WUNDERKAMMER
WUNDERKAMMER Sheridan Craft & Design 2015
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Wunderkammer noun wun·der·kam·mer (‘voond r,käm r) 1. a place where a collection of curiosities and rarities is exhibited 2. in German, literally ‘wonder chamber’
In Sheridan’s Craft and Design program, students in ceramics, furniture, glass and textiles have the opportunity to use materials to create unique pieces of work. Students are taught to use their respective mediums while applying their individual styles and a variety of traditional and contemporary techniques. As the industry is quickly moving forward, Sheridan’s graduates are filled with innovative thoughts and a unique approach towards their craft. These unique creations by Sheridan’s graduating class of Craft and Design students reflect the development and progression of their studies over the past three years. This collection of wonders, this wunderkammer, represents their thoughts and achievements as they continue to evolve in their craft.
FACULTY Administration Ronni Rosenberg, MFA, M.Arch Dean Heather Whitton, M.Ed Associate Dean Nancy Heath Program Officer Gordon Thompson, MA Program Coordinator
Industrial Design Studio Scot Laughton, MDes Studio Head
Ceramics Studio Linda Sormin, MFA Studio Head Hugh Douglas-Murray, Dipl Technologist
Ceramics Tony Clennell, MFA Bruce Cochrane, MFA Marc Egan, Ad. Dipl Steven Heinemann, MFA Andrew Ippoliti, MFA Janet Macpherson, MFA Lindsay Montgomery, MFA
Furniture Studio Peter Fleming, MA Studio Head Rob Diemert, Dipl Technologist Glass Studio Koen Vanderstukken, MFA Studio Head Jason Cornish, Dipl Technologist
Textiles Studio Rachel Miller, MFA Studio Head Janelle Guthrie, Dipl Technologist
Furniture Connie Chisholm, BA Heidi Earnshaw, BA Scott Eunson, BArch Stefan Robertson, Dipl Ian Stewart, MES Kirsten White, AOCAD
Glass Orion Arger, Dipl Andrew Kuntz, Dipl Sally McCubbin, Ad. Dipl Lucy Roussel, BA Brad Sherwood, BA Steven Tippin, MFA Paula Vandermey, BFA Textiles Kate Busby, BA Kerry Croghan, BA Sharon Epstein, BFA Thea Haines, MA Isabel Stukator, AOCAD Anna Zygowski, MA Instructors Jess Riva Cooper, MFA Janna Hiemstra, MA Dafydd Hughes, MFA Leopold Kowolik, MA Jorgen Lauritzen, AOCAD Michelle Lewin, MFA Anthony Makepeace, M.Ed Richard Pottruff, MA Tess van Groll, M.Ed
PROGRAM The Craft and Design program at Sheridan has been setting the standard for craft 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 Craft and 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 craft and design arena as well as case studies of professional craft or consulting design practices. Upon graduation, Sheridan students are among the most talented and best prepared emerging artists and designers in Canada.
FOREWORD Ah the Wunderkammer. Even as an inert historic artefact it’s a tantalizing idea. Wunderkammer is the German word; in English we also say Cabinet of Curiosities. It was a teeming, exotic Renaissance collection site. It was a place to amass rare and strange objects – natural, scientific and artistic. It was a chamber of curiosity. The Wunderkammer embodied wonder. The objects collected were embodiments, cabinetted. The Wunderkammer was a body of curiosity. In this wonder-room of curiosities, the wealthy powerbroker could also display a mastery of art and nature. When the collection was shared or displayed, some of this wonder reflected onto the collector. The Wunderkammer was then also an embodiment of mastery. The room embodied a master’s control of objects. In the work presented here by the 2015 graduates of the Craft and Design program at Sheridan College, individual mastery is balanced and gathered into just such a site, embodying the wonder of challenging work. What these makers have spent three years discovering, however, is that working like this can also embody something wonderful within itself.
