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Opening Reception: Fibreworks 2012

September 26, 2012, 9:01 pm
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I just shipped my work off this morning and am starting to get excited about the show!!! Please join me for the opening reception of Fibreworks 2012, at Cambridge Galleries, in Cambride Ontario! 
I am really pleased and excited to be a part of this ground breaking exhibition, and also looking forward to meeting some of the other artists and seeing their work! Here is some more information about the exhibition:


Fibreworks 2012

Sept. 29 - Nov. 11th, 2012
Cambridge Galleries, Queen's Square
Opening: Friday, October 5th 5-7pm.

The 14th edition of this popular biennial juried exhibition is a showcase of fibre artists from across Canada. The exhibition honours the community's rich textile manufacturing history and the Galleries' also considers acquisitions for its permanent collection from the works selected for the exhibition.


Jurors: Lyn Carter and Fynn Leitch

Participating Artists:

Lizz Aston, Jolie Bird, Heather Cameron, Anne Devitt, Sarah Gotowka, Elizabeth Hewson, Thea Jones, Andrew MacDonald, Nancy Anne McPhee, Petrina Ng, Nicole Panneton, Liv Pedersen, Melina Seville, Barbara Sutherland, Tammy Sutherland, Kelly Thompson, Kim Vose Jones.

Cambridge Galleries presents contemporary art, architecture and design from three locations in the City of Cambridge: Design at Riverside, Preston and Queen's Square.
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Ontario Crafts Council: Portfolio of Makers

September 26, 2012, 9:05 pm
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The Ontario Crafts Council's Portfolio of Makers is an online profile of works by a growing number of Ontario-based craftspeople. It acts as a unique resource, providing the opportunity to commission works by leading Canadian designers and makers - and I am really excited to say I have recently had my own portfolio added to the list.
There are a lot of amazing works in furniture, ceramics, metal, jewelery, textiles and so on. To check out works by each of these incredible craftspeople scroll down and click on their profile for a more in depth look at their work. Here is a quick look at my own portfolio page! for more information on the Ontario Crafts Council, check out their site here. 




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OCC Awards & Scholarships 2012

September 26, 2012, 9:22 pm
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This year I am very fortunate to be a recipient of one of the Ontario Crafts Council's Awards./ Scholarships! Please join me next Thurs. Oct 4th for the Craft Awards Ceremony at the Gladstone Hotel. This will be followed by a preview of the Award Winners 2012 exhibition at the Ontario Crafts Council. Here is some more information on the program. Please be sure to reserve your ticket for the ceremony today!




















Announcing the 2012 Awards and Scholarship Recipients!

The Awards & Scholarships is an OCC flagship program that celebrates excellence in making, allows for peer recognition, and provides opportunity for promotion. Its days of accompanying the Annual General Meeting are gone - instead, the 2012 Award & Scholarships recipients will be honoured with a special event. As such, we are very excited to introduce you to the inaugural Craft AwardsCeremony - a night dedicated to makers and objects, and to celebrating the very best of contemporary craft. As part of the evening we will be announcing the award recipients of the prestigious John Mather Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as the Volunteer Committee Outstanding Service Award.
In order to build anticipation and excitement, we will be withholding the announcement of which award each recipient has won until the Ceremony on Thursday, October 4, 2012. We invite you to join us in celebrating the award winners with friends, family, patrons, donors, collectors, and the OCC board, staff and volunteers. Tickets will be available in August.

This Year's Awards and Scholarship recipients include:

Aislinn Caron, Amanda McCavour, Annie Tung, Chris Charuk, Danya Gedney, Lizz Aston, Heather Rathbun, Janet MacPherson, Janghoon Moon, Jin Won Han, Kevin Wiggers, Magdolene Dykstra, Malcolm Zander, Margaret Lim, Mariel Waddell, Marina Babic, Mengnan Qu, Micah Adams, Shuyu Lu, Stephanie Fortin, Stephen Tippin, Suzanne Carlsen, Tomas Rojcik, Victoria Yez, Ying-Yueh Chuang.

