Toronto Craft Alert

This month’s TCA Sponsor News is chock full of great holiday activities, sweet sales and even a sound and craft installation.  Read on & get out there and make stuff!

Please contact the sponsors directly to sign up for classes or with any questions related to their listings.

NANOPOD: HYBRID STUDIO
www.nanopod.tv
322 Harbord Street
647.780.4478
nanotopia@me.com

Wonderlandish
December 10 (11:00am-6:00pm) & 11 (1:00am-5:00pm), 2011
a nanotopian installation
Sound + Vision by Andrei Gravelle & Tosca Teran

nanopod: Hybrid Studio is taking part in this year’s City [...]

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Wanna find a way to take part in this year’s Nuit Blanche? Check out this call for fabric and makers to help with Brooklyn-based artist Amanda Browder’s fabric-ky take on the art car. Group sewing days will conveniently take place at The Workroom on the Wednesday and Thursday afternoons before the big (white) night. Find all the details you need below!

Amanda Browder’s Rapunzel courtesy of amandabrowder.com

Be Part of the…Chronomatic Hi-Five!
How to participate in Nuit Blanche? Participate!

Artist Amanda Browder is [...]

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While I am loving living in Hamilton, one thing I find is missing from the craftscape here is a permanent space to get together and make stuff, procure supplies, get inspired by fabric & yarn, and meet other crafty folk looking to do the same. I was spoiled in Toronto with spaces that fulfilled [...]

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Somehow spring (which is finally, finally here, ow ow!) feels like the right time for a trunk show…we are all shedding our dead layers, craving newness, and celebrating colour and beauty.  I’m sure I’m not alone in my desire for some new spring duds, and the workroom’s annual spring fabric sale is just the thing for those who want to DIY.  Read on for deets on both of these auspicious events!

Toronto peeps, it is time to come out of your [...]

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A detail of my shibori piece made at the workroom’s Shibori & Ombré Dyeing workshop.  Loved this class!

Below are a few selected listings for crafty happenings by some of our lovely sponsors coming up in May.  For the full scoop, head over here.

WISE DAUGHTERS CRAFT MARKET
www.wisedaughters.com
3079B Dundas St. W.
416-761-1555
wisedaughters@sympatico.ca

Japanese Paper Pendants
Wed, May 4, 7:00 – 9:00
Learn how to apply Japanese papers to glass tile to create lovely and [...]

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Image: Amanda McCavour

Just found the following listing for submissions to the next Hard Twist show via Akimbo. A consistently great exhibition…take a look!

ATTENTION ARTISTS 
WORKING IN TEXTILE AND FIBRE MEDIUMS
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 
DEADLINE: MAY 6, 2011
Gladstone Hotel Presents Hard Twist 6 – Obsession
Sixth Annual Juried Show Of Textile-Based Art

Exhibition Dates: Nov 25, 2011 – Jan 29, 2012

For Hard Twist 6 – Obsession Co-curators Helena Frei and Chris Mitchell invite artists to submit textile and fibre based works, which reflect or explore obsessive ideas, acts, or [...]

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