In the Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities, two superb words elide: wonder and curiosity. In the collected idea, these two words mean elation in the inexplicable, pleasure of marvelling. But the two words are not at all synonymous; they run off in different directions. Wonder appears in different parts of speech (noun, adjective, verb) around the same idea – astonishment, marvelousness, bewilderment – even to the point of having to attribute the wonderful thing to supernatural forces. Curiosity is a slightly slipperier word. Yes it involves novelty and the strange and the interesting and rare (that’s why it attracts wonder.) And of course it means something of investigation and the proverbial cat. But curiosity also has an old meaning that is now mostly forgotten, but that lives on somewhere in the DNA of the word and, more tangibly, in the skin and bone-structure of Wunderkammer as it manifests in this catalogue. Curiosity can also mean something of attention to detail, proficiency obtained by careful application of skills, ingenuity. Until the late 17th century, the word curiosity meant perfection and accuracy of construction.
And that’s what these graduates have discovered. Through careful construction and ingenious skill and love of detail and material, curiosity and wonder can be returned to objects, rediscovered in a bureaucratic culture in which collecting turned into consuming. When these makers create an object well, it bears their silent slogan ‘I Believe in the Wonderful.’ By discovering the embodiment of wonder, these Sheridan craftspeople have managed to slip the adjectival into a verb. No more passive objects waiting to be collected; these are active objects, wonderfully uncabinetted. These graduates have made objects that are remarkable, marvellous, unique and rare through their creativity and intellect, their curious wonder. Congratulations, class of 2015: your mastery of yourself and your skills makes a verb of wonder. The Renaissance Wunderkammer was an embodiment, full of objects that projected curiosity and wonderment. What has been discovered in these three years at Sheridan is that there, in the inert material, curiosity collects and the wonder of the maker can be embodied too. It is an honour to celebrate this with this graduating class.
And remember, your object has a maker and it might in time have an owner, but it has no master. Never completely finished, curiosity keeps it active, engaged – a site of amassed, active wonder.
Leopold Kowolik has degrees in history and art history from the University of Chicago and the University of Edinburgh. He has worked in public and private galleries in the US, UK and Canada and he is currently the Editor in Chief of Studio Magazine. Leopold has written for The Journal of Modern Craft, Craft Research, The Journal of William Morris Studies and Ornamentum; he is working on his first book, a biography of artist Anne Dunn. Leopold is an instructor of writing and the histories of art and of craft at Sheridan College. These various roles allow him to pursue a core interest in the value and function of special objects in our society.
CERAMICS
Tine DeRuiter Shawn Durant Jing Huang Yoo Sun Jung Cassara Kennedy Joon Hee Kim Nina Lalla Trevor Novak Mariella Pagliuca Karla Rivera Jordan Scott ChengOu Yu
Tine DeRuiter 1.
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1. Flower Cannon, earthenware, w. 35.5cm, h. 38cm, d. 30cm 2. The Process in Part, earthenware, w. 56cm, h. 35.5cm, d. 55cm 3. The Process in Part, earthenware, w. 56cm, h. 35.5cm, d. 55cm 4. Flower Cannon, earthenware, w. 35.5cm, h. 38cm, d. 32cm
tine.deruiter@hotmail.com 4.
Shawn Durant 1.
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1. Northern Shield Bottles, stoneware clay, glaze, mineral oxides, salt fired, w. 23cm, h. 9.5cm 2. Northern Shield Bowl, stoneware clay, glaze, mineral oxides, wood fired, w. 14cm, h. 8.5cm 3. Northern Shield Jars, stoneware clay, glaze, oxides, salt fired, w. 38cm, h. 16cm 4. Northern Shield Tea Bowls, clay, glaze, reduction fired, w. 10cm, h. 7cm
www.shawndurant.com 4.
Jing Huang 1.
1. My Words , glazed porcelain, w. 31cm, h. 46cm, d. 30cm 2. Last Friend, wood fired porcelain, w. 28cm, h. 20cm, d. 14cm 3. Hello Wing, glazed stoneware, w. 15cm, h. 17cm, d. 5cm 4. Empty, glazed porcelain, w. 19cm, h. 24cm, d. 16cm
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Yoosun Jung 1.
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1-4. Wave of emotion (details) Earthen ware, slip and glaze 2. Wave of emotion, Earthen ware, slip and glaze.
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Cassara Kennedy 1.
