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World of Threads Festival

Quiet Zone II

2016 Exhibition: Artworks

A sequel to our much appreciated 2012 exhibit Quiet Zone, this show gave visitors the opportunity to pause, to breath, and to relax amidst muted colours, receptive forms and an imperturbable stillness. Artwork in this show came from 15 countries!

Photography by Gareth Bate

Artworks

Opening

Olena Chornohuz

Vashkivci, Chernivtci, Ukraine

Olena Chornohuz. Wind, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Mixed thread including: jute, metallic threads, silk, synthetic and wool, Technique: invented by the artist - threads wound up around cardboard and/or polyurethane foam.
Olena Chornohuz. Wind, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Mixed thread including: jute, metallic threads, silk, synthetic and wool, Technique: invented by the artist - threads wound up around cardboard and/or polyurethane foam.
Olena Chornohuz, Wind, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Olena Chornohuz, Wind, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Curators

  • Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate

  • Canada: Ontario: Oakville: Dawne Rudman

Artists

  • Austria: Vienna: Julia Neckel.
  • Australia: Victoria: Traralgon: Glenys Mann.
  • Belgium: Mechelen: Jeannine De Raeymaecker.
  • Canada: Nova Scotia: Granville Beach: Penny Berens. Ontario: London: Dagmar Kovar, Manitoulin Island: Judy Martin, Perth: Connie Lynn Higgs, Toronto: Christine Nobel, Honey Mitchell, Maureen Ballagh, Susan Avishai, Susan E. Middleton, Tammy Radcliff, Valerie Dennis.
  • Denmark: Copenhagen: Charlotte Ostergaard.
  • England: London: Caren Garfen.
  • Iran: Tehran: Mahnaz Amin Foroughi.
  • Israel: Harduf: Neta Ashuach.
  • Japan: Hyogo: Himeji: Shoko Fukuda.
  • Mexico: Nuevo Leon: Monterrey: Miriam Medrez.
  • Netherlands: Zeeland: Wolphaartsdijk: Judy Hooymeyer.
  • Poland: Lodz: Magda Sobon.
  • Portugal: Sao Joao da Madeira: Rosa Godinho.
  • Ukraine: Chernivtci: Vashkivci: Olena Chornohuz.
  • USA: Alabama: Huntsville: Dennis Potter. California: El Cerrito: Susan Zimmerman, Thousand Oaks: Karen Rips, San Francisco: Chris Motley. Georgia: Atlanta: Leisa Rich. Illinois: Chicago: Marzena Ziejka. Iowa: Fairfield: Judy Bales. Michigan: Ann Arbor: Cathy Jacobs, Susan Moran. Wisconsin: Madison: Maria Amalia Wood.

Maria Amalia Wood

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Linen, Abaca, Cotton, Flax, Technique: Handmade paper, pulp painting.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Linen, Abaca, Cotton, Flax, Technique: Handmade paper, pulp painting.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Maria Amalia Wood, Hojas del Desierto, detail, Quiet Zone II, 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

Susan Avishai

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Susan Avishai, One Place to Hide a Dark Heart, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Deconstructed men’s shirt backs, polymer medium.
Susan Avishai, One Place to Hide a Dark Heart, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Deconstructed men’s shirt backs, polymer medium.
Susan Avishai, One Place to Hide a Dark Heart, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Susan Avishai, One Place to Hide a Dark Heart, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Marzena Ziejka

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Marzena Ziejka, Declaration of Independence, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Hand-woven wool tapestry: hand-spun hand-dyed wool & linen with decorative weft.
Marzena Ziejka, Declaration of Independence, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Hand-woven wool tapestry: hand-spun hand-dyed wool & linen with decorative weft.
Marzena Ziejka, Declaration of Independence, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Marzena Ziejka, Declaration of Independence, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Rosa Godinho

Sao Joao da Madeira, Portugal

Rosa Godinho, Spring Wind, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, felt, silk, and metal sticks. Technique: crochet and weaving.
Rosa Godinho, Spring Wind, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, felt, silk, and metal sticks. Technique: crochet and weaving.
Rosa Godinho, Spring Wind, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Rosa Godinho, Spring Wind, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Leisa Rich

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Installation view: Leisa Rich, Chrysalis Unknown, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Material: Fosshape, a soft fabric material comprised of low melt poly that hardens with the application of heat, painted and dyed, thread, paint.
Installation view: Leisa Rich, Chrysalis Unknown, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Material: Fosshape, a soft fabric material comprised of low melt poly that hardens with the application of heat, painted and dyed, thread, paint.
Installation view: Leisa Rich, Chrysalis Unknown, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Leisa Rich, Chrysalis Unknown, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Leisa Rich, Chrysalis Unknown, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Leisa Rich, Chrysalis Unknown, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Leisa Rich, Chrysalis Unknown, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Leisa Rich, Chrysalis Unknown, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Shoko Fukuda

