by Elsa Mora | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog, Fiber
Lizan Freijsen’s textiles are inspired by stains. She is fascinated by fungi and our obsession to eliminate mold and moisture spots from our everyday...
by Elsa Mora | Aug 20, 2018 | Blog, Fiber
Alexandra Kehayoglou (Buenos Aires, 1981) is a visual artist who works primarily with textile materials. She creates her pieces in her studio in Buenos Aires, utilizing a wide array of technical skills with which she produces works combining textiles, sculpture, and...
by Elsa Mora | Aug 17, 2018 | Blog, Fiber
Chung-Im Kim began her career working in the textile industry as a surface pattern designer while also running a studio in Seoul and teaching at a college before moving to Canada in 1990. Since her arrival Kim has been a resident in the Textile Studio at Harbourfront...
by Elsa Mora | Aug 9, 2018 | Blog, Fiber, Sculpture
Makiko Wakisaka was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1970. She creates sculptures and installations from dried leaves by connecting them with hand and machine stitches....
by Elsa Mora | Jul 26, 2018 | Blog, Fiber, Sculpture
Kazuhito Takadoi’s interest in shadows is an important dimension to his grass, wood and twig sculptures, “As the light changes or the point of view is moved, so the shadows will create a new perspective.” The artist has also developed the embroidery process to include...
by Elsa Mora | Jun 28, 2018 | Blog, Fiber, Illustration
Kate Talbot’s statement: “I did my time as an art student, daubing paint on canvas, pressing pencil to paper, sticking anything to everything and grappling with the notion of form and function. I spent countless hours staring into space, waiting for the...