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Common Threads (PDF)

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Publisher: New Society Publishers
Pub. Date: 2014-11-01
ISBN: 9781550925715
Format: Digital - 288 pages
Size: 8" x 9" (w x h)
BISAC: NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection

Common Threads (PDF)

Weaving Community through Collaborative Eco-Art

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. Author 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.

About the Author

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. Through her work, Sharon has engaged with groups and studied plants and techniques across North America, as well as in Central America and Europe. Some of her recent projects include leading The Urban Weaver Project, Aberthau: flax=food+fibre, and working closely with fiber artists, park ecologists, First Nations basket weavers and others.



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