Common Threads
Sharon Kallis
- 21 mei 2021
- 9781897408520
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Using simple techniques, Common Threads shows how to engage communities in re-purposing green waste and invasive species into beautiful works of art or environmental remediation. This unusual guide combines detailed, hands-on instructions with guidelines for successful process and an inspirational overview of completed projects.
\A guide to creating community-based art installations using green waste, invasive species and natural materials
...a gem of a book, innovative in the subjects it covers, inspiring in the philosophies it embraces, full of down-to-earth practical "how-to" advice, and a joy to read .---Nancy J. Turner, Distinguished Professor and Hakai Professor of Ethnoecology, University of Victoria and author, Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge
An exciting marriage of collaborative art and sustainable practices, this one-of-a-kind guide will resonate with educators, community activists, and engaged citizens alike. Brava! ---Tim Grant, co-editor, Green Teacher magazine
Common Threads is a guide to engaging communities in communal handwork for the greater good. Simple, easily taught, creative techniques applied with shared purpose become the modern-day equivalent of a barn raising or a quilting bee. Author and artist Sharon Kallis provides a wealth of ideas and strategies for:
- Crafting collaborative works of art or environmental remediation
- Utilizing unwanted natural materials, with an emphasis on green waste and invasive species
- Creating opportunities for individuals to connect with nature in a unique, meditative, yet community-oriented way.
Combining detailed, step-by-step instructions with tips for successful process and an inspirational overview of completed projects, Common Threads is a different kind of weaving bookâone which will help artists and activists foster community, build empowerment and develop a do-it-together attitude while creating works of collaborative eco-art.
An extraordinary field guide, compendium and manual... for discerning citizen artists or creative types of any nature .---Jayce Salloum, media artist, recipient of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, 2014
... Sharon Kallis makes a significant contribution to the growing body of writing on the value of the arts and cultural practices in sustainability. A wonderfully accessible book .---Beth Carruthers, author, Mapping the Terrain of Contemporary EcoArt Practice and Collaboration
Sharon Kallis is a Vancouver artist who specializes in working with unwanted natural materials. Involving community in connecting traditional hand techniques with invasive species and garden waste, she creates site-specific installations that become ecological interventions.
A guide to creating community-based art installations using green waste, invasive species and natural materials
Disposing of unwanted natural materials can be expensive and time-consuming, or it can present a tremendous opportunity for creating collaborative eco-art. Invasive-species control, green-waste management, urban gardening, and traditional crafts can all be brought together to strengthen community relationships and foster responsible land stewardship. Simple, easily taught, creative techniques applied with shared purpose become the modern-day equivalent of a barn raising or a quilting bee.
Common Threads is a unique guide to engaging community members in communal handwork for the greater good. Sharon Kallis provides a wealth of ideas for:
- Working with unwanted natural materials, with an emphasis on green waste and invasive species
- Visualizing projects that celebrate the human element while crafting works of art or environmental remediation
- Creating opportunities for individuals to connect with nature in a unique, meditative, yet community-oriented way
Combining detailed, step-by-step instructions with tips for successful process and an overview of completed projects, Common Threads is a different kind of weaving book. This inspirational guide is designed to help artists and activists foster community, build empowerment, and develop a do-it-together attitude while planning and implementing works of collaborative eco-art.
Sharon Kallis is a Vancouver artist who specializes in working with unwanted natural materials. Involving community in connecting traditional hand techniques with invasive species and garden waste, she creates site-specific installations that become ecological interventions. Her recent projects include The Urban Weaver Project, Aberthau: flax=food+fibre, and working closely with fiber artists, park ecologists, First Nations basket weavers, and others.