by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 16, 2012 | Conceptual Art, Craft, Crochet, Doilies, Fabric, Fiber, Fibre, Garment, Handwork, Innovation, Inspiration, Knitting, Knotting, Textile, Wool
I needed to shed my years of sewing and knitting and general crafting so I went to art school. No more crochet hooks and embroidery hoops; I wanted to do Real Important Art.But it was only after I could finally separate out all the crocheted pot-holders and felted...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 9, 2012 | Additive, Art, Fabric, Fiber, Fibre, Garment, Handwork, Ideas, Industry, Knitting, Macrame, Maker, Public Art, Quilt, Sculpture, Street Art, Textile, Weaving, Wool
A real trip: Toronto’s textile-retail district is a visual feast for any kind of maker. (Carlyn Yandle photos) Stephen Cruise’s 1997 public artwork at Richmond and Spadina. (Carlyn Yandle photo) Like other Vancouver makers, I mourn the latest closures of...
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 | May 30, 2012 | Additive, Beauty, Design, Fiber, Fibre, Handwork, Ideas, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Nature, Process, Production, Project, Quilt
Woven corners are a sign of a fine cedar-shingle job. It’s probably more Little House on the Prairie than the slightly unsettling modern survivalist culture that has me generally pre-occupied with designs for off-the-grid living, untethered to hydro heating and...
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 | Feb 28, 2012 | Fiber, Fibre, Garment, Knitting, Logo Sweater, Use Object, Weaving
The art world doesn’t have much use for “use objects” as art objects. There’s really nothing valuable about them beyond their use value. And the fact that they’re laboriously handmade doesn’t cut it either, I realized several years...
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