1. Blue Tears Teapot, Cone 10 salt fired porcelain, w. 20cm, h. 21cm, d. 19cm 2. Dotted Mug, Cone 10 salt fired porcelain, w. 13cm, h. 10cm, d. 8.5cm 3. Amber Mug, Cone 10 salt fired porcelain, w. 13cm, h. 8cm, d. 8.5cm 4. Iced Coffee Mugs, Cone 10 salt fired porcelain, w. 10cm, h. 7cm, d. 10cm
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Joon Hee Kim 1.
1/2/4. The Clouds details 3. The Clouds, Porcelain, glazed and luster, w. 18cm, h. 24cm, d 18cm
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Nina Lalla 1.
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1. Guardian of The Wind, cone 10 stoneware with cone 10 glaze, h.68.5cm w. 12 cm 2. Gaurdian of The Earth, cone 10 stoneware with cone 04 glaze, h. 64.5cm w. 10cm 3. Guardian of The Forest, cone 10 stoneware with cone 10 glaze, h. 62cm w. 12cm
ninalalla@live.com
Trevor Novak 1.
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1. The Dance, Earthenware and Terra Sig, w. 30cm, h. 34cm, d. 18.5cm 2. Flesh and Bone, Earthenware and Terra Sig, w. 31.5cm, h. 15cm, d. 16.5cm 3. Head on a Stake 2 (detail) Earthenware and glaze, w. 23.5cm, h. 83cm, d. 33cm 4 & 5. Head on a Stake and detail, Earthenware and glaze, w. 24cm, h. 82.5cm, d. 34cm
trevor.novak37@gmail.com 4.
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Mariella Pagliuca 1.
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1. Wall Mural, cone 6 oxides , w. 53cm, h. 12cm 2. Tiles from Mural, cone 6, w. 40cm, h. 25cm 3 & 4. Details from Mural, cone 04, glaze oxides, l. 180cm, w. 80cm 5. Mural, cone 6, w. 40cm, h. 60cm
alkimiaceraramics.com 5.
Karla Rivera 1.
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1 & 2. Vessel, Stoneware, soda firing, w. 64cm, h. 21cm, d. 21cm 3. Meanwhile, Stoneware, soda firing, w. 45cm, h. 51 cm, d. 18cm 4. Spring, Stoneware, soda firing, w. 16cm, h. 19 cm, d. 14cm 5. Detail of spring
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Jordan Scott 1.
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1. Tile, Wood fired stoneware, w. 35.6cm, h. 16cm, d. 5cm 2. Bottle Vase, Soda fired stoneware, h. 36cm, d. 17cm 3. Bottle Vase, Wood fired stoneware, h. 31cm, d. 28cm 4. Vase, Wood fired stoneware, h. 54cm, d. 32cm
ceramicsalamander@gmail.com 4.
ChengOu Yu 1.
1. Innocent, glazed procelain, w. 11cm, h. 18cm, d. 5cm 2. Double-faced (detail) wood-fired procelain, w. 11cm, h. 18cm, d. 5cm 3. Mystification, glazed procelain, w. 11cm, h. 20 cm, d. 5cm
ziyupeace@hotmail.com 2.
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FURNITURE
Tobias Cavan Nathan Clarke Josh Fawcett-Drummond Chris Friedrich Kyle Gibbons Cassic He Wooju Kim Jared Lawee Ashley MacDonald Matt MacDonald Young Jun Moon Eric O’Hara Timothy Steadman Stefan Tobolka Leah Van Bergeyk Jake Whillans
Tobias Cavan 1.
1. Record Cabinet, Maple, MDF, and grill cloth 2. Speed Chair, Beech, Baltic birch, waterbase lacquer 3. Verse Side Table, Walnut 4. Sled Barstool, Maple, Baltic birch, waterbase lacquer
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Nathan Clarke 1.
1. A Priori, European beech solids and veneer, w. 142cm, h. 96cm, d. 50cm 2. Kant, Ebonized red oak, w. 38cm, h. 53cm, d. 43cm 3. Hume, White oak, powder coated steel, w. 46cm, h. 79cm, d. 51cm 4. Hume (detail)
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Josh Fawcett-Drummond 1.
