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Julie Pongrac Master Knitter & Designer |
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| Glacier's Edge |
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exhibited at Cheoungju International Biennale, South Korea, 2009
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currently displayed at Studio 424, 1000 Parker St. Vancouver, BC during Common Threads, the Twisted Fibre Studio Tour Feb 6,13, 20 & 27, 2010
"depicts the fragile balance between the accumulation and melting of snow on the edge of a primitive snowpack... This process, though not evident to the eye, is constantly shaping the future of this landscape in small increments."
Julie Pongrac, Artist Statement, 2009
Winter 2009, Elevating Canadiana Series
Body, 100% handspun mohair; trim, mohair & silk blend
Hand-knitted lace
Hollywood & Jade shawl pin, Todd Woffinden, carver | |
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Gentle Falls
Private Commission
Spring 2009
Sea & Sky Series
100% hand-dyed silk
Hand-knitted lace & icord trim
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Blue Chantrelle
Eastside Culture Crawl 2009; auctioned for The Portland Society, Homeless Shelter
Fall 2009, Autumn Woodlands Series
Body, 100%handdyed silk; trim, 100% silk straw
Handknitted lace
Silver shawl pin,
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Mountain Grasses
Gibson's Landing Fibre Arts Festival 2009; awarded prize in Wearable Art
Summer 2009, Grasses & Grains Series
Merino, mohair, silk & angora blended throughout to created colour transitions
Handknitted stocking stitch with lace trim |
| Mimicking Nature |
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My inspirations are derived from the beauty I see about me, very often in the smallest details of the natural world. The intent of my work is to imitate this beauty. In my experience, knitted lace is the most enduring tool to achieve this as best captured by the following quote:
"I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me those incomparable designs which the branches and leaves of trees embroider across the sky, and I do not think that any invention of the human spirit could have a more graceful or precise origin."
Coco Chanel, April 29, 1939
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