DAY: a presentation and conversation with Carl Jan Cruz
featuring hats by Maryam Keyhani
On October 7, 2019 from 6PM-8PM
1190 Queen Street West
DESIGNER BIO
Carl Jan Cruz, C.J to his family and friends, was born on March 23 1992 in the Philippines to a Filipino mother and a Birtish-Filipino father. He grew up moving around the cities Albay, Manila, and London. In his primary years he spent most of free time interning with different fashion industry figures in the Philippines sinc...
On August 5, Arielle de Pinto will be holding a breathwork session at 100% Silk Shop.
Cost is a sliding scale of $20-$40 and proceeds will go to the family of Katherine Mulherin, the fellow Queen West gallerist who tragically passed away on July 14th. Please RSVP to 100percentsilkshop@gmail.com if you’d like to attend as space will be limitedBreathwork is a group exploration of the heart-pranic connection. A sustained 2-part breath that quickly connects one to Heart frequency, shiftin...
*Fountain Figurines* offers a new collection of figurines, fabrics, and pictures, to the world of 100% Silk.
Made through a process of assemblage, the cut-outs and low-relief surfaces are a zone of adornment and ornamentation, where quartering techniques and quilt-like combinations plot to address issues of the composite image. A nonmaterial logic channels a speed of the observer’s gaze, when figures and iconographic colour conspire to generate an array of maximal energy, echoing patterns ...
Anni Spadafora's soft pile of work "A Private World for Variations of Four" Will be opening March 23 6-9PM, inspired by the expansive world of simple loom technologies and the legacy of pattern.
Invite designed by Jeremy McCormick
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 4PM-8PM7–9PM
Please join us for our first show of paintings and textile works by Erick Garcia Gomez and Jesi Jordan.
Erick is a self-taught painter who depicts personal stories and politics in his town of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico and from his grandmother who was a village healer. His patterns and colours are inspired by the custom floor of his family’s home, made up of different sized and detailed recycled ceramics his grandmother picked out of the garb...