Category Archives: bed sheet

‘Forest Flowers 3’ in VISDA Current Threads 2015: Garden Tapestry Exhibition

“Forest Flowers 3” Here is my entry in the VISDA Current Threads 2015: Garden Tapestry exhibition. Triptychs were accepted as long as each panel fit the specified size. The first step in the making process was to dye a well worn bed sheet with a number of different coloured earth dyes. Small torn squares of cloth […]

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New Work – ‘Forest Flowers’

I am working on a new work for a Surface Design Association exhibition. It involves a number of different steps and techniques. Random dyeing the ground cloth. All of the fabric is worn bed sheets. Dyeing for an all-over mottled colour. Another sheet dyed to get a more randomly patterned effect. Sampling different fabric paints to […]

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Back to Spring Cleaning

The last bit of machine sewing resulted in a satisfying number of empty spools. I do enjoy using my stash of resources. I sent a swatch sample to the SDA Swatch Collection. It is a piece of bed-sheet that was wrapped around a maple tree for over a year. I stitched it with the colours […]

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Quiet Zone – World of Threads Festival

More great work in the Quiet Zone exhibition. Dominique Arlot, Black and White 1 Gesso and acrylic paint on old sheets. With hand and machine stitching. Catherine Dormor talks about her work resulting from her PHD studies. Catherine talks about her work to Articulation. Ingrid Lincoln, Joe Lewis, Catherine Dormor Dawne Rudman, Festival Chair and […]

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‘Home’ Installed With ‘Continuum’ in Oakville

With this 2nd installation of my graduation work ‘Home’ I was unable to suspend the frame from the ceiling. I had to modify the work to fit the challenging space in the Oakville Town Hall. I used 2 of the 4 sheets to make a bed. And added a plain pillow with a treat. This installation […]

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