by Carlyn Yandle | Sep 13, 2015 | Craftivism, Found Materials, Installation, Mosaic, Social Engagement, Tagging
I’m sure I didn’t come up with the term ‘mosaic tagging’ but the idea of embedding found remnants of domestic culture into the built landscape has been rolling around my brain for a while. It finally happened this summer, in an East Van back...
by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 6, 2015 | Craftivism, Crochet, Doilies, Doily, Fibre Arts, Installation, Tyvek, Wrap I, Wrap II
When the white RCMP SUV was spotted cruising around the Maple Street section of the community gardens early Monday morning, it was clear that the chainsaws and earth-movers were next. Placeholders for levelled gardens: Wrap I and Wrap II, 10′ diameter each,...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 16, 2015 | Additive, Architecture, Art, Collaboration, Color, Colour, Craftivism, Crafts, Crochet, Culture Jamming, Design, Domestic, Domestic Interventions, Fabricating, Fashion, Fiber, Fibre Arts, Granny Square, Grid, Handwork, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Installation, Making, Pattern, Public Art, Sculpture, Social Engagement, Visual Field, Yarn Bombing
Maybe it’s the chilly monochromatic climate at work here, but I’m suddenly wrapping myself up granny squares. The more I think about them, the more potential I see.There’s a lot of culture woven into those fuzzy little colour grids. They’re...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 5, 2014 | Art Show, Craft, Craftsmanship, Creative Process, Crochet, Cultural Hub, Culture, Dear Human, Design, Exhibit, Fabricating, Festival, Fiber, Fibre Arts, Fuzzy Logic, Gallery, Handwork, Ideas, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Installation, Knitting, Lecture, Maker, Openings, Playing, Process, Project, Rachael Ashe, Spore, TO DO, Toronto Design Offsite, Vancouver
It’s getting close to a decade since I packed it all in: my needles and wool, my sewing machine and fabrics, my mid-level-management career. There was more to explore.I’ve been mixing it up with a wide range of materials (and makers) ever since but even...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 17, 2014 | Art Show, Body Of Work, Carlyn Yandle, Cityspace Gallery, Collaboration, Collage, Domestic, Domestic Interventions, Exhibit, Fibre, Fibre Arts, Gallery, Installation, Janet Wang, Monique Motut-Firth, North Vancouver, Painting, Sculpture
Janet Wang plays with the Madonna and Child mainstay. I spent most of the day yesterday sitting with a very close friend in a hospital bed, waiting for the surgeon to slice into her gut and remove a large cyst and maybe an ovary or two. Or maybe all her lady parts....
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 10, 2014 | Art Show, Cityspace Gallery, Domestic, Exhibit, Gallery, Installation, Janet Wang, Monique Motut-Firth, North Vancouver
My brief stint as a home organizer was an eye-opener — door opener, to be precise. I got a rare view of the reality behind the doors of some beautiful houses. Often I was the only outsider who had been invited inside for years, for many different reasons. Home is...
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