Education
Self taught. I have been working in this medium since 1996, and supporting myself through my work in textiles, since 1989. Continuing education workshops with internationally recognized artists:
2019: Ceramics / mentorship with Julie MacKinnon Ceramics, Salt Spring Island, BC
2015: Joomchi Paper / Jiyoung Chung / Pacific Northwest Art School, Coupeville, WA
2015: Indigo Shibori / Akemi Nakano Cohn / Maiwa / Vancouver, BC
2014: Natural Dyes / Michel Garcia, Maiwa / Vancouver, BC
2010: Felt Wrist Warmers / Marjolein Dallinga / Perth, ON
2010: Nuno Felt / Polly Stirling / Lake George NY
2010: Orikiri Felt / Sachiko Kotaka / Lake George NY
2008: self directed felt sabbatical year in New Zealand
Solo and Joint Exhibitions
Upcoming: April 30 to June 18, 2022 Exhibition w/ glass artist Amee Raval, Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON
July 7 to July 31, 2022 Chromatic Navigation, Solo Exhibition, Salt Spring Arts Council, BC
2020 Colour Collaboration, with Ellen Bakker (Netherlands), Salt Spring Island Arts Council, Salt Spring Island, BC
2019 Big Ink, Timeless Textiles Gallery, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, (curated by Anne Kempton)
2019 Resilience, BC Craft Council Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017 Sea States, with Katia Mokeyeva (USA), Dyeing House Gallery, Prato, Italy
2016 Sea States, with Katia Mokeyeva (USA), Timeless Textiles, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, (curated by Anne Kempton)
2015 Respiration, LandArt, Salt Spring Arts Council, Salt Spring Island, BC
2015 SHIFT-exploring layers of perception, with Barbra Edwards (BC), Seymour Art Gallery
Vancouver, BC (curated by Sarah Cavanaugh)
2015 Full(Filled) BC Craft Council Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014 SHIFT-exploring layers of perception, with Barbra Edwards (BC), Salt Spring Arts Council, Salt Spring Island, BC
2014 Surfaces, Craft Guild of Dallas, Texas (curated by Lisa Covert)
Juried Group Exhibitions
2018 SHRINE felt::feutre: Canadian Contemporary Felt Exhibition, Craft Council of British Columbia
2016 Migration felt::feutre: Canadian Contemporary Felt Exhibition, Shatford Centre/Okanagan School of the Arts, Penticton, BC
2013 Reveal and Cleft / felt::feutre: Canadian Contemporary Felt Exhibition, Salt Spring Island, BC
2013: Topography of Healing / Surface Design Association Exhibition, Say Si Gallery, San Antonio Texas
2009– Topography Series / Felt America exhibition- Birnam Arts Centre, Perthshire, Scotland
Additional Events
April 2017 Artist Residency, the Booth, Shetland, UK awarded by Shetland Arts, in partnership with Wasps Artists’ Studios, Glasgow, UK
2016-2010 ArtCraft, Winter Craft, Salt Spring Island, BC
2013 Circle Craft Christmas Market, Vancouver, BC
2010 Interior Design Show, Toronto, ON
2009-2005 One of a Kind Craft Show, Toronto, ON – Spring and Christmas.
2007 One of a Kind Craft Show- Winter-2nd place award – Wool Felt Light
2007-1989 Ontario/Quebec Regional Craft Shows including Beaches Art Show and Sale (Toronto), Originals, Signature Craft shows (Ottawa and Toronto),
Byward Market Artisans (Ottawa)
2006-Ottawa Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild show, Ottawa, ON, Best of Show Award
Interviews/Publications
2021 GRIMA, Danish Felt Association Journal, August 2021
2018 Felt Matters, International Felt Association Journal, Issue 131, June
2017 FELT magazine (Australia) Issue 17
2015 SHIFT exhibition catalogue, August
2015 Felt Matters, International Felt Association Journal, Issue 118, March
2015 FELT magazine (Australia) Issue 13
2015 CBC radio/ North by Northwest, Artist Interview about Full/Filled, February
2014 FilzFun (Germany) Issue #44, Fall
2014 Gulf Islands Driftwood (BC), Review of Shift Exhibition, July
2014 Verfiltz Und Zugenaht (Germany) Issue #42, Spring
2013 felt:: feutre Canadian Contemporary Felt exhibition catalogue, September
2013 Felt Fashion (Russia) Issue #1-2, October
Related Experience
2018- 2013 Founder and past president of felt :: feutre canada, a national not-for profit organization for Canadian feltmakers.
2016-2011– member of the Salt Spring Arts Council, ArtCraft committee
2011-2006 Senior Contributing Editor, Living Crafts magazine, 4-8 articles published annually on feltmaking and plant dyeing
2008-2003 Consultant with Fair Trade Co-operatives in India and Nepal, in felt design and construction. The resulting products are carried by stores and galleries in Canada, US and Australia.
Recent Teaching/ Lecturing Experience
Present- 2014 Online workshops presented to over 1000 national and international students annually
2020 Colour Collaboration Workshops, Salt Spring Island, BC, March
2019 Felt Gathering, Gambier Island, BC, September
2019 Felters’ Fling, Silver Bay, NY, August
2019 International Tutor, Nelson, NZ, April
2019 International Tutor at Grampians Textures, Halls Gap, Australia, March
2019 International Tutor, Australia: Fibres West/Perth, Timeless Textiles/Newcastle, Illawarra Feltmakers/Illawarra, Felt Wear Able/Melbourne and Evocative Arts/Adelaide, January-March
2019 Artist Talk, Fibres West, Perth, Australia, January
2018 Artist Lecture, British Columbia Crafts Council, Vancouver, BC, October
2018 Shetland Islands Felting Retreat- May
2018 Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, WA, April
2017 Felters’ Fling, Snowfarm, Williamsburg, MA, August
2017 Pacific Northwest Art School, Whidbey Island, WA, June
2017 Shetland Islands Felting Retreat, May
2017 Dyeing House Gallery, Prato, Italy, March
2016 Midwest Felting Symposium International Teacher, Madison Wisconsin, July
2016 Artist Lecture: The Creative Stretch, Saanich Peninsula Art and Crafts Society, Sidney, BC, June
2016 International Tutor at Grampians Textures, Halls Gap, Australia, and ContextArt, Blue Mountains, Australia March/ April
2015 International Tutor for Canberra Feltmakers Association, Felt Wear Able/Melbourne and Bunbury Feltmakers Association, Australia, October/November
2015 International Tutor, Fibres West, Perth, Australia, October
2015 Keynote Speaker and International Tutor, Southern Hemisphere Feltmakers Convergence, Auckland, New Zealand, September
2015 Okanagan School of the Arts, Penticton, BC, April
2015 Artist Lecture, British Columbia Crafts Council, Vancouver, BC, March
2015 Fibreswest, Cloverdale, BC, March
2015 Artist Lecture:Tactile Metaphors, Victoria Handweavers and Spinners Guild, Victoria, BC, January
2014 Okanagan School of the Arts, Penticton, BC, November
2014 Midwest Felting Symposium International Teacher, Madison, Wisconsin, August
2014 Felters’ Rendezvous, Estes Park, Colorado, March
2014 Artist Lecture, Craft Guild of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, February