Art created by Canadian textile artists encompasses a wide range of forms including embroidery, hand woven clothing, quilts, baskets, wall hangings, rugs and tapestries - functional pieces with texture and colour that embraces the Canada's cultural fabric.
Tranquil sites in nature are portrayed through acrylic monotypes, paintings, and collages. Web link to galleries of prints, paintings and textile landscapes, biography, technical instructions, and publications pages.
Multi Media
I am a professional artist and creative explorer who works in mixed media - fabric, print, paint and drawing; often exploring concepts related to the ea... (more)
Macnab spent her formative years on Canada’s west coast. As a young adult she was drawn by and ventured to the Saskatchewan prairies. The prairies’ wide-open space, proximity to the boreal forest, and long winters provided a perfect opportunity f... (more)
Inspiration: Imaginative textile designs of representative scenes from the natural world as well as fibre-based crafts for household soft goods.
Areas of practice: textile wall hangings with machine and hand embellishment; quilting and mix... (more)
Art has always played a large part in my life. Now being retired, I have devoted all my time to art making. I love working in mixed media with a specialty in textile arts. Born and raised in southern Saskatchewan, Canada, my work has always been h... (more)
I am a printmaking artist with 25 years of experience in stone, plate and waterless lithography, etching, silk screening and relief printing. My involvement with theatre and the craft community has led me to extend these skills into surface design... (more)
Tammy Gebhardt, multimedia artist including paint and metal. I have a passion for vintage metal upcycled into sculpture and lamps. Paintings are abstract acrylic. With metal, I enjoy welding and blacksmithing to create. Painting usually requires t... (more)
visual artist working in fiber and mixed media, commissions welcome, workshops offered
I am a fibre artist living on the prairies. I have a daily blog where I show my work. I use canvas, fabric, thread, beads, yarn and other fibres. My techniques include free motion stitching / thread painting, freestyle hand embroidery