
At the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners Conference held in Kingston in spring 2005 her coat entitled “Stepping Stones Interlocked to Touchstones” won the Edna Blackburn award for innovation and the Yarns Plus award for excellence in weaving. That piece was included in the organization’s juried show at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston. Further explorations of fibre as a medium has led her to art dolls or “figurative illustrations” as expressions of various aspect of the human experience. A group of these figures were exhibited at the Chameleon Nation Gallery in August 2008. These pieces have also been award winners at the Kingston Handloom Weavers and Spinners annual March Challenge event including receiving the Best in Show award, 2013. Dorothy lives in Kingston with her husband, three black cats, four looms, two spinning wheels, a dye workshop and a crammed jammed studio.
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