Dunlop Art GalleryObjects
Viewing Record 35 of 459Previous Record Next Record
Switch Views: Lightbox | Image List | List
Item Name: Textile
Title: Untitled
Maker: Florence Ryder
Year: n.d.
Country: Canadian
Materials: fabric on burlap
Measurements: overall: 89.5 cm x 205.1 cm
ID Number: PC90.6
Legal Status: PERMANENT COLLECTION
Extended Label Info: The method for making hooked rugs was developed in the Maritimes and eastern United States in the 1850s and spread throughout North America as a thrifty and colourful home-craft. Master rug-maker Florence Ryder learned this method of working from her mother and used it as a medium for her artistic expression. Ryder also worked with her community’s artisanal collective, the Ta-Hah-Sheena Sioux Handcraft Cooperative, though only for a short time, as she preferred being an independent artist. The experience with the collective had influence on Ryder’s designs: her work progressed from floral patterns to work which incorporated symbols based on traditional Dakota women’s decorative production. This hooked rug is an excellent example of Ryder’s later artwork, which incorporates both the symmetry and geometric forms derived from traditional Dakota aesthetics, and influence from contemporary sources such as imagery from books, magazines, television, and Pow Wow events. To make the nap, or carpet loops, Ryder cut long, narrow strips of fabric from old clothing, primarily polyester pants, and pulled the loops of cloth through the burlap foundation with a crochet hook. She finished the edges with polyester wools. Florence Ryder (1944 – 2005) was born and lived on Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation. (Located 6 miles West of Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, the Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation are not signatories to Treaty 4 but are protected under the Indian Act.) Ryder was an integral part of a large extended family and a founding member of the Ta-Hah-Sheena Sioux* Handcraft Cooperative which operated from 1967 to 1972. (*Sioux is the historical French word for the Dakota/Lakota peoples.) The name “Ta-Hah-Sheena” is based on the Dakota word for the decorated hides that were used historically as capes in ceremonies and lined the walls of homes and tipis. Ryder’s artwork has been exhibited nationally and is held in private and public collections, including the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Textile Museum of Canada.
Title: Untitled
Maker: Florence Ryder
Year: n.d.
Country: Canadian
Materials: fabric on burlap
Measurements: overall: 89.5 cm x 205.1 cm
ID Number: PC90.6
Legal Status: PERMANENT COLLECTION
Extended Label Info: The method for making hooked rugs was developed in the Maritimes and eastern United States in the 1850s and spread throughout North America as a thrifty and colourful home-craft. Master rug-maker Florence Ryder learned this method of working from her mother and used it as a medium for her artistic expression. Ryder also worked with her community’s artisanal collective, the Ta-Hah-Sheena Sioux Handcraft Cooperative, though only for a short time, as she preferred being an independent artist. The experience with the collective had influence on Ryder’s designs: her work progressed from floral patterns to work which incorporated symbols based on traditional Dakota women’s decorative production. This hooked rug is an excellent example of Ryder’s later artwork, which incorporates both the symmetry and geometric forms derived from traditional Dakota aesthetics, and influence from contemporary sources such as imagery from books, magazines, television, and Pow Wow events. To make the nap, or carpet loops, Ryder cut long, narrow strips of fabric from old clothing, primarily polyester pants, and pulled the loops of cloth through the burlap foundation with a crochet hook. She finished the edges with polyester wools. Florence Ryder (1944 – 2005) was born and lived on Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation. (Located 6 miles West of Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan, the Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation are not signatories to Treaty 4 but are protected under the Indian Act.) Ryder was an integral part of a large extended family and a founding member of the Ta-Hah-Sheena Sioux* Handcraft Cooperative which operated from 1967 to 1972. (*Sioux is the historical French word for the Dakota/Lakota peoples.) The name “Ta-Hah-Sheena” is based on the Dakota word for the decorated hides that were used historically as capes in ceremonies and lined the walls of homes and tipis. Ryder’s artwork has been exhibited nationally and is held in private and public collections, including the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Textile Museum of Canada.