Portrait of the Artist: Amaryah deGroot

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After several attempts at writing books, Amaryah deGroot began making books and in 2003, she founded she weaves!, a one-woman book binding press. Designing book covers quickly took precedence since they offered more opportunities to experiment with fibre arts as well as printing and transferring techniques.

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Fibre eventually won Amaryah's heart and, after learning more about sewing, weaving, and felting, she began making and selling reconstructed clothing.

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In 2008, she weaves! was reborn as sew oiseau, a workshop based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, creating women's and children's clothing, silkscreen prints, hand-cut stamps, and hand-bound books. Every sew oiseau design is an original.

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You can see her works at Little City Farm.

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