Flying Over Salt Lakes, stitching on cotton with earth ochre, approximately 13" x 16", 2013 Dorothy Caldwell has become an icon for textile artists, exhibiting and teaching around the world. We Canadians claim her as our own, as she has lived in Ontario since the mid seventies, relocating here from the USA. The images in this post are of Dorothy Caldwell's latest exhibition, Silent Ice, Deep Patience, installed in the Art Gallery of Peterborough March 21 until June 22, 2014. Left: Map…

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My recent work is the result of parallel projects carried out in the Flinders Ranges, and the Kimberly in Australia and in Pangnirtung, and Bathurst Inlet in the Canadian Arctic. I want to experien…

Dorothy Caldwell Walking on Tundra, 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014 Walking on Tundra is 26"X 53" and is mounted on industrial felt. The acid green is the colour of moss. Dorothy Caldwell Walking on Tundra, detail 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014 Fine and chunky stitching on appliqués. A dash of pink provides a complementary contrast to the acid green. Dorothy Caldwell Quiet Place: Willow & Arctic Moss, 2012; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014 Quiet Place: Willow & Arctic Moss is another one…

I was lucky this year to get into the workshop of my dreams--the Dorothy Caldwell Mark Making workshop at Nancy Crow 's art barn in Ohio. ...

Dorothy Caldwell Map without words, 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014 With dimensions a staggering 9'4" by 8'5", Map without words is monumental. For curators and some gallery goers, size matters, and this textile, as well as four others (that I will share in future posts) deliver. Dorothy lavishes each textile with such care and detail that it frustrates me that, unless the gallery provides a skyjack, I can't see it all up close and personal. A passage from Canadian mystery author Louise…

Dorothy Caldwell Canyon 2012 stitched cotton earth ochre 13 x 17 inches Dear Dorothy I just finished reading the article in the recent SAQA journal. It is very well done and I believe that it respects your work and long career. Congratulations. Dorothy Caldwell detail of Canyon I very much enjoyed reading it and re-visiting the large pieces from Silent Ice / Deep Patience, Dorothy Caldwell Before the Glaciers Melt plant dyed with stitching and applique 14 x 17.5 inches I visited the David…

Dorothy Caldwell, Pink Hill, 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014 Pink Hill is one of a family of five intimate textiles installed together from Dorothy Caldwell's Silent Ice Deep Patience exhibition at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. Pink Hill, like her fellow earth ochre encrusted sisters, is about 18" X 24" and is mounted on industrial felt. Pink Hill has a subdued colour palette of black, pale yellow and pale pink. The loopy texture reminds me of a chenille bedspread and makes me wonder…

Dorothy Caldwell Collecting cards (journal); Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014 In her 2003 In Good Repair solo exhibition at the Textile Mu...

Dorothy Caldwell Flying Over Salt Lakes, 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014 Flying Over Salt Lakes is the fifth and last of the family-of-five earth ochre textiles. The white ochre on black cloth resembles discharged fabric. Dorothy Caldwell Flying Over Salt Lakes detail, 2013; Photo © Karen Thiessen, 2014 Dorothy combines fine and chunky stitching and couched lines to great effect. The stitching is exuberant, deeply sensitive, and intuitive. Dorothy Caldwell Flying Over Salt Lakes detail…