Awards Ceremony
  • Thursday, October 4, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
  • Gladstone Hotel Ballroom
  • 1214 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Tickets $15, or $10 for Students
  • Light refreshments will be served with a cash bar
  • Dress: Business/formal
Followed by a reception at the OCC Gallery for the Award Winners 2012 exhibition
  • Thursday, October 4, 9:00 - 11:00 pm
  • OCC Gallery
  • 990 Queen Street W, Toronto
  • Free
  • Light refreshments served

Here is a look at a selection of works by some of the Award recipients:

Annie Tung

Danya Gedney

Margaret Lim


Shuyu Lu

Stephanie Fortin


Janet MacPherson


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OAKVILLE EXHIBITIONS: 2012 World of Threads Festival

October 17, 2012, 11:31 am
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Hello all! In the coming weeks, I will be participating in two separate exhibitions as a part of the World of Threads Festival taking place in Oakville and Toronto. The second exhibition entitled De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) is at the Joshua Creek Heritage Arts Centre in Oakville, with an opening reception on Sunday, Nov 4th. The show will run from Nov. 2nd - 18th, 2012. If you would like to check it out, but do not have access to a car, there will be an Art Bus Tour that takes you from Toronto to Oakville. Please be sure to book your seat on the bus as soon as possible, as spaces are filling up fast! Enjoy! 

Oakville: Nov. 2 - 18, 2012

The Festival has been 3 years in the making and will highlight the work of nearly 200 artists from 12 countries and 8 Canadian provinces. There are 11 curators. We will be exhibiting diverse wall and sculptural pieces and installations in a wide variety of fibre media. We are very excited about the scope, content and quality of the work that will be shown. The Festival is organized by dedicated volunteers Dawne Rudman (Festival Chair & Curator) and Gareth Bate (Festival Curator). Artwork is coming from Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Peru, Spain, UK and the USA.

The Festival is based in Oakville, Ontario where there are 11 shows. For the first time we’ve expanded into Toronto with 10 shows. Oakville is the site of our 3 Major Festival Exhibitions: De Rerum natura (On The Nature of Things), Memento mori and Quiet Zone. If you don't drive, join us on our Art Bus Tour from Toronto to Oakville. Please note the Toronto Festival opens one week after Oakville. All exhibition dates, times and opening receptions vary. The flagship shows of the Festival are the Common Thread International exhibitions. Multiple curators have created exciting shows based on their own unique interests. We also have Independent Exhibitions who have joined onto the Festival. Use our online Exhibition Pages, Events Calendars, Directions and Maps to plan your visit. 

 De rerum natura (On The Nature of Things) is a highly eccentric exhibition evoking the collection of a mad 18th century naturalist. All the artwork is dealing with themes of nature, plants and animals. Curator Gareth Bate has observed that environmental work is the most dominant theme in contemporary fibre art. This lush and colourful environment is filled with striking and sometimes bizarre work. The show features the work of 35 artists from Canada, Denmark, United Kingdom and USA. They are working in a huge variety of media. There will be installation, sculpture and 2D work. The title of the exhibition is based on the ancient Roman poem De rerum natura by Lucretius who's rediscovery was a major inspiration for Renaissance artists. Gareth is setting up the De rerum natura  in opposition to Memento mori  his other exhibition at The Gallery at Sheridan Institute in Oakville. That exhibition deals with themes of death, mortality and grief. The work is dark and the polar opposite of life filled work of De rerum natura. All the Memento mori artwork engages with techniques or the aesthetic of fibre, but none of the work is actually made of fibre materials. Gareth is exploring the contrast of fibre/life and artificial materials/death.
Download the 2012 FestivalExhibition Brochure.

Curator: Canada, Ontario, Toronto: Gareth Bate.

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TORONTO EXHIBITIONS: 2012 World of Threads Festival

October 17, 2012, 11:49 am
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Hello all! In the coming weeks, I will be participating in two separate exhibitions as a part of the World of Threads Festival taking place in Oakville and Toronto. The first exhibition I will be taking part in is entitled Interlace, Deconstruct, the Spaces in Between, and will take place at the Telephone Booth Gallery in the Junction. The opening reception is Friday, Nov. 16th, and the exhibition runs from Nov. 14th - Dec 22nd 2012. A great opportunity to pick up some gifts in time for the holidays! Here is some more information on the show and a the invite for each of the Toronto exhibitions:


Toronto: Nov. 9 - Dec. 2, 2012

The Festival has been 3 years in the making and will highlight the work of nearly 200 artists from 12 countries and 8 Canadian provinces. There are 11 curators. We will be exhibiting diverse wall and sculptural pieces and installations in a wide variety of fibre media. We are very excited about the scope, content and quality of the work that will be shown. The Festival is organized by dedicated volunteers Dawne Rudman (Festival Chair & Curator) and Gareth Bate (Festival Curator). Artwork is coming from Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Peru, Spain, UK and the USA. 
The Festival is based in Oakville, Ontario where there are 11 shows. For the first time we’ve expanded into Toronto with 10 shows. Please note the Toronto Festival opens one week after Oakville. All exhibition dates, times and opening receptions vary. The flagship shows of the Festival are the Common Thread International exhibitions. Multiple curators have created exciting shows based on their own unique interests. We also have Independent Exhibitions who have joined onto the Festival. Use our online Exhibition Pages, Events Calendars, Directions and Maps to plan your visit. 


