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World of Threads Festival

Late in the Season

2016 Exhibition: Artwork

As autumn fades and the chill of approaching winter can be felt in the air, we take refuge in the lingering colour of fall leaves, deep brown earth, and the rare fragments of summer green. This exhibit paid tribute to the richness of a dying season.

Photography by Gareth Bate

Artwork

Backstage

Opening

Penelope Stewart

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cleave, a path in the wilderness, 2016, Size variable, 24ft H x 16ft W x 2.5-3in D, plastic/nylon netting, jute threads, 12,000 beeswax leaves.
Cleave, a path in the wilderness, 2016, Size variable, 24ft H x 16ft W x 2.5-3in D, plastic/nylon netting, jute threads, 12,000 beeswax leaves.
Cleave, a path in the wilderness, 2016, Size variable, 24ft H x 16ft W x 2.5-3in D, plastic/nylon netting, jute threads, 12,000 beeswax leaves.
Cleave, a path in the wilderness, 2016, Size variable, 24ft H x 16ft W x 2.5-3in D, plastic/nylon netting, jute threads, 12,000 beeswax leaves.
Cleave, a path in the wilderness, detail.
Cleave, a path in the wilderness, detail.
Late in the Season exhibition, installation view.
Late in the Season exhibition, installation view.
Cleave, a path in the wilderness, detail.
Cleave, a path in the wilderness, detail.

Curators

  • Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate

  • Canada: Ontario: Oakville: Dawne Rudman

Artists

  • Canada: British Columbia: Victoria: Lesley Turner. Manitoba: Winnipeg: Connie Chappel. Nova Scotia: Bedford: Pat Loucks, Ontario: Sault Ste. Marie: Barbara Ramsay, Toronto: Penelope Stewart, Ruth Luginbuehl.
  • China: Hong Kong: Evelyna Liang Kan.
  • Hungary: Budapest: Eszter Bornemisza.
  • Spain: Madrid: Kirstin Joana Gosly.
  • USA: California: Berkley: George-Ann Bowers, Teddy Milder. Illinois: Chicago: Kate Hampel. Massachusetts: Cambridge: Deborah McDuff. Minnesota: Plymouth: Linda Kollofski. Pennsylvania: Philadelphia: Carla Fisher, Rhode Island: Providence: Cindi Gaudette. 

Eszter Bornemisza

Budapest, Hungary

Late in the Season, installation view.
Late in the Season, installation view.
L to R: At Home in the City, No Home in the City, Constructive Deconstruction, City Scape.
L to R: At Home in the City, No Home in the City, Constructive Deconstruction, City Scape.
Constructive Deconstruction, detail, 2015, 250H x 80W cm, organza, acryl paint, newspaper, technique: painted, hot-cut, machine sewn.
Constructive Deconstruction, detail, 2015, 250H x 80W cm, organza, acryl paint, newspaper, technique: painted, hot-cut, machine sewn.
No Home in the City, detail, 2016, 250H x 75W cm, acryl paint, newspaper, organza, technique: dyed, painted, printed (paper) and sublimation printed (organza), machine sewn.
No Home in the City, detail, 2016, 250H x 75W cm, acryl paint, newspaper, organza, technique: dyed, painted, printed (paper) and sublimation printed (organza), machine sewn.
City Scape, detail, 2014, 300H x 90 W cm, silk floss, glue, Jaquard cards, newspaper, technique: glued, machine sewn.
City Scape, detail, 2014, 300H x 90 W cm, silk floss, glue, Jaquard cards, newspaper, technique: glued, machine sewn.
At Home in the City, detail, 2016, 250H x 75W cm, silk floss, glue, newspaper, organza, technique: dyed, glued, printed (paper) and sublimation printed (organza), machine sewn.
At Home in the City, detail, 2016, 250H x 75W cm, silk floss, glue, newspaper, organza, technique: dyed, glued, printed (paper) and sublimation printed (organza), machine sewn.

