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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, 2017, 32Hx32W, cotton fabrics assembled as a collage onto drapery lining, cotton batting, hand and machine stitched with cotton threads.
Paula Kovarik: Focus on Something Else, 2017, 32Hx32W, 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.
Paula Kovarik: Focus on Something Else, detail.
Paula Kovarik: Chaos Ensues, 2017, 32Hx32W, cotton fabrics collaged and quilted with cotton batting, free-motion stitching by machine.
Paula Kovarik: Chaos Ensues, 2017, 32Hx32W, cotton fabrics collaged and quilted with cotton batting, free-motion stitching by machine.
Paula Kovarik: Chaos Ensues, detail.
Paula Kovarik: Chaos Ensues, detail.
Paula Kovarik: installation view.
Paula Kovarik: installation view.
Paula Kovarik: Disruptors, 2017, 64Hx40W, 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, 2017, 64Hx40W, 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.
Paula Kovarik: Disruptors, detail.
Paula Kovarik: Signals, detail.
Paula Kovarik: Signals, detail.
Paula Kovarik: Signals, 2017, 37Hx29.5W, cotton fabrics pieced and sandwiched with cotton batting, hand stitched and machine free-motion stitching with cotton threads.
Paula Kovarik: Signals, 2017, 37Hx29.5W, cotton fabrics pieced and sandwiched with cotton batting, hand stitched and machine free-motion stitching with cotton threads.
Paula Kovarik: Unglued, 2017, 40Hx29W, cotton fabrics pieced and sandwiched with cotton batting, hand stitched and machine free-motion stitching with cotton threads.
Paula Kovarik: Unglued, 2017, 40Hx29W, cotton fabrics pieced and sandwiched with cotton batting, hand stitched and machine free-motion stitching with cotton threads.
Paula Kovarik: Unglued, detail.
Paula Kovarik: Unglued, detail.

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, 2018 36x36”. 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, 2018 36x36”. 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.
Lorraine Roy: Call of the Heart, detail.
Lorraine Roy: The Integration, detail.
Lorraine Roy: The Integration, detail.
Lorraine Roy: The Integration.
Lorraine Roy: The Integration.
Lorraine Roy: installation view.
Lorraine Roy: installation view.
Lorraine Roy: Through the Woods.
Lorraine Roy: Through the Woods.
Lorraine Roy: Through the Woods, detail.
Lorraine Roy: Through the Woods, detail.

