Toronto Craft Alert

Natural Dying Workshop
Calling all chemists, chefs, colourists, alchemists, magicians! Learn how to coax colour into your yarns and fibres the old fashioned way! Local and exotic foods and plants can be transformed into beautiful dyes with a wide range of colours. In this class you will learn the myriad of possibilities inherent in the art of “natural dying”. Students will get the opportunity to prepare fibres for dying, and then dye [...]

Read more →

3-D Needle Felting with Joey Suriano
Thursdays June 10th, 17th, 24th.
6:00 – 9:30pm

In this workshop, students will learn how to create 3-dimensional forms using a single felting needle and coloured fleece. This course will teach you how to make basic shapes like spheres, squares and cones and how to combine them into larger forms. Students will also learn how to apply fine detail as well as manipulate surfaces to create a desired shape. Quickly, you will learn the limitless potential of the materials and the addictive quality of [...]

Read more →

Rosin Fagan part of bookhou‘s featured artist series June 1-26, 2010

This work is from her exploration of catholic and religious imagery while a student at NSCAD University, and have since moved back to her hometown of London, Ontario and visited the church she attended growing up, St. Patrick’s Parish. The patterns used are taken from the lace-like confessional screens at St. Patrick’s. She is interested in the significance of decoration in religious iconography and correlate it, through her work, to the [...]

Read more →

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.

Read more →

2-Day Workshop: Photo Image Silk Screen with Sharon Epstein
Saturday June 12 and Sunday June 13, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Learn a variety of techniques for printing photo images onto cloth and paper. Includes a visit to the exhibition Faces & Mazes and hands-on work in the studio. Co-presented with the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op.

Members $120, Non-members $144, Full-time students $80. Materials $35.
Advance registration is [...]

Read more →

Julia Prime – Arboretum
at The Japanese Paper Place

A collection of embroidered and printed trees on washi. On display in the Artist Resource Center at The Japanese Paper Place until May 28th.

www.juliaprime.ca

The Japanese Paper Place
9am-6pm Monday to Friday
77 Brock Ave.
Toronto, ON
416-538-9669
www.japanesepaperplace.com

Read more →