Gallery

  • The Display Area Gallery at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre.

City

  • Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Dates

  • Oct. 29 - Nov. 27, 2016
Late in the Season, installation view.
Late in the Season, installation view.

Lesley Turner

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Earth Repair, detail.
Earth Repair, detail.
Earth Repair, 92 H x 87 W x 4 D cm, cotton, leaf skeletons, jute, wood, Technique: Tree staining, washing, ironing, hand and machine applique.
Earth Repair, 92 H x 87 W x 4 D cm, cotton, leaf skeletons, jute, wood, Technique: Tree staining, washing, ironing, hand and machine applique.

Linda Kollofski

Plymouth, Minnesota, USA

Left: Silken Hibiscus, 2015, 78” H x 24” W x ¼” D, 100% silk. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes and shibori technique with logwood natural dye. Right: Hibiscus Homily, June 2014, 81” H x 23” W x ¼” D, wool/rayon/silk blend. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes.
Left: Silken Hibiscus, 2015, 78” H x 24” W x ¼” D, 100% silk. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes and shibori technique with logwood natural dye. Right: Hibiscus Homily, June 2014, 81” H x 23” W x ¼” D, wool/rayon/silk blend. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes.
Hibiscus Homily, detail.
Hibiscus Homily, detail.

Connie Chappel

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Sulphur, 2014, 114.3 H x 22.9 W x 5.7 cm, paper pulp, acrylic and enamel paint, glitter, glass shards, ostrich feathers, white glue. Technique: paper pulp layers on board with found objects imbedded and glued onto pulp.
Sulphur, 2014, 114.3 H x 22.9 W x 5.7 cm, paper pulp, acrylic and enamel paint, glitter, glass shards, ostrich feathers, white glue. Technique: paper pulp layers on board with found objects imbedded and glued onto pulp.
Sulphur, detail.
Sulphur, detail.

Pat Loucks

Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada

Estuary, 2015, 75H x 104W x .5D cm, black cotton fabric, bleaching agent. Technique: selective bleach discharge.
Estuary, 2015, 75H x 104W x .5D cm, black cotton fabric, bleaching agent. Technique: selective bleach discharge.
Estuary, detail.
Estuary, detail.

Kate Hempel

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Floodwall, 2016, 36” H x 12” D x 90” W, knit cotton jersey digitally inkjet printed with image of artist’s skin, sewn with cotton thread and tape, filled with rock salt.
Floodwall, 2016, 36” H x 12” D x 90” W, knit cotton jersey digitally inkjet printed with image of artist’s skin, sewn with cotton thread and tape, filled with rock salt.
Floodwall, detail.
Floodwall, detail.

Joana Gosly

Madrid, Spain

Save the Monarch, 2016, 75 H x 190 W x 10 D cm., copper wire warp, mixed weft including: brass sheet metal with goldleaf, copper wire, silk, wool and nylon thread and rattan vine. Technique: Haute-lisse (aka Vertical or High Warp) Woven tapestry.
Save the Monarch, 2016, 75 H x 190 W x 10 D cm., copper wire warp, mixed weft including: brass sheet metal with goldleaf, copper wire, silk, wool and nylon thread and rattan vine. Technique: Haute-lisse (aka Vertical or High Warp) Woven tapestry.
Save the Monarch, detail.
Save the Monarch, detail.

Deborah McDuff

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Growth Coffee, 2016, 20”H x 64”W x 6”D, mixed media on canvas and wood, repurposed coffee filters and grinds, burlap.
Growth Coffee, 2016, 20”H x 64”W x 6”D, mixed media on canvas and wood, repurposed coffee filters and grinds, burlap.
Growth Coffee, detail.
Growth Coffee, detail.

Cindi Gaudette

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Untitled, 2015, 65x84x24inches, Plaster, latex, wool roving, horsehair, cheesecloth, thread, and coffee. Mounted and also placed on floor.
Untitled, 2015, 65x84x24inches, Plaster, latex, wool roving, horsehair, cheesecloth, thread, and coffee. Mounted and also placed on floor.
Untitled, detail.
Untitled, detail.
Untitled, detail.
Untitled, detail.

