Angelika Werth

Ann Klaveness

Ann Klaveness began knitting and formed her company, Emma Designs, in 1987, when her daughter, Emma, was born. Ann emigrated from Norway and currently lives and works in Maple Ridge, BC, but many of her sweaters have a distinctly Norwegian style.

Cath Wood

Creating and designing is nothing new to Cath Wood, she has been doing it most of her adult life. Her mother, who was an experienced knitter, made sure she taught her daughters the fundamentals of knitting, how to adjust patterns and how to make different effects with different wools.

Christine Seigneuret

Connie Wright

Connie Wright's sweaters are original designs created from the finest quality yarns imported from Great Britain - Irish tweeds, English mohairs, silk and wool blends as well as her own hand-dyed silks. All sweaters are hand crafted as well as hand sewn and blocked to give a superior finish.

Izabela Sauer

On natural fabrics, ranging from raw silk to jacquard, crepe de chine to silk chiffon, original designs are individually drawn and then hand painted.

Jan MacLeod

She has explored, with enthusiasm, the versatility of the paper medium creating works from dyed, sculpted, pressed, molded and layered papers as well as 3-D objects and sculptures.

Jane Garcia

My work reflects my impressions of Vancouver Island from the green of the summer sea to the shade of a garry oak woodland.

Janice Wright

I hand dye and individually block print each piece and use only 100% natural fibres. I use the finest French paints and dyes with a low impact on our environment.

Jeremy & Helen Long

Jessica de Haas

She gleans inspiration from the world all around her; the beauty of nature, urban decay, travel, street art, life, love, music and movement.

Kaarina Talvila

I have always been attracted to the Japanese aesthetic and aim to achieve a similar sense of harmony and balance in my own work.

Katherine Soucie

Katherine works towards developing new ways to modernize traditional textile techniques.

Kimala Thompson

For the past two years I have been exploring hand dyeing and painting hemp, silk, cotton, and wool fabrics and yarns. These fibers will become the foundation for embellished pieces such as wall hangings, purses, runners, and of course pillow covers.

Lajla Nuhic

Her hats are often seen as portable sculptures, inspired by architecture and landscapes.

Laurie Steffler

I am a textile artist who uses the nuno felt-making technique to create unique wearable art.

Leah Weinstein

"I explore contemporary design through the traditional craft of quilting. I seek to create beautiful, functional objects that can be enjoyed as timeless designs in an ever-changing world. By using sustainable materials, including organically grown and naturally dyed cottons, I am able to explore form and colour in a way that calls to our connection with the earth.

Lina Cutnam

All of my coats and accessories are designed to capture the imagination and colour the mood of the wearer. This idea is the essence of my work: personalizing the fabric abd clothing to create a one-time artistic impression, inspired by a passion which ultimately resonates wiht the exhibitor.

Linda Dixon

Using natural designs including plants, insects and ancient goddess symbols as well as celtic knots, I print on my hand-dyed linens, cottons and silks with silk screens and blocks that I make.

Marilyn Lee

Marilyn's work deals with creating sumptuous textiles for the home, adding unique elements that will enhance the space in which they are placed.

Mary Downe

Each of her creatures is unique, made with various materials she discovers on her travels, including fabric, wool, buttons, embroidery thread, feathers and beads.

Maureen Sugrue

Textiles have always been a major part of my life. I have travelled far and wide and spent a small fortune in this pursuit. Over the years my printmaking activities have evolved into surface design, screen-printing and block printing on cloth, while still exploring ideas of colour, pattern, design and image.

Merilee Shaw

For over 20 years Merilee has been creating woven silk apparel. Her goal is always to bring a contemporary look to ancient textile traditions by bridging the gap between couture and wearable art.

Micheline Bell

Elements of nature, landscapes of colours, texture and shapes are translated into designs and are reconstructed onto natural fibers as a celebration to the wonderful spiritual world of nature.

Miles Lowry

Miles Lowry is a professional visual artist working and residing in Victoria, British Columbia. He has been exhibiting paintings and sculptures in solo and group exhibitions since 1981.

Patty Dowler

Pei-Ching Lee

All of our products are handcrafted with 100% natural ingredients, such as vegetable oils, essential oils, herbs, natural colorants and additives. The packaging and display unit are done by hand as well.

Penny Tims

For inspiration I draw largely from the natural world where colour and design seem to be ina permanent dance together.

Sharon Greig

As a long time collector of baskets, Sharon began experimenting in Basketry. Each basket is constructed of sun dried pine needles as well as an assortment of other items such as etched copper tubing, lake rush or bone beads.

Simone Plusa

Upon completion of a program in fashion design, Simone realized that her desire to create fashion was based on her love of textiles, principally of silk and wool. This lead to her education in textile design at Capilano College where her explorations in weaving, felting, dyeing, and shibori have allowed her to nurture this passion.

Sue Mcdermott

Sue has lived in Vancouver for 40 years. The connection with Circle Craft goes back about 30.

Susan Cain

Susan Cain is an artist who has created a unique line of beautifully designed cloth hand puppets.

Terry Bigham

She uses cotton, rayon, silk, some blends, wool and other animal fibres including alpaca, which she dip dyes, tie dyes, or paints on a warp

Trish Delaney

Trish Moon

In 1999 I closed my natural food store in St Catharines, Ontario, to start a new chapter in my life as a weaver. I've had little formal training, relying instead on the muses "Instinct", "Inspiration" and "Necessity" to guide my hand and eye.

Ulrieke Benner

Ulrieke Benner derives her inspiration from the natural environment around her on Salt Spring Island.

Venessa Bentley

The construction of knitted and crocheted fabric provides me with the most meaningful surface design experiences.

Wendy Murphy

I am intrigued by the mysterious relationship we have with animals. The mystery being that while they are our closest kin in this universe, we seldom can really say we know what they are thinking and feeling. With wild animal sculpture especially, I love this mystery.

Yvonne Wakabayashi

Yvonne Wakabayashi’s heritage is reflected in her textiles; a fusion of the ancient Japanese ancestry that inspires her combined with the new ideas and processes of the modern world that enriches her work.