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Sylvia Naylor combines her love of the natural world and her sense of design as a fibre artist to create a tiny universe of threads as deft as a painter's brush. Her landscapes are inspired from sketches, observations and photographs taken from her
enjoyment of the outdoors while walking, cycling, canoeing and gardening.
The ideas she gathers are then roughly sketched on paper, or a paper collage. "I never draw on the fabric because that would mean that I would have to keep to the drawn
line. I prefer my work to evolve."
The fabric is dyed and/or painted before any thread touches the fabric. Different types of fabrics are used depending on what types of effects she wants to obtain, such as silk, cotton or
polycotton.
Before starting the free machine embroidery, the feed dogs are lowered and the foot is removed so that the fabric can no longer be moved by the machine. The background fabric is stretched in an embroidery hoop, which enables the
work to move in any direction, this freedom of movement requires great control. The intensely coloured, exquisite renderings of nature are obtained by using a large palette of threads. These are constantly being changed both through the needle and the
bobbin. The stitch tension is also frequently manipulated in order to make loopy, textured stitches. Embellishment with hand embroidery sometimes completes the artwork.
Free motion machine embroidery can be compared to drawing, where a pencil
is held in one position while the paper is moved.
Free motion machine embroidery is an art form that is based on techniques developed in Britain in the 1920's. At that time women in Singer workshops would work at sewing machines with fabric in
embroidery hoops and very precisely make motifs for clothing, and ecclesiastical regalia.
Sylvia Naylor began developing her art form in 1979 when she returned to school in England to study concurrently Textiles and Embroidery, City & Guilds.
In 1983 she received the Silver medal for embroidery awarded to the highest ranking student in the UK by City and Guilds of London.
Since 1983 she was worked full time at her art. She has exhibited in many juried and invitational shows
receiving the Embroidery Award in Ontario Crafts 89, Best Fibreart Award at the Toronto Outdoor Show in 1990, and in 1996 Quilt Canada's Award of Excellence in Wearable art.
Sylvia shares her creativity and knowledge on free motion machine
embroidery by teaching courses throughout Canada. Students develop their own skills and knowledge by learning how machine embroidery can be used with other surface design techniques.
Sylvia has lectured extensively on free motion machine
embroidery as well as on historical textiles especially bags and purses.
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Sylvia Naylor
Awards
1996 CQA "Award of Excellence" for Wearable Art
1990 Best Fibre Art Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Show
1989 Mary Diamond Butt's Award for Ontario Crafts
1983 Silver Medal for top student in City and Guilds Award
1983 Merchant Taylor Award, City and Guilds of London Institute
1976 Ontario Craft Council Grant
Exhibitions
2006 Dynamic Demo Day, Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
"Art Blooms", Canada House Gallery, Banff, AB
Cornerstone Gallery, Kingston, ON
Frogtown Gallery, Wisconsin, USA
The Feminine Mystique, Arizona, USA
Crafthouse, Vancouver, BC
Sable V Fine Art Gallery, Wimberly, TX
The Framing Place and Gallery, Huntsville, ON
Algonquin Arts Centre, Algonquin Park, ON
Teaching
2007 Summer School, Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON
2006 Tallahassee, FL
2000 Canadian Embroiderer's Guild, London, ON
1999 - 01 Thousand Island Summer School of the Arts, Brockville, ON
1999 Lecturer, Prescott Quilters Guild
1998 Quilt Conference, Edmonton, AB
1998 Lecturer, Limestone Quilters Guild
1997 Lecturer, Kingston Quilters and Weavers
1997 Lecturer, Belleville Spinners and Weavers
1996 Quilt Canada, Saskatoon, SK
1993-07 Summer School of the Arts, Haliburton, ON
1993 - 94 Bernina University, ON
1993 - 01 Summer School, Haliburton, ON
1991 Rouge Valley Quilters
1990 Fibreworks Weekend, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, ON
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