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NOV 3-5 Fri 11am–9pm + Sat + Sun 11am–5pm Winnipeg Art Gallery–Qaumajuq • 300 Memorial Blvd #WAGCRAFTED
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GREETINGS FROM AVATAQ CULTURAL INSTITUTE It is a great pleasure for Avataq Cultural Institute to partner for the first time with WAG-Qaumajuq and the Manitoba Craft Council for CRAFTED 2023. As the cultural organization of Nunavik with a mandate to promote and disseminate the culture and language of Nunavimmiut, craft is central, and we are delighted to be part of such a high-quality event along with other partners from Inuit Nunangat and Manitoba. Today, Nunavik craft practices are rich and well established, and we are very proud of the extremely talented artists who are participating in this year’s event. Aumaaggiivik, the Nunavik Art Secretariat within Avataq Cultural Institute, is committed to promote, support, and offer opportunities like the CRAFTED event to Nunavimmiut artists and craft makers. We have been witnessing for many years now how artists are dedicated to developing their art practices, learning traditional skills, and integrating new material and techniques to create something fresh with regional specificities but always with an individual touch. Nunavik is a territory composed of 14 communities and all together, along with southern Nunavimmiut mostly living in the Montreal area, Nunavimmiut has strong connections to the land, communities, language, and traditional knowledge. Inuktitut is spoken by 98% of the population as their first language – in a province where French is the official language, and in a country where English is the prominent language. This is just one example of how strong and attached Nunavimmiut are to their culture which translates into their craft and the passion they put into it. At Avataq, we understand how important it is to support our artists and give them the means to realize themselves. We hope this event will strengthen our connections with fellow craft makers and artists, celebrating craftsmanship as one of the best ways to express culture and talent. We are very thankful and excited to be part of CRAFTED 2023.
Andrée Anne Vien
Coordinator of Aumaaggiivik Nunavik Arts Secretariat avataq.qc.ca
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EACH PIECE OF ART TELLS A STORY NWT Arts connects you with that story In stores and galleries, the NWT Arts logo identifies authentic Northwest Territories arts and fine crafts created by artists registered with the NWT Arts Program. Artists create one-of-a-kind handmade pieces that capture their northern spirit and share their unique stories of living in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Connect with artists and learn Where to Buy NWT Art at nwtarts.com
Artists Left to Right: Levi MacDonald, Fort Smith | Cheryl Thomas, Yellowknife
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GREETINGS FROM THE NWT ARTS PROGRAM The NWT Arts Program is honoured to partner with the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) and the Manitoba Craft Council (MCC) to showcase Northwest Territories (NWT) craft artists and their work at CRAFTED 2023. We are very excited to attend alongside neighboring jurisdictions – Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, and Nunavik – to show some of the finest creations the North has to offer. The Northwest Territories (NWT) is composed of 33 communities spread over more than one million square kilometres. There are 11 official languages and three distinct Indigenous groups across the territory: Dene, Inuvialuit, and Métis. Indigenous artists have honed traditional skills and techniques to create sought-after pieces of work and substantiate their place in the fine craft market. Many artists continue to collect and prepare sustainable materials from the land and use them in ever-evolving ways to express respect and love of their home. Consumers not only see beautiful pieces with a story, but know their purchase directly supports the maker’s way of life and shows solidarity on this path to reconciliation. Today, the NWT has a multicultural population from all parts of the world, many who went looking for adventure, opportunity, or just something different. Surrounded by the natural beauty of the land and the rich culture and tradition of its people, artists are inspired to create and share the story of their work. NWT Arts is a marketing program run by the Government of the Northwest Territories, which works with NWT artists to share their work and tell their stories. This support fosters economic growth and encourages entrepreneurs to continue practicing a creative way of life. This year’s cohort of 12 NWT artists have travelled to Winnipeg for the CRAFTED Show + Sale, to share the story of their art with you. I hope you will spend some time with them on the 3rd Floor Skylight Gallery. Beyond the walls of CRAFTED 2023, I encourage you to discover more about the NWT and all the spectacular things it has to offer.
