inmaterial As we graduate from Sheridan, we find ourselves totally submerged “in material” – whether it be clay, glass, wood or textiles. And for some of us it’s a material we haven’t found yet. Over the last three years we have lived, breathed and made love to the material of our chosen craft. It is through these materials that we have learned to express ourselves, our ideas, our beliefs and our concepts. We are literally “in material.”
“…understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a free people. When the creative impulse cannot flourish, when it cannot freely select its methods and objects, when it is deprived of spontaneity, then society severs.” John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Crafts & Design Graduates Ceramics
Furniture
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24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50
Barb Banfield Aislinn Caron Chari Cohen Deborah Freeman Carol McGarry Martha Ozugowski
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Jilgin Gonzales Baquiran Julia Bonnell Frank DeJong Darryl Ferretti William Hampton Eun Jeong (Jay) Heo Jong-Hyuk (John) Jang Evan Lackey Kyle Lane Dudley Mack Trevor Melia Christina Pupo Katrina Tompkins Kerstin Wagner
Glass
Textiles
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98 100 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120
Warren Bartley Cailey Bradshaw E.J. Davy Luke Dickerson Joseph Di Lorenzo Jonathan (Nash) Hepburn Sonya Labrie Brittany Lauren Ian Milligan Jessica Mirabella Victor Navarro Kevin O’Connell Rachel Robichaud Leif Russell Vanessa Russell Heidi Schell Amanda Skalski Kristie Upton Steven Woodruff Stephen Zawadowski Edmund Zygowski
Lizz Aston Kerry Croghan Jessica Hogge Alissa Kloet Woori Ko Victoria Mary Lennox Kym Monaghan Holly Oulton Marisa Ranalli Maggie Sroslak Coleen Thibert Rachel Zuckerbrot
Foreword Gordon Thompson teaches at Sheridan and the Ontario College of Art and Design. He is a technician in the ceramics studio at OCAD, and a PhD candidate in the program of Communication and Culture at York University.
inmaterial. The title selected for this catalogue of works by the 2009 graduating class of Sheridan Institute’s Crafts and Design Program, attempts to hold in tension two opposing notions. While craft’s embeddedness in material practices seems well established, this playful neologism equivocates between the thought of what is in material, on the one hand, and the thought of the immaterial, on the other. In sounding these two very different notes together, the title raises the question of whether we are being encouraged to hear harmony or dissonance resonating here.
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Is the title meant as a challenge to the priviledged position material has traditionally held within the craft orthodoxy? Certainly, craft’s relation to material is deep and meaningful… but it is not sacrosanct, and it is the responsibility of each new generation to rethink and remake their inheritance. Nor have attitudes towards material gone unchallenged to this point. Forty years ago, the British woodworker David Pye tried to shake the craft world out of its complacency around the idea of “material” and his arguments are well worth revisiting.i But today there are also new forces at play. The global environmental crisis is keenly felt by many young maker’s and this is leading some to rethink the problem of material use in fundamental ways. Additionally, as boundaries continue to blur between craft and its close neighbours, art and design, many find themselves influenced by the very different attitudes towards materials that circulate elsewhere. Simplifying for the sake of brevity: while the craftsperson tends to be dedicated
in advance to her materials, the artist or designer tends to subordinate material choice to the (immaterial) demands of the concept. On the other hand, we should consider how material and the immaterial embrace rather than challenge one another. The textile artist MacKenzie Frère has seen in the structure of woven cloth, a model for the way that the working of materials constructs a matrix within which the immaterial can lodge itself. He describes cloth as a crisscross of fibres held together by friction. But the density and much of the character of any cloth, he suggests, is determined by the presence of air, that most immaterial of materials, which is spun within fibres and woven amidst warp and weft. He writes: “Air accumulates in cloth, as an ephemeral architecture…. If fibres are the tactile body, air is the breath that gives cloth its spiritual and emotional resonance. The gentle conflation of the immaterial and the material in a handwoven piece of cloth creates (an)other materiality, the (im)material.”ii
The structure of cloth makes it a unique material/ artifact with a unique set of properties. But all craftsmanship, it would seem, aims to infuse material with the breath of life. We find ample evidence of this in the pages that follow. Whenever an object is well and purposefully made, the material and the immaterial cohere in a meaningful and occasionally poignant union. Such things—should we care to attend to them seriously—become object lessons in the principle of immanence.