Himeji, Hyogo, Japan

Shoko Fukuda, Return Line, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Medium: sisal, paper, rattan, Technique: Coiling.
Shoko Fukuda, Return Line, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Medium: sisal, paper, rattan, Technique: Coiling.
Shoko Fukuda, Fan, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Medium: kudzu, rattan Technique: Coiling.
Shoko Fukuda, Fan, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Medium: kudzu, rattan Technique: Coiling.
Shoko Fukuda, Reversal of the Spiral, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Medium: sisal, rattan, Technique: Coiling.
Shoko Fukuda, Reversal of the Spiral, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Medium: sisal, rattan, Technique: Coiling.
Installation view: Shoko Fukuda, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Shoko Fukuda, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Jeannine De Raeymaecker

Mechelen, Belgium

Jeannine De Raeymaecker, Criss-Cross, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Handmade paper from old books, coloured, inside synthetic fabric, knotted with cotton threads, in iron frame.
Jeannine De Raeymaecker, Criss-Cross, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Handmade paper from old books, coloured, inside synthetic fabric, knotted with cotton threads, in iron frame.
Jeannine De Raeymaecker, Criss-Cross, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Jeannine De Raeymaecker, Criss-Cross, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Tammy Ratcliff

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tammy Ratcliff, For Dreams of Hanging Gardens, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Woven and hand stitched etchings on fine handmade Japanese papers, framed.
Tammy Ratcliff, For Dreams of Hanging Gardens, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Woven and hand stitched etchings on fine handmade Japanese papers, framed.
Tammy Ratcliff, Wind in Blue Branches, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Woven and hand stitched etchings on fine handmade Japanese paper, framed.
Tammy Ratcliff, Wind in Blue Branches, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Woven and hand stitched etchings on fine handmade Japanese paper, framed.
Tammy Ratcliff, Wind in Blue Branches, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Tammy Ratcliff, Wind in Blue Branches, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Judy Martin

Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

Judy Martin, Lake, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Re-purposed linen damask, hemp-silk fabric, indigo dye, cotton threads, bamboo batt. Paste resist, hand embroidery, hand quilting.
Judy Martin, Lake, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Re-purposed linen damask, hemp-silk fabric, indigo dye, cotton threads, bamboo batt. Paste resist, hand embroidery, hand quilting.
Judy Martin, Lake, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Judy Martin, Lake, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Honey Mitchell

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Honey Mitchell, Homage to Mary Safianoff, (tribute to my grandmother), Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Hand stitched.
Honey Mitchell, Homage to Mary Safianoff, (tribute to my grandmother), Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Hand stitched.
Honey Mitchell, Homage to Mary Safianoff, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Honey Mitchell, Homage to Mary Safianoff, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Mahnaz Amin Foroughi

Tehran, Iran

Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.
Mahnaz Amin Forouighi, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paper, Molding.

Karen Rips

Thousand Oaks, California, USA

Karen Rips, Losing Touch, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, organza, wool, netting. Technique: Discharged, felted, painted, machine and hand stitched.
Karen Rips, Losing Touch, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, organza, wool, netting. Technique: Discharged, felted, painted, machine and hand stitched.
Karen Rips, Losing Touch, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Karen Rips, Losing Touch, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Cathy Jacobs

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Cathy Jacobs, Extruded Plaid, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Hand-woven linen. Technique: woven on a jack floor loom.
Cathy Jacobs, Extruded Plaid, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Hand-woven linen. Technique: woven on a jack floor loom.
Cathy Jacobs, Extruded Plaid, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Cathy Jacobs, Extruded Plaid, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Dennis Potter

Huntsville, Alabama, USA

Dennis Potter, Cast Mountain Kesa (priest robe), Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Pieced, quilted various fabrics; screen, mesh, net, sheer metallics, silks, synthetics, loose recycled fibers. Abaca paper pulp. Machine sewn and quilted randomly, holes cut in layers. Dipped and cast in paper pulp which was worked into the fabric and pasted to suggest Buddhist scriptures.
Dennis Potter, Cast Mountain Kesa (priest robe), Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Pieced, quilted various fabrics; screen, mesh, net, sheer metallics, silks, synthetics, loose recycled fibers. Abaca paper pulp. Machine sewn and quilted randomly, holes cut in layers. Dipped and cast in paper pulp which was worked into the fabric and pasted to suggest Buddhist scriptures.
Dennis Potter, Cast Mountain Kesa, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Dennis Potter, Cast Mountain Kesa, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Susan E. Middleton

