Hoopla Book Launch
20 Sep
This coming Thursday, Spool of Thread is honoured to be hosting the official book launch of Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery.
Hoopla is the newest offering from Leanne Prain, super cool Vancouverite and co-author of Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti. When Leanne stopped by the shop with a copy of the book, we couldn’t have been more impressed. The book beautifully explores and profiles 28 artists that rebel against traditional embroidery designs of flowers and little birds. Instead, Hoopla focuses on the unusual work that is embroidery with a new, guerrilla-style. I think Leanne put it perfectly when she wrote, “it demonstrates that modern embroidery artists are as sharp as the needles with which they work”.
Thursday night, we will be hosting Leanne and her lovely new book. To celebrate we’ll have a few treats on hand and Leanne will speak a few minutes about the book. Hoopla includes embroidery artists from near and far, but to top Thursday night off, we will have a few of the Vancouver artists on hand as well as their work. Plus, Spool of Thread will have plenty of copies of the Hoopla book, so you can head home with your own copy!
Join us on Thursday, September 22nd from 7:00 – 9:00pm.
