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Bio ~ Faye JacobsFaye Jacobs: Biography
Faye Jacobs is a weaver, sculptural textile artists and teacher with over fifty years of experience. Faye began her career custom knitting through out an Olympic skiing carreer, furthering her talents manufacturing professional skiwear and boots. She studied and practiced Fiberarts in Bolder and Berkeley, returning to Canada in 1999. Faye was the lead hand in restoring the Jacquard Loom at Lang Pioneer Village Museum and received a 2017 Volunteer Service Award for Ontario 150. Faye is a sought-after workshop leader in Papermaking, Natural Dyes, Specialized Weaving techniques, Felting and ECO printing. She exhibits and sells her work at textile art fairs and exhibitions. Faye Jacobs: Artist’s Statement Textiles are a lifelong spiritual journey, filled with curiosity about the world, revealed by discovering and studying textiles expressed in all cultures. Thread, yarn, cloth and felt are all tactile, warm, textural and flush with colour. I realize that weaving, especially, is my internal mathematical space, allowing me to set things properly in place. The medium makes it possible interact on two and three-dimensional platforms. Whether a free-standing sculpture, handmade paper/silk or felt, wearable art or eco-dyed scarf, I work to infuse energy of mindful growth in every piece. My life is rich with ‘textile people’, who give me joy. |
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Faye Jacobs
Portrait by Marilyn Simpson
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Solo Exhibitions 2011 “Faye Jacobs Retrospective” Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio (KAGS) Peterborough ON Selected Group Exhibitions 2021 "Artisanity Show and Sale Christmas", Peterborough Square, Peterborough ON 2021 "Artisanity Show and Sale", Marshlands, Lakefield 2919 "Fibrelicous" Show and Sale, Lang Pioneer Village, Keen ON 2018 "Festival of Textiles", Lang Pioneer Village, Keen ON 2016 - 2019 "Artisanity Show and Sale", Nights of Columbus Christmas, Peterborough ON. 2016 - 2019 "Artisanity Show and Sale", Marshlands, Lakefield 2015 Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio (KAGS), Peterborough ON 2014 “Fibre Fest” Peterborough, ON 2014 “Art @ The Locks” Young’s Point, ON 2013 “Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour” Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON 2013 “Twist Festival” St -Andre-Avelin, QC. 2012 “World Of Threads Festival” Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville ON 2012 Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio (KAGS), Peterborough ON 2012 “Wearable Art” Mississauga , ON 2011 Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio (KAGS), Peterborough ON 2011 “Spring Exhibition” Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, QC 2011 “Wearable Art” Mississauga , ON 2011 “Stony Lake Craft Fair” Stony Lake, ON 2011 “Fibre Fest” Peterborough, ON 2010 Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio (KAGS), Peterborough ON 2010 “20x20 Fundraiser” Montreal Center for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, PQ 2010 “Wanted Dead or Alive” Peterborough Arts Umbrella, Peterborough ON 2009 “Fine Arts Fair: A Showcase and Sale of Art Works” Muellers Art Gallery, Peterborough, ON 2008 “The Miniature Show” Cossar Art Gallery, Peterborough, ON 2007 “The Miniature Show” Cossar Art Gallery, Peterborough, ON 2006 “The Miniature Show” Cossar Art Gallery, Peterborough, ON 2006 “Furniture, Fissures and Fancies” An ART e MS Exhibition, Twohey’s Furniture, Peterborough, ON 2002 “Gallery Artists” Sacbe Art Gallery, Peterborough, ON 2001 “Water Guardians” Sacbe Art Gallery, Peterborough, ON 2000 “2nd Annual Mystic Funk & Other Lost Objects” Sacbe Art Gallery, Peterborough, ON Art Fairs 2008-2016 Autumn Treasures, Peterborough, ON 1980-1982 Multiple Fairs, Miami FL, Tempe AZ 1970-1980 Multiple ACC (American Craft Council) Shows, Tempe AZ, LA, Berkeley CA Arts-Related Education 2015 “ECO Dying with India Flint” Ontario Hand Weavers and Spinners (OHS), Toronto, ON 2011 “Jacquard Loom Dressing with Didier Schvartz (France)” Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, ON 2010 “Kasuri Workshop with Keko Mujigokujo (Japan)” Toronto Weaving School, Toronto, ON 2008 “Beginning Jacquard Weaving with Louise Lemieux Berube” Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, PQ 1987 “Indigo Dying and Kasuri Warp Shifting (Japanese Team)” Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA 1980 “Weaving Structure, Patterning and Design” Pacific Basin School of Textile Arts , Berkeley CA 1979 “Art History” Alameda Collage, Alameda CA 1979 “Structural Flow with Daniel Griffin (France)” Fiberworks School, Berkeley, CA 1978 “Handmade Paper as Art” Nance Obannion, Fiberworks School, Berkeley, CA 1975 “Beginning Weaving” Colorado University, Fort Collins, CO Publications 2015 “Jacquard Loom: A Co-operative Project” by Faye Jacobs, Fibre Focus Magazine 1980 “More Creative Two Harness Weaving” Profile of Faye Jacobs by Barbara Liebler, Interweave Magazine, Winter Issue 1979-80 Videos 2016 “Meet the Makers of Peterborough & The Kawarthas: Antique Jaquard Weavers” 2015 Faye Jacobs “Sage Wrap” on Vimeo Testimonial Textile artist Faye Jacobs incorporates traditional practices with experimental ideas to create work that reveres nature, appreciates colour and brings focus to a spiritual journey. Faye’s repertoire of techniques includes natural colours, African and Japanese resist dyeing, weaving, basketry, embroidery, papermaking, garments and multi-media sculpture. Faye made a significant contribution to textile heritage leading the restoration of a 19th century Jacquard Loom at Lang Pioneer Village Museum in a twelve year project completed in 2020. Faye’s studio work ranges from homegrown natural dye wearables and small-scale workshops to experimental sculptures emerging on a historic upright loom. Her passion for lifelong learning is an invitation to experiment with materials, innovative techniques and energetic colour celebrating beauty in everyday life. Skye Morrison PhD |
