 2010, Materials: Raw silk fibres, washi paper, konnyaku. Technique: Fusing
Promise, detail.
Promise, detail.

Joyce Honsberger

Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada

Garden Medley.
Garden Medley.
Garden Medley, detail.
Garden Medley, detail.

Jodi Colella

Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

One Day, detail.
One Day, detail.
One Day, 2010, Materials: Repurposed plastic sleeves from delivered newspapers. Technique: Handspun, crochet.
One Day, 2010, Materials: Repurposed plastic sleeves from delivered newspapers. Technique: Handspun, crochet.

Lisa Jayne Irvine

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Divided.
Divided.
Divided, detail.
Divided, detail.

Xia Gao

East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Favored, 2011, Materials: Cable ties, Technique: Tying, weaving.
Favored, 2011, Materials: Cable ties, Technique: Tying, weaving.
favoRED, 2011, Materials: Cable ties, Technique: Tying, weaving.
favoRED, 2011, Materials: Cable ties, Technique: Tying, weaving.
favoRED, detail.
favoRED, detail.
favoRED, detail.
favoRED, detail.

Britta Fluevog

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Woman with Two Vices 2011, Materials: Wool, wire, copper, chain, plastic, sisal, scrubbing pads, bolt, knife. Technique: Tube weave.
Woman with Two Vices 2011, Materials: Wool, wire, copper, chain, plastic, sisal, scrubbing pads, bolt, knife. Technique: Tube weave.
Woman with Two Vices, detail.
Woman with Two Vices, detail.

Michelle duQuesnay-Jones

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bucket No Head.
Bucket No Head.
Big Head.
Big Head.

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