Festival Contact: Dawne Rudman (Festival Chair & Curator) 905 844-6524, dawne@worldofthreadsfestival.com


Textile patterns deconstructed to reveal single lines that trace points of intersection between a thread and a surface.

Manipulating photographs of her own textile work, Lizz Aston expands upon these predetermined patterns. By altering line, shape, volume, repetition and scale she deconstructs these formal patterns in unexpected ways, creating a body of prints and three-dimensional, large scale works.
Noelle Hamlyn is intrigued by the possibilities of textures and fibres to evoke emotion. Believing our sense of touch is one of the most powerful and profound vehicles of human understanding, she is drawn to materials with strong tactile qualities and uses these as metaphors to explore experience.
Taking imagery from Victorian dinnerware and narrative-themed plates, Pam Lobb uses monoprints on fine Japanese papers, combined with fabric, to create layered porcelain-like sculptures. Lace and crochet work are moulded between layers of paper, revealing their texture and emphasizing the intricacy of the patterns

Download the 2012 FestivalExhibition Brochure.

Curator: Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Sharlene Rankin
Artists: Canada: Ontario: Mississauga: Noelle Hamlyn, Toronto: Lizz Aston, Pam Lobb 


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Stratigraphic Manufactury: 3D printing by Unfold

October 18, 2012, 10:36 am
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As you may or may not know, I have been really interested in the possibilities inherent in 3D printing with clay for quite some time now. Here is an example I found on Dezeen of a really interesting project that explores the nuances of this automated process and how 3D-printed objects created from identical digital files can be as varied and unique as hand made objects themselves.


























Above: objects produced by Antwerp design studio Unfold. 
Photograph by Kristof Vrancken

Stratigraphic Manufactury is a project by Antwerp based design studio Unfold, that explores methods of manufacturing and distributing design in the dawning era of digital production.
Designing a range of bowls and vessels on the computer, each of the digital files have been sent to small-scale producers around the world, who then manufacture them in porcelain using open-source 3D printers. 
"We sent out seven of our designs," said Dries Verbruggen of Unfold. 
They were instructed not to alter the digital files but were free to incorporate personal and local influences and interpretations during the production.  
The resulting objects, which vary according to the type and consistency of the porcelain they used, and the accuracy of the printer, are on display at the Adhocracy exhibition at the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial.
Verbruggen compared the flaws and idiosyncrasies of the digitally-generated objects to the unique tool marks left by that of the craftsman.

Unfold was founded in 2002 by Design Academy of Eindhoven graduates Claire Warnier and Dries Verbruggen. You can check out more of their work here.
















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Opening: Jeannie Thib - Expanded Fields

October 18, 2012, 2:28 pm
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JEANNIE THIB
Expanded Fields

October 20 to November 17
Opening Saturday October 20, 3-6pm

The sculptures, wall works and drawings in Expanded Fields disrupt relationships 
between architecture and ornament, between the modern and the decorative. 
In these works, decorative motifs become building blocks and ornament is reconstructed 
through cutting, stacking and printing, and the use of industrial materials like neoprene, 
aluminum, plywood and polystyrene.

Three-dimensional form is "extruded up" in layers from two-dimensional design, 
suggesting 3D computer renderings and other forms of architectural modelling. 
The cube is referenced in several works, as is the sectional architectural drawing. 
Modular and grid-based, the works engage with repetition and reproduction. 
These features—of both minimalist constructions and historic ornament—are key, 
as is the introduction of rogue elements, gaps and alternate strategies into those 
ordered systems.

As Tila Kellman puts it "Jeannie Thib pursues the idea that ornament is world-making 
to its logical conclusion. If ornament can generate meaningful space, then what if 
ornament rises into architecture?"  from a text published in conjunction with the solo 
exhibition "Compound: Ornament and Seduction," St. Francis Xavier University 
Gallery, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 2009


 


 


 



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Opening: //The Annual// @ the Gladstone Hotel

October 20, 2012, 5:31 pm
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// THE ANNUAL //


