Sharon Kallis

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Please know: this is mostly an archive of works pre-2016…. visit EartHand Gleaners Society, -the nonprofit for which I am the founding executive director- that website gets way more of […]

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West Coast and East Coast Intertwined

December 28, 2022by sharonkallis Leave a comment

Nettles belong across the Northern Hemisphere, and those threads, and the traditions of twisting and weaving them,  connect many of our cloth stories. Flax for linen has both a simpler […]

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nettles, gardens, community and cloth

June 3, 2022by sharonkallis Leave a comment

It felt well past time to show a bit of love to this, my neglected website child.., as all my attention goes to either instagram or EartHand’s website. But much […]

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Ancestral Roots to Present Place

August 19, 2021by sharonkallis Leave a comment

My ancestral roots are tied to Scotland, Wales, Ireland and unknown parts of Germany.  My ancestors were settlers to Canada – whom I now refer to as disruptors – acknowledging […]

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New Skin (new garments)

November 10, 2020by sharonkallis 2 Comments

 Now here we are, as the darkest time of the annual earth cycle comes round, we can see a lighter time of being human ahead. We have all in our […]

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clothing, culture

Arts & Life Article…

February 27, 2019by sharonkallis Leave a comment

I am feeling like a little brag is required- the Vancouver Sun article from this interview with Stuart Derdeyn a while back turned into  such a lovely piece and makes […]

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Seasonal Fibre Guild: marking a decade into my discovery of local

January 1, 2019by sharonkallis Leave a comment

2019 marks the year I turn 50, and to acknowledge that I decided to give myself what I really want- time in EartHand’s two managed gardens with plants between my […]

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CACiS 2018: Grooming the Land

December 29, 2018by sharonkallis Leave a comment

A story of love, loss and creative angst. It is said, you can never go back- similar to the idea of not being able to step into the same river […]

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culture, environment, installations, natural dyes

Colour Therapy

December 26, 2018by sharonkallis 1 Comment

WINTER: perversely in the winter time when it is dull, grey and dark, I find myself wearing blacks and greys- likely an urban camouflage- yet I am greedy for colour […]

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walking and spinning as meditation

June 27, 2018by sharonkallis 3 Comments

Last summer I began the practice of traveling with a drop spindle and fibre as my ‘travel craft”- something to keep my hands busy in those interstitial times of waiting. […]

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Musings on a community based practice

January 3, 2018by sharonkallis Leave a comment

At this dark time of year I’ve been sorting and purging old files; as the paper documents, computer files and photographs pass through my hands, they trigger many reflections on […]

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culture, do-it-together; knowledge sharing, material inquiry, social engagement

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