Michelle Sirois Silver
Primarily self taught with over twenty years experience making hand hooked rugs and working with stitch, Ms. Sirois Silver honed her skills under the tutelage of Canadian rug hooking masters Barb Kennedy and Anne Boissonot and textile artists Dorothy Caldwell and Jason Pollen. Foremost she believes in simply sitting down and putting in the time to make the work.
Michelle Sirois Silver speaks, exhibits and teaches internationally and works from her studio in Vancouver.
Artist Statement
Deeply rooted in the handmade traditions of hooked rugs and stitch, Michelle Sirois Silver’s work is layered to create a rich visual and tactile surface. Often working in diptych, triptych, and groupings, Ms. Sirois Silver’s work combines images from nature and symbols to generate a narrative about our human connection to climate and rapid change. The slow process of making the work is intentional and defies the reality of the everyday as the artist seeks out ways to create space for us, to consider not only the narrative but also to lean in closer and consider the handmade.
Ms. Sirois Silver is currently investigating ways in which her work can be expanded and contracted to accommodate the available physical space.
Extraction 7
Hosiery, linen
60"x24"
Michelle Sirois Silver
Image Credit: Ted Clarke
Recovery Method 2
Hosiery, linen
22"x48"
Michelle Sirois Silver
Image Credit: Ted Clarke
Precious Commodity
Hosiery, linen
60"x60"
Michelle Sirois Silver
Image Credit: Ted Clarke
Michelle Sirois Silver
Michelle Sirois Silver