Thursday October 25 to Sunday October 28, 2012

// THE ANNUAL // is the Gladstone Hotel’s annual independent contemporary art event, offering an open and fertile ground for engaging and emerging practices. Over the course of four days, // THE ANNUAL // brings together artists, curators, and collectives to present new work and site-specific installations.
// THE ANNUAL // features artists Tara Bursey, Soon Cho, Shlomi Greenspan, Brady Gunnell & Mikhail Mansion, Thea Jones, Maria Flawia Litwin, Isabel M. Martinez, Faye Mullen, Jen Spinner, Laura Taler, and keep it UP guest-curated by Zach Pearl & Caoimhe Morgan-Feir and featuring artists Andrew MacDonald, Johnson Ngo, and Cecilia Tiburzio.
// THE ANNUAL // 2012 is curated by Noa Bronstein and Deborah Wang
Gallery Hours:
Friday and Saturday, 2PM – 10PM
Sunday, 2PM – 6PM
Admission: $5
Programme:
Thursday, October 25 – Opening Reception, 7PM – 10PM, Free
Friday, October 26 – Designers Support the Arts with guest DJ Katey Morley, 7PM – 10PM, $5
Saturday, October 27 – Raw Foo, video art screenings, presented by Zach Pearl, 8PM – 10PM, $5
Raw Foo will feature: Dennis Envoldson, Jennifer Chan, Josh Studham, Mark Kasumovic, Sarah Ann Watson,Sara MacLean, Tracy Van Oosten, with audial/visual performance by Frank Tsonis during intermission

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Opening: Ed Pien - Lost Souls

October 24, 2012, 12:37 pm
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Although there isn't much information about this exhibition online, if you are in the greater Toronto area, I highly recommend checking out Ed Pien's Lost Souls at Birch Libralato Gallery.

Ed Pien was Born in Taiwan and migrated to Canada with his family at the age of eleven. His work - which encompasses paper-cut, installation, drawing and video, draws upon a rich combination of both Eastern and Western sources, marrying stories, crafts and traditions from his birthplace with that of contemporary European and North American influences.

One of Pien's water-jet cut metal sculptures has recently been selected by Art Toronto and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art to be commissioned for auction in support of MOCCA and its public programming. This sculpture will set the aesthetic for Art Toronto 2012, which runs from October 26th-29th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and will also be showcased in their 2012 Catalogue.
This is the fourth year Art Toronto and MOCCA have commissioned an artist to produce the Art Toronto MOCCA Benefit Edition.
The piece entitled Leap (2012) will be available for purchase on-site at the upcoming Art Toronto. Below is an image of the work as well as a link to an interview he recently did with Toronto's Artsync. 


Leap, 2012
12" x 21 ¾" x 1/8" inches; waterjet-cut metal; Multiple
Courtesy of the artist, Birch Libralato, Toronto and
Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montréal. 


Ed Pien
Lost Souls @ Birch Libralato
October 20th – November 24th
Opening reception Saturday October 20th 2–5 PM






















Canoe, 2012
water-jet cut aluminum; painted, 38" x 59" x 1/2"
 




















The Runner, 2012
water-jet cut aluminum; painted, 47" x 78 1/2"




























Abandoned, 2012
ink on hand cut 3M reflective material mounted to Shoji paper, 30" x 36"
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Textile Museum of Canada: reDesign 2012

October 25, 2012, 11:35 am
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This past August, I was invited by the Textile Museum of Canada to re-imagine and reDesign one of the classic Eames DSW-style chairs in support of Museum's second annual fundraising event reDesign 2012. 
Over the course of the past week, the Textile Museum has slowly been unveiling each of the 40 chairs in anticipation of the upcoming auction. 
Here is a sneak peek at my contribution to the auction, some of my favorite reDesigns and more information on the event. If you are interested in purchasing a ticket to the event, you can find more information here.
 







































Lace felt chair
Industrial felt pattern, hand-cut & paint.




BMO Financial Group 
reDesign 2012
Presented by the Textile Museum of Canada
Wed. November 7th 2012. 6:30 - 9:30pm
Hazelton Lanes, Oval Square - Lower level
87 Avenue Rd. Toronto 

The Textile Museum of Canada (TMC) will present its signature fundraising event and gala, BMO Financial Group reDesign 2012, on Wednesday November 7th, 2012 in the courtyard of Yorkville’s Hazelton Lanes. Developed by the TMC, the second annual reDesign event supports creativity, ingenuity and re-use to produce stellar art and design objects. Forty leading Canadian artists, designers and architects including Thrush Holmes, Jeremy Laing, David Dixon, Hariri Ponterini Architects, Barr Gilmore, and Comrags have been invited to reimagine and refurbish identical Eames-style chairs, generously provided by MORBA, to be sold at this year’s silent auction. reDesign is a cornerstone of the TMC’s annual fundraising activities. 

