Toronto Craft Alert

Seminar: Adam’s Simple Ration with Stephen Schofield
Saturday October 16, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Spend a day with the artist that includes an illustrated lecture, a walkthrough of the exhibition, and experimentation with eggs to produce temporary sculptures. Test the potential of food as an art-making material and consider the poetic transformations that take place when “Adam’s simple ration” is put to use.

Members $50, Non-members $65, Full-time students $40. Materials $8.
Advance registration is required, class size is limited.
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The Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op Presents: Not all Those Who Travel Are Lost – Travels With a Dye Pot.

Internationally renowned natural plant dyer India Flint will give a lecture outlining her unique approach to bioregional dyeing, as well as her practical research into innovative natural dye techniques. She will show images of her dye processes and textiles, as well as providing samples for viewing and discussion.

Location: The Textile Museum Of Canada, 55 Centre Ave., Toronto, ON

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Lecture: Shawls, Do Shawla and Bollywood Masala with Farooq Ikram
Wednesday June 16, 6:30 pm

Farooq Ikram is a textile and fashion designer. His talk on the various ways of wearing shawls will be illustrated with live demonstrations, projections, and more.

Free for TMC Members and Full-time students, Non-members $12.
Advance tickets may be purchased in person at the TMC’s front desk. Please arrive early, seating is limited.

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Lecture: Mangoes on Fabric with Sartaj Kaur
Wednesday May 19, 6:30 pm

Sartaj Kaur will give a talk on the unique textile art of Kashmir and why it has always been a luxury item. She will discuss history, technique, style, the contemporary market, and how to identify an authentic Kashmir shawl. Sartaj Kaur is the owner of and designer for Kinna Sohna, one of Toronto’s leading boutiques of fine handcrafted textiles.

Free for TMC Members and Full-time students, Non-members $12. Advance tickets may be purchased [...]

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Craft Practical Symposium

Date: Saturday, April 24
Time: 9:30 am – 5pm
Place: Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound Ontario
Online Registration: http://craftpractical.eventbrite.com

The Ontario Crafts Council is partnering with the Tom Thomson Art Gallery to present a useful and engaging day focused on contemporary craft. ‘Craft Practical’ will address both the practical and conceptual aspects of being an artisan, and offers an impressive lineup of curators, craftspeople and arts administrators. Lively panel discussions include digital image preparation, grant writing advice, [...]

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The School of Fashion and Merchandising at Seneca College is proud to present a Toronto Exclusive Lecture from Hand & Lock, UK.

Alastair Macelod, Hand & Lock Chairman, will be touring Canadian and U.S. Universities and Embroider’s Guild branches this coming Spring presenting a series of vividly illustrated talks.

The lecture entitled ‘/A Taste of the Rich tradition of Embroidery/‘ will cover various subjects such as:

1. The origins of embroidery, and its development.
2. Gold and silver wire and military embroidery, and how military [...]

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