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A couple of fibre-arts events just outside of Vancouver may be worth a wee trip this month. If you're into that sort of thing. Or if you're looking for new stuff to get into. |
You may think of rugs as just those things you toss on the floor to keep your feet from freezing when you step out of bed in the morning, but artists have been hooking rugs for ages. Check out the Incredible Threadables exhibit by the Gone Hooking Rug Group at the Seymour Art Gallery in Deep Cove. (While you're in Deep Cove, stop into Room 6 for adorable shopping including lots of handmade items.) The opening reception is tonight, and the exhibit runs till April 3rd. There will be in-gallery demonstrations, and everything. So perhaps you'll get inspired to express yourself through rugs. Bet you never considered that before.
Seymour Art Gallery
4360 Gallant Avenue
North Vancouver, BC
V7G 1L2
If rugs, specifically, aren't your thing, but you're into other stuff made from fibre head out to Fibres West the weekend of March 18th and 19th. Held in the AgRec Building at the Abbotsford Exhibition park, you'll find all the fibre arts represented, with demos, classes, speakers and vendors – spinning yarn, weaving, knitting, felting, basketry, quilting, embellishing, and jewelry making. There are even door prizes. I spoke at this event last year, and I had a blast.
