Feature Gallery: Furnish

April 5 – July 5, 2014

Furnish

The desire to furnish one’s home goes beyond the mere practical. We seek comfort, beauty, meaning and individuality along with function. Many people reinforce who they are through their home; from a wall hanging, a handcrafted entry table, a favourite chair or a cherished ceramic serving bowl. Many craft artists work towards objects that will be used and loved daily. Designed to encourage customers to buy and collect local hand-crafted furnishings and accessories for their homes, this exhibition features over 50 pieces by 21 Alberta Craft Council members.

Connie Pike, Cinnamon Rust Turquoise Maroon Squares Bowl 12” x 12” x 3.5”, Thrown and hand-built of porcelaneous stoneware

Furnish features a wide variety of contemporary home furnishings. For example, Mike Lam’s Blossom Collection celebrates the natural beauty of the flowering plum and features dressers, chests and coffee and side tables. The blossom is expressed in the combination of charming curves, converging wood grains and black pulls. Rachelle LeBlanc employs traditional rug hooking techniques in creating her narrative designs but she has taken it from the wall to the round by creating new threedimensional vessels. Ceramic artist Connie Pike brings contemporary pottery out of the kitchen cupboard and out into the open with her highly decorative bowls.

Chris Kubash (Edmonton) Table 23”H x 23” x 23”, Curly Maple, Mahogany, Crotch veneer over Baltic birch substrate

Mike Lam (Edmonton) Blossom - 5 drawer 22”D x 52”H, Walnut