Johanna Tiemessen
Manager, Art and Traditional Economies Government of the Northwest Territories nwtarts.com
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GREETINGS FROM THE NUNATSIAVUT GOVERNMENT The Nunatsiavut Government is proud to partner with WAG-Qaumajuq on CRAFTED 2023. It is an honour to be participating in conjunction with Manitoba Craft Council, Northwest Territories Arts, Nunavut Development Corporation, and Avataq Cultural Institute. Art has always been an important part of the culture of Labrador Inuit; be it a tool crafted from rare Ramah chert that was used as currency, hand-sewn skin clothing that fought off the cold winter temperatures, or animal bone items like snow googles that made living on the harsh land a little easier. Labrador Inuit crafters have always found a way to create items from natural materials. CRAFTED is providing the opportunity for more people to admire the work as showcased by our beaders, sewers, carvers, and artists. We are thankful to WAG-Qaumajuq and its staff for giving Labrador Inuit artists a platform to showcase their unique Indigenous art.
Inez Shiwak
Arts Program Manager Nunatsiavut Government
photo: Ernest Mayer
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GREETINGS FROM NUNAVUT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Nunavut Development Corporation (NDC) is honored to be partnering with the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) to showcase northern craft artists and their work at CRAFTED 2023. Nunavut’s sprawling landscape rooted by the lush tundra and draped with wind swept sheets of snow is the inspiration to so many artists living on its land. It is no wonder that Nunavut’s population is made up of 10% artists, the highest in Canada. Craft is at the core of Inuit culture and history. From the fine threads of a muskox hide woven into wool, or the tusk of a walrus carved into figurines for traditional games. Over time, craft has evolved as new mediums have been introduced such as delicate clay sculptures or precious metal work. One thing is for certain, Inuit craft artists across Nunavut will continue to share their stories through their craft for years to come, but, like the ever-changing snow drifts, Nunavut artists will surprise you with their innovative techniques! NDC understands the importance of investing in cultural industry sectors. Through our regional subsidiaries, we are able to support artists in skill development and professional development opportunities and access to materials needed to create their craft. The fine craft market within Nunavut has grown in the past few years and we are excited to share with you some of the best!
Goretti Kakuktinniq
Business Advisor – Cultural Industries Nunavut Development Corporation Ndcorp.nu.ca
ROBERT ARCHAMBEAU IN MEMORIAM: A RETROSPECTIVE SALES SERIES Robert Archambeau had been working and teaching with clay for over sixty years and was celebrated for his legacy of studio excellence, academic prowess, and profound mentorship. Now, in honour of his legacy, a limited release of his personal collection is being made available for purchase exclusively through ShopWAG. Launching Nov 30, 2023 Starting with his famous teapots, a series of releases will be shared throughout the winter. 5
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GREETINGS FROM THE MANITOBA CRAFT COUNCIL Welcome to the ninth annual CRAFTED: Show + Sale. What began as an experiment in 2015 has become a holiday must-do for local craft aficionados. It’s a wonderful opportunity to gather and, along with our amazing northern partners, celebrate the skill, labour, time, and resourcefulness that has characterized craft making throughout the human story. While we all recognize the deeper significance of craft – the mental health benefits of making, craft’s role as a carrier of cultural meaning and tradition, its community building potential – let’s be honest… craft is also great eye-candy! Luxurious materials, sensuous textures and forms, playful and creative display. CRAFTED is a party for our eyes. There is so much pleasure to be derived not only from making craft ourselves but also from the act of seeing and holding something handmade, of talking with artists about their process, of chatting with friends about buying decisions: The felted scarf or the beaded earrings? (The answer, of course, is BOTH!) As far as guilty pleasures go, the good news is that the love of craft has no negative side-effects! With work by 100 craft artists on offer over four floors of WAG-Qaumajuq, we encourage you to indulge your senses, delight in conversations, and simply enjoy the show! Many thanks to WAG-Qaumajuq staff and volunteers for the immense love and tireless support you offer to craft and craftspeople: Sherri Van Went, WAG-Qaumajuq Retail Operations Manager and the heart of CRAFTED; all WAG-Qaumajuq staff, whose behind the scenes work in fundraising, communications, admin, event planning, security, and caretaking bring CRAFTED to life; our partners at Northwest Territories Arts, Nunavut Development Corporation, Avataq Cultural Institute, and the Nunatsivut Government; MCC Programme and Community Engagement Coordinator, Katrina Craig, and supporting MCC staff; and to all participating artists who give so much of themselves at CRAFTED.
