Mireille Gagnon Moes
Mireille Gagnon Moes was born in Joliette, Quebec, the eldest of eight children. She works from her studio on the ground floor of the house she and her husband designed and built in 1985 on Saint-Joseph's Island. Her journey of exploration into textiles and fibers began with the sight of sheep grazing in the fields of Saint-Joseph Island. She became fascinated by the idea of transforming raw fiber from a local source (sheep) and processing it from start to finish in textile work, thus following the path of a very old and rich textile history and tradition.
Since 1980, Mireille has attended various courses, workshops, and seminars in hand spinning, hand weaving, dyeing, surface design, embellishment, and dry and wet felting at various locations. She audited the OHS Master Weaver certification at Georgian College. She raised Angora goats for mohair, which led her to market her own hand-dyed mohair yarn. She no longer raises Angora goats or sells hand-dyed mohair yarn; however, she has been hand-dyeing and selling mohair socks since 1998. Mireille has won several awards: “Best Commercial Display” (1983, Central Algoma Exhibition), “Most Creative Expression in Fibres” (1986, Algoma Fall Festival), “Most Successful Functional Work” (1989, Algoma Fall Festival), “Best of Show, Harriet Black Award” (1991, Algoma Fall Festival), “Honorable Mention” (1991, Heddle Magazine, Tiny Treasure Contest), and “Juror’s Choice Award” (2007, Hand & Spirit Juried Exhibition).
From 2000 to 2005, Mireille was the founder and artistic director of the Wabi Sabi craft exhibition on Saint Joseph Island. She has participated in numerous events and organizations promoting, demonstrating, teaching, or selling the arts, such as: Visions Co-Op Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie Arts Council, Arts at the Dock, Country Road Open House, Algoma School Board’s Artists in Education, Algoma Fall Festival (Visual Arts), Fibrefest, Sylvan Circle Tour, Sudbury Studio Tour, and the Four & Friends Art Show.
“Quality over quantity, respect the material, keep it simple, keep learning, keep creating, experiment, recycle, reuse, question, avoid trends, keep an open mind…” – Mireille Moes.
Since 1980, Mireille has attended various courses, workshops, and seminars in hand spinning, hand weaving, dyeing, surface design, embellishment, and dry and wet felting at various locations. She audited the OHS Master Weaver certification at Georgian College. She raised Angora goats for mohair, which led her to market her own hand-dyed mohair yarn. She no longer raises Angora goats or sells hand-dyed mohair yarn; however, she has been hand-dyeing and selling mohair socks since 1998. Mireille has won several awards: “Best Commercial Display” (1983, Central Algoma Exhibition), “Most Creative Expression in Fibres” (1986, Algoma Fall Festival), “Most Successful Functional Work” (1989, Algoma Fall Festival), “Best of Show, Harriet Black Award” (1991, Algoma Fall Festival), “Honorable Mention” (1991, Heddle Magazine, Tiny Treasure Contest), and “Juror’s Choice Award” (2007, Hand & Spirit Juried Exhibition).
From 2000 to 2005, Mireille was the founder and artistic director of the Wabi Sabi craft exhibition on Saint Joseph Island. She has participated in numerous events and organizations promoting, demonstrating, teaching, or selling the arts, such as: Visions Co-Op Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie Arts Council, Arts at the Dock, Country Road Open House, Algoma School Board’s Artists in Education, Algoma Fall Festival (Visual Arts), Fibrefest, Sylvan Circle Tour, Sudbury Studio Tour, and the Four & Friends Art Show.
“Quality over quantity, respect the material, keep it simple, keep learning, keep creating, experiment, recycle, reuse, question, avoid trends, keep an open mind…” – Mireille Moes.
Spinning Demonstration
Mireille will introduce you to the fundamentals of all textiles and fabrics through a demonstration of the yarn-making process on a spinning wheel and a Turkish spindle. You will also be able to observe and touch a number of fibers from different origins and at various stages of processing.
Mireille will introduce you to the fundamentals of all textiles and fabrics through a demonstration of the yarn-making process on a spinning wheel and a Turkish spindle. You will also be able to observe and touch a number of fibers from different origins and at various stages of processing.
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