Significantly, the British magazine Crafts, has this month republished a 1976 interview with Pye in which he lays out some of these arguments. His main ideas on material are laid out in The Nature and Art of Workmanship.
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ii Mackenzie Frere, “immaterial beauty.” Craft: Perception and Practice, Vol. 3. Eds. Gustafson, Gustafson, & Gogarty. Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2007:109
Faculty Administration Michael Collins Dean Heather Whitton Associate Dean Nancy Heath Program Officer Ceramics Studio Bruce Cochrane, BFA, MFA Studio Head Hugh Douglas-Murray, Dipl Technologist Furniture Studio Peter Fleming, Dipl Studio Head Rob Diemert, Cert, Dipl Technologist Glass Studio Koen Vanderstukken, BFA, MFA Studio Head Jason Cornish, Dipl Technologist > faculty
Textiles Studio Rachel MacHenry, MA Studio Head
Anne Lemieux, Dipl Technologist
Janelle Guthrie, Dipl, BA Technologist
Instructors (Past and present) Orion Arger, Dipl Winn Burke, BFA, MA Susan Blersh, AOCA Lissa Brunet , AOCA Blaise Campbell, Dipl Connie Chisolm, BA, Dipl Ying-Yueh Chuang, BFA, MFA Bruce Colborne, BA Maciej Dyszkiewicz, Dipl Scott Eckert, Dipl Marc Egan, Dipl Preethi Gopinath, NID Thea Haines, BA Andrew Jones, BArch, MA
David Joron, AOCA Megan J. Kenny, Dipl Kathy Kranias BFA, BEd Andrew Kuntz, Dipl Dorie Millerson, AOCAD, MFA Tony Makepeace, BA, MEd Gordon Mizuyabu, BAA Heidi Overhill, BID, Cert Dale Pereira, Dipl, BFA, MFA Richard Pottruff, BA, MA Lucy Roussel, Dipl, BA Clare Scott-Taggart, Dipl, BA Stephen Hugo-Seinader, Dipl, BA Brad Sherwood, AOCA Stephen Smeja, Cert, Dipl Ian Stewart, RSG, MES, BAA Isabel Stukator, AOCA Gordon Thompson, BA, MA Laurie Wassink, AOCA Kirsten White, AOCA Patrick Woodcock
Program The Crafts & Design Program at Sheridan has been setting the standard for crafts education in Canada since being founded in 1967. A close connection with the arts community, award-winning faculty, fully-equipped studios and a renowned curriculum all work to help students develop a critical sense of design and outstanding technical skills while at Sheridan.
The three-year Crafts & Design Program offers intensive, hands-on training in four studio areas: ceramics, furniture, glass and textiles. These are complemented with additional studios of design, drawing and photography. The studio experience at Sheridan is supported by academic studies in craft history, communications, supervised independent research, visits from established artists and exhibition opportunities for students. In the third year of the program students address the important goal of self-employment as a craftsperson. Through lectures and coursework Sheridan students examine market dynamics in the crafts & design arena along with undertaking case studies of running a professional craft or consulting design practice. At graduation, Sheridan students are among the most talented and best prepared emerging artists and designers in Canada.
