2018 Solo Shows Part 1: Artwork – World of Threads Festival

Solo Shows: Part 1

2018 Exhibition: Artwork

With this exhibit, we entered a world where variety, innovation and a sustained vision had the upper hand. Featuring the work of 20 artists from very different aesthetic and cultural traditions. Solo Shows was one of festival's largest exhibits.

Artists in Solo Shows Part 1:

Linda Kolllofski, Carmella Karijo Rother, Paula Kovarik, Teddy Milder, Lorraine Roy and Sarabeth Trivino.

Photography by Gareth Bate

Artwork

Opening

Paula Kovarik

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Paula Kovarik: Focus on Something Else, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Cotton fabrics assembled as a collage onto drapery lining, cotton batting, hand and machine stitched with cotton threads.

Paula Kovarik: Focus on Something Else, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Paula Kovarik: Chaos Ensues, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Cotton fabrics collaged and quilted with cotton batting, free-motion stitching by machine.

Paula Kovarik: Chaos Ensues, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Installation view: Paula Kovarik, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Paula Kovarik: Disruptors, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Cotton whole cloth fabric printed with a steamroller on a hand carved 8’x4’ wood cut in black ink. Stitched and quilted with cotton batting and thread.

Paula Kovarik: Disruptors, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Paula Kovarik: Signals, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Paula Kovarik: Signals, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Cotton fabrics pieced and sandwiched with cotton batting, hand stitched and machine free-motion stitching with cotton threads.

Paula Kovarik: Unglued, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Cotton fabrics pieced and sandwiched with cotton batting, hand stitched and machine free-motion stitching with cotton threads.

Paula Kovarik: Unglued, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Curators

Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate
Canada: Ontario: Oakville: Dawne Rudman

Artists

Canada: Alberta: Edmonton: Mitch Chalifoux. Ontario: Dundas: Lorraine Roy, Manitoulin Island: Judy Martin, Richmond Hill: Melanie Siegel, Toronto: Jane LowBeer.Quebec: Chelsea: Carmella Karijo Rother, Montreal: Sarabeth Trivino, Vercheres: Paulette Sauve.
Netherlands: The Hague: Aliza Thomas.
Sweden: Uppsala: Lis Korsgren.
UK: Hampshire: New Forest: Sarah Waters. Kent: Tunbridge Wells: Anne Kelly. Manchester: Manchester: Stewart Kelly.
USA: California: Berkley: Teddy Milder, Lancaster: Victoria Potrovitza, San Francisco: Marie Bergstedt. Idaho: Boise: Lisa Flowers Ross. Minnesota: Plymouth: Linda Kollofski. New Hampshire: Stratford: Wen Redmond. Tennessee: Memphis: Paula Kovarik.

Lorraine Roy

Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Lorraine Roy: Call of the Heart, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Cotton and synthetic fabrics, cotton batting. Techniques: machine raw edge machine, machine embroidery and quilting, small amount of acrylic paint.

Lorraine Roy: Call of the Heart, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Lorraine Roy: The Integration, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Lorraine Roy: The Integration, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Installation view: Lorraine Roy, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Lorraine Roy: Through the Woods, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Lorraine Roy: Through the Woods, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Carmella Karijo Rother

Chelsea, Quebec, Canada

Installation view: Carmella Karijo Rother, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Carmella Karijo Rother: Vessel No 47, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Cotton rope, thread, pigment, machine-stitching, painting.

Installation view: Carmella Karijo Rother, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Carmella Karijo Rother: Piroutte No 1, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Cotton rope, thread, pigment, painted wooden base; machine-stitching, painting

Gallery

The Corridor Galleries at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre.

City

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Dates

Oct. 13 - Nov. 25, 2018

Linda Kollofski

Plymouth, Minnesota, USA

Linda Kollofski: Silk Charmeuse Coreopsis, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Woven silk charmeuse, flowers and leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger.

Linda Kollofski: Silk Charmeuse Coreopsis, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Installation view: Linda Kollofski, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus Star, detail Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus Star, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Woven silk satin, flowers/leaves, and natural dye, beads. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger.

Linda Kollofski: Pink Hibiscus, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Woven silk/cotton blend, flowers/leaves/red onion. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes and sashiko hand stitching. Hung on bamboo hanger.

Linda Kollofski: Pink Hibiscus, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Linda Kollofski: Clematis Vine, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Linda Kollofski: Clematis Vine, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Woven silk noil and flowers/leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger.

Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Eucalyptus, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Eucalyptus, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Woven silk/ wool/rayon blend, flowers and leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger.

Linda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Woven silk charmeuse and cotton, flowers/ leaves, natural logwood dye. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes and arashi shibori. Hung on bamboo hanger.

Linda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Coreopsis, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Coreopsis, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Woven silk noil, flowers and leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger.

Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus 7, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus 7, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018. Woven silk noil and flowers/leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger.

Linda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Teddy Milder

Berkeley, California, USA

Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Sarabeth Trivino

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation II, 2016, 90 cm of diameter, cotton, plastic beads, plexiglas. Technique: crochet.

Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation II, detail, Solo Show, World of Threads Festival 2018.

Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation I, 2016, 65 cm of diameter (large), 20 cm of diameter (two small), cotton, plastic beads, plexiglas. Technique : crochet.