Articulation’s recent study of the Bay of Fundy coastline has produced a body of work being exhibited across Canada. It is combined with a study of the River Thames by the fiber arts group, Material Girls, based in London, England. ARTICULATED MATERIALS: BRIDGING WATERS had a successful three-exhibition tour of London, UK, in 2012 then returned to […]
Read More...Here is my Postcards From Fundy series where I looked at the history of human settlement in the Bay of Fundy through the textiles the people made, wore and used. When people entered the gallery Wendy Klotz’s “Lost at Sea” work greeted them. It was so moving to talk to a man who had worked as a […]
Read More...This semester I am doing the Art History: 20th & 21st Century module with the JC School of Textile Arts. I have chosen to study the Art Deco Movement, which happened between the world wars, 1920 to 1940. It is proving to be a most interesting period to study. Since the summer I have been […]
Read More...While in New Brunswick we stopped in at Briggs & Little, Canada’s oldest woolen mill. This is their new mill, built after a fire destroyed the original. They still use vintage machines… …and continue to make the same products, well loved by knitters and weavers throughout North America.
Read More...This semester, for my Julia Caprara School of Textile Arts degree studies, I am investigating the Art Deco Movement. While on holiday touring the Maritimes I was on the look out for evidence of the movement wherever I went. I was rewarded with examples, often in the most unlikely places. While touring the Briggs and […]
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