Tammy Sutherland
Director Manitoba Craft Council manitobacraft.ca
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GREETINGS FROM WAG-QAUMAJUQ We are thrilled to welcome you all to WAG-Qaumajuq for this celebrated annual shopping experience. CRAFTED 2023 is our biggest ever, with over 100 artists from 38 communities taking over all four levels of the Gallery. We are pleased to again present CRAFTED: A Fashion Show, a kick-off event in celebration of CRAFTED: Show + Sale! This special fashion show features over 20 designers from Manitoba, Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, and the Northwest Territories. After the show, you can shop many of the looks as part of the Show + Sale. Your admission to CRAFTED: Show + Sale gives you full access to visit the galleries and I encourage you to take in the art on display. Visit the recently opened Tim Gardner: The Full Story on the Gallery’s third level, the first retrospective of Canadian artist Tim Gardner, featuring over 130 works in watercolour, pastel, and drawings. On that same floor, explore Canadian and European works spanning five centuries in our two permanent collection galleries. In Qaumajuq, take in the Visible Vault on our main level, visit Inuit Sanaugangit: Art Across Time, a celebration of Inuit art from 200 BCE until the present day. And don’t miss Tarralik Duffy: Gasoline Rainbows on the fourth floor of Qaumajuq, the show celebrates the 2021 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award winner with works created during her residency here at the Gallery this past summer. CRAFTED would not be possible without our many partners and we cannot thank you enough. Big thanks to Sussex Realty, our presenting sponsor. Special thanks to Tammy Sutherland and Katrina Craig of the Manitoba Craft Council, for your continued partnership. Thank you to Goretti Kakuktinniq from Nunavut Development Corporation and Teresie Tungilik from the Government of Nunavut and WAG-Qaumajuq Board. Thanks to Johanna Tiemessen and Kayla Cooper from Northwest Territories Arts. Thank you, Jillian Larkham and Inez Shiwak from Nunatsiavut Government and Andrée Anne Vien from Avataq Cultural Institute. Thank you to our amazing staff and volunteers, the fashion show committee, Liz Crawford and Swish Model Management, our community models, Anna McGregor and the students at MC College, and Antonieta Lorca and the team at Edward Carriere Salon. And finally, thank you to all the artists for sharing your work with us! Each year, we give back to the community with a philanthropic element as part of the CRAFTED: Show + Sale. This year, net proceeds from a DIY Floral Bundle Dye Kit from Masagana Flower Farm & Studio will go towards Sunshine House, a Community Drop-in and Resource Centre focusing on Social Inclusion and Harm Reduction in Winnipeg. Thank you for joining us at CRAFTED 2023; you’re helping to support the arts in Winnipeg and beyond just by being here.