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Susan Middleton, After the Rain, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton warp, natural hand dyed wool and silk, technique: woven tapestry, (high warp).
Susan Middleton, After the Rain, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton warp, natural hand dyed wool and silk, technique: woven tapestry, (high warp).
Susan Middleton, After the Rain, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Susan Middleton, After the Rain, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Miriam Medrez

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Installation view: Miriam Medrez, Serie Connectors, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Installation view: Miriam Medrez, Serie Connectors, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Miriam Medrez, Serie Connectors 4, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Miriam Medrez, Serie Connectors 4, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Miriam Medrez, Serie Connectors 6, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Miriam Medrez, Serie Connectors 6, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Miriam Medrez, Serie Connectors 5, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Miriam Medrez, Serie Connectors 5, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Maureen Ballagh

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Maureen Ballagh, Chronicling of self, Narrative of the mind, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Nettle yarn with grass, clover and bees wax. techniques: knit, wax dipped.
Maureen Ballagh, Chronicling of self, Narrative of the mind, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Nettle yarn with grass, clover and bees wax. techniques: knit, wax dipped.
Mauren Ballagh, Chronicling of self, Narrative of the mind, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Mauren Ballagh, Chronicling of self, Narrative of the mind, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Lindsey Marshall

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Lindsey Marshall, Ippikin, Ippikin, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton/linen warp, mixed weft including: cotton, linen, wool, technique: haute-lisse woven tapestry.
Lindsey Marshall, Ippikin, Ippikin, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton/linen warp, mixed weft including: cotton, linen, wool, technique: haute-lisse woven tapestry.

Magda Sobon

Lodz, Poland.

Magda Sobon, Veil of Tears, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Kozo fibres, thread. Technique: author’s own technique.
Magda Sobon, Veil of Tears, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Kozo fibres, thread. Technique: author’s own technique.
Magda Sobon, Veil of Tears, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Magda Sobon, Veil of Tears, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Dagmar Kovar

London, Ontario, Canada

Dagmar Kovar, Constellations, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Wool, cotton and silk thread technique: felting, stitching.
Dagmar Kovar, Constellations, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Wool, cotton and silk thread technique: felting, stitching.
Dagmar Kovar, Constellations, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Dagmar Kovar, Constellations, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Glenys Mann

Traralgon, Victoria, Australia

Glenys Mann, Remembrance, Women's Loss, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Found wool blanket, found red yarn. Technique: French knots.
Glenys Mann, Remembrance, Women's Loss, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Found wool blanket, found red yarn. Technique: French knots.
Glenys Mann Remembrance, Women's Loss, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Glenys Mann Remembrance, Women's Loss, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Neta Ashuach

Harduf, Israel

Neta Ashuach, Enso' Title: MM-A, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Felted merino wool fibres.
Neta Ashuach, Enso' Title: MM-A, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Felted merino wool fibres.
Neta Ashuach, Enso' Title: MM-A, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Neta Ashuach, Enso' Title: MM-A, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Neta Ashuach, Enso' Title: N-F-I, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Felted merino wool fibres.
Neta Ashuach, Enso' Title: N-F-I, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Felted merino wool fibres.
Neta Ashuach, Enso' Title: RR DD UG, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Felted merino wool fibres.
Neta Ashuach, Enso' Title: RR DD UG, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Felted merino wool fibres.

Penny Berens

Granville Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada

Penny Berens, Woodpeckers Live Here, Quit Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton fabrics, wool thread, Technique: Fabric dyed naturally, hand embroidery.
Penny Berens, Woodpeckers Live Here, Quit Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton fabrics, wool thread, Technique: Fabric dyed naturally, hand embroidery.
Penny Berens, A Stream Runs Through It, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton fabrics, wool thread, Technique: Fabric dyed naturally, hand embroidery.
Penny Berens, A Stream Runs Through It, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton fabrics, wool thread, Technique: Fabric dyed naturally, hand embroidery.
Penny Berens, The Edge Of The Woods, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton fabrics, wool thread, Technique: Fabric dyed naturally, hand embroidery.
Penny Berens, The Edge Of The Woods, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton fabrics, wool thread, Technique: Fabric dyed naturally, hand embroidery.