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1/4/5. Team Slayer Gaming Chair, Elm veneer, white oak, w. 61cm, h. 97cm, d. 81cm 2 & 4. Wisteria Wine Cabinet, Black walnut, sandblasted glass, w. 46cm, h. 92cm, d. 122cm
fawcettdrummond.wordpress.com 5. 4.
Chris Friedrich 1.
1. Live Edge Console Table, Ash, live edge maple, w. 100cm, h. 67.5cm, d. 25cm 2. Side Chair, Ash, w. 38.75cm, h. 80cm, d. 40cm
chrisfriedrich2010@gmail.com 2.
Kyle Gibbons 1.
1 & 2. Fractured Series: Coffee Table, Walnut. w. 122cm, h .35.5cm, d. 61cm 3. CNC Texture Box, Walnut, w. 20cm, h. 3.8cm, d. 12.7cm 4. CNC Texture Box (detail)
murf@nexicom.net 2.
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Cassic (Sihui) He 1.
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1. detail of tea box, walnut, hard maple and rosewood, w. 50cm, h. 12.7cm, d. 30cm 2. tea box, walnut, hard maple and rosewood, w. 50cm, h. 12.7cm, d. 30cm 3. maple side table, hard maple, w. 40cm, h. 53cm, d. 40cm 4 & 5. perfectly imperfective objects, various soild wood, large box w. 15cm, h. 15cm, d. 15cm
cassicho.com 4.
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WooJu Kim 1.
1. Box, Cherry, Peruvian walnut, w. 52cm, h. 38cm, d. 34cm 2. artwork, Walnut, hard maple, w. 40cm, h. 110cm, d. 45cm 3. artwork, Walnut, hard maple, w. 40cm, h. 110cm, d. 45cm 4. artwork, Walnut, hard maple, w. 40cm, h. 110cm, d. 45cm
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Jared Lawee 1.
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1. Montreal at Night, White oak, ebonized, w. 38cm, h. 63cm, d. 38cm 2. Uplifted Bench, White oak, w. 101cm, h. 40cm, d. 33cm 3. Lounge Chair, White oak, bent ply & leather, w. 50cm, h. 84cm, d. 68cm
jaredlawee@gmail.com 3.
Ashley MacDonald 1.
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1 & 2. MODLUX Cabinet , MDF, mahogany, steel & waterbase lacquer, w. 36cm, l. 61cm, h. 89cm 3. Folding Planes Series, Kiln casted hlass, each w.28cm, l. 35cm, h. 13cm 4. Service Chair, (prototype) White oak, oil finish, w. 51cm, l. 81cm, h. 121cm 5. Float Barstool, Multiflex plywood, white oak & waterbase lacquer, w. 38cm, l. 39cm, h. 68.5cm
macdonald.ashley.j@gmail.com 4.
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Matt MacDonald 1.
1. White Ash Barstool, White ash, w. 40cm, l. 48cm, h. 112cm 2 & 3. Basilica Floor Lamp, Corian, white oak, brass, w. 38cm, l. 38cm, h. 104cm
mattmdesign.ca 2.
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Young Jun Moon 1.
1. Library Reading Chair, European beech and veneered plywood, w. 53cm, h. 32cm, d. 17cm 2 & 3. Bedroom Cabinet, White oak and veneered particle board, w. 152cm, h. 76cm, d. 45cm 4. Family Dining Table, European beech, w. 182cm, h. 73cm, d. 88cm
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Eric O’Hara 1.
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1-3. Chair, Ash with a tinted varnish finish, w. 50cm, h. 75cm, d. 55cm 4-6. Sideboard, Plywood, hard maple, paint & oil-varnish blend, w. 150 cm, h. 90cm, d. 45cm
ericwhohara@gmail.com 4.
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Tim Steadman 1.
1. Walnut TV Cabinet, Walnut, w. 86cm, h. 79cm, d. 41cm 2. Red Oak Bar Stools, Red oak, w. 43cm, h. 97cm, d. 43cm 3. Love Seat , Cherry, w. 130cm, h. 79cm, d. 64cm 4. Side Table Lamp, White oak, w. 40cm, h. 183cm, d. 40cm
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Stefan Tobolka 1.