Ceramics When Clay Sings There are desert hillsides where ancient Indian pottery still lies half buried in the sand and lizards blink at other dusty lizards that were painted on those pots a thousand years ago. Byrd Baylor
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Barb Banfield > bbanfield@rogers.com
Small Tea Bowl Soda-fired porcelain d. 18cm, h.15cm
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Cup and Saucer Soda-fired porcelain d. 18cm, h. 15cm
Large Serving Bowl Soda-fired porcelain d. 30cm, h. 25cm
Aislinn Caron > aislinncaron@yahoo.ca
Machine Teabird Thrown and handbuilt stoneware w. 29cm, h. 19cm
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Blue Teabird Thrown and handbuilt stoneware w. 29cm, h. 26cm
Chari Cohen > chari.sage@rogers.com
Log Vase Slip-cast porcelain w. 13cm, h. 53cm
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Balancing Pot Porcelain, volcanic rock and brick w. 12cm, h. 13cm, l. 11cm
Ceramic Rock Slip-cast porcelain w. 58cm, h. 24cm
Deborah Freeman > heatwork1063@gmail.com
Sugar Two Ways Soda-fired stoneware and porcelain d. 20cm, h. 10cm, l. 30cm
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Sugar Two Ways Detail
Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
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Momoyama Soda-fired stoneware and porcelain d. 21cm, h. 18cm, l. 25cm
Carol McGarry > carolmcgarry@ymail.com
Chunky Bowl Salt-fired stoneware d. 10cm, h. 6cm
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Small Bowl Salt-fired stoneware d. 9cm, h. 6cm
Blue and White Bowl Set, Excavation Series Salt-fired stoneware and porcelain w. 37cm, h. 11cm, l. 40cm
Martha Ozugowski > martha13@rogers.com
Jar Hand-painted maiolica, red earthenware d. 12cm, h. 26cm
Two Mugs Hand-painted maiolica, red earthenware d. 8.5cm, h. 12cm
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Vase Hand-painted maiolica, red earthenware d. 10cm, h. 23cm
Furniture ‌turning our soul into a fact, materialize it and make it external. Fernando Pessoa
Jilgin Gonzales Baquiran > Jilgin_04@yahoo.ca
Collection Baltic birch plywood w. 51cm, h. 61cm, d. 38cm
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
Life Savers Ash w. 40.5cm, h. 101cm, d. 38cm 25 > textiles
Julia Bonnell > jbonnell@cogeco.ca
henry credenza walnut w. 170cm h. 80cm, d. 40cm
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simple.chair maple, baltic birch ply w. 42cm, h. 82cm, d. 46cm
Frank DeJong > frank.dys@hotmail.com
Intersection: Bar stool Caramelized maple w. 45cm, h. 95cm, d. 45cm
Franner: a Portrait Side table Acrylic w. 45cm, h. 40cm, d. 65cm
Intersection: Bar stool Ash w. 45cm, h. 95cm, d. 45cm
Walnut Preserve Cabinet Walnut, acrylic w. 50cm, h. 95cm, d. 50cm 28 > furniture
Darryl Ferretti > f_darryl12@hotmail.com
Sedia Dining Chair Black walnut w. 46cm, h. 79cm, d. 46cm
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Walnut Dining Table Walnut w. 96cm, h. 74.5cm, d. 183cm
William Hampton > william@theotherfive.ca
Elm Dining Chair Elm w. 40cm, h. 105cm, d. 42cm
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
Hall Table Steam bent red oak w. 75cm, h. 90cm, d. 35cm 33 > textiles
Eun Jeong (Jay) Heo > heo0410@hotmail.com
Multiply space! M.D.F. w. 33cm, h. 25cm, d. 33cm
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
Leggies Walnut, ivory suede w. 35cm, h. 89cm, d. 35cm 35 > textiles
Jong Hyuk (John) Jang > john.kagustudio@hotmail.com
Spider (coffee table) Walnut, aluminum, 1.25cm clear glass w. 91cm, h. 43cm
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Mani Chair Walnut, soft maple, white and black leather w. 69 cm, h. 76 cm, d 48 cm
Spider (side table) Mahogany, bronze, 1.25cm clear glass w. 69, h. 53cm
Evan Lackey > www.evanlackey.ca
Cherry Box Cherry and shellac w. 71cm, h. 25cm, d. 20cm
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Library Stools Hickory and tweed w. 35cm, h. 96cm, d. 38cm
Snow Pants Box Recycled snow pants and MDF w. 25cm, h. 25cm, d. 25cm
Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
Orange Chair Plywood and ash w. 38cm, h. 45cm, d. 76cm
Orange Desk Plywood and ash w. 121cm, h. 50cm, d. 76cm
Kyle Lane > kyle@theotherfive.ca
Hall Table Cherry, tiger maple veneer w. 120cm, h. 92cm, d. 27cm
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Barstool Solid maple, white lacquer w. 47cm, h. 140cm, d. 55cm
41 > textiles
Dudley Mack > www.macklab.ca
13th Floor Teak veneer, NuGreen particle board Central core: l. 15cm, w. 15cm, h. (239cm - 305cm) Modules: w. 25cm, h. 30cm, d. 61cm w. 30cm, h. 30cm, d. 30cm w. 61cm, h. 25cm, d. 25cm
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Trevor Melia > trevor_melia@hotmail.com
Barstool Cherry w. 33cm, h. 88cm, d. 40cm
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Milk drop Cabinet Poplar, MDF, lacquer, NGR w. 162cm, h. 35cm, d. 32cm
Christina Pupo > christinapupo@live.ca
Dining Chair Walnut, poplar and walnut veneer w. 53cm, h. 47cm, l. 85cm
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Bamboo Cabinet Bamboo veneer, butternut w. 104cm, h. 35cm, l. 68cm
Katrina Tompkins > 1@katrinatompkins.com
Solid Companion Hybrid Table/Chair Reclaimed red oak, leather upholstery w. 52cm, h. 52cm, l. 46cm
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Burnt Cabin LP Storage and Coffee Table Cast aluminum legs, dovetail joinery w. 102cm, h. 56cm, l. 33cm 49 > textiles
Kerstin Wagner > KerstinWagner@hotmail.de
Stuhl 1 Cherry, red flocking w. 42cm, h. 83cm, l. 41cm
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Rote 2 Cherry, red flocking w. 87cm, h. 97cm, l. 30cm
Licht 1 Reclained pine, bamboo w. 37cm, h. 135cm, l. 20cm
Glass I find working with glass meditative, almost therapeutic. I can leave the world behind, and focus‌ The simplicity of form, the drama of rich, intense colour, the joy of challenge, and the challenge of endurance‌ The piece, when it is over, is not what is made, but how it is made. Andrew Kuntz
Warren Bartley > info@warren.bartley.glass.com
The Bird Skin Blown Glass, steel, copper, plastic, leather w. 9cm, h. 9cm
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Radial #1 Glass, wood, steel w. 35cm, h. 180cm, d. 18cm
Cailey Bradshaw > cailey.bradshaw@hotmail.com
View Into My Home Coloured glass, engraved w. 15cm, h. 33cm
Cracked Window Coloured glass, engraved w. 10 cm, h. 13cm
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E.J. Davy > Eric.Davy@gmail.com
Pompous Jade Blown glass w. 13cm, h. 69cm
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Tornado Goblets Blown glass w. 10cm, h. 23cm
Handle Bars Bent borosilicate w. 15cm, h. 40cm
Luke Dickerson > dickerson.glass@gmail.com
Roots Gathered Kiln cast glass and copper w. 30cm, h. 15cm, l. 10cm
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Roots Series 4 Sand cast glass, kiln cast glass and copper w. 20cm, h. 40cm, l. 8cm
Joseph Di Lorenzo > Joseph_glass01@yahoo.ca
Blackwrap Glass w. 6cm, h. 6cm, l. 6cm
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Black & White Glass w. 6cm, h. 6cm, l. 6cm
Black Spiked Goblet Flameworked borosilicate glass w. 9cm, h. 23cm, l. 9cm
Jonathan (Nash) Hepburn > jonhepburn@rogers.com
Soaring “High� On Reds Goblet series Blown, hot sculpture, cold attached w. 13cm, h. 31cm Modern Tribalism Swedish Overlayed Blown, sandblasted w. 30cm, h. 51cm, d. 20cm 64 > glass
65 > textiles
Sonya Labrie > www.sonyalabrie.com
Study#15 Blown glass dish Flameworked and pate-de-verre w. 20cm, h. 5cm, d. 20cm
Squishy Gouping Blown glass w. 36cm, h. 15cm, d. 29cm
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Necking Rings Blown and fused glass w. 38cm, h. 46cm, d. 16cm
Brittany Lauren > Brittanylauren.d@gmail.com
Emotional Bowls Blown glass w. 20cm, h. 25cm, l. 12cm
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“My Moon” Kiln cast and blown glass w. 25cm, h. 25cm
69 > textiles
Ian Milligan > levitatedfreedom@yahoo.ca
Thoroughgoing Blown Vessel w. 24cm, h. 114cm, d. 15cm
