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, just get in touch.
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.
Patricia Gillies
Wellington County, Ontario
philura.com
Spinning classes and workshops at a range of levels; guided breed study; knitting coaching.
Diane Gonthier
Saint-François-Xavier-De-Viger, 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.
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.
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.
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.