Toronto Craft Alert

Amanda Parker, Artifact Crochet. Image courtesy of Telephone Booth Gallery.

This exhibition is doily crazy! Opening this Thursday, Household Notions mashes up traditional textile territory with other media such as glass and porcelain. Read on or check out Telephone Booth Gallery’s website for more images and info.

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Telephone Booth Gallery
Household Notions
DEC 1

LIZZ ASTON – paper burn-out, porcelain
NOELLE HAMLYN – free-motion embroidery
PAM LOBB – mixed media printmaking
DORIE MILLERSON – needle [...]

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Photo Courtesy of the Communication Art Gallery website.

I just read a short review on Akimblog of this knitty little exhibition of work by none other than local craft hero Kristin Ledgett of The Knit Cafe! I’m kicking myself about not finding out about this sooner. The show comes down in just a few days, so race over to Harbord Street and check it out before it disappears.

Kristin Ledgett
Bones and Bluster
Solo Exhibition at
Communication Art Gallery

Kristin Ledgett has [...]

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Over the years I have gotten many inquiries about letterpress workshops, so when I saw these ones listed in the TCA forum I thought I’d share them with you. Letterpress workshops can be pricey, so I appreciate the fact that KOZO offers an affordable intro option for those who want to dip in their toes to see how they take to the press before going on to a more advanced class for the fully committed.

For questions or to register, please reach KOZO studio at [...]

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Lovely yarns, plant-based dying, traditional knit patterns, reach-for-the-sky styling – what’s not to like about these gloves by Jessica Rae Gordon? As the mercury drops, your fingers can still stay fancy.

From the Craft Toronto photo pool. You can join, too!

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Around the city, the change of season is certainly sensed in the present tense this week. For those of us not as fond of the colder months, a visit to local screen print artist, Geneviève Jodouin‘s, new exhibition Change of Seasons may be in order. Her 175 sequential figure drawings walk viewers through a year in the city as the urban backdrop changes form and the figure in the foreground changes clothes. Me, I might like to [...]

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Soy candles by Amy’s Place

Crafternoon Tea was the very first craft show I sold at in Toronto, and as someone who loves tea, tea-related treats, and customers with a geniune appreciation for handmade works, it was a great experience for me. Now in its 7th year, CT is still bringing sweet treats and handmade holiday goodness to the east end. Read on for details, and check out the poster at the bottom for a primer on independent holiday shows happening all over [...]

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