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...
Mar 18, 2016 | art, events, exhibition, textiles, wood
Submitted by Vivian Orr, SCC Communications & Publications Coordinator OFF THE WALL: The World of Wearable Art Photography by Martin de Ruyter, Neil Price, Rohit Chawla and Daniel Rose 746.920993 OFF – Frances Morrison Fine Arts Library in Saskatoon...
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...
Jul 22, 2015 | art, Canada, exhibition, fabric, fibre, 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...