https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2026-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563223466834-CK5CX8JTC8OV39KUMXEY/immaterial_install5.jpg Portfolio MFA thesis exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada, 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563165877275-16H37O6NG1BP82Q7N7RV/140225Mackenzie_052.jpg Portfolio Frequency at GalleryGallery in Kyoto Japan, Feb to Mar 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563241846162-93SM19ABDCIPZLWP2BW1/AOLpresent7311.jpg Portfolio - Air over land 51.511, -112.4079 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563156349757-1CZLXFH13T88U06ZDQBT/DNA-MKF-web_031.jpg Portfolio Tendency at DNA Artspace, London Ontario, Oct 7 to Nov 14, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563167414346-7LO0OJFME05613ZUDZ7D/Stone1-1of4.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563312031816-IC514EPK73ZJQGIPURWU/Cast-offs.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563242655039-ZG4V8NUVFTK0EOD5QX18/22-MFrereRecollect1.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563313933925-HXRMTT998TP64X8EMIB9/02_a_KellyFrere_Recollect2.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563946712227-BQ1LAYS5EDDJXSJL3SHH/020_Codex4DETAIL_MackenzieKellyFrere.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1583178647719-9NM6R6M4MEAHPF37C30P/MKF-LexicalFragment1-DETAIL1.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1637094537561-D7WHD5I3JJR0VHEHC6JJ/Dispersion1-overall.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1665003769282-HNAG2N20H52UGF9OX9G7/Sieve-2022.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1685411997516-SFFCXD3TGSOQFNYSHVGT/Tissue-Lake1-DET-web.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1617209966665-22J21IBYKFJDOQVO03BS/1_KellyFrere_Mountain1.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1707764310844-CH5DKCU04FFH93R420CO/200417-detail.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1707764863763-AA4SB6P61PQWRGQL6O8Y/PXL_20231015_215405522.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1723350074891-HWJ9WQHMI0NCXDCNE9PH/ScrollDrift-AngleDetailB-WEB.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1720471956392-BZFQN7EEMKKI0ZTXK1HQ/C-Rocks2.jpg Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563228244973-OWDEJ8LJYC5466J1LUUF/IMG_0533.JPG Portfolio - River cloth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1767315767232-L4P045KZKDQY4OXDYHL3/_DSC4982.jpg Portfolio - Calgary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1770426860730-XYH3158BPZS0HMTR118O/MMH-03-lidvertical.jpg Portfolio https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/the-fell daily 0.75 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1740008677382-I2KARBGIKWRWSLEQDGPL/IMG_2186.jpg The Fell https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/the-fell/loom-inside-a-loom-weaving-plants-and-mobile-herbariums monthly 0.5 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1772139475609-1OZ8R8839E4QB4210QI0/_DSC5027.webp The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums Talking with my weaving teacher Katharine DIckerson about “Folding vernacular” - Image by Jeff Yee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1772139453403-NEBZX8SYRWTZO40RFUSA/_DSC4982.webp The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums View of exhibition at the Alberta Craft Council - Image by Jeff Yee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1772139454562-N667RPBCTAA8PRBGR60K/_DSC5470.webp The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums “Folding Vernacular” series - Image by Jeff Yee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1772139453546-OWJ00M8CCL2UTIOQ8EKG/_DSC5037.webp The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums Visitors looking at “Scroll: hang” - Image by Jeff Yee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/b52ddc58-3224-45a6-9760-6f88aa3e01f6/IMG_1024.jpg The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Look at this lovely BLUE loom! The typical draw frame and full height loom extension are also shown in this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/46afbfa8-1a3f-459c-b92b-4836f7198cc6/Screenshot+2026-02-25+at+2.24.33%E2%80%AFPM.png The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Diagram from Ruth Arnold’s “Weaving on a Drawloom” 1956 illustrating the drawloom weaving shed. Ground shafts are at the left and pattern units are at the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/14b57ef0-c386-44e0-929a-02e8aa561515/IMG_1706.jpg The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Painted steel counterweights rigged for fiveground shafts. At the bottom left you can also see the warp being sleyed in the reed. Throughout the set-up I alternated between mechanical problem solving wiht the weights and loom extension and the more familiar task of mounting the warp on the loom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/032b3208-b92d-4c9f-84bb-9aad87dc4818/IMG_1714.jpg The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Loom extension in progress. The trickiest part of the build was drilling long holes across the two uprights to hold the warp beam supports in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1d9f737e-b26c-4214-babf-057a421c8f25/IMG_1727.jpg The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Behold! A loom extension that - like my countermarche conversion - could also use some oil…but weaving cannot wait! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/3c39651c-1c55-41a7-a1c2-9002bf814bf7/IMG_1783.jpg The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Solidago altissima (Canadian goldenrod) image drawn from photograph of a plant in my garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/f808e24a-8f37-40d1-af54-52816d724248/IMG_1752.jpg The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out View from the front of the loom showing the first few inches of weaving with different wefts to achieve a true rendering of the cartoon (top right) derived from a stem of Goldenrod in my garden in December. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/2312257f-2b7f-4bb3-b817-1b8e89c4b774/IMG_2062_SnapseedCopy.jpg The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Vicia Americanis (American Vetch) image derived from a digital image of the botanical specimen kept at the Herbarium at the University of Calgary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/4c1aa285-4cbc-42e4-b2a7-5eb3fc05e7d8/f362-j-h-dearle-st-hilary-silk-damask-2.jpg The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Silk Damask designed by John Henry Dearle (1859 - 1932) for Morris and Co ca 19142-1914. Note the lotus flower in the centre of the cloth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/52ba5844-8832-4720-ae87-96cc7887374b/MMH-03-lidvertical.jpg The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Mobile Milkweed Herbariun, paper covered, stackable trays with plant stalks, fibre, threads and woven samples, 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/61993f29-c7cb-4288-8288-24cddf229ad9/MMH-01-closed.webp The Fell - Loom inside a loom, weaving plants and mobile herbariums - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/the-fell/spinning-folding-felting monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/d39974fa-b374-49cf-bcb3-60d12a988b34/Buckle-up-Spinningwheel.jpg The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out My beloved double-treadle Lendrum wheel is nearly thirty years old so I don’t take any chances when transporting it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1bf2f23a-7957-4629-a1d6-7155dede8013/IMG_8675.jpg The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out Spinning some fine worsted with Border Leicester/Dorsett with an very long 18-21 cm staple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/ed3c32e1-5409-4537-82b8-c416f39aa8b2/0A877886-5B36-40FC-A427-3C2819A5D43D.jpg The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out Table in my residency studio with fleece, handspun yarns and spindles - notice the little purple one painted by my daughter as a Father’s Day gift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/4865db65-d89a-4062-9811-c85c01f39cd0/IMG_9536.PNG The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out Can you tell I am focusing intensely on my posture while trying to ignore the fact that spinning with shoes on is very distracting? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/5f9e680e-3f39-4593-87d7-b4a4e81eba38/IMG_9580.jpg The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out Detail of “Folding vernacular (towel)” woven in silk and linen, coloured with madder dye, sumi, acrylic spray paint and soon to be mounted on handmade wool felt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/e751df25-a137-4f27-8240-2bc4c6e3c73b/IMG_8178.jpg The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out Sketch for a floral pattern used in “Folding vernacular (bedsheet)” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/99d72e2d-6178-4d51-a906-3673e00709d0/IMG_8144.jpg The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out Two pieces on the loom showing transparency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/e0dac0c9-99dc-4bdd-b0b2-fa091562871e/IMG_9667.jpg The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out Laying out Combed Border Leicester fleece for mounting the “Folding vernacular” pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/f4fef41d-ee53-48c5-acde-0152b51b52bd/IMG_9676.jpg The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out Felt in process after wetting out the fibre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/c6e4784f-ca6d-4c16-9617-7a031516d300/IMG_9677.jpg The Fell - Spinning, folding, felting and an exhibition - Make it stand out Nearly-finished felt will be rolled a bit more then steam pressed. https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/the-fell/old-techniques-leftover-wool-and-a-new-loom monthly 0.5 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/4d094561-7aff-4068-9513-b9867f6b79b1/IMG_6533.jpg The Fell - Prehistoric textiles, leftover wool and a new loom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/ed3b6b43-17ba-4181-a575-46f7f7353f69/IMG_9968.jpg The Fell - Prehistoric textiles, leftover wool and a new loom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/05d8c909-52db-4207-8ca1-9dc807fc69ec/Screenshot+2024-05-08+at+2.08.02+AM.jpg The Fell - Prehistoric textiles, leftover wool and a new loom - Make it stand out Original image of Icelandic turf used in Shelter/In plain sight in the centre. At the right is a reduced/digitized version using shades of Icelandic tog. At the right is the same image separated into thirteen columns - each row of knotted tog required thirteen double-ended tufts. You will note within each column there is often two shades which required combining black/grey, grey/brown and blends of each for lighter or darker shades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/45ff4b26-6573-4ede-8d15-d6e8df19d927/E20F2244-9506-4D06-9A8F-52363B2FBB6E_1_105_c.jpeg The Fell - Prehistoric textiles, leftover wool and a new loom - Make it stand out Johanna Palmadottir regards my weaving as the residents met for a farewell coffee at the culmination of the May 2024 Os Residency. (Thank you Anie Toole for the photo!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/87c6b35c-637f-43b5-8e58-010ecd26b9db/178EBADC-B505-406E-BE33-FCF78D14F1FC.jpg The Fell - Prehistoric textiles, leftover wool and a new loom - Make it stand out Apron cloth at the Icelandic Textile Museum. The yarn for the apron cloth was spun by Ingibjörg fiór›ardóttir of Hof in Svarfa›ardalur, and woven by Sigur›ur Jónsson of Brekkuger›i in Fljótsdalur. around 1900. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/6a2b89bf-d478-491d-9b13-432a06abc165/E4106392-FC55-401D-AF43-B30D52681C5D.jpg The Fell - Prehistoric textiles, leftover wool and a new loom - Make it stand out Handspun Icelandic pthell in shades of black and brown or “mórautt” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/435230f4-2d53-4e20-8727-c51976d28a15/IMG_6994.jpg The Fell - Prehistoric textiles, leftover wool and a new loom https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/the-fell/the-fell-coming-may-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/5c9403ca-592a-41e7-b5d9-38a7c018d291/IMG_2186.jpg The Fell - The Fell... coming May 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/welcome daily 0.75 2017-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1563146233873-CDD8GAR4MWK7W9IYVTGX/web140716-d3.jpg home https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/about daily 0.75 2025-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/17ee9152-8de2-4dd1-aa61-92f02d7150e7/MKF-Headshot-8x10.jpg about image: Jeff Yee https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/writing daily 0.75 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d2bb1590ebe37000153b0b9/1723342780827-32I7659OKUAUKP620Q7L/InPlainSight-KristoferE-WEB.jpg writing Shelter/In plain sight performed by Kristofer Kelly-Frère https://mackenziekellyfrere.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-02-20