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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

Penelope Stewart, Cleave, a path in the wilderness, Size variable, 24ft H x 16ft W. Plastic/nylon netting, jute threads, 12,000 beeswax leaves.
Penelope Stewart, Cleave, a path in the wilderness, Size variable, 24ft H x 16ft W. Plastic/nylon netting, jute threads, 12,000 beeswax leaves.
Penelope Stewart, Cleave, a path in the wilderness, Size variable, 24ft H x 16ft W. Plastic/nylon netting, jute threads, 12,000 beeswax leaves.
Penelope Stewart, Cleave, a path in the wilderness, Size variable, 24ft H x 16ft W. Plastic/nylon netting, jute threads, 12,000 beeswax leaves.
Penelope Stewart, Cleave, a path in the wilderness, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Penelope Stewart, Cleave, a path in the wilderness, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Late in the Season, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Late in the Season, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Penelope Stewart, Cleave, a path in the wilderness, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Penelope Stewart, Cleave, a path in the wilderness, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.

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

Installation view: Late in the Season, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Late in the Season, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Eszter Bornmisza, L to R: At Home in the City, No Home in the City, Constructive Deconstruction, City Scape, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Eszter Bornmisza, L to R: At Home in the City, No Home in the City, Constructive Deconstruction, City Scape, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Eszter Bornemisz, Constructive Deconstruction, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016. Organza, acryl paint, newspaper, technique: painted, hot-cut, machine sewn.
Eszter Bornemisz, Constructive Deconstruction, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016. Organza, acryl paint, newspaper, technique: painted, hot-cut, machine sewn.
Eszter Bornemisza, No Home in the City, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016. Acryl paint, newspaper, organza, technique: dyed, painted, printed (paper) and sublimation printed (organza), machine sewn.
Eszter Bornemisza, No Home in the City, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016. Acryl paint, newspaper, organza, technique: dyed, painted, printed (paper) and sublimation printed (organza), machine sewn.
Eszter Bornemisza, City Scape, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016. Silk floss, glue, Jaquard cards, newspaper, technique: glued, machine sewn.
Eszter Bornemisza, City Scape, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016. Silk floss, glue, Jaquard cards, newspaper, technique: glued, machine sewn.
Eszter Bornemisza, At Home in the City, detail, World of Threads Festival. Silk floss, glue, newspaper, organza, technique: dyed, glued, printed (paper) and sublimation printed (organza), machine sewn.
Eszter Bornemisza, At Home in the City, detail, World of Threads Festival. 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
Installation view: Late in the Season, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Late in the Season, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Lesley Turner

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Lesley Turner, Earth Repair, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Lesley Turner, Earth Repair, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Lesley Turner, Earth Repair, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, leaf skeletons, jute, wood, Technique: Tree staining, washing, ironing, hand and machine applique.
Lesley Turner, Earth Repair, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, leaf skeletons, jute, wood, Technique: Tree staining, washing, ironing, hand and machine applique.

Linda Kollofski

Plymouth, Minnesota, USA

Linda Kollofski, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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.
Linda Kollofski, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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.
Linda Kollofski, Hibiscus Homily, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Linda Kollofski, Hibiscus Homily, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Connie Chappel

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Connie Chappel, Sulphur, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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.
Connie Chappel, Sulphur, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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.
Connie Chappel, Sulphur, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Connie Chappel, Sulphur, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Pat Loucks

Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada

Pat Loucks, Estuary, World of Threads Festival. Black cotton fabric, bleaching agent. Technique: selective bleach discharge.
Pat Loucks, Estuary, World of Threads Festival. Black cotton fabric, bleaching agent. Technique: selective bleach discharge.
Pat Loucks, Estuary, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Pat Loucks, Estuary, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Kate Hempel

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Kate Hampel, Floodwall, World of Threads Festival 2016. Knit cotton jersey digitally inkjet printed with image of artist’s skin, sewn with cotton thread and tape, filled with rock salt.
Kate Hampel, Floodwall, World of Threads Festival 2016. Knit cotton jersey digitally inkjet printed with image of artist’s skin, sewn with cotton thread and tape, filled with rock salt.
Kat Hampel, Floodwall, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Kat Hampel, Floodwall, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Joana Gosly

Madrid, Spain

Joana Gosly, Save the Monarch, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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.
Joana Gosly, Save the Monarch, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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.
Joana Gosly, Save the Monarch, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Joana Gosly, Save the Monarch, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Deborah McDuff

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Deborah McDuff, Growth Coffee, World of Threads Festival 2016. Mixed media on canvas and wood, repurposed coffee filters and grinds, burlap.
Deborah McDuff, Growth Coffee, World of Threads Festival 2016. Mixed media on canvas and wood, repurposed coffee filters and grinds, burlap.
Deborah McDuff, Growth Coffee, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Deborah McDuff, Growth Coffee, detail, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Cindi Gaudette

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Cindy Gaudette, Untitled, World of Threads Festival 2016. Plaster, latex, wool roving, horsehair, cheesecloth, thread, and coffee. Mounted and also placed on floor.
Cindy Gaudette, Untitled, World of Threads Festival 2016. Plaster, latex, wool roving, horsehair, cheesecloth, thread, and coffee. Mounted and also placed on floor.
Cindy Gaudette, untitled, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cindy Gaudette, untitled, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cindy Gaudette, untitled, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cindy Gaudette, untitled, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Teddy Milder

Berkley, California, USA

Teddy Milder, Tailings 1, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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.
Teddy Milder, Tailings 1, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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

Barbara Ramsay, Left: Alight, Right: Winged, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton fabric sculpture, Technique: Arashi Shibori dyed with rust & tea.
Barbara Ramsay, Left: Alight, Right: Winged, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton fabric sculpture, Technique: Arashi Shibori dyed with rust & tea.

George-Ann Bowers

Berkeley, California, USA

George-Ann Bowers, Mallow Pod Cluster, World of Threads Festival 2016.
George-Ann Bowers, Mallow Pod Cluster, World of Threads Festival 2016.
George-Ann Bowers, Mallow Pod Cluster, World of Threads Festival 2016. size variable, approx. 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 fibre sheets.
George-Ann Bowers, Mallow Pod Cluster, World of Threads Festival 2016. size variable, approx. 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 fibre sheets.

Ruth Luginbuehl

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ruth Luginbuehl, Storing Sunlight, World of Threads Festival 2016. Polyester Satin, synth. Felt, Polyester Organza, Embroidery floss, Metallic Thread Technique: Printing (Collagraph, Lino blocks), Hand embroidery. Framed in Shadow Box.
Ruth Luginbuehl, Storing Sunlight, World of Threads Festival 2016. Polyester Satin, synth. Felt, Polyester Organza, Embroidery floss, Metallic Thread Technique: Printing (Collagraph, Lino blocks), Hand embroidery. Framed in Shadow Box.

Carla Fisher

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Carla Fisher, Secrets of the Caribbean, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Carla Fisher, Secrets of the Caribbean, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Evelyna Liang Kan

Hong Kong, China

Evelyna Liang Kan, Streams of Gold, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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
Evelyna Liang Kan, Streams of Gold, World of Threads Festival 2016. 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