Jun 9, 2016 | art, interview, arts community, fibre, gallery
Written by: Vivian Orr, SCC Communications and Publications Coordinator #ABCraft is the current exhibition in the Feature Gallery at Alberta Craft Council (ACC), 10186 – 106 Street, Edmonton, AB – on until July 2, 2016. #ABCraft looks at how digital...
May 4, 2016 | art, exhibition, fabric, fibre, textiles
Submitted by: Geoffery Bendel, Collector of Sumbanese Textiles The Island of Sumba Sumba is an island in eastern Indonesia. It is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Sumba has an area of 11,153 square kilometers (4,306 square miles)...
Apr 20, 2016 | art, arts community, fabric, fibre, textiles
Submitted by: Kara Perpelitz, SCC member and fibre artist Late last year, a friend of mine (who happens to be a teacher in our local school), Jessica Lepitzki, approached me about teaching a class of grade 8 & 9 students to spin, dye, and weave. The thought...
Apr 8, 2016 | art, fabric, fibre
Submitted by: Susan Marles, SCC Member and Fibre Artist Introduction I gravitated to textiles from a natural fibres expertise, first learning hand-spinning and -weaving with raw fleece. Embellishments with found objects such as dried lichens, plant materials...
Dec 2, 2015 | art, fabric, fibre, locally sourced materials, textiles
Submitted by: Tracy Hanson, Saskatoon Public Library Fabric Printing at Home: Quick & Easy Fabric Design Using Fresh Produce & Found Objects by Julie B. Booth 746.62 BOOT – Alice Turner & Frances Morrison Branches in Saskatoon and Central Adult...
Nov 12, 2015 | art, arts community, business, ceramics, craft markets, events, fibre, jewellery, membership, mixed media, textiles, WinterGreen, WinterGreen Fine Craft Market, wood
The Saskatchewan Craft Council runs an Emerging Artist Market Experience Program, which allows emerging craft artists to participate in SCC markets in order to experience the market environment first hand and expand their contacts with the Saskatchewan craft...