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Black Energy Blown vessels Tallest: w. 33cm, h. 116cm
Jessica Mirabella > jessica.mirabella@sheridanc.on.ca
Vintage Dress Form Wire frame and flameworked glass beads w. 9 cm, h. 11.5 cm, l. 10 cm
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
73 > textiles
Victor Navarro > cyrusnavarro@hotmail.com
Lil’ Buddy Blown, sand cast and hot sculpted glass w. 19cm, h. 28cm, l. 37cm
There Unknown Blown, hot sculpted glass w. 19cm, h. 10cm
Strikes Anywhere Hot sculpted glass h. 14cm, l. 53cm
Cold End Blown, hot sculpted glass w. 16cm, h. 30cm
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
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Kevin O’Connell > kevin.oconnell.04@gmail.com
Line Borosilicate flameworked glass w. 30mm, h. 30mm
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
77 > textiles
Rachel Robichaud > www.rachelrobichaud.com
Birdie Blown glass, mixed media w. 10cm, h. 15cm, l. 15cm
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Kittens Blown glass, mixed media w. 76cm, h. 25cm, l. 50cm
Hair Blown glass, mixed media w. 14cm, h. 22cm, l. 11cm
Leif Russell > Russellb@gmail.com
Lump Lathe engraved glass w. 4 cm, h. 6.5 cm, l. 6cm
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Untitled Lathe engraved glass w. 6cm, h. 8.5 cm, l. 6cm
Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
Untitled Lathe engraved glass w. 6.5cm, h. 4cm, l. 7cm 81 > textiles
Vanessa Russell > vbrussell@gmail.com
Winter Flower Kiln cast, flameworked, copper inclusions, pigments w. 18cm, h. 11cm, d. 18cm
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Untitled Kiln cast, flameworked, copper inclusions w. 25cm, h. 10cm, d. 4cm
Heidi Schell > heidi__S__@hotmail.com
OY Flower Blown, hot attached w. 30cm, h. 30cm, l. 40cm
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Stitched Up and Down Blown, engraved, stitched w. 8cm, h. 10cm
Amanda Skalski > amanda.skalski@hotmail.com
Revelations of a Heart Blown glass, cut and polished on satin pillow w. 18cm, h. 12cm, l. 18cm That Sinking Feeling Hot cast glass on copper wire w. 13cm, h. 24cm, l. 22cm
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Kristie Upton > Kristie.upton@gmail.com
Detail Blown glass and engraved
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
Echinoderms Blown glass and engraved Largest: w. 9cm, h. 15cm
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Steven Woodruff > woody.woodruff@hotmail.com
Symbiote Blown, fusing w. 20cm, h. 15cm
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Symbiote Blown, fusing w. 20cm, h. 15cm
Spirit Ball Blown w. 15cm, h. 15cm, l. 25cm
Symbiote Blown, fusing w. 20 cm, h. 40cm
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Stephen Zawadowski > stephenzawadowski@hotmail.com
Copper and Glass Bamboo Copper, glass h. 54cm, d. 8cm
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Copper and Glass Bamboo detail
Edmund Zygowski > petersonclocks@yahoo.com
Girder series 1 Sand cast glass w. 25cm, h. 66cm, d 13cm
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Industrial Collective Sand cast glass w. 23cm, h. 54cm, d. 11cm
Girder series 2 Sand cast glass w. 18cm, h. 38cm, d. 6cm
Industrial Collective detail
Textiles Textile is metaphor for a life’s journey - layering, embellishing, stripping-away, testing boundaries, excising/trapping, integrating, making tracks, covering them over, never certain of the destination or the route, yet still fully engaged with materials, their surprises and delights. Wendy Feldberg
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Lizz Aston > shmoopy_liz@hotmail.com
Woven ivy (shadow box detail) Mixed cotton, silk and paper threads, whitework embroidery, copper wire
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Shadow box detail Free motion embroidery, Burnt paper fibers, pins
Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
Multiples: skin and bones study Microcrystalline wax, pattern drafting paper, wire, copper wire w. 7.5cm, h. 5 cm
