Barbara McCaffrey is a fibre artist from Victoria, BC. She has a Diploma in Textiles (with distinction) as well as a BFA from the Alberta College of Art & Design in Calgary, Alberta. Barbara has continued to develop her practice through workshops with notable international textile artists such as Dorothy Caldwell, Joan Morris and the Surface Design Association.
Her work has been shown in over fifty exhibitions in Alberta, British Columbia and the United States and has been included in private collections in the USA and Canada.
Barbara has received awards and scholarships from the Alberta College of Art & Design as well as grants for arts study and travel from the Albert Foundation for the Arts. Her work was also included in the FiberArts Design Book 7, published by Lark Books.
StatementI find joy in finding shells on the beach and looking for ways I can incorporate them in my work. In this case I hand cast the shells in clay and glazed them in a variety of colours to create a series.