Dr. Stephen Borys
WAG-Qaumajuq Director & CEO wag.ca
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CRAFTED 2023 SPECIAL THANKS presenting sponsor
CRAFTED: A Fashion Show Committee Members Anna McGregor, Antonieta Lorca, Arnatsiaq Qvist, James Boscono, Liz Crawford, Michelle Maynard, Miriam Delos Santos WAG Staff Amy Rebecca Harrison, Catherine Maksymiuk, Dylan Stokes, Katryna Barske, Rebecca Szymkow, Sherri Van Went Doowah Design Inc Partner Organization Staff Andrée Anne Vien (Avataq), Goretti Kakuktinniq (NDC), Inez Shiwak (NG), Jillian Larkham (NG), Johanna Tiemessen (NWT Arts), Katrina Craig (MCC), Kayla Cooper (NWT Arts), Tammy Sutherland (MCC), Theresie Tungilik (GN)
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• Yellowknife • Hay River • Fort Smith
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MANITOBA
•Winnipeg Brandon, Headingley, Ile des Chênes, Morris Newton, Niverville, Oak Hammock Marsh Otterburne, Portage la Prairie, Richer, St. Andrews Stonewall, Warren, Wawanesa, West St. Paul
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CRAFTED 2023 welcomes 70 artists from 16 Manitoba communities 12 artists from 8 Nunavut communities 12 artists from 8 Northwest Territories communities 4 artists from 3 Nunavik communities 3 artists from 3 Nunatsiavut communities We hope you enjoy meeting them!
NUNAVUT QIKIQTAALUK
• Panniqtuuq
• Naujaat
• Iqaluit •Kinngait • Salluit
NUNATSIAVUT • Kangirsuk • Kuujjuaq
NUNAVIK
• North West River • Happy Valley-Goose Bay
• North West River
NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR • Labrador City
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Please enter through Memorial Blvd.
NUTAAQ TUMMAQTUYUQ Outdoor Plaza
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Katita Café
ILAVUT Entrance Hall
Visible Vault
Stairs
IL Le IPV Ste arni IK ps ng
Security
Gallery Shop
OHNI IZANZAN Hallway
Stairs
Purchase DIY Floral Dye Kit
Public Lockers
1. MAIN LEVEL: 1ST FLOOR
Entrance & Exit
Crafted Check in
Eckhardt Hall
Memorial Boulevard
Lecture Room
Wa y (C olo ny Str eet )
Kathryne Koop Kristie MAH clothing & fine art Little Wing Oddbirds Manitoba Craft Council Masagana Flower Farm Melanie Wesley Studio Miriam Delos Santos Rox Creative Simone's Rose Winnipeg North of Fargo
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Alexandra Tumanov Jewellery Beadwork by Nichol Brook Drabot Glass Claire Johnston Metis Beadwork Artist Cloverdale Forge Cypress Ceramic Studio Erin Konsmo Fehr Forgeworks Frederick Spence Jillian Saro Ceramics Karen Schmidt Humiski
LEVEL 1 / ECKHARDT HALL ARTISTS
MRA Gallery
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2. MEZZANINE LEVEL: 2ND FLOOR
Library
Ce ntr Clara e Lander
Stairs
Mezzanine Gallery
Anne Mulaire BARE no tools Candace Lipischak/Fat Daug Cathie Ugrin Daria Tittenberger Debra Frances Indigo Arrows Julianna Zwierciadlowska-Rhymer Lennard Taylor Design Studio McMillan Pottery
LEVEL 2 / MEZZANINE ARTISTS Mihkokwaniy Mouse River Pottery Neyats'e Beads Oak Hammock Pottery Origin Hancrafted Goods Rachael Kroeker Ceramics Red Earth Ceramic Jewelry Rewildwoodworks Studio Lia Karras
On Now
QILAK Main Inuit Gallery
Skylight Gallery
Gallery 1
Stairs
Gallery 8
Gallery 7
Alexis Cooper Alina Tungilik Annie Akulukjuk-Kilabuk caneu CJ Tennant Jewellery Helen Gair Millinery Johanna Brierley Jewellery Design Julie Grenier June Derksen Kelli Rey Studio Kuutsiq's Designs and LPZ Lounge Lakers Nukariit Creations Sealing Nunavut Tricia Wasney Jewellery Valerie Metcalfe Winifred Designs
LEVEL 3 / GALLERY 6 ARTISTS
Tim Gardner: The Full Story Until April 7
Gallery 9
April Allen Ashoona Studios August Beadwork Earth + Hide Elisapee Tatigat Avingaq Haley's Handicrafts Ittuvik Paquet Jen Sonnenberg Woodfired Pottery Kuzy Curley Carvings KV Lindell KW Handcrafted Maison Corazon May-Lain Siusangnark Melanie Alagalak Michael Astill Pottery PotTerry SARAH SUE DESIGN SIGGI clothing