Susan Moran

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Susan Moran, Walnut Game, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Shibori, stitching, collage on silk.
Susan Moran, Walnut Game, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Shibori, stitching, collage on silk.
Susan Moran, Walnut Game, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Susan Moran, Walnut Game, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Valerie Dennis

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Valerie Dennis, Big Circle, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paster cloth, wall paper. Technique: Individual pieces of plaster cloth are cut and wet shaped, attached individually to backing.
Valerie Dennis, Big Circle, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Paster cloth, wall paper. Technique: Individual pieces of plaster cloth are cut and wet shaped, attached individually to backing.
Valerie Dennis, Big Circle, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Valerie Dennis, Big Circle, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Valerie Dennis, Wall Garden, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Plaster cloth, canvas, paint, glue, nails and wood. Technique: individual pieces of plaster cloth are cut and wet shaped, attached individually to wood backing.
Valerie Dennis, Wall Garden, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Plaster cloth, canvas, paint, glue, nails and wood. Technique: individual pieces of plaster cloth are cut and wet shaped, attached individually to wood backing.
Valerie Dennis, Wall Garden, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Valerie Dennis, Wall Garden, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Susan Zimmerman

El Cerrito, California, USA

Susan Zimmerman, Thread Quilt #1, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, polyester, and waxed linen thread, Technique: machine sewing on Solvy sheets, hand tied.
Susan Zimmerman, Thread Quilt #1, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton, polyester, and waxed linen thread, Technique: machine sewing on Solvy sheets, hand tied.
Susan Zimmerman, Thread Quilt #1, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Susan Zimmerman, Thread Quilt #1, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Judy Hooymeyer

Wolphaatsdijk, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Judy Hooymeyer, Anemone 4, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival. A huge necklace, 100 cm long, and I call it "souvenir of the seaworld". Wearing it you are a piece of the seaworld. Merino wool, wet-felting and hand cut, hand sewn.
Judy Hooymeyer, Anemone 4, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival. A huge necklace, 100 cm long, and I call it "souvenir of the seaworld". Wearing it you are a piece of the seaworld. Merino wool, wet-felting and hand cut, hand sewn.
Judy Hooymeyer, Anemone 4, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Judy Hooymeyer, Anemone 4, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Caren Garfen

London, England.

Caren Garfen, You see food I see numbers, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton bag, capsules, miniature objects, textile, silk threads. Hand stitch.
Caren Garfen, You see food I see numbers, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Cotton bag, capsules, miniature objects, textile, silk threads. Hand stitch.
Caren Garfen, You see food I see numbers, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. You see food I see numbers, detail.
Caren Garfen, You see food I see numbers, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. You see food I see numbers, detail.

Connie Lynn Higgs

Perth, Ontario, Canada

Connie Lynn Higgs, REcollection, REpetition, REaction, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Linen warp and weft, Technique: Hand woven, Ikat dyed, supplementary weft.
Connie Lynn Higgs, REcollection, REpetition, REaction, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Linen warp and weft, Technique: Hand woven, Ikat dyed, supplementary weft.
Connie Lynn Higgs, REcollection, REpetition, REaction, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.
Connie Lynn Higgs, REcollection, REpetition, REaction, detail, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016.

Charlotte Ostergaard

Copenhagen, Denmark

Charlotte Ostergaard, Body Symphony, opus IV, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Polyester organza, thread, plexiglas stiffer, Technique: hand pleat and embroidery.
Charlotte Ostergaard, Body Symphony, opus IV, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Polyester organza, thread, plexiglas stiffer, Technique: hand pleat and embroidery.

Chris Motley

San Francisco, California, USA

Chris Motley, Brown is the New Green (wire version), Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Wool yarn, wire, thread, Technique: Hand Knitting, Fulling, Sewing, Assemblage.
Chris Motley, Brown is the New Green (wire version), Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Wool yarn, wire, thread, Technique: Hand Knitting, Fulling, Sewing, Assemblage.

Julia Neckel

Vienna, Austria

Julia Neckel, Spine, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Unbleached cotton, non-woven interlinings. Object consists of 22 parts.
Julia Neckel, Spine, Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Unbleached cotton, non-woven interlinings. Object consists of 22 parts.

Judy Bales

Fairfield, Iowa, USA

Judy Bales, Yugen (A Mysterious Grace), Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Nylon and metal salvaged from the zipper industry, Technique: knotting and wrapping to embed metal elements.
Judy Bales, Yugen (A Mysterious Grace), Quiet Zone II, World of Threads Festival 2016. Nylon and metal salvaged from the zipper industry, Technique: knotting and wrapping to embed metal elements.

Artworks

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Authors