World of Threads Festival
Solo Shows: Part 1
2016 Exhibition: Artwork
With this exhibit we entered a world where variety, innovation and sustained vision had the upper hand. Featuring the work of 19 artists from very different aesthetic and cultural traditions.
Artists in Part 1: Carol Eckert, Catherine Heard, Susan Hotchkis, Anne Kelly, Cynthia Schira, Gloria Currie Stanley, and Ellen Weisbord.
Photography by Gareth Bate
Catherine Heard
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Catherine Heard, Indigo, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Catherine Heard, Indigo, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Catherine Heard, Redwork, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Catherine Heard, Redwork ll, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Catherine Heard, Seer, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Catherine Heard, Seer, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Curators
- Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate
- Canada: Ontario: Oakville: Dawne Rudman
Artists
- Canada: British Columbia: Maple Ridge: Gloria Currie Stanley. Toronto: Catherine Heard.
- Channel Islands: Guernsey: Susan Hotchkis.
- England: Kent: Tunbridge Wells: Anne Kelly.
- USA: Arizona: Tempe: Carol Eckert. New Jersey: South Orange: Ellen Weisbord, New York: Westport: Cynthia Schira.
Susan Hotchkis
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Susan Hotchkis, Rust-rose, World of Threads Festival 2016. Felt, Voile, Paper, Digitally printed Satin, Silk, and Threads. Technique: Artists own photographs manipulated using Photoshop, ink jet printed onto paper and digitally printed on to satin. Paper prints Laminated onto voile with matt- medium. Felted using embellishing machine. Machine stitched and heat distressed. Layered and stitched together using free machine embroidery and Trapunto quilting.
Susan Hotchkis, Rust Rose, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Susan Hotchkis, Crackle, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Susan Hotchkis, Crackle, World of Threads Festival 2016. Hand dyed and screen printed silk fabric, Synthetic Voile, laminated paper.
Techniques used: Artists own photographs manipulated using Photoshop, ink jet printed onto paper and prints Laminated onto voile with matt- medium Screen printing, Free machine embroidery, Quilting, Heat distressing and Appliqué.
Susan Hotchkis, Pool, World of Threads Festival 2016. Screen printed silk fabric, synthetic voile, velvet, felt, scrim. Techniques used: include Screen printing, free machine embroidery, quilting, machine drawn thread work, ruching, heat distressing and appliqué.
Susan Hotchkis, Pool, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Gallery
- The Corridor Galleries at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre.
City
- Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Dates
- Oct. 29 - Nov. 27, 2016
Carol Eckert
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Carol Eckert, Palampore for a New Palampore for a New Century, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Carol Eckert, Valley of the Quest, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Carol Eckert, The Year of Yellow Rain, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Carol Eckert, Palampore for a New Century, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Carol Eckert, Totality of Five, World of Threads Festival. Cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Carol Eckert, Totality of Five, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.Totality of five, detail.
Anne Kelly
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Anne Kelly, Lace Lives – Zulema Alma, World of Threads Festival 2016. Layered embroidery with vintage tapestry and lace. Technique: textile collage, machine and hand embroidery.
Anne Kelly, Lace Lives - Zulema Alma, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Anne Kelly, Old Colonial Bird Tree, World of Threads Festival 2016. Vintage and reclaimed textile with hand painted tempera elements, lace and hand and machine embroidery. Technique: textile collage, hand painting and hand and machine embroidery.
Anne Kelly, Camellia Bird Tree, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Ann Kelly, Lace Lives – Sophie Bianca, World of Threads Festival 2016. Layered embroidery with vintage textiles and lace. Technique: textile collage, machine and hand embroidery, transfer printing.
Anne Kelly, Lace Lives – Sophie Bianca, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Anne Kelly, Camellia Bird Tree, World of Threads Festival 2016. Vintage and reclaimed textile with hand painted tempera elements, lace and hand and machine embroidery. Technique: textile collage, hand painting and hand and machine embroidery.
Anne Kelly, Camellia Bird Tree, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Anne Kelly, Solo Show, Harvest Apron, World of Threads Festival 2016. Vintage and reclaimed textile with hand painted tempera elements, lace and hand and machine embroidery. Technique: textile collage, hand painting and hand and machine embroidery.
Anne Kelly, Harvest Apron, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Ellen Weisbord
South Orange, New Jersey, USA
lln Weisbord, Aurora Borealis, Yellowknife #1, World of Threads Festival 2016. Knotted pile: Dupioni silk fabric strips, twining: linen/cotton, warp: linen/cotton, brass rods; woven: knotted pile and twining.
Ellen Weisbord, Aurora Borealis, Yellowknife #1, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cynthia Schira
Westport, New York, USA
Cynthia Schira, Translation of a Chronicle, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon and polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry and embroidery.
Cynthia Schira, Translation of a Chronicle, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cynthia Schira, Astral Garden, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Cynthia Schira, Astral Garden, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cynthia Schira, Sketch, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cynthia Schira, Sketch, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon threads Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry.
Cynthia Schira, In Bloom, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Cynthia Schira, In Bloom, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cynthia Schira, Denizen of the Deep, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cynthia Schira, Denizen of the Deep, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Cynthia Schira, Doubletree, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Cynthia Schira, Doubletree, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cynthia Schira, Flowering, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cynthia Schira, Flowering, World of Threads Festival. Cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Gloria Currie Stanley
Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Gloria Currie Stanley, The Eyes in the Trees Never Blink, World of Threads Festival 2016. Pine needles, dyed reed, waxed linen, glass, photo images, sea whip, beeswax. Technique: coiled, stitched, encaustic.
Gloria Currie Stanley, Helix, World of Threads Festival 2016. Pine needles, waxed linen, glass, photo image, willow branches, tree roots, beeswax. Technique: coiled, stitched, encaustic.
