I am going to be speaking about electronic textiles and my work on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning show tomorrow morning (January 11th) at 7:20am EST. You can also stream CBC Radio 1 from their website: http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/
I will be speaking about my work at the Toronto Wearables Meetup at OCAD on January 11th, 2012. It starts at 7pm at the Social Body Lab (205 Richmond St W., 6th Floor, Room 7602). Update as of January 11th: The talk has been moved to room 7514, on the 5th floor. Some information about [...]
I’m going to be selling my work at Atomic Lollipop on July 30th and 31st. Atomic Lollipop is a two-day anime carnival. Here’s a short description from their website: Join 2000 of your closest friends for two epic days and one mind-blowing night as we explore the imagination- unleashing anime merch and manga, carnival rides [...]
I’ve added photos and videos from my show to a website that I made specifically for the show, siphonophorae.com. The show went pretty well, although making the mannequins and setting up the hanging system was a lot more work than I had expected. Thanks to everyone who helped me set up in the gallery! I’ve [...]
Marisa Ranalli is a textile artist who incorporates electronics into her artwork. She works with human interaction and how it relates to themes of deep sea life, human biology, and light. Marisa uses felt and silk to create three dimensional, wearable forms. Siphonophorae is the culmination of Marisa’s research over the past 5 years. Siphonophorae’s [...]
The new website redesign has been launched! I’ve been working on this for the past few months, trying to make sure that everything is organized and user friendly. The new layout better reflects the kind of textile work that I create. I’ve made a few changes and added some new things. The Illustration section has [...]
Hey everyone, I’m going to have a booth at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. I’m going to be in Blue South, booth 201 which is right on Queen St. Here is a link to the booth map. The exhibition is located at Nathan Phillips Square and here are the hours: Friday, July 10th: 10:30am-7:30pm Saturday, [...]
My work tends to be derived from my fascination with the inside. The inside of machines, the inside of the human body, the inside of our thoughts; these are all things that are generally hidden, intentionally or otherwise. The necessity or possibility of destruction frightens us away from ever really being able to see these [...]
This is my graduation show, where I will be showing a project that I have been working on since January. This is a pretty important show for me. INmaterial An Exhibition of Emerging Craftspeople On at the Lennox Contemporary Gallery April 30th – May 10th 2009 Opening Reception: April 30th 2009. 7-10pm. United by a [...]
Looks like I’m going to have a piece shown in the upcoming show at the Ontario Crafts Council gallery on Queen St. I’m showing the Ribcage Bag. Here’s some information about the show: Human Forum: Sheridan Furniture and Textiles April 2 – May 2, 2009 The historical relationship between textiles and furniture has always been [...]