Carmella Karijo Rother

Chelsea, Quebec, Canada

Carmella Karijo Rother: Installation view.
Carmella Karijo Rother: Installation view.
Carmella Karijo Rother: Vessel No 47, cotton rope, thread, pigment, machine-stitching, painting.
Carmella Karijo Rother: Vessel No 47, cotton rope, thread, pigment, machine-stitching, painting.
Carmella Karijo Rother: Installation view.
Carmella Karijo Rother: Installation view.
Carmella Karijo Rother: Piroutte No 1, cotton rope, thread, pigment, painted wooden base; machine-stitching, painting.
Carmella Karijo Rother: Piroutte No 1, 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, 2017, 73H x 21W x .5D inches, woven silk charmeuse, flowers and leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 27W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Silk Charmeuse Coreopsis, 2017, 73H x 21W x .5D inches, woven silk charmeuse, flowers and leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 27W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Silk Charmeuse Coreopsis, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Silk Charmeuse Coreopsis, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Installation view.
Linda Kollofski: Installation view.
Linda Kollofski: Installation view.
Linda Kollofski: Installation view.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus Star, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus Star, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus Star, 2017, 71H x 19W x .5D inches, woven silk satin, flowers/leaves, and natural dye, beads. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 27W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus Star, 2017, 71H x 19W x .5D inches, woven silk satin, flowers/leaves, and natural dye, beads. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 27W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Pink Hibiscus, 2017, 70H x 59W x .5D inhes, 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 76W x .5H.
Linda Kollofski: Pink Hibiscus, 2017, 70H x 59W x .5D inhes, 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 76W x .5H.
Linda Kollofski: Pink Hibiscus, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Pink Hibiscus, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Clematis Vine, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Clematis Vine, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Clematis Vine, 2017, 71H x 17.5W x .5D inches, woven silk noil and flowers/leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 27W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Clematis Vine, 2017, 71H x 17.5W x .5D inches, woven silk noil and flowers/leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 27W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Eucalyptus, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Eucalyptus, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Eucalyptus, 2017, 72H x 18W x .5D inches, woven silk/ wool/rayon blend, flowers and leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 24W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Eucalyptus, 2017, 72H x 18W x .5D inches, woven silk/ wool/rayon blend, flowers and leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 24W x 3H.
CLinda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, 2017, 67H x 29W x .5D inches, 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: 35W x 3H.
CLinda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, 2017, 67H x 29W x .5D inches, 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: 35W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Coreopsis, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Coreopsis, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Coreopsis, 2017, 69H x 29W x .5D inches, woven silk noil, flowers and leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 35W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus and Coreopsis, 2017, 69H x 29W x .5D inches, woven silk noil, flowers and leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 35W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus 7, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus 7, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus 7, 2017, 90H x 27W x .5D inches, woven silk noil and flowers/leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 35W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Hibiscus 7, 2017, 90H x 27W x .5D inches, woven silk noil and flowers/leaves. Technique: Ecoprinted with plants from my garden using their natural dyes. Hung on bamboo hanger: 35W x 3H.
CLinda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, 2017, 67H x 29W x .5D inches, 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: 35W x 3H.
CLinda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, 2017, 67H x 29W x .5D inches, 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: 35W x 3H.
Linda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, detail.
Linda Kollofski: Clematis Logwood, detail.

Teddy Milder

Berkeley, California, USA

Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, 2018, 11”H x 20 feet”; 7 sections with 5 images each; 11” H x 33” w. Medium: hand-made amate paper; archival pigment digital mono-print; silk thread; barbed wire wrapped with hand-made paper. Technique: Photography, Paper making, archival pigment digital print; stitching; fabricated barbed wire rods wrapped with hand-made paper.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, 2018, 11”H x 20 feet”; 7 sections with 5 images each; 11” H x 33” w. Medium: hand-made amate paper; archival pigment digital mono-print; silk thread; barbed wire wrapped with hand-made paper. Technique: Photography, Paper making, archival pigment digital print; stitching; fabricated barbed wire rods wrapped with hand-made paper.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, Section 1, 2018; 5 images. 11”H x 33”; Medium: hand-made amate paper; archival pigment digital mono-print; silk thread; barbed wire wrapped with hand-made paper; Technique: Photography, Paper making, archival pigment digital print; stitching; fabricated barbed wire rods wrapped with hand-made paper.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, Section 1, 2018; 5 images. 11”H x 33”; Medium: hand-made amate paper; archival pigment digital mono-print; silk thread; barbed wire wrapped with hand-made paper; Technique: Photography, Paper making, archival pigment digital print; stitching; fabricated barbed wire rods wrapped with hand-made paper.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, installation view.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, installation view.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, two sections, 2018, 10 images.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, two sections, 2018, 10 images.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, two sections, 2018, 10 images.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, two sections, 2018, 10 images.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, detail.
Teddy Milder: Wall Constructions, detail.

Sarabeth Trivino

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation II, 2016, 90 cm of diameter, cotton, plastic beads, plexiglas. Technique: crochet.
Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation II, 2016, 90 cm of diameter, cotton, plastic beads, plexiglas. Technique: crochet.
Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation II, detail.
Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation II, detail.
Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation I, 2016, 65 cm of diameter (large), 20 cm of diameter (two small), cotton, plastic beads, plexiglas. Technique : crochet.
Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation I, 2016, 65 cm of diameter (large), 20 cm of diameter (two small), cotton, plastic beads, plexiglas. Technique : crochet.
Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation I, detail.
Sarabeth Trivino: Constellation I, detail.

Artwork

Opening

Authors