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Capelin silk or rayon stocking material, dyed; 
with more information. |
Distinctively Northern images fill the museum's second floor galleries: Polar bears on ice floes, dog teams pulling komatiks to medical emergencies, ducks and geese flying over treetops, sailing schooners plying the icy waters, quiet outport views, puffins, seagulls and whales, bold floral and geometric designs and people at work and play are all hooked using donated, worn silk and rayon stockings and underwear. The colours of the Northern lights: cool greens, warm yellows, bright crimsons, soft whites and pale mauves mix with the surprise of bright orange moons and add dimension and life to these scenes of the frozen North.
| "Leaping Stag" Silk and rayon stocking material, dyed
with more information. |
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"Matting Season" is borrowed from 35 lenders comprising private, corporate and public collections. The Museum for Textiles is the first Canadian museum to present a comprehensive exhibition of these mats. Please visit the Museum at 55 Centre Avenue, Toronto (one block east of University and one block south of Dundas. Tel. 416-599-5321 or www.museumfortextiles.on.ca
Reviews:
"You'd be hard pressed to find a more joyful collection of folk images." R.M. Vaughan, EYE magazine
"...the exhibition of historical, hooked mats from Eastern Canada demonstrates, once again, the remarkable work being done by this small museum..." Gillian MacKay, The Globe and Mail
Confirmed
Travel Venues:
Art
Gallery of Nova Scotia TBD
Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, Memorial University
St. John's,
Newfoundland May
25 - September 9, 2001
Red
Deer and District Museum, Red Deer, Alberta Fall
2001
Grenfell Interpretation Center, St. Anthony, Newfoundland September
and October 2000
© 2000, Paula Laverty