ACADIAN HOMESPUN WEAVING
Based on the oldest Acadian garment in the Nova Scotia Museum collection.So many items in our material world are made by anonymous people. This black-and-white 1850s skirt is the oldest Acadian garment in the Nova Scotia Museum collection. It hails from the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia in the Chezzetcook area. An unknown maker wove the cloth for this skirt from fine homespun wool.
The heavy wool skirt was paired with a floral top and worn as a bridal outfit.
The design for the parkade building uses the pinstripe motif from the skirt, scaling up the thinner lines for visibility.
In Conversation, Acadian Homespun Weaving, Andrea Tsang Jackson
RESOURCES
Burnham, Dorothy K. & Harold B. Burnham. Keep Me Warm One Night: Early Handweaving in Eastern Canada. University of Toronto, 1972.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Andrea Tsang Jackson is a Canadian-born visual artist of Chinese descent based in Kjipuktuk / Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her work takes the traditional craft medium of quilting and applies it to a contemporary context.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project is possible with the participation of many people who offered their time, knowledge, and collaboration.