April Glaicar Studios Cheryl Thomas Designs by KarJoy Ehts'ot'a by Tracey Simpson From the Land Creations John Sabourin Levi MacDonald Carving Marlene Tutcho Mary Jane Nigiyok Northern Willow Studio Onte Sews Studio Silver Bliss
Gallery 6
LEVEL 3 / GALLERY 5 ARTISTS
LEVEL 3 / SKYLIGHT GALLERY ARTISTS
Permanent Collection
Gallery 3
Gallery 5
Permanent Collection
Gallery 2
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Anaanatta Unikkaangit (Our Mother’s Stories) until November 12
PIMÂTISIWIN Focus Gallery
Inuit Sanaugangit
3. GALLERY LEVEL: 3RD FLOOR
Gallery 4
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Digital Media Lab
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Gasoline Rainbows Until March 2024
GIIZHIG / KISIK Mezzanine Gallery
4. PENTHOUSE LEVEL: 4TH FLOOR
Studio
Studio
WAG Studio
Clay Studio
Kiln
Penthouse Lobby
Studio
Rooftop Sculpture Garden
bead n’ butter dconstruct Fashion by Hafsa Louis Magpie Chiq Meg Does Pottery Potterybytolu
LEVEL 4 / PENTHOUSE LOBBY ARTISTS Charlotte Sigurdson Just For Fun Ceramics KAJA Design Metrograde Goods Nimis Design
LEVEL 4 / STUDIO 1 ARTISTS
FEATURED ARTISTS These talented artists have been selected for their original and high quality work. Learn more about the people behind the crafts.
Alexandra Tumanov Jewellery • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Jewellery created by goldsmith Alexandra Tumanov celebrates the elegance of Mother Earth. The intricate detail inherent in a fallen leaf, the texture and complexity of a found twig transform through the artist process. Every piece is a symbolic connection to the natural world. Committed to an environmentally sustainable practice, Alexandra exclusively uses recycled materials and ethically sourced gemstones. Every piece of jewellery is made from start to finish by Alexandra.
Alexis Cooper • North West River, NL • Level 3/Gallery 6 Alexis is a visual artist inspired by her Labrador Inuit ancestors. She learned the basics of sewing from her gram and used those skills to teach herself beading. In addition to learning from her grandmothers, Alexis finds inspiration in nature. She enjoys incorporating what she sees into her work and often sources materials from the land. She has taken it upon herself to learn more about her Inuit culture and has even been asked to share her learnings with children in her community.
Alina Tungilik Arts • Kugaaruk, NU • Level 3/Gallery 6 Alina Tungilik has always lived in Kuugaaruk (Pelly Bay) and started carving at the age of 12. She was taught by her mother, Emily Illuitok’s older sister. The influence of her aunt, master artist Emily Pangnerk Illuitok is evident in her carving style. Alina’s works are in the classic Kuugaaruk style, working with mixed materials that incorporate inlays of ivory, whalebone, and caribou antler. Her carving reflects daily life in the community and the traditional Inuk ways of living on the land.
Anne Mulaire • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Andréanne Mulaire Dandeneau was born and raised in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba. She is of Ojibwa/French Métis ancestry and has created her Heritage clothing line to honour Canada’s French, Indigenous, and Métis character. Andréanne is committed to fair trade, environmental stewardship, and ethical business practices which spurred Anne Mulaire’s Just-In-Time philosophy and waste-reducing circular manufacturing model. With comfort and versatility at the forefront of design, Anne Mulaire is an expression of heritage, beauty, and pride. In 2022, Andréanne celebrated 17 years as a designer and manufacturer.
