Pat Burns-Wendland has been a handweaver and dyer for over forty years. She received the designation of Master Spinner from the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners in 1983. In 2000, Pat graduated with High Honours from Seneca College Dressmaking/Fashion design program. Surface design and different dye techniques have taken her to the United States to learn from such people as Jane Dunnewold, Kerr Grabowski, Claire Benn and Leslie Morgan.
Pat’s work begins with high quality white yarns of silk, tencel, wool, cotton or rayon. Next the yarns are measured out into warp lengths and then painted with dyes. Colours blend and develop, each warp being different. A limited run of fabric ensures that each garment is uniquely one of a kind.
Pat is one of the organizers of a national juried textile show called Stitches Across Time held in 2011 at the Dufferin County Museum and Archives.
She has exhibited extensively and in recent years her work has been selected for the World of Threads juried show. She was also a finalist in 2010 and 2011 NICHE awards for North American crafts.
To view a gallery of Pat's work, please click here.