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1. Dundas Barstool, Solid ash, felted wool, w. 40.64cm, d. 40.64cm, h. 92.7cm 2. Switch Sideboard, Beech & maple, w. 76.2cm, d. 38.1cm, h. 71.12cm 3. Play Rocking Chair, Baltic birch plywood, beech veneer, w. 60.9cm, d. 80cm, h. 81.28cm 4. Confluence Cabinet , Beech & maple, w. 110.5cm, d. 46.35cm, h. 88.265cm
stefantobolka.com 4.
Leah Van Bergeyk 1.
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1. Laptop Table, walnut, w. 40.5, h. 50, d. 35cm 2. Contemporary Outdoor Lounge, cedar, w. 63.5, h. 70, d. 46cm 3. Contemporary Outdoor Lounge, back view 4. Contemporary Outdoor Lounge, 3/4 view
functionalartcanada.ca 4.
Jake Whillans 1.
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1. barstool, white oak, wool blend, w. 45cm, h. 96cm, d. 45cm 2. davenport, white oak, maple, plastic laminate, veg tan leather, w. 81cm, h. 45cm, d. 25cm 3. truss coffee, walnut, d. 76cm, h. 305cm 4. lounge chair, white oak, w. 58cm, h. 76cm, d. 53cm
jakewhillans.com 4.
GLASS
Justin Adams Stephanie Baness Michelle Bosveld Caitie Butterworth Margaret Couling Courtney Downman Rahim Fazal Charlotte Gloin Danielle Ireson Liliann Lozanovski Ian MacInnis Robin Ritter Kristen Rockey Kristian Spreen
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1-4. Decay & Growth #1-4, Blown glass, apoxy sculpt, ink, approx. w. 15cm, h. 10cm, d. 15cm 5. Moonshine Jug & Mason Jar Cup, Blown glass, w. 13cm, h.16cm, d. 13cm
Justinadamsglass@gmail.com 5.
Stephanie Baness 1.
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1. Study #1, sandcasted glass, w. 50cm, h. 35cm, d. 10cm 2. Study #3, sandcasted glass, w. 50cm, h. 15cm, d. 10cm 3. Study #2, sandcasted glass, w. 50cm, h. 35cm, d. 10cm 4. Pate de Verre Bowls, pate de verre, w. 8cm, h. 5cm
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Michelle Bosveld 1.
1. Dedication, laminated sheet glass w. 25.4cm, h. 25.4cm, d. 5cm 2. Pendant, sheet glass, amethyst w. 2cm, h. 4cm, d. 0.5cm 3. Pendant, sheet glass, amethyst w. 2.5cm, h. 3cm, d. 1cm 4. Pendant, sheet glass, amethyst w. 1.5cm, h. 2cm, d. 0.5cm
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Caitie Butterworth 1.
1. Unseen Pain, Blown and kiln cast glass, w. 20cm, h. 12cm 2. Broken Girl, Kiln cast glass, brass birdcage, Peridot engagement ring, w. 14cm, h. 32cm 3. Broken Girl, (Ring detail)
lonepinestudios.wordpress.com 2.
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Margaret Couling 1.
1. Vase, Blown glass, w. 15cm, h. 30cm, d. 15cm 2. Line Maze, Fused glass, w. 30cm, h. 30cm 3. Geometric, Fused glass, w. 30cm, h. 30cm 4. Line Maze, Fused glass, w. 30cm, h. 30cm
margaretc.couling@gmail.com 2.
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Courtney Downman 1.
1. Carved Blown, Saw carved and flamepolished glass, w. 20cm, h. 17cm, d. 20cm 2. Bandits, Blown and sandblasted glass, w. 16cm, h. 27cm, d. 16cm 3. Basket, Blown, saw carved and flamepolished glass, w. 32cm, h. 16cm, d. 32cm 4. Sawception, Blown, saw carved and flamepolished glass, w. 20cm, h. 22cm, d. 12cm
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Rahim Fazal 1.
