Surface Weaving Technique
Most of my artwork features a novel method I developed and call “surface weaving." It combines techniques from hand embroidery and needle weaving with free-motion machine stitching and quilting. The process is slow, incremental and contemplative. It also involves spontaneity, as each woven fibre adds its own character, involves new decisions, and the image takes form in a holographic way. The weaving results in a richly textured surface with myriad colour variations and interactions.
Surface weaving has qualities in common with other forms of textile and needlework, but creates a unique effect. Like tapestry, it involves weaving. But unlike tapestry weaving, surface weaving doesn’t involve a loom, and the resulting image has a less grid-like quality because fibres are woven in all directions. All threads serve as both warp and weft to others. Surface weaving is also similar to embroidery, involving hand-sewing with needle and thread to lay down colour and texture. However, unlike embroidery, surface weaving doesn’t stitch through the base fabric, and the stitches on the surface follow a more serendipitous path than traditional embroidery stitches do.
Surface weaving has qualities in common with other forms of textile and needlework, but creates a unique effect. Like tapestry, it involves weaving. But unlike tapestry weaving, surface weaving doesn’t involve a loom, and the resulting image has a less grid-like quality because fibres are woven in all directions. All threads serve as both warp and weft to others. Surface weaving is also similar to embroidery, involving hand-sewing with needle and thread to lay down colour and texture. However, unlike embroidery, surface weaving doesn’t stitch through the base fabric, and the stitches on the surface follow a more serendipitous path than traditional embroidery stitches do.
Notes for Collectors
Hanging and Care Instructions - please click here
Sales Inquiries - Some pieces are for sale through exhibiting galleries, others directly from me. Kindly send me an email via my contact page with titles of pieces that interest you. I'll let you know where they are available and am happy to answer your questions. If you don't see what you're looking for (for example, your favourite sort of bird), I'd also be glad to let you know if works in progress may be relevant, or whether a commission is possible.
The Carnegie Gallery in Dundas, Ontario regularly exhibits and sells some of my pieces. Please click here for the Gallery's hours, directions, and contact information.
Sales Inquiries - Some pieces are for sale through exhibiting galleries, others directly from me. Kindly send me an email via my contact page with titles of pieces that interest you. I'll let you know where they are available and am happy to answer your questions. If you don't see what you're looking for (for example, your favourite sort of bird), I'd also be glad to let you know if works in progress may be relevant, or whether a commission is possible.
The Carnegie Gallery in Dundas, Ontario regularly exhibits and sells some of my pieces. Please click here for the Gallery's hours, directions, and contact information.