Artisans for Hire
Many OHS members are artisans with their own textile-related businesses. The following lists indicate the types of services that they offer. Please contact the artisan directly if you are interested in their services.
If you are an OHS member and would like to join this list, email us info@ohs.on.ca for more information!
Instruction - Spinning
Beverly Barlow
Thunder Bay, Ontario
https://www.borderlandsfarm.ca/borderhousefibrearts
Private spinning lessons (all levels); workshops in the areas of fibre preparation and dyeing.
Diane Gonthier
Madeleine-Centre, Quebec
www.savoir-faire-textile.com
Spinning, fibre preparation, and felt-making lessons; workshops; lectures; studio residencies.
Julia Lee
Toronto, Ontario
www.provenanceyarns.com
Spinning lessons and workshops for beginners or more advanced levels; online talks and demonstrations on various spinning topics.
Jennifer Osborn
Ecowool Canada and All Sorts Acres
www.ecowool.ca
Beginner spinning
Beth Showalter
Waterloo, Ontario
www.bethshowalter.ca
Spinning classes focusing on multi-plied yarns, camelid fibres, paper, or space-dyed rovings.
Instruction - Weaving
Johana Cordero
Toronto, Ontario
www.loomstudio.ca
Offers workshops, mainly in weaving, but also in other textile arts like punch needle, embroidery, printmaking, and felting.
Lisa Graves
Bobcaygeon, Ontario
www.kawarthaweaving.ca
Beginning and intermediate weaving classes, in person or online.
Jennifer Osborn
Ecowool Canada and All Sorts Acres
www.ecowool.ca
Beginner weaving.
Susi Reinink
Yarker, Ontario
susi@kingston.net
Advanced workshops on many aspects of weaving; card/tablet weaving; drafting and designing.
Cheryl Sheridan
The Barn Studio
2968 Conc. 10N Nottawasaga
Collingwood, Ontario
csheridan@bmts.com, 705-441-6271
Offers workshops for total beginners who would like to try weaving to see if they like it; participants go home at the end of the day with a finished piece. Also available are beginner weaving lessons, rag rug weaving, and Krokbragd.
Instruction - Dyeing
Miriam Kaufman
Toronto, ON
meejumarts@icloud.com
Dyeing workshops -- online or in person.
Cheryl Sheridan
The Barn Studio
2968 Conc. 10N Nottawasaga
Collingwood, Ontario
csheridan@bmts.com, 705-441-6271
Offers fibre dyeing workshops for predominantly plant-based fibres.
Jennifer Osborn
Ecowool Canada and All Sorts Acres
www.ecowool.ca
Dying protein fibres, colour theory for fibre
Other Services
Julia Lee
Toronto, Ontario
www.provenanceyarns.com
Spinning commissions accepted, including pet fur; handspun knitted tapestries.
Miriam Kaufman
Toronto, ON
meejumarts@icloud.com
Natural dyeing with locally foraged botanicals, including dyeing of warps and wefts, yarn, or woven fabric.
Jennifer Osborn
Ecowool Canada and All Sorts Acres
www.ecowool.ca
Wet and needle felting. Commissions accepted, pet hair memorials, spun or felted. Printmaking. Sheep Breed Education. Wool education and preparation