1. Bedrock Bowls, Mold blown glass, w. 25.4cm, h. 20.3cm 2. Weave, Mold blown glass, w. 8.9cm, h. 21.6cm 3. Running Monk, Blown and sandcasted glass, w. 27.9cm, h. 22.9cm 4. Running Monk (detail) Blown and sandcasted glass, w. 27.9cm, h. 22.9cm
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Charlotte Gloin 1.
1. Divided Lines, sandblasted float glass, w. 6.4cm, h. 22.9cm, l. 22.9cm 2. Umbrella Girl # 7, sandcast glass, mystery wood, w. 15.2cm, h. 36.8cm, l. 6.4cm 3. Umbrella Girl, sandcast glass, w. 16.5cm, h. 44.5cm, l. 10.2cm 4. Lottnik, blown glass, w. 12.7cm, h. 10.2cm
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Danielle Ireson 1.
1. Galaxy Cone, Blown coloured glass & electroplated copper, h. 14cm, w. 10cm 2. Electroplated Bits, Blown clear glass & electroplated copper, h. 10cm, w. 10cm 3. Copper wire cage wobble bowl, Blown clear glass & copper wire, h. 16cm, w. 12cm 4. Copper wire cage wobble bowl, Blown clear glass & copper wire, h. 25cm, w. 35cm
ireson.aout@gmail.com 2.
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Liliann Lozanovski 1.
1. Pink and Pretty, Crystal, glass, d. 15cm, h. 10cm 2. Untitled, Glass, cotton thread, h. 14cm, w. 19cm, d. 3cm 3. kazi mi te molum, Glass, w. 90cm, h.120cm, d. 100cm 4. Untitled, Glass, India ink and cotton thread, w. 15cm, h. 15cm
lilaanks@gmail.com 2. 4.
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Ian MacInnis 1.
1. Lo, Blown glass, h. 22cm w. 10cm d. 10cm 2. PokĂŠ Bowl, Blown glass, h. 18cm w. 20cm d. 20cm 3. Stormtrooper, Blown glass, h. 20cm w. 10 cm d. 10cm 4. Chaos and Control, Blown glass, (left) h. 6cm w. 12cm d. 8cm (right) h. 8cm w. 18cm d. 14cm
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Robin Ritter 1.
1. Slanted Creamers, blown glass, h. 15-25cm, w. 7cm, d. 7cm 2. Slanted Cups, blown glass, h. 18-22cm, w. 8-9cm, d. 8-9cm 3. Fortune Cookie, hot scuplted glass, h. 10cm, w. 12cm, d. 12cm 4. Saturn Ring, blown glass, h. 18cm, w. 6cm, d. 6cm
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Kristen Rockey 1.
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1. Moose in the Woods (detail) engraved glass, w. 14cm, h. 3.12cm, d. 7.5cm 2. Moose in the Woods, engraved glass, w. 14cm, h. 3.12cm, d. 7.5cm 3. GMO, kiln casted glass, w. 11.25cm, h. 10cm, d. 4.5cm 4 & 5. Blue Waves, kiln casted glass, w. 10cm, h. 17.5cm, d. 2.5cm
kristen.rockey@live.ca 5. 4.
Kristian Spreen 1.
1. Melting Ice Decanter Set, carved and flame polished blown glass, w. 90cm, h. 25cm, d. 20cm 2. Melting Ice Glass (detail) carved and flamed polish blown glass, w. 7cm, h. 8cm, d. 7 cm 3. Geometric Vessel, mold blown glass, w. 20cm, h. 35cm, d. 20cm 4. Chance Vessel (detail) blown glass & ceramic underglaze pencils, w. 20cm, h. 25cm, d. 20cm
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TEXTILES
Asifa Ayyaz Lena Duong Caroline Forde Danielle Labrie Iqra Munir Becky Ostil Niki Rennie Gwynn Sedman Rebekah Senko Tamsin Sloots Jessica Trotter Alicia Walicki
Asifa Ayyaz 1.
