Members / Eliza Plumley

“Hello Housekeeping”, a whimsical installation by textile artist, Eliza Plumley,  was on view in the ground floor window of the Local 75 Housing Co-op building at 60 Richmond Street E. in Toronto until June 1, 2011.
The three dimensional sculpture in the shape of a tree is made entirely of recycled materials, including crocheted wire, paper rolls, and used amenity bottles, all gathered by the artist who works as a room attendant at two GTA hotels.
Eliza Plumley, a recent graduate of the Sheridan College Textiles Program, is currently living and creating in Toronto. Eliza sees beauty in materials with no perceived value and has a fondness for collecting and manipulating them into textile processes. Like trees, Eliza attempts to make the earth a cleaner place.
The artist partnered with the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op and the Hospitality Workers Training Centre to host training workshops with room attendant members of Local 75 UNITE Here, and members of the housing co-op at 60 Richmond, whose contributions form the base of the installation.
Local 75 Housing Co-op at 60 Richmond is an award winning, LEEDS certified building – a collaboration of UNITE Here Local 75, the Hospitality Workers Training Centre, the Co-op Housing Federation of Toronto, and Toronto Community Housing.
The artist presented at the public launch of the exhibit on Friday, May 13 in the common room at Local 75 Housing Co-op, 60 Richmond Street East, 2nd floor.