Fibre 3D: Artwork – World of Threads Festival

Fibre 3D

2018 Exhibition: Artworks

The four sculptors in this show used a variety of materials including reeds, wire, rope, paper, cord, sisal, horse hair, wool and different textile fabrics. Some of the techniques employed were weaving coiling, knotting and wrapping.

Artists: Melanie Chikofsky, Eva Ennist, Anna Lefsrud and Julia White.

Photography by Gareth Bate

Gallery

Artworks

Backstage

Opening

Melanie Chikofsky

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Melanie Chikofsky: Going Round in Circles, detail.

Melanie Chikofsky: Going Round in Circles, 2016, 152.40H x 66.04W x 66.04D, Vintage Maps, Thread, Map Pins, Plumb-Bob, Painted Metal Stand.

Melanie Chikofsky: Going Round in Circles, detail.

Melanie Chikofsky: Perplexity, 2016, 45.72H x 30.48W x 60.96D, Sisal, Nails, Found Object, Patinated Winterstone Base.

Melanie Chikofsky: Perplexity, detail.

Melanie Chikofsky: Wound Up, 2016, 160.02H x 50.8W x 50.8D, Rope, Patinated Iron Infused, Found Objects, Wood, Metal Base.

Melanie Chikofsky: Wound Up, detail.

Melanie Chikofsky: Hair Brain, 2016, 66.04H x 45.72W x 35.56D, Horse Hair, Horse Shoe Nails, Thread, Found Objects.

Melanie Chikofsky: Twist of Fate, 2016, 127H x 43.18W x 43.18D, Rope, Nails, Metallic Paint, Found Objects, Vintage Wood Base.

Melanie Chikofsky: Against The Grain, detail.

Melanie Chikofsky: Against The Grain, 2016, 127H x 46.64W x 40.64D, Wood, Found Object, Reeds, Painted Plexiglass base.

Melanie Chikofsky: Off Kilter, 2016, 38H x 23W x 36D, Japanese Paper, Found Objects, Metal Stand.

Melanie Chikofsky: Off Kilter, detail.

Curators

Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate

Canada: Ontario: Oakville: Dawne Rudman

Artists

Canada: Toronto: Anna Lefsrud, Eva Ennist, Melanie Chikofsky, Walter's Falls: Julia White.

Eva Ennist

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Continue, 2017/18, 182.88cm x 48.25cm x 48.25cm, reed, cast resin, wood, steel, paint. Techniques: weaving, coiling, casting. Mounted on wood base.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Continue, detail.

Eva Ennist: Nestings, installation view.

Eva Ennist: NESTINGS, installation view.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Entangled, 2017/18, 304.8 cm x 54.25cm x 54.25cm, reed, cast resin, wood, steel, paint. Techniques: weaving, coiling, casting. Mounted on wood base.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: tolerance, 2017/18, 195.5 cm x 54.25cm x 54.25cm, reed, cold cast bronze, wood, steel, paint. Techniques: weaving, coiling, casting. Mounted on wood base.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Tolerance, detail.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Hold, 2017/18, 215.9cm x 50.8cm x 50.8cm, reed, cast resin, wood, steel, paint. Techniques: weaving, coiling, casting. Mounted on wood base.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Hold, detail.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Commit, detail.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Commit, 2017/18, 213.36 cm x 50.8cm x 50.8cm, reed, cold cast bronze, wood, steel, paint. Techniques: weaving, coiling, casting. Mounted on wood base.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Entangled, 2017/18, 304.8 cm x 54.25cm x 54.25cm, reed, cast resin, wood, steel, paint. Techniques: weaving, coiling, casting. Mounted on wood base.

Eva Ennist: NESTING: Entangled, detail.

Synchronistic Curating

Something that's different about World of Threads Festival is that we let the art guide us. Festival curators Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman don't have predetermined curatorial ideas or impose our concepts on the artists. Each new festival is a blank slate. Shows develop entirely out of the submissions we receive.

To find our main exhibitions we look for connections and common themes between thousands of artworks. These works were made by hundreds of artists from around the world. Often artists seem to be on the same wavelength during a particular period. Over time, through many hours of sorting through artworks, the exhibition themes just emerge and become clear to us. This method has been very successful and resulted in compelling and unique exhibitions.

Julia White

Walter's Falls, Ontario, Canada

Julia White: WATER Shadows- Water Temple 6, 2016, 88” H x 39” W x 22” D, steel, recycled bicycle inner tubes, masonite, paint, tree root, wood, textiles, twines. Technique: free-form weaving, knotting, wrapping. Free-standing.

Julia White: WATER Shadows - Water Temple 6, detail.

Julia White: WATER Shadows- Water Temple 4, 2016, 8’ H x 15.5” W x 15.5” D, steel, recycled bicycle inner tubes, masonite, paint, tree root, wood, textiles, twines. WATER Shadows- Water Temple 3, 2016, 91” H x 13” W x 13” D, steel, recycled bicycle inner tubes, laser-cut steel panel, spray paint. Technique: free-form weaving, knotting, wrapping. Free-standing.

Julia White: WATER Shadows- Water Temples 7, & 2, 2016, steel, recycled bicycle inner tubes, masonite. Technique: free-form weaving, knotting, wrapping. Free-standing.

Julia White: Water Temples, installation view.

Julia White: Water Temples, detail.

Gallery

The Corridor Galleries at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre

City

Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Dates

Oct. 13 - Nov. 25, 2018

Anna Lefsrud

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Anna Lefstud: One Full Stride, 2018. This wall work consists of 24 copper wire horses, each approximately 9”x 5”. Lined up, they stretch to approximately 19’, and sequentially depict one stride of a horse in full run.