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1. Technical Weaving, Linen, w. 45cm , h. 152cm 2. Woven Scarf, Cotton, w. 30cm, h. 152cm 3. Paper to Cloth Cushions, Pigment on cotton with foiling, w. 35cm, h. 35cm 4. Ladybug Queues, Digital design, w. 20cm, h. 20cm 5. Sweet Stripes 6. Under the Sea (both) Acrylic on paper, w. 22cm, h. 30cm
asifaayyaz.com 3.
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Lena Duong 1.
1. Book Work, Dye water, India ink and gouache on various papers, w. 21.5cm, h. 28 cm 2. Early Days (detail) Various papers pencil crayon and acetate, w. 10cm, h. 15cm 3. Fun Fish (detail) Dye water and India ink on watercolour paper, w. 23cm, h. 30cm 4. Weaving with Hair, Mercerized cotton yarn, wool and human hair, w. 20cm, l. 65cm
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Caroline Forde 1.
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1. Large Scale Print, Silk screen, natural dyes, cotton hemp, w. 15 cm, h. 500cm 2. Succulent Top, Digitally printed, machine sewn, cotton, w. 20cm, h. 71cm 3. Second Skin, Hand felted, fleece, w. 68cm, h. 106cm 4. Cityscape Scarf, Screen printed polycromatic, hand drawn design, cotton, w. 60cm, h. 205cm
carolinefordedesigns.com 4.
Danielle Labrie 1.
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1. Alpaca felted double breasted vest with acorn embroidery (womens medium) 2. Leather horse purse (medium) 3. Woven shawl (womens small) 4. Felted pullover (womens small)
dc.labrie__@hotmail.com 3.
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Iqra Munir 1.
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1. Cape, Digital printing on bamboo sheeting, w. 58.42cm , h.66cm 2 & 3. Handy Pouch, Cotton and linen, w. 10.16cm , h.22.86cm 4 & 5. Crochet Dessert, Cotton yarns, Cookies: w. 10. 16cm , h.10cm 6. Crochet Dessert, Cotton yarns, Cake: w. 15.2cm , h. 30.5cm
iqra.munir@hotmail.com 4.
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Becky Ostil 1.
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1. Rust Study 1, mixed media, w. 28cm, h. 45.7cm 2. Rust Study 2, mixed media, w. 28cm, h. 45.7cm 3. Rust Study 3, mixed media, w. 28cm, h. 45.7cm 4. Clock Purse Print, leather, muslin, w. 23cm, h. 23cm
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Niki Rennie 1.
1. Succulent Blanket, Screen print on cotton, w. 91cm, h. 63cm 2. Bee Hive Pillow, Screen print on linen, w. 50cm, h. 50cm 3. Forest Print, Screen print on linen, w. 33cm, h. 50cm 4. Breakdown Print Tee, Digital print on cotton
NicoleRennie93@gmail.com 2.
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Gwynneth Sedman 1.
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1. Shibori Scarf, Silk, natural dyes, w. 40cm, h. 175cm 2. Shibori Scarf, Silk, natural dyes, w. 40cm, h. 175cm 3. Shibori Scarf, Silk, natural dyes, w. 40cm, h. 175cm 4. Into The Woods installation piece, Silk, natural dyes, w. 165cm, h. 135cm
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The graduates of the Sheridan Craft and Design program would like to thank Jess Riva Cooper and Isabel Stukator for their advice and assistance in coordinating the catalogue and our graduation exhibitions. Also thanks to Leopold Kowolik for generously accepting the task of writing the foreword for this graduation exhibition catalogue. To the entire non-studio faculty, we would like to express our sincere appreciation in each of your contributions to the cultivation of our education in some way. Thank you also to the administration and support staff, Nancy Heath, Lynne Murray and Mary Cator, associate dean Heather Whitton, and program coordinator Gord Thompson. A very special thanks to Jamie Owen for curating our shows. As well as Owen Colborne and Golboo Amani for their expertise and guidance in the photo studio. We could not have looked so great without you. We would also like to extend our gratitude to Christian Aldo, at the SUPER WONDER GALLERY for the support and venue for us to showcase our work. Last but certainly not least; we would like
to acknowledge the support of our friends, families and classmates. Without each and every one of you, we would not have been able to rise to the challenge and make it through these three years. Thank you. Ceramics There’s a fine line between great success and loosing your mind. The graduates of the ceramics program would like to extend their thanks to the faculty in Craft and Design for their tireless support and guidance during their intense and immersive three years. Thank you to Linda Sormin our Fearless Leader for your remarkable sensitivity and dedication to your students; we mostly haven’t lost our minds. Gord Thompson, when times were tough and we thought we couldn’t make it another day, you kept us level, helped when we needed it, and challenged us to find our own strength. Thank you. The man who needs no introduction, Hugh Douglas-Murray, in times of technical disaster you were always there to show us how to fix the kilns, clean the bricks, get us what we needed and told us to never lose our momentum.
