Toronto Craft Alert

Yarn Bombing is about to embark on a new book project, and is looking for contributors. This new book will be called Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery, and they are looking for unusual needlepoint artists:

Do you design unusual or unexpected pieces of needlepoint? If so, you should design a pattern for Hoopla, The Art of Unexpected Embroidery, to be published by Arsenal Pulp Press in fall 2011.

Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery rebels against the traditional notions of quaint embroidery with motifs of flowers and songbirds. The book will feature unusual stitch work on a variety of surfaces and textures. With off-beat patterns including subway maps, feminist Girl Guide badges, and metal band letterforms; Hoopla will demonstrate that modern embroidery artists are as sharp as the needles that they work with. If you describe your stitch-work as arresting, subversive, quirky, or conceptual, Hoopla should feature your design work.

The deadline for submission ideas is June 15th, 2010.

Designers who are chosen to participate will receive the materials necessary to create their project, an honorarium, a free copy of the book, and credit for taking part in the book.

Please note: patterns that are offered for sale elsewhere will not be considered. Designers must hold the copyright to their work.

Find more information about this project on the book blog Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery