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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

Artwork

Backstage

Opening

Catherine Heard

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Indigo.
Indigo.
Indigo, detail.
Indigo, detail.
Redwork ll.
Redwork ll.
Redwork ll, detail.
Redwork ll, detail.
Seer, detail.
Seer, detail.
Seer.
Seer.

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

Rust-rose, 2016, H 94cm x W25cm x D 5 cm, 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.
Rust-rose, 2016, H 94cm x W25cm x D 5 cm, 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.
Rust-rose, detail.
Rust-rose, detail.
Crackle, detail.
Crackle, detail.
Crackle, 2016, 92cm H x 24cm W x 5cm D. 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.
Crackle, 2016, 92cm H x 24cm W x 5cm D. 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.
Pool, 2014, H 145cm X W 57cm X 5cm D, 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.
Pool, 2014, H 145cm X W 57cm X 5cm D, 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.
Pool, detail.
Pool, detail.

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

Palampore for a New Palampore for a New Century, 2015, 91 x 68 x 5 cm, cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Palampore for a New Palampore for a New Century, 2015, 91 x 68 x 5 cm, cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Valley of the Quest, 2015, 109 x 158, 8 cm, cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Valley of the Quest, 2015, 109 x 158, 8 cm, cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
The Year of Yellow Rain, 2014, 61 x 96 x 10 cm, cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
The Year of Yellow Rain, 2014, 61 x 96 x 10 cm, cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Palampore for a New Century, detail.
Palampore for a New Century, detail.
Totality of Five, 2015, 76 x 163 x 15 cm, cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Totality of Five, 2015, 76 x 163 x 15 cm, cotton, linen, wire, coiled.
Totality of five, detail.
Totality of five, detail.

Anne Kelly

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Lace Lives – Zulema Alma, 2016, 85 x 85 cm x 1D cm, layered embroidery with vintage tapestry and lace. Technique: textile collage, machine and hand embroidery.
Lace Lives – Zulema Alma, 2016, 85 x 85 cm x 1D cm, layered embroidery with vintage tapestry and lace. Technique: textile collage, machine and hand embroidery.
Lace Lives – Zulema Alma, detail.
Lace Lives – Zulema Alma, detail.
Old Colonial Bird Tree, 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.
Old Colonial Bird Tree, 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.
Old Colonial Bird Tree, detail.
Old Colonial Bird Tree, detail.
Lace Lives – Sophie Bianca, 2013, 90 x 90 x 1D cm, layered embroidery with vintage textiles and lace. Technique: textile collage, machine and hand embroidery, transfer printing.
Lace Lives – Sophie Bianca, 2013, 90 x 90 x 1D cm, layered embroidery with vintage textiles and lace. Technique: textile collage, machine and hand embroidery, transfer printing.
Lace Lives – Sophie Bianca, detail.
Lace Lives – Sophie Bianca, detail.
Camllia Bird Tree, 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.
Camllia Bird Tree, 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.
Camllia Bird Tree, detail.
Camllia Bird Tree, detail.
Harvest Apron, 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.
Harvest Apron, 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.
Harvest Apron, detail.
Harvest Apron, detail.

Ellen Weisbord

South Orange, New Jersey, USA

Aurora Borealis, Yellowknife #1, 2014, 157 cm x 99 cm x2.5 cm; knotted pile: Dupioni silk fabric strips, twining: linen/cotton, warp: linen/cotton, brass rods; woven: knotted pile and twining.
Aurora Borealis, Yellowknife #1, 2014, 157 cm x 99 cm x2.5 cm; knotted pile: Dupioni silk fabric strips, twining: linen/cotton, warp: linen/cotton, brass rods; woven: knotted pile and twining.
Aurora Borealis, Yellowknife #1, detail.
Aurora Borealis, Yellowknife #1, detail.

Cynthia Schira

Westport, New York, USA

Translation of a Chronicle, 2014, 183H X 118 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon and polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry and embroidery.
Translation of a Chronicle, 2014, 183H X 118 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon and polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry and embroidery.
Translation of a Chronicle, detail.
Translation of a Chronicle, detail.
Astral Garden, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Astral Garden, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Astral Garden, detail.
Astral Garden, detail.
Sketch, detail.
Sketch, detail.
Sketch, 2016, 84 H x 69 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon threads Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry.
Sketch, 2016, 84 H x 69 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon threads Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry.
In Bloom, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
In Bloom, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
In Bloom, detail.
In Bloom, detail.
Denizen of the Deep, detail.
Denizen of the Deep, detail.
Denizen of the Deep, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Denizen of the Deep, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Doubletree, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Doubletree, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Doubletree, detail.
Doubletree, detail.
Flowering, detail.
Flowering, detail.
Flowering, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
Flowering, 2015, 87 H x 71 W cm, cotton warp, cotton weft, rayon, polyester threads, Technique: Jacquard woven tapestry with machine embroidery.
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Gloria Currie Stanley

Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

The Eyes in the Trees Never Blink, 2016, 52cm H x 33cm W x 18cm D, pine needles, dyed reed, waxed linen, glass, photo images, sea whip, beeswax. Technique: coiled, stitched, encaustic.
The Eyes in the Trees Never Blink, 2016, 52cm H x 33cm W x 18cm D, pine needles, dyed reed, waxed linen, glass, photo images, sea whip, beeswax. Technique: coiled, stitched, encaustic.
Helix, 2016, 32cm H x 22cm W x 12cm D, pine needles, waxed linen, glass, photo image, willow branches, tree roots, beeswax. Technique: coiled, stitched, encaustic.
Helix, 2016, 32cm H x 22cm W x 12cm D, pine needles, waxed linen, glass, photo image, willow branches, tree roots, beeswax. Technique: coiled, stitched, encaustic.

Artwork

Backstage

Opening

Authors