by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 26, 2012 | Art, Collaboration, Craft, Crafts, Fabric, Fiber, Fibre, Found Objects, Handwork, Installation, Knotting, Macrame, Maker, Net, Network, Process, Project, Public Art, Sculpture, Textile
Artist friend and Maker Faire participant Rachael Ashe In his speech to graduates of Toronto’s York University this month, one of my favourite journalists, CBC Radio’s Michael Enright, advised the next working generation to “learn how to fix something. Or make...
by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 25, 2012 | Doilies, Doily, Fabric, Failure, Fiber, Fibre, Installation, Macrame, Process, Sculpture
Visual artists talk a lot about the importance of happy accidents. That’s when good things come out of experimentation. It’s very tough to accept the less-happy accidents as part of the process, but I find that time heals all ego wounds and I’m willing to...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 30, 2011 | Collaboration, Fabric, Fibre, Quilt
From left: Gees Bend quilter collective members Revil Mosley, China Pettway and Louisiana Bendolph sing their life.(Photo from theartblog.org) I finally got to hear from some of the amazing Gees Bend quilters at the Maiwa Textile Symposium on Granville Island a...
by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 12, 2011 | Assemblage, Colour, Crochet, Dance, Doilies, Fabric, Found Objects, Nick Cave, Performance, Textile
American fabric sculptor/performance artist Nick Cave parties with decor and the domestic to create his Soundsuits. I’m fairly new at this. Not the writing part; I’ve been doing that for quite a while. It’s this big scary exploration also known as...
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