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Kerry Croghan > kcroghan@sympatico.ca
Lace Knit Wallpaper Foil screenprint w. 56cm, l. 4.8m
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Lace Knit Wallpaper Glitter screenprint w. 56cm, l. 4.8m
(in)secure, study #2 Cotton organdy, devorĂŠ screenprint, stitch w. 25cm, h. 25cm
Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
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Jessica Hogge > jdhdesigns8@gmail.com
Woolly Fungi Handmade wool felt, silk, embroidery threads, beads Largest: w. 7cm, h. 6cm
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Silk Cuff Silk dupioni, cotton, found objects h. 14cm, d. 11cm
Alissa Kloet > alissakloet@hotmail.com
Indian Goddess – Samples for Fashion Hand and machine embroidery on cotton with found fabrics
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
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Woori Ko > wooriland@msn.com
Hand-Knitted Paper Skirt (detail) Craft paper w. 50cm, h. 25cm
Abstract painting Polychromatic screen printing on cotton w. 78cm, h. 127cm 106 > textiles
Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
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Victoria Mary Lennox > victoria_mary_lennox@hotmail.com
Untitled string, yarn, cheese cloth, found lace, and fabric w. 100cm, h. 25cm
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Untitled yarn, fabric, and vintage bra w. 86cm
Untitled sting, yarn, cheese cloth, found lace, and fabric w. 100cm, h. 25cm
Kym Monaghan > kymmonaghan@textilestudio.ca
India Inspired Necklace 2 Hand and machine embroidery, Indian cotton, thread, cord, silk roving
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
India Inspired Necklace 1 Hand and machine embroidery, Indian cotton, thread, cord 111 > textiles
Holly Oulton > hollylily5@hotmail.com
Black and Blue Polycromatic, fibre reactive dyes on cotton w. 117cm, h.117cm
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Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
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Marisa Ranalli > marisa@drawingconclusions.net
Cyborg Scarf Wool, LEDs, knitting, crochet w. 5cm, h. 20cm, l. 66cm
Cyborg Scarf - In the Dark Wool, LEDs, knitting, crochet w. 5cm, h. 20cm, l. 66cm
Ribcage Bag (Detail) Wool, felting, machine embroidery w. 33cm, h. 35cm , l. 25.5cm 114 > textiles
Paul Anderson > panderson@hotmail.com
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Maggie Sroslak > maggie.mynxx@gmail.com
Eyeballs Hand felted Merino fibres Approx. 4cm
Innards Dyed upholstery piping, hand felted Merino fibres 116 > textiles
Coleen Thibert > cauliflower87@hotmail.com
Surface Design Hand dyed paper collages w. 10cm, h. 15cm
Nobody Knows Fabric collage w. 21cm, h. 27cm
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Rachel Zuckerbrot > rachelz1987@hotmail.com
Liminal Being Ties Silk hemp blend, foil, t-shirt transfers, dye
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Heart On Your Sleeve Hemp Linen blend, matte medium, t-shirt transfers, ribbon, stitched
Acknowledgements The 2009 Graduating class of Crafts and Design would like to take this opportunity to thank a few people whose hard work ensured the success of this catalogue. Our thanks to Isabel Stukator whose expertise and patience made this all possible. To Jennifer Deighton for her help with the sponsorship package and fundraising, Gord Thompson for writing the foreword, and Owen Colborne and Tony Makepeace for their help with photography. Thanks to the student committees that worked so hard to prepare this catalogue and graduate exhibition. We would also like to thank the staff at Sheridan who were always there for us when we needed them. Our sincere gratitude to Nancy Heath, Mary Cator, Heather Whitten, and Jamie Owen. None of this would have been possible without you continuous help, guidance and support along the way.
