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Episode 61 :: Amanda McCavour

January 25, 2017

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If you read a bit about AMANDA MCCAVOUR, you will find that she “is a Toronto-based artist who works with stitch to create large-scale embroidered installations who is interested in thread’s assumed vulnerability, its ability to unravel, and its strength when it is sewn together.”  But what does that mean, exactly?

And, more to the point– I wanted to hear about how she came to make the kind of strong/fragile, tiny/enormous, personal/public art that is so unlike anything I have seen before.  It’s not just that the contrast in scale of what she does — her work is SO fine (to the smallest detail of tiny each stitch) and her installations are so BIG– it’s the subject matter of home, plants, cereal boxes –quotidian life.

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Amanda will be with us this Spring at our June gathering teaching a class called Ribbon in the Sky. I never know how people will respond to the offerings we put out there but have to admit to a certain thrill to see how fast Amanda’s class filled (one of the first) and how keen people were to learn this technique she has developed.

In our call today we talk about all sorts of things– I do hope you enjoy it. I have been wanting to get to Toronto for some time now and after chatting with Amanda, my desire is more keen than ever!

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all photos courtesy of Amanda McCavour

 

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on the blog

a Sunday afternoon with Toni Lipsey, Mara Licole and Gaye Glasspie

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As The SQM HQ office shutters for the next little As The SQM HQ office shutters for the next little while (back online in the New Year) feeling like some sweet, silly drifting out on a paddleboard could feel pretty good right now. 2021<---!! 
Posted @withregram • @squamlove The soft air, the changing light... Squamtime is on the horizon. This dreamy video of @amygretchen by @emily_katz  #squamlove
May your weekend have moments of peace, ease and t May your weekend have moments of peace, ease and time for creative play 🌿💙

sketching from the dock by @dannaray 💙 #squamlove
Although Isa is currently on social media sabbatic Although Isa is currently on social media sabbatical, she WILL be with us in June! *happy dance* @poppyandgrayco #squam2021
It was such a disappointment to cancel last year ( It was such a disappointment to cancel last year (amid all the rest of 2020) so it is no small delight that we WILL be welcoming @maralicoleknits to the lake in June where she will be sharing an original shawl pattern and teaching brioche! I love her sock pattern here and the message from her launch last July about "just keep putting one foot in front of the other." Indeed. #squam2021
So thrilled TONI LIPSEY will be with us at the lak So thrilled TONI LIPSEY will be with us at the lake next Spring-- scroll through to watch her making this darling hat. Head over to @tlyarncrafts to see more of her fab videos and crochet inspiration! #squam2021
Looking forward to being together at a safe distan Looking forward to being together at a safe distance Posted @withregram • @curioushandmade Bye lake 💕💕 #squam2015 #squamartworkshops #squamlove
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