“The Textile Museum of Canada has been amazed by the generosity and innovation of all participating,” said Executive Director Shauna McCabe, “There has been no limit to the creative brilliance the artists bring to the task of transforming these iconic designs. The resounding enthusiasm of the city’s creative community and the overwhelming public response to the unique interdisciplinary styles that result have made reDesign one of our most important events.”  

reDesign challenges Toronto’s most celebrated talent to construct inspired, collectible designs. This year’s iconic Eames-style furnishings will be transformed by creators Lizz Aston, Bruno Billio, bookhou, Brothers and Sons, Castor, Joy Charbonneau, Farley Chatto, Johnson Chou, Comrags, Creative Matters Inc., Rob Diemert, David Dixon, Stephanie Fortin, Fugitive Glue, Barr Gilmore, Charlene Gilmour, Grant Gilmour, Hariri Ponterini Architects, Grant Heaps, Adam Herst, Hoax Couture, Thrush Holmes, Jeremy Laing, Levitt Goodman Architects, Dennis Lin, MADE, Graeme Marrs, Amanda McCavour, Derek McLeod, MORBA, Tina Morgan, Camal Pirbhai, Meghan Price, Joel Robson, Patricia Roy & Amy Piccinni, Kathryn Walter, Kevin Weiss, Gareth Wilson, and Pam Woodward.



















Johnson Chou


















Levitt Goodman with 
Hot Pop

















Grant Heaps

















Dennis Lin

















Joel Robson
MADE

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Opening: STUDIO HUDDLE - Makes Sense on the Body

October 31, 2012, 12:05 pm
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Located in a beautiful, historic loft building at 97 Niagra in downtown Toronto, Studio Huddle is an artist-run space, dedicated to the craft-based arts. Comprised of a group of talented crafts-people as well as former Harbourfront Centre craft artists-in-residence, Studio Huddle works towards connecting the public with emerging artists who explore and push the boundaries of their medium. They do this through education, exhibitions, collaboration and ongoing experimentation within their practices.
The gallery and resident artist studios provide support to Canadian artists, and public access to emerging contemporary craft-based art.
Here is an invite to their upcoming exhibition Makes Sense on the Body curated by Melanie Egan as well as a preview of the exhibition catalog.













































StudioHuddle
97 Niagara St. Toronto
Nov. 8th - 25th, 2012
Opening Reception: Nov. 8th 6-10 pm 2012.

We'd like to thank all the designers participating in this exhibition. Anu Raina, inspired by new beginnings saturated with colour; Eric Petersen who pays homage to the hip-hop urban experience; Victoria Yez whose nature inspired works hearken back to the glamour-days of the1940s; Stephanie Fortin + LABEL who ingeniously blend historical hand-techniques with contemporary chic; Malcolm Halley for his street-savvy, sartorial style and Grant McRuer who epitomizes industrial elegance.
Copyright © 2012 STUDIO HUDDLE,  All rights reserved.

STUDIO HUDDLE
97 Niagara St.
Toronto, ONm5v 1c3
Canada


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In the Studio this week...

October 31, 2012, 8:39 pm
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Studies in Interlacement, xylem and phloem

November 5, 2012, 9:26 am
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Hello all! This past weekend signified the beginning of the World of Threads Festival, spanning venues across both Oakville and Toronto. For more detailed information about each of the exhibitions in the festival, please check out my previous two posts here and here, or hop on over to the World of Threads Festival website for more information and directions.

This past tuesday, I ventured on down to the Joshua Creek Heritage Arts Centre for the first time ever to install my work for one of the festival exhibitions De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) ...and I must say, what a perfect venue for the theme of the show! 
Upon my arrival, I was invited in, out of the rain for some warm home-made soup by the owner of the Heritage arts Centre, Sybil Rampen. After much chatting and a hearty lunch, she took me up to the loft to view her private collection of antique hand-made lace, objects and trims. Such an inspiring morning! If you get a chance, and you have access to a car, you should definitely go check out the exhibition, which will be on from Nov 2nd-18th.
I haven't had the opportunity to put together a proper artist statement about my work in the show yet, as I have been so busy trying to prepare more work in time for the next one (which I will talk about later on).
However, here is a brief explanation of my work in the exhibition...

