Current Threads 2015: Garden Tapestry has been installed at South Shore Gallery, Sooke. Here is the view as you walk into the Back Gallery. The back wall The lights haven’t been adjusted yet but it was time to leave after spending all day installing the work. The artists worked with the size restriction of 12″ […]
Read More...I attended Jane Dunnewold’s Dye workshop at the Pacific Northwest Art School in Coupeville. Jane took us through many different dyeing techniques. I picked up lots of valuable tips to fine tune my dyeing practice and I was able to correct the bad habits I had developed over the years. The first exercise was to dye […]
Read More...The students have spent the past couple of weeks learning how to make repeating patterns, developing their own designs then using them to create different patterns. Connie cuts a quick, inexpensive corrugated cardboard stamp to trial a design. Elisha created a design based on a building then translated it into foam stamps, one the mirror […]
Read More...This highly skilled craftsman carves intricate blocks for printing fabric. He carves ancient designs and he takes on commissions for new designs. See the Canadian designs on the left. He is making blocks for a Canadian textile artist.
Read More...Madder & pomegranate drying field. The dyed textiles are laid out on these stones to dry. There was a drizzly rain the day we visited so there were no textiles laid out. Pomegranate husks in the foreground & the indigo drying field in the middle ground. A delicious collection of Ajarakh & other traditional block […]
Read More...Cloth is resist block printed with gum arabic. Khatri Abduljabbar Mohammad (2003 National Award Winner) is known for his double-sided block printing.
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