To our All Star Lineup of professors: Janet Macpherson, Lindsay Montgomery, Marc Egan, Tony Clennell, Drew Ippoliti, Bruce Cochrane and Steve Heinemann. Thank you for giving your knowledge, your time, your support and your patience. Furniture The 2015 graduates would like to thank the entire furniture studio faculty for their continuous effort and support, and for pushing us to realize our potential throughout the past three years. Special thanks to Peter Fleming and Robert Diemert, who have aided us at every step of our academic careers, and to whom we owe much of our success; the studio could not function without them. To Connie Chisholm, Kirsten White, Scott Eunson and Scot Laughton for sharing with us their wealth of knowledge and technical skill, and for pushing us as designers and makers. Thanks to Heidi Earnshaw for your professional wisdom and continuous encouragement. We would further like to acknowledge our esteemed guest critics for their respective
feedback and evaluation of our work and to Jamie Owen, who works very hard to make our work look its very best. Finally, we would like to thank Hilditch Architect and Women’s Habitat for including us in the renovation of their women’s shelter. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to collaborate and learn from this experience. Thank you. Glass Over the last three years, we experienced the highs and lows of learning to work with glass. Who would have believed that we would have learned so much in such a short time? As the school year comes to an end and we prepare to move on in different directions, we would like to thank the people who helped us along the way. Special thanks goes to Jason Cornish, our studio technologist who makes maintaining a studio seem effortless and whose expertise in the field is beyond compare. To Koen Vanderstukken, for his “Koencepts” class, his belief in his students and his ability to show students what they could not see in their own work.
In addition, we thank our instructors, Andy Kuntz, Paula Vandermey, Sally McCubbin, Brad Sherwood, Steven Tippin, Lucy Roussel and Orion Arger, as well as our first year teaching assistants, Jason Cornish and Megan Smith. We also would like to thank our resident artists Alyssa Getz, Tommy Cudmore, Steven Tippin, Patrick Fisher, Emma Gerard, Mathieu Grodet and Kasia Czarnota. We appreciate your time and effort when we needed help. We also thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping us refine our work. Textiles As first year students we did not realise the world of textiles is so complex: there is so much to master, so much to do and only so many hours in a day. As we, the graduating class of 2015, near the end of our time at Sheridan, we would like to acknowledge that everything we have accomplished would not have been possible without the help of some very talented, highly knowledgeable guides. Special thanks goes to our technologist Janelle Guthrie. Without her, our studio would
be a t-pin-strewn, chemical hazard full of half-finished projects. We feel safer knowing that she’s close by to answer our never-ending questions. We would also like to thank our studio head Rachel Miller, whose worldly expertise encouraged us to make richer, more interesting work. Our gratitude extends to Thea Haines, who has imparted much good advice over the course of many classes throughout all three years. We have benefited greatly from her vast knowledge and good taste. Thank you Kerry Croghan, Sharon Epstein, Isabel Stukator, Kate Busby, Anna Zygowski and Kate Jackson. These instructors have, collectively, taught us a variety of skills that will no doubt make us better craftspeople. A final thanks goes out to our great studio monitors over the years: Heidi van Veen, Caroline Forde, Ana Diosdado and Chantelle Hermiston. Late nights in the studio would have been so much more difficult without you. Thank you everyone. It was challenging and it was fun. We’ll always be grateful.
SPONSORS The students would also like to extend a special thank you to our sponsors who helped make this catalogue and the graduate exhibition possible.
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