In response to the World of Threads Festival exhibition De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), I have paired up with a pathologist, friend and former student of mine Aina, to take a series of magnifications of the vascular bundles of locally-sourced plant stems. Through this work I am interested in examining the similarities that exist in natural and hand-made structures, relating knotting and interlacement to complex systems in nature. Here is an example of one of the magnifications I was working from:







Studies in Interlacement, xylem and phloem - process and installation

















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Opening: Lyn Carter @ Peak Gallery

November 15, 2012, 1:35 pm
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Hello, I wanted to give you a heads up if you are in the city, here is an invite to a fantastic exhibition of new work by Lyn Carter currently up at Peak Gallery, on Morrow Ave. 
I also just got word from the curator of Cambridge Galleries, that her installation Beaconis still up, and should be there for at least another week or so. If you get an opportunity please check out both of these incredible shows! 
  
LYN CARTER
NEW WORK @ Peak Gallery
23 Morrow Ave. Toronto

Thursday, Nov. 08 - Dec. 8th, 2012
Opening: Saturday, Nov. 10th 3-7pm

In this new body of work for Peak Gallery Lyn Carter continues to work with forms that are possible within the limits and potential of cloth as a constructed skin. Working with sewing as a gendered activity, Carter aims to make "women's work" sculpture. The sculptures are formed by the way the cloth sections are cut and sewn. Weight is not experienced through mass, though gravity is felt. The monumental is revised both by the materials used and by the forms suggested, yet the work still probes our understanding of the physical world through sculptural means: weight and lightness, scale, suspension, gravity and elevation.

Image: Lyn Carter's - studio


LYN CARTER
BEACON@ Cambridge Galleries
1 North Square, Cambridge, ON. Dec. 10, 2011 - (still up!)


   

Created specifically for the atrium of the gallery, Beacon is the newest and largest work to date created by Carter, well known for her intricate textile surfaces and unusual sculptural forms. It will remain on view until October 2012. Here is an excerpt from an interview she did with Canadian Art Magazine.. you can read the full interview here.
 
“Lately, I have been enjoying working more with the scale of architecture,” Carter says, noting that a recent public art project in Cambridge, Beacon, very nearly fills an expansive atrium. “As the venues have gotten larger, I have had the opportunity to get larger. It’s really something that’s literally grown as my career has grown. With every piece, you are just pushing yourself a little bit further.”

Biography
Lyn Carter is an artist based near Grand Valley, Ontario.  She has exhibited across Canada, in the U.S.A., Australia, Britain, Spain and Mexico.  In 2008 she was invited to create a site-specific work for the Third Guangzhou Triennial in Guangzhou, China.  She began her undergraduate studies in Textile Design and completed her Masters of Fine Art in Sculpture at York University.  She is represented by Peak Gallery in Toronto, Canada.

For more on Lyn Carter's activities see:
www.peakgallery.com
 
Beacon, 2011
fabric and aluminum hardware
H 18.5' x W 9' x D 9'

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Opening: Interlace, Deconstruct, the Spaces In Between

November 15, 2012, 2:29 pm
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Hello everybody! I would like to formally invite you to the opening for our exhibition - Interlace, Deconstruct, the Spaces In Between, Opening tomorrow evening from 6-9pm at Telephone Booth Gallery in the Junction! I am really excited about this opening, as it signifies the end of a crazy autumn exhibition schedule for me! Time to have a glass of wine, kick back and finally relax! Here is some more information on the exhibition, hope to see you there! 

Interlace, deconstruct, the spaces in between
Fibre works by Lizz Aston, Noelle Hamlyn, Pam Lobb

Nov 14 - Dec 22, 2012
Reception:  Fri, Nov 16, 6 - 9pm
www.telephoneboothgallery.ca/interlace.html

Lizz Aston manipulates photographs of her own textile work, expanding upon these predetermined patterns. By altering line, shape, volume, repetition and scale she deconstructs these formal patterns in unexpected ways, creating a body of prints and 3D framed works.

Noelle Hamlyn has washed and exposed many works in this collection to saline solutions to encourage the formation of salt crystals. These crystals are like the sweat and tears of the seamstress – a gentle meditation on the loss of traditional hand skills.

Pam Lobb references imagery from Victorian dinnerware and narrative-themed plates in her monoprints on fine Japanese papers, which are combined with fabric to build layered, porcelain-like framed sculptures.

This exhibition is part ofworldofthreadsfestival.com














Highlighting the work of nearly 200 artists from 12 countries and 8 Canadianprovinces. Exhibiting diverse wall, sculptural and installation works in a wide variety of fibre media. Organized by Dawne Rudman (Festival Chair & Curator) and Gareth Bate (Festival Curator).

