Frances Taylor
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Résumé: Frances Taylor, B.Sc., MBA

Types of artwork that I make
  • Ready to hang fibre art (including commissions); art greeting cards (could be framed)
  • one-of-a-kind wearable art such as crocheted hats with feather pins, crocheted scarves, fibre art collars and cuff bracelets, fascinator hats with feathers
  • Practical fibre art items such as tea cosies, pin cushions, coasters, quilted tote bags
  • Semi-precious stone and silver jewellery

Areas in Ontario where I have sold and/or exhibited artwork
  • High end shops in Perth, Sand Banks, Port Carling, Huntsville, Merrickville, Westport, Portland, Kingston, and Smiths Falls. Areas in Ottawa include the downtown market, Hintonberg, and Westboro
  • Various craft fairs throughout the Ottawa region
  • Fine art shows and venues in Ottawa, including the Shenkman Centre, Cambridge Design Gallery, Petit Bill’s Bistro, Wabi Sabi, Kitchissippi United Church, Yarn Forward and Sew On, Rideau Tennis Club, Glebe Community Centre, West Carleton Arts Society, Stittsville Artists’ Studio Tour, Stittsville Library (solo exhibition), Carp Library

Teaching experience
  • Crochet at Wabi Sabi, Amica at Westborough and the West Carleton Fibre Guild
  • Needle felting at Westborough, the Ottawa Valley Quilters’ Guild, and a fibre festival in Almonte
  • Faux felting at the Artwear Group
  • Art cards at Amica at Westboro
  • Acrylic mediums in fibre art at the West Carleton Fibre Guild
  • Quilted art tote bags at the Ottawa Valley Quilters’ Guild
  • Pin weaving at the Artwear Group
  • Dyeing silk using icing colour paste at the Out of the Box group of fibre artists
  • Fascinator hats at the Artwear Group
  • Polymer clay at the Artwear Group
  • Needle felting at the Maxville Quilters' Guild

Published articles
  • Needle-felted cuff and bracelet, Workshop on the Web, September 2013

Current and past memberships in artist-run organizations 
  • Out of the Box group of fibre artists (OOTB)
  • Artwear Group of Ottawa
  • West Carleton Fibre Guild
  • West Carleton Arts Society (WCAS)
  • Studio Art Quilt Association (SAQA)
  • Surface Design Association (SDA)
  • Ottawa Valley Quilters’ Guild (OVQG)
  • All Dolled Up (Ottawa Doll club)
  • Ottawa Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild
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