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Simmering... Exhibition Opening

Simmering (Developing a Hybrid Craft Practice Alongside Documentary Dyeing) opens today: July 14th, 2023 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada!  This ex...

Digital Jacquard Weaving at the Icelandic Textile Center February 2023

Ive come to the Icelandic Textile Center for the opportunity to completely focus that this residency offers me, as I’m learning and experimenting w...

Arriving at Ós Textile Residency, Iceland, February 1 2023.

Leaving Reykjavik on February 1 for Blönduós, I enjoyed the sunrise from the bus windows, reuniting with Textile Center Staff, getting settled into...

Learning to weave on the TC2 loom

At the Ós residency in 2021 I became aware of the TC2 loom and realized it could benefit my research and practice.  The view of the Kvennaskólinn ...

Artist Residency at the Icelandic Textile Center 01.11.2021 - 27.11.2021

In November 2021 I focused on sampling old weaving patterns translated from Finnish to English, using a Glimakra Floor Loom at the Icelandic Textil...

Reykjavik 2021

I was lucky to visit Reykjavik 3 times on my last trip to Iceland, September, October/November, and December, and loved seeing the changing season...

Artist Residency at the Icelandic Textile Center 01.10.2021 - 31.10.2021

Arriving in Blonduos to attend the  Ós Textile Residency in October, I quickly set about dyeing as much wool with foraged plant-dyes from the regi...

Introducing the Old Roots New Seeds Community Dye Garden est. 2021

Imagine a garden set in the boreal forest: vegetable beds for the market, orchard fruits for baking, wild and cultivated flowers are growing in pot...

Local Colours at Algoma Trad Center

This August I had the opportunity to experiment with natural dyes and local fibres at the Algoma Trad Family Camp 2020. I joined Thinking Rock Com...

Growing Flowers to Dye For

I've always enjoyed growing marigolds in my vegetable garden. The big seeds are easily sown directly in the soil as soon as the ground thaws here ...