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Ferry Building Gallery 1414 Argyle Ave, Ambleside Landing, West Vancouver, British Columbia V7T 1C2
Frances Solar, "Supernova 10," 2019
stainless mesh, industrial scrap, woven copper wire and strip, bike cogs, coins and glass, 22" x 33"
WOVEN, the first exhibition of 2020 showcases mixed-media artwork by Frances Solar, Kolton Babych, Lorna Moffat, Sarah Symes and Nicole Rigets.
Frances Solar combines traditional textile and weaving techniques with unconventional materials like copper wire, steel mesh, bike cogs, washers, and other metals to create unique woven sculpture, both free standing or wall mounted.
Growing up in Scotland, Lorna Moffat was surrounded by fabric, buttons and colourful knitting yarn in her granny’s drapery shop. She fuses traditional stitching techniques such as appliqué and 'mola' work with her own style of fabric manipulation to create her signature stitched and collaged surfaces on pillows, bags and blankets using wool, linen, cotton, silk and velvet.
Kolton Babych is presenting a series of digital prints, cut with clean lines and woven together to generate a new imagery. He takes inspiration from high fashion, jewelry and the art world, incorporating a contemporary aesthetic into his work.
With a background in graphic design and architecture, Sarah Symes’ unique self-discovered process is the result of many years developing skills and techniques with fabric. She selects quality fabrics and carefully wash and dye them as needed. The fabric is stitched using a sewing machine in an improvised process, like painting or collage, enabling the gradual build up of colour and texture.
Nicole Rigets uses the Camera as a buffer between what’s outside her body, mind and spirit and what’s in her body, mind and spirit. Some of her photography reveals the way light appears, and images look, when they are filtered and captured through her stress. Everything ‘out there’ speaks at her and she talks back with her camera.