Donna Hamilton is a designer/ fabric artist from Coquitlam, BC, Canada.  She has been involved in sewing for most of her life – and has been producing fabric art for Unitarian Universalists since 1992.  She uses her art to contribute to sacred space, with banners, pulpit cloths and stoles.  Working with many fabrics and techniques ( appliqué, batik, fabric painting, dyeing, shibori and machine embroidery), she creates unique aesthetic effects.

While at school in 1992 (at Capilano College, Vancouver, in the Textile Arts program), Donna designed her graceful chalice symbol – which she thinks of as her “dancing chalice”.  She now uses this symbol on a variety of items such as stoles, wall hangings, and T-shirts.   She has also designed a musical variation of this chalice, incorporating a music note as the flame.

Her work can be found not only throughout North America, but also in England and other parts of Europe, such as Poland and Transylvania, and as far away as Australia.