Apr 20, 2016 | art, artist, artists in schools, arts community, collaboration, community, craft, fabric, fibre, fibre art, Saskatchewan Arts Board, skill building, technique, 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, artist profile, artist statement, craft, design, fabric, fibre, fibre art, process, technique |
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, art book, book review, craft, fabric, fibre, fibre art, how to, locally sourced materials, process, review, technique, 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 | animal bone, art, artist, artist profile, artist program, artists, arts community, business, buy craft, ceramics, community, craft, craft markets, Emerging Artists, events, fibre, fibre art, jewellery, membership, mixed media, pens & pencils, pricing, process, silver smith, textiles, WinterGreen, WinterGreen Fine Craft Market, wood, woodworking |
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...
Jul 22, 2015 | art, artist, Canada, exhibition, fabric, fibre, fibre art, fine craft, history, international, Kaija Sanelma Harris, SCC staff, summer students, textiles |
Three things I’ve learned so far about Kaija Sanelma Harris Submitted by Zoé Fortier, SCC Curatiorial Research Assistant. This summer, I am working for the SCC researching and compiling the work of Finnish-born, Saskatoon-based fibre artist Kaija Sanelma Harris for a...
Jul 8, 2015 | art, community, craft business, cross stitch, design, fabric, fibre, fibre art, needlepoint, social media, textiles, twitter |
Submitted by: Maureen Schminowsky, Gallery Assistant Needlepoint is a skill that can be found peppered throughout history, appearing in Egyptian tombs dating back to 1500 BCE, covering ancient Maori costumes in New Zealand and finding its way into religious ceremonies...
