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.