Studio letters

Follow the journey

You are invited to follow along my weaving journey. Over the next few months I’ll be designing, dyeing, and weaving to prepare for my next collection release, sharing progress and inspirations along the way. Sign up to receive studio letters by email with behind the scenes details about my process and upcoming updates.

Empty white room with an open window, a blue cabinet, a potted plant on the windowsill, a wooden weaving loom, a table with yarn, a purple potted orchid on a wooden stand, a colorful rug, and other furniture.

dani ortman 9/1/20 dani ortman 9/1/20

Reflection Collection

Introducing the reflection collection, made with organic cotton and hand dyed silks.

dani ortman 5/1/20 dani ortman 5/1/20

Spring Collection 2020

The spring collection is woven with silk, organic cotton and linen.

dani ortman 6/8/18 dani ortman 6/8/18

President of The Guild of Canadian Weavers

The Guild of Canadian Weavers was established in 1947. The main objective was to raise technical, mechanical and artistic standards of hand weaving among Canadian weavers. Today these values are still maintained, but for me it is so much more. The GCW is a place for weavers of every generation to join together and thread the past with the future through the stories we share and the cloth we weave.

dani ortman 2/11/18 dani ortman 2/11/18

Jurors Choice Award: Toronto Design Festival

Complexities in Cloth, an exhibition about the intricacies of handweaving, received Toronto Design Festival’s Jurors Choice Award for 2018.

dani ortman 4/30/17 dani ortman 4/30/17

Carnegie Craft Gallery: Exhibition & Award

Blue Heron was awarded for Best in Craftsmanship at the Carnegie Craft Gallery Exhibition.

dani ortman 10/30/16 dani ortman 10/30/16

Introducing: Tiny Dancer

dani ortman 10/27/16 dani ortman 10/27/16

Introducing: Pins & Needles

New to the shadow weave collection, 'Pins & Needles'

dani ortman 10/3/16 dani ortman 10/3/16

Dark Side of The Moon

I sequenced my threading in accordance to the triangle numbers: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28..... And in doing so forms a pattern of perfect order.

dani ortman 9/29/16 dani ortman 9/29/16

Jacquard Weaving

Using Pointecarré textile software I learnt how to take a photograph and translate it into a weaving file that could be read by the jacquard loom - and then woven.