
Common Threads
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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 book-one 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.
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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.
Content
Introduction
Places
Chapter 1: Work With What You Have at Hand
Chapter 2: Building for Change From the Ground Up
Chapter 3: Placemaking for Community
People
Chapter 4: Why Impermanence Matters
Chapter 5: Weaving Community Milestones
Chapter 6: Celebrations of Honor and Respect
Chapter 7: Common Threads
Plants
Chapter 8: Working with Invasive Plant Species
Chapter 9: Techniques
Chapter 10: Designing Group Projects
Chapter 11: Green Waste Logistics, Funding and Public Park Partnership
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
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