heavy metal show

I am working on a new series of wire drawings that will be part of Re:Position at The Harbourfront Centre main gallery in Toronto. 

Curated by Melanie Egan and Paul McClure, the exhibition opens Friday, April 19th (6-10pm) and closes June 16th, 2013. 

Re:Position is associated with the Society of North American Goldsmiths conference and will also include work by  Boris Bally, Cal Lane, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Amelia Toelke, Zeke Moores, and Jonathan Wahl.

teaching gig

I'll be giving a workshop at Toronto's Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op this February 3rd & 10th. "Creating 3-D Form With Textile Techniques" will pair basketry techniques with material exploration. The emphasis will be on generating samples and not finished work. The goal is to send students home with a few new tricks and a billion new ideas.

Details and registration information HERE.

show & tell

MATERIAL CONNECTIONS
at Lonsdale Gallery , Toronto
November 8 -December 16, 2012
opening reception: Thursday, November 8 from 7-10pm
MEGHAN PRICE, ANNA TORMA, XIAOJING YAN 

"Material Connections brings together three contemporary fibre artists; Meghan Price, Anna Torma and Xiaojing Yan, whose varied use of materials gives a sampling of the dynamic world of fibre arts. These artists are diverse both in their use of media, as well as their varied cultural backgrounds and experiences."

Anna Torma, Transverbal 2, 2010 (detail)

reDesigning for the TMC

I was honoured by an invitation to contribute work to a fundraising auction for the Textile Museum of Canada. I am amongst a stellar line-up of artists and designers given the task of reinventing an iconic Eames chair. The event takes place November 7th in Toronto.  reDesigned chairs can be seen here.

Charles and Ray Eames endeavoured to “design for living” and to make beautiful things that would fulfill the needs of ordinary people.  I prepared a cheap copy of their iconic chair for "hanging".

(wide) Open Studio

Oh happy day! I have been awarded Open Studio's Donald O'Born Family Scholarship. A full year of access to the Toronto print studio begins in September and will with an exhibition in November 2013.

a series of parallel lines

given bounds