Study in Interlacement (detail) Lizz Aston, kozo paper, fibre reactive dye, hand cut Studies in Interlacement, xlem and phloem, by Lizz Aston. Currently showing at the Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre as part of World of Threads Festival in Oakville Ontario, this is the largest and most colourful piece that I have yet seen by this Toronto maker. joining - cutting surface - shadow holes as marks Ocean, Sayward Johnson, copper wire, patina, weaving conceptual - three dimensional rigid - pliable The exhibit is named De Rerum Natura (On The Nature of Things) and was curated by Gareth Bate who describes the exhibit as "a highly eccentric show that evokes the collection of a mad 18th century naturalist". Blue Heart, Marjolein Dallinga, merino wool, wet felted That cabinet of curiosity idea is very apt. When I entered the exhibit, it did remind me of visits to European museums that hold Victorian era collections. Broken Heart, Marjolein Dallinga, Merino wool, wet felted simple - complex tender - violent inner - surface Smartweed (detail), Liz Menard, etching, chine colle, french knots youth - age colour - greyness human touch-machine pressed Forest Floor, Lotta Helleberg, leaf prints on plant dyed vintage linen Lotta's ordering of the messiness of nature reminds one of how we collect. human - nature order - nature process - object art - life