A Bermudian artist will have a place in the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.

Games organisers have commissioned photos of work by textile artist Ami Zanders.

Ms Zanders’s works were selected as part of a Textile Museum of Canada project called Watercolour. It aims to include a piece of art from all 41 competing countries.

The images will be printed onto customised sails which will form part of a flotilla along Lake Ontario’s shoreline. The sails will highlight the significance of sailing as a sport and a way of life throughout Pan American nations.

“It blew me away when I got an e-mail from the curator saying they wanted to use my image,” said Ms Zanders.

The image is of her entry in the Bermuda National Gallery’s 2014 Biennial — colourful woven bowls, and dolls with yarn over their faces.

“Having my piece in Watercolour will help me get a lot of exposure,” said Ms Zanders. “Every little bit helps.”

The 37-year-old recently made the news for yarn bombing in the City of Hamilton and St George. This involves weaving colourful textile pieces around trees, shrubs and other unusual locations.

“I have always been knitting and playing around with sewing,” she said. “When I was little I would take my baby brother’s socks, cut them in half and make them into Barbie doll dresses.”

She didn’t really take her interest in textiles seriously until she became an art student at Kean University in New Jersey.

“At this school, a textile class is required,” she said.

“I learned weaving on the loom and how to do a coiled pot. Textile artist Jappie King Black was one of my professors.

“She was amazing. She thought my colours were wacky and out there and she really encouraged me.”

Ms Zanders said she loves to add an element of creepiness to her work and has been inspired by artists such as filmmaker Tim Burton.

Asked what she thought Bermuda thought of her textile work, she said: “I still don’t think they are taking it seriously, but I am fine with that.”

She would like to be able to go up to Toronto and see her artwork on display during the Games this summer, but she doesn’t think it will be possible.

“Maybe if someone is up there and sees it they can send me a photo,” she said. “I would really like that.”

In the meantime, she’s organising Art Walk Bermuda in St George on February 27. The event runs from 6pm to 10pm and includes art activities, a march for art education, music and a performance by the Bermuda Roller Derby Association.

Visit artwalkbda.com or www.toronto2015.org/panamania/bio?bio_id=507&title=textile-museum-of-canada.