Tradition With a Twist

Available at Circle Craft on Granville Island

There is a wide variety of sizes, colours and styles of my creations

available at the Circle Craft Store on Granville Island.

Purple Overdyed Handspun

This is a mix of various white wools and silk 

that I overdyed with Ciba Acid Dyes.

Let me know how much you would like and I will 

make up a ball for you. The portion is by the 100g.

Smoothie, a Short Wrap Available on Etsy

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/170217128/smoothie-a-short-wrap-in-soft-yellow?

Short Wraps are the same width as Narrow Wraps but about half the

 length so they are better for everyday occasions. 

This piece is nice as it will go with anything and is very drapy.

New Items at Leslie Jane!

http://lesliejane.com/news/

Terracotta

Some new pieces are now available at Leslie Jane in the Ambleside area of West Vancouver.

Crimson

Oil Slick

 And this wrap did not even make it into the store! SOLD!

VANESSA T CUNNINGHAM

Vanessa T Cunningham is a third generation textile artist living in beautiful British Columbia. Her mother and both grandmotherʼs passed their vast knowledge of colour, texture, weaving, sewing and design down to her starting at a very young age.  Weaving has been a major influence in Vanessaʼs life since the age of seven when her Opa made her a nail loom to create handwoven squares on.

In 2001 her Oma, Klazina van Veenen passed away and left her the prized 1968 Glmakra loom along with a Friederich Traub Spinning Wheel and a vast collection of vintage yarns. In 2005 Vanessa began a two-year Textile Arts Diploma at Capilano College in North Vancouver. There she focused on weaving while learning various dye and surface design techniques from an inspiring faculty. It was at the end of the Program in 2007 that she created ʻGreen Grassʼ wrap for her second year weaving course with Ruth Schueing and there began the line of Serendipity Wraps. In 2008 she graduated and was awarded the Circle Craft end of Program Scholarship.

Vanessaʼs work is an exploration of nature and technology through colour and texture in a weaving format. Each wearable art wrap is approached individually. After gathering feltable and un-feltable yarns in the colour palette she is working for that project she creates a warp. The warp is strung on the 65” wide Glmakra Loom and rolled to the appropriate tension. After hand-weaving and felting the wrap,  Vanessa sews each title onto the edge of the wrap using scrabble letters rescued from thrift stores.

All of the thrums or scraps are saved for sewing into scarves and wraps using a free-motion machine embroidery technique. All of the woolen thrums are spun into yarn for future weaving projects and all of the fluff that washes out of the wraps in the felting process is felted into pearls and are part of Vanessaʼs new line of Felted Pearl Accessories.

Vanessa T Cunningham sells and has Thrumming It!! demonstrations at Circle Craft Co-op on Granville Island. She also sells at Favourite Gifts in the Lonsdale Quay and Leslie Jane Clothing in West Vancouver. She exhibited at the Christmas Market in 2008 and 2010, 2011 and 2012 and will be there again this November. She has also had exhibits at the Circle Craft Co-op Gallery and at the Foyer Gallery in Squamish.  Online Vanessa has a shop on etsy.com where she has sold internationally.

Each piece is created one at a time and

contains only 10 warps of Vanessa’s

handspun wool.

They are then felted so that the wool

shrinks and the non-wool crinkles and

natural collars appear and the whole

piece softens.

As a special signature scrabble tiles

are sewn onto each piece with its name.

Eleganzas are free motion machine

embroidered using all the thrums

(scraps) left over from the weaving

process.

Oma left the loom to Vanessa to start her on

her career and Vanessa is very grateful for

this generous gift and in turn hopes to share

her knowledge with those of all ages.

Price List

Woven

Everyday 100

Short Wrap 230

Narrow 330

Small 410

Large 510

Ex-Large 750

Eleganza

Scarf 75

Vest 120

Wrap 150

S.Tunic 210

L.Tunic 310

Dress 315

Skirt 170

Accessories

Earrings 16-22

Bracelet 60

New Cunning Turquoise Everyday Scarf

https://www.etsy.com/listing/117167196/cunning-everyday-scarf-in-turquoise

Everyday scarves are for enjoyment anytime. Wrap the length

 around and around to cozy up in your sparse office. Tie

 the fringe together to produce and infinity scarf, the possibilities are endless!!

Dimensions: please take note, before felting

 all Everyday Scarves are 7" wide and 120" long
this scarf is 5" wide and 96" long.

YAY!! A new purple scarf on etsy!!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/104781066/sale-25-off-purple-everyday-scarf-use

Everyday scarves are for enjoyment anytime. Wrap the length around and around to cozy up in your sparse office. Tie the fringe together to produce and infinity scarf, the possibilities are endless!!

Purple Scarves are a very popular color ut do not worry each one is very different.

Dimensions: please take note, before felting all Everyday Scarves are 7"wide and 120"long
this scarf is 5"wide and 96"long.

Horseshoe Bay Art Walk

http://www.horseshoebayartwalk.com/

If you have not been to my studio in Horseshoe Bay yet this is a good day to come down!! Nine studios will be open for viewing and there is a free shuttle bus coming from Gleneagles Community Centre. Sunday July 8th from 11am to 4pm.

New Moon White Everyday Scarf

https://www.etsy.com/listing/102730638/sale-25-off-moon-everyday-scarf-in-white

Everyday scarves are for enjoyment anytime. Wrap the length around and around to cozy up in your sparse office. Tie the fringe together to produce and infinity scarf, the possibilities are endless!!

Dimensions: please take note, before felting all Everyday Scarves are 7"wide and 120"long
this scarf is 5"wide and 96"long.

New True Blue Everyday Scarf

https://www.etsy.com/listing/102603852/sale-25-off-true-blue-everyday-scarf-use

Everyday scarves are for enjoyment anytime. Wrap the length around and around to cozy up in your sparse office. Tie the fringe together to produce and infinity scarf, the possibilities are endless!!

Dimensions: please take note, before felting all Everyday Scarves are 7"wide and 120"long
this scarf is 5"wide and 96"long.

A new Royale Purple Eleganza!!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/101888754/sale-25-off-royale-eleganza-in-purple

Eleganzas are made from the thrums or weaving scraps left over from a wrap or scarf. When I collect enough for an Eleganza Scarf, which may be from three or more scarves and may take months to acquire. Each Eleganza is therefore individual and made one at a time.

Purple is very rare as I do not make purple wraps very often.

Dimensions: 10" wide and 62" long

New Mermaid Scarf III on etsy!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/101745690/sale-25-off-mermaid-iii-everyday-scarf

Turquoise is a colour for everyone!! It is so enjoyable to work with and it goes with any outfit. The handspun yarn in this piece was created by my friend Lisa Horvath who is also a fan of turquoise!!