Festival Dates
Oakville: Nov. 2 - 18, 2012  - 11 exhibitions
Toronto: Nov. 9 - Dec. 2, 2012 - 10 exhibitions











Artist Biographies

Lizz Aston holds an Advanced Diploma from the Sheridan Institute of Technology, Crafts and Design, Textiles Major (2009).  She recently completed an artist-in-residence program at the Harbourfront Centre Textile Studio. Aston has received numerous awards and grants, most recently an RBC Emerging Artists Studio Setup Award, presented by the Ontario Crafts Council this fall. Her work has been featured in national and international exhibitions and she recently completed a commission for Lululemon Athletica, Atlanta, GA.

Noelle Hamlyn holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (2009), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and an Advanced Diploma in Crafts and Design, Textile Major, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (2007).  Her studio work has earned numerous awards from Sheridan Institute, SAIC, the Ontario Crafts Council, and Best in Show (Fibre) 2009 and 2012 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Most recently Hamlyn received a Mississippi Valley Textile Museum Award which includes an exhibition in 2013.  She also won a Mississauga Arts Council Marty award, and an OAC Artists in Education grant in 2012.

Pam Lobb holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, from the University of Guelph, Ontario (2007).  Lobb has won several awards, most recently Best of Show, Art on the Street, Guelph, and Best of Artwork on Paper, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, and The New Art Festival, Ottawa, in 2011. She co-founded Graven Feather Studio in 2011, a studio, exhibition and workshop space on Queen Street West in Toronto, with artists Erin Candela and Jessica Bartram.


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NEW HOURS
Wed - Sat 11am - 6pm
Sun Noon - 4pm
& by appt.

Lizz Aston gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council in making this project possible.






www.arts.on.ca/index.html


TELEPHONE BOOTH GALLERY
3148 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M6P 2A1
647-270-7903
www.telephoneboothgallery.ca

Contact: Sharlene Rankin, Director
sharlene@telephoneboothgallery.ca

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Marbelous Wood by Snedker Studio

November 21, 2012, 12:53 pm
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Snedker Studio is a contemporary design studio which develops innovative surfaces for the interior. Looking at each of the dynamic patterns created by this tradition-based process, its interesting to see how well it lends itself to transforming the use of non-traditional surfaces and materials.
Pernille Snedker Hansen first began the design studio in 2009 and has been developing innovative surfaces at both her studio and through artist residencies. Process is an important factor in Pernille's method of working and she uses nature as a collaborator in both process and inspiration.
Her main drive is to challenge how we look at and experience the surfaces that build up our environments. Through her work, she wants to make people curious and to seek enjoyment in the visual treasures and details of unexpected materials.

For her product line Marbelous Wood, She has re-purposed old marbling techniques to give  the surface of wood a supernatural, organic, colourful and vibrant pattern. The applied decoration engages in a dialogue with the natural growth rings of the underlying wood. Marbelous Wood challenges the way we use wood in our build environment, where function and aesthetics work together in new ways.

  


Here is a video of the age-old, water bath marbling process, she employs in her work:

 

Using paper as a 'test print' for each of the patterns she is trying to achieve, Snedker also produces a series of art works and one-off prints on paper that reference the rings from cross-sections of trees.







































 



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Queen Street Particulate

November 21, 2012, 2:00 pm
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Walking downQueen street the other day, I stumbled upon the latest installation in the *QueenSpecific project space, and it made me smile.
Here is a quick snap I took of it on my phone... if you are walking by 787 Queen St. West in the next little while, take a moment to stop and check it out. Its located right beside Dufflet Pastries...



Ryan Park
Queen Street Particulate (Blonde Cop), 2012

19.10.12 – 28.11.12

For Queen Street Particulate (Blonde Cop), Ryan Park has turned *QueenSpecific into an air-powered ball mixer reminiscent of lottery draw machines. In his work, Park uses shared objects, encounters, and cultural touchstones as starting points to produce work that oscillate between serious and playful, clinical and poetic. His interdisciplinary practice results in videos, photographs, and manipulations of found materials suggested by presences and absences; urges and constraints. He currently lives and works on Queen Street in Toronto.
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OOAK Opens Today!

November 22, 2012, 2:52 pm
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Wow! I've never done a post like this before, and you can probably tell I've been looking at a lot of design blogs lately, but I am definitely excited to go check out the Christmas One of A Kind Show, which opens today!
Here is a selection of works by some of my favorite craftspeople and designers that will be at the show - on until December 2nd!
You can find more information about each of the vendors, purchase tickets or get directions by visiting the One of A Kind website here.


