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Then & Now

Celebrating & Exploring
      Textiles & Techniques

            Sharing stories of

                  people, place & time

Solo Exhibit at Gallery 1065, Toronto

May 28 - June 7, 2026

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60 Rotations Around the sun

Silk, cotton, cotton batting, metal, thread

Appliqué, machine sewing

24" diameter

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In Her Eyes  & companion pieces

The eyes of 66 women in my life who have helped shape who I am today.

Mother, Sister, friends, Aunts, Cousins, Co-workers...

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Self Portrait - Pieces of me

Each embroidered hoop represents a different aspect of myself capturing the people and environment outside of me, the aspects of myself that I am proud of and those that need improvement.

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Birch Memories, & companion pieces

A dress of Birch bark, representing the tree I used to climb as a child to sit and read books in the peace of the forest. 

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Thread Bowls & Fireflies II

Re-using textile remnants from previous projects

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Cloud Dress & companion pieces

Clouds to me were, and still are, magical formations in the sky that can spark imagination and dreaming. 

That was then… Now we have data 'clouds'… 

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These pieces were also shown in Then & Now.

         Silk, cotton, glass beads, remnants...​

                  Hand beading, appliqué, bargello & freeform piecing, machine quilting...

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©2026 by Tracy Gorman Creates

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