Teddy Milder

Berkley, California, USA

Tailings 1, is based on the horrific beauty of mining tailings- detritus left after separating the valuable from the worthless. Often toxic, they are eerily beautiful with strange colors & shapes. Using my recycled and extracted “art” tailings and experiments to construct sculpture from what might be considered waste.
Tailings 1, is based on the horrific beauty of mining tailings- detritus left after separating the valuable from the worthless. Often toxic, they are eerily beautiful with strange colors & shapes. Using my recycled and extracted “art” tailings and experiments to construct sculpture from what might be considered waste.

Barbara Ramsay

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

Left: Alight, 2016. 40 H X 18 W X 9 D cm, cotton fabric sculpture, Technique: Arashi Shibori dyed with rust & tea, displayed lying on wooden or white surface. Long deeply ridged fabric twisted slightly & coiled with ends overlapping. Right: Winged, 2016. 52 H X 28 W X 7 D cm, cotton fabric sculpture, Technique: Arashi Shibori dyed with rust & tea, displayed lying on wooden or white surface. Long deeply ridged fabric folded in two with top end slightly shorter & twisted inward.
Left: Alight, 2016. 40 H X 18 W X 9 D cm, cotton fabric sculpture, Technique: Arashi Shibori dyed with rust & tea, displayed lying on wooden or white surface. Long deeply ridged fabric twisted slightly & coiled with ends overlapping. Right: Winged, 2016. 52 H X 28 W X 7 D cm, cotton fabric sculpture, Technique: Arashi Shibori dyed with rust & tea, displayed lying on wooden or white surface. Long deeply ridged fabric folded in two with top end slightly shorter & twisted inward.

George-Ann Bowers

Berkeley, California, USA

Mallow Pod Cluster.
Mallow Pod Cluster.
Mallow Pod Cluster, 2015, size variable, approx. 25H x 61W x 41D cm, Mixed media including: flax and hemp fiber, glue, reed, wool industrial felt, cotton and polyester sewing thread, waxed linen, rayon gimp. Technique: machine stitching on water-soluble medium, hand stitching, hand-shaped construction of fiber sheets.
Mallow Pod Cluster, 2015, size variable, approx. 25H x 61W x 41D cm, Mixed media including: flax and hemp fiber, glue, reed, wool industrial felt, cotton and polyester sewing thread, waxed linen, rayon gimp. Technique: machine stitching on water-soluble medium, hand stitching, hand-shaped construction of fiber sheets.

Ruth Luginbuehl

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Storing Sunlight, 2016, 65H x 50W x 1D cm Medium: Polyester Satin, synth. Felt, Polyester Organza, Embroidery floss, Metallic Thread Technique: Printing (Collagraph, Lino blocks), Hand embroidery. Framed in Shadow Box (86H x 67W x 4D cm).
Storing Sunlight, 2016, 65H x 50W x 1D cm Medium: Polyester Satin, synth. Felt, Polyester Organza, Embroidery floss, Metallic Thread Technique: Printing (Collagraph, Lino blocks), Hand embroidery. Framed in Shadow Box (86H x 67W x 4D cm).

Carla Fisher

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Evelyna Liang Kan

Hong Kong, China

Streams of Gold, 2015, 75cm(w) x 128cm (h), Medium: digital photo output, metallic thread, branches and dried hanging vine. May be looking like an old withered cypress branch, but shimmering in golden bronze, Aged – the Sublime Beauty
Streams of Gold, 2015, 75cm(w) x 128cm (h), Medium: digital photo output, metallic thread, branches and dried hanging vine. May be looking like an old withered cypress branch, but shimmering in golden bronze, Aged – the Sublime Beauty

Artwork

Backstage

Opening

Authors