New to the One of A Kind show this year Keephouse Studio!
Hand printed textiles by Alissa Kloet, Halifax, NS
Rising Star Section, Booth C-48




Shuyu Lu, Textile Artist
Rising Star Section, Booth D-49




Grace Eun Mi Lee, Ceramic Artist
Rising Star Section, Booth C-44



 




Heyday Design, Functional and wearable ceramics.
Booth V-09






String Theory, Knitted and woven textiles 
Booth V-23





Bookhou, Wearable and functional textiles for the home
Booth Q-07





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Opening: Ed Pien, Under Water

November 27, 2012, 10:54 am
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Pierre-Francois Ouellette art contemporain
372 Ste-Catherine Ouest #216
Montreal, QC

Exhibition: Nov. 28 - Jan. 26, 2013
Vernissage Wednesday Nov. 28th 6-8pm

Pierre-Francois Ouellette art contemporain is proud to present a solo exhibition of current work by Ed Pien featuring exquisite new paper cut works and over eighty unique drawings exploring themes of under water life, sea monsters, and the imaginary. All works are available at www.pfoac.com, and a text by Karl-Gilbert Murray is published online to accompany the work.


Sediment, 2012 
ink on 3M reflector and shoji paper cut



Bloom, 2012 
ink on 3M reflector and shoji paper cut





Here's an excerpt from Ed Pien, Diving Into an Imaginary Water World -

Designed as an exploration of cultural diversity inspired by underwater flora and fauna a thousand leagues beneath the seas, the exhibition Under Water by Toronto artist Ed Pien dives into the heart of an unfathomably profound aesthetic. A meeting of the imaginary that swings between the decorative, ornamental aspect of calligraphed creatures rendered in the chinoiserie style, Ernst Haeckel's plates depicting sea life forms and phantasmagorical worlds, the exhibition illuminates two horizons that evoke a feeling of continuity between two cultures: the East and the West. One horizon, pinwheeling into the exoticism of the Other towards a better mutual understanding, is comprised of a collection of drawings entitled Two Worlds. The other, four paper-cuts of interwoven water dreams and mysteries, cultivates a fascination for the grotesque and constrains the aberrant to better tame it. 
Thus, these graphic and cut out representations serve as a reminder that marine biodiversity provides a metaphor that, as interculturalism emerges from the depths of the white page swarming with anguished ecosystems, describes a relationship between cultural metissage and, well beyond appearances, collides with our essential "otherness". Trying to understand how the process of enculturation complicates our relationship to space/place and with our surroundings, Pien reveals the identity construct at the centre of the work. He does not summon the Other; he goes to meet it. Rather than keeping it at a distance, he explores various possibilities of engaging in a dialogue rooted in a fantastical visual language that allows him to create a middle ground, a liberating space where each and every one might easily situate him or herself in the world and adapt to the exoticism of theOther.


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MADE - Give & Take Ornament Exchange

November 27, 2012, 11:50 am
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MADE in Collaboration with Moi Moi Present -
Give & Take 2012, Christmas Ornament Exchange and Installation

MADE Design - 867 Dundas St. W, Toronto
Nov. 29th - Dec. 24th, 2012
Opening Reception - Thursday Nov. 29th 6-9pm.

Now in its third year, MADE asks you to Give & Take again! 
This site-specific installation is formed from a collection of ornaments made by local Canadian artists and designers. Ornaments purchased will subsequently be replaced with a momento serving as a record of your contribution and participation in the cycle of exchange. All proceeds from Give & Take will be donated to the registered charity Oolagen.

Participating artists include: Ruth Adler, Alexx Boisjoli, Comrags, Bettie Cott, Kerry Croughan, James Fowler, Dayna Gedney and Joseph Bauman. Scott Eunson, Angela Iarocci, Claire Ironside, Karcass, Christine Lieu, Kristen Lim-Tung, Tania Love, Ashley Mauerhofer, Ellie Oram-O'Donnell, Frieda Periera, Andrea Poorter, Orest Tataryn, Kevin Taylor, Toma Objects, Anneke van Bommel and more.

Laser cut ornaments by Henderson Dry Goods.

Oolagen is an accredited mental health center helping Toronto youth and their families. Highly respected work it does, Oolagen serves as a University of Toronto teaching facility and is a long-term partner with the Toronto District School Board, the Children's Aid Society, Catholic Children's Aid, Ministry of Children and Youth Services as well as other children's mental health agencies and community groups. For more information, please visit www.oolagen.org

MADE (Julie Nicholson and Shaun Moore) engages in the design of objects and interiors; installations; comissions; collaborations and curatorial projects. MADE is committed to the representation of compelling functional works made in Canada. For more information please visit www.madedesign.ca 

Ornaments by Orest Tataryn, Katherine Morley, Tomas Rojcik, and Kristen Lim-Tung
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