Fibre Stories is the home of stories and resources that have emerged from Fibreshed Field School. These stories and resources were created by Chiara Schmitt, Christa Clay, Melanie Camman, Elham Atighi Lorestani and Ash Logan, who worked with Hélène Day Fraser.
Created by Emily Smith, Fibreshed Field School investigated ecologically sensitive and economically viable methods of local textile production collaboratively with Fibershed, an international network founded by Rebecca Burgess. This program was co-designed by Emily Smith, Kate Armstrong, Cemre Demiralp, and Hélène Day Fraser and operated by the Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship in partnership with Aboriginal Gathering Place and Material Matters at Emily Carr University of Art + Design throughout 2020 – 2021.
Fibre Stories and Fibreshed Field School would not be possible without the hard work of all the people involved
Fibre Stories
Project Team
Hélène Day Fraser, Faculty Lead + Associate Professor, Design and Dynamic Media, Co-Director, Material Matters
Chiara Schmitt, Research Assistant
Christa Clay, Research Assistant
Melanie Camman, Research Assistant
Elham Atighi Lorestani, Research Assistant
Ash Logan, Research Assistant
Arina Sin, Publication Designer
Sam Stretch, Website Design
Bill Batt, Audio Engineer, Fibre Stories Podcast
Special thanks to Kyla Hewson and the Stationary Project
Advisors
Emily Smith, Co-founder Vancouver Mini Maker Faire and Vancouver Fibreshed
Keith Doyle, Associate Professor, Design and Dynamic Media, Co-Director, Material Matters
Cemre Demiralp, Coordinator, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship
Kate Armstrong, Director, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship
Fibreshed Field School
Project Team
Emily Smith, Research Faculty Lead, Fibreshed Field School + Co-founder Vancouver Mini Maker Faire and Vancouver Fibreshed
Hélène Day Fraser, Faculty Lead + Associate Professor, Design and Dynamic Media, Co-Director, Material Matters
Cemre Demiralp, Coordinator, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship
Kate Armstrong, Director, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship
Ash Logan, Project Coordinator
Benny Zenga, Field School Photographer
With thanks to Lisa Papania, Beedie School of Business and Sarah Lubick, Director of Entrepreneurship, Simon Fraser University
Field School Mentors and Facilitators
Rebecca Burgess, Founder + Executive Director, Fibershed
Stephanie Ostler, Owner, Devil May Wear, Instructor, SFU Beedie School of Business
Nicola Hodges, Textiles Instructor + Maker
Sharon Kallis, Executive Director, EartHand Gleaners Society
Brenda Crabtree, Director, Aboriginal Gathering Place
Tasha Nathanson, Founder + CEO, 7 Leagues
Dr. Love-Ese Chile, Founder, Grey to Green Solutions, Regenerative Waste Labs
Star Hoeraf, Owner, MorningStar Woollen Farm
Connie Watts, Associate Director, Aboriginal Gathering Place
Valérie d. Walker, Indigo Griot + Artist, Emily Carr Sessional Faculty
Pam Magee, Owner, Macgee Cloth Company
Janey Chang, Artist + Experiential Educator
Senaqwila Wyss, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Ethnobotanist + Educator
Meagan Innes, Indigenous Educator
Phil Gregory, Professor Emeritus, UBC
Anna Hunter, Longway Homestead, Pembina Fibreshed
Field School Students
Lydia Lovison, Visual Art
Danika Oystrek, Industrial Design
Connor Budd, Industrial Design
Camila Szefler, Illustration
Naomi Boyd, Industrial Design
Emily Janek, Visual Art
Annika Dixon-Reusz, Industrial Design
Tess Snaden, Visual Art
Paula Torres Urzua, Industrial Design
Ruby Lewis, Visual Art
Tuyen Hoang, Industrial Design
Laura Herridge, Visual Art
Morgan Martino, Industrial Design
Ajra Pursley-Doobenen, Industrial Design
Damien Stonick, Masters of Design
Shira Animan, Illustration
Taja Arya Jinnah, Visual Art
Caleigh Smith, Simon Fraser University
Fibreshed Field School was made possible through funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education, and the Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon (ACE-WIL). Fibre Stories publications received additional funding support from the Vancouver Foundation.