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Ceramics
Furniture
The graduating ceramics class extends its appreciation to all our teachers, mentors, consolers, prodders, stick-wielders and carrotdanglers. To Bruce Cochrane for his gentle yet ever-present guidance and inspiration (and his sly sense of humour). To Hugh Douglas-Murray for his technical expertise and willingness to answer countless silly questions and repair mechanical breakdowns RIGHT NOW. To Dale Pereira, Marc Egan, Ying-Yueh Chuang and Winn Burke for sharing their own unique artistic personalities and perspectives. We have mucked around in the mud with you and had a grand old time of it. Of course some of it has landed on faces, in ears, up noses. There have been slides and dives – clay can be slippery stuff – but we wouldn’t have any less of it. Through our time here we have developed a refined taste for mudpie. So thank you to all of the above who have each contributed his or her own essential ingredients to the recipe.
We arrived in the furniture studio as a group with varying abilities – some of us were fairly accomplished with wood and some of us had never before touched a tool. It is with great gratitude that we thank those who have taken the lot of us and taught us to be designers/ makers and to be confident in both our skills and our aesthetic choices. To Peter, Rob, Connie, Kirsten, Scott, Stefan and Andrew - we thank you for the constant supply of dust-masks, sandpaper and BandAids, for the extra set of hands during tricky glue-ups and for the constant reminders to “measure twice and cut once”. We thank you for pushing us to sketch, model, mockup and sketch some more, even when we just wanted to jump in and ‘build the thing’. You have helped all of us build a design foundation and working process that will stay with us always. To Stephen, Claire, Ian, Isabel, Gord, Heidi and Kathy – we thank you for helping us to expand our thinking and for pushing us to try new materials, techniques and technologies.
Glass
Textiles
After 3 years in the making the 2009 graduating class is pleased to present inmaterial. Many early mornings and late nights were spent hard at work in the studio, testing our ambition and toiling over every last detail to create the works exhibited in this catalogue. Our journey from student to artist has been difficult and at times quite tiring but none of us have traveled alone. The graduating class would like to thank the faculty and staff at Sheridan who guided us along the way.
The Textile graduates of 2009 would like to thank our family and friends who have supported us through our stay at Sheridan.
Our extended thanks go out to Koen Vanderstukken, Jason Cornish, Blaise Campbell, Brad Sherwood, Maciej Dyszkiewicz, Orion Arger, Andy Kuntz, Megan Kenny who’s strength and character is with us still, and our teaching assistants, Jake Raynard, David Williamson and Tara Gilchrest. You have all been a positive influence on our lives. Your outlook, your teachings and your patience to see us through our artistic development will never be forgotten.
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We would also like to offer special thanks to the faculty for their hard work and dedication. Sincere thanks to Rachel MacHenry, Janelle Guthrie, Anne Lemieux, Dorie Millerson, Thea Haines, Isabel Stukator, Kathy Kranias, Gordon Thompson, Claire Scott-Taggart, Susan Blersh, Stephen Hugo-Seinader, Lissa Brunet, Heidi Overhill, Jamie Owen, Lynne Murray, Anthony Makepeace, Owen Colborne, and the janitorial staff.
Graduation Exhibition Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning School of Animation, Arts and Design presents
inmaterial April 30th - May 10th, 2009 Opening Reception: April 30th 7-10 PM Lennox Contemporary Gallery 12 Ossington Ave, Toronto ON (416) 924-7964 Thursday – Sunday: 12-5 PM www.lennoxcontemporary.com
inmaterial is the craft exhibition presented by the 2009 graduating class of Sheridan Institute’s Crafts & Design Program. The Exhibit will be held at the Lennox Contemporary Gallery featuring work by new, upcoming artists in textiles, glass, furniture and ceramics.
Sponsors The students would also like to extend a special thank you to all of our sponsors who made this catalogue and the graduate exhibitions possible.
A&M Wood Specialty Margaret Banfield Stephen Boddy Marcia Christie Peter Fleming Diane Gatley Keith & Ethel Hazeldine Muskoka Language Arts International Steam Whistle Brewery
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Stephen Harris Foundation
David Thai
Contact Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning School of Animation, Arts & Design Crafts & Design Program 1430 Trafalgar Road Oakville, Ontario Canada L6H 2L1 www.sheridancraftsanddesign.com 905.845.9430
For more information on Crafts & Design and the other 25 full-time programs within the School of Animation, Arts & Design, visit our website at www.sheridaninstitute.ca.
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