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Annie Akulukjuk-Kilabuk • Panniqtuuq, NU • Level 3/Gallery 6 Annie Akulukjuk Kilabuk is an emerging Inuk artist working with textiles, sealskin, leather, and furs. Kilabuk is known for her crafts and fashion pieces, including her vibrant “pang hats” and mittens. She draws inspiration from the spring and fall seasons in Nunavut, and colours from the Northern land and sea. Her work pays homage to her grandmother, whose traditional patterns she inherited. Kilabuk’s crafts have been exhibited and sold at ShopWAG and festivals in Whitehorse, Iqaluit, and Pangnirtung.
April Allen • Labrador City, NL • Level 3/Gallery 5 April Allen is an Inuk artist originally from Rigolet, Nunatsiavut with a small business, Stitched by April. April creates pieces that incorporate her Inuit culture, history, and traditional materials into her designs. Allen constantly explores new variations of designs for future creations and considers where the materials come from and new ways that she can incorporate education into her projects. Allen believes that sharing and connecting with Indigenous youth in artistic practices is vital.
April Glaicar Studios • Hay River, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery April Glaicar is a circumpolar and Antarctic multi-disciplinary artist. Her work has strong connections to the Northern world, the seventh continent, and arctic conservation while embracing traditional knowledge and cultures. April’s collection, Arctic Raw, is a celebration of silver, gold, and bronze pieces that feature the beauty of Northwest Territories landscapes captured in glass and semi and precious gemstones from the regions. From organic textures and fossils to rough gemstones and stunningly cut NWT diamonds, April creates unique, artisan jewellery.
Ashoona Studios • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 5 Goota Ashoona is a third generation Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, Nunavut. From a long line of well-known artists, Ashoona, along with her late husband Bob Kussy and their twin sons Joe Jaw and Samueli, founded Ashoona Studios, currently operating in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Produced both individually and collaboratively, their work is part autobiographical and part historical, detailing stories from their family life. Many carvings are made from whalebone and black argilite but often mixed with other materials such as caribou antler, soapstone, copper, and claws. 17
FEATURED ARTISTS August Beadwork • Kuujjuaq, QC • Level 3/Gallery 5 Kayla Annanack-Lauzon is an established Inuk artist from Kuujjuaq, Nunavik who is passionate about creating. Known for her beaded earrings and silapaaq (pullover cover), Kayla has been creating headpieces, mitts, and parkas since she was very young. Kayla uses art as medicine, and named her company, August Beadwork, for her late father since he was born in August. Annanack-Lauzon is also an aspiring cultural tattoo artist who wants to be part of the revitalization of traditional markings.
BARE no tools • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine BARE no tools is a sculptural jewellery brand that carries hand formed polymer accessories designed by Winnipeg-based, multidisciplinary artist, Marissa Hoff. Their goal is to work towards fashion inclusivity while designing contemporary pieces that can be appreciated and worn by anyone regardless of gender expression, size, or age. Marissa finds inspiration through observing the connection between identity and space and viewing the interactions between them as fluid, shifting shapes. Their work has been shown on runways in Winnipeg and Toronto.
bead n’ butter • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Penthouse bead n’ butter is an accessory brand owned by Jessie Pruden, a queer, disabled, Metis artist from Winnipeg. Each piece is handmade using glass beads and other materials and every design is inspired by real people. Bright and colourful, the pieces are created with great intention, mixing contemporary and traditional Metis design. bead n’ butter has been featured everywhere from Paris Fashion Week to Fashion Canada Magazine, to the Instagram of celebrities. Jessie works out of her home and collaborates with her brother, Noel.
Beadwork by Nichol • Stonewall, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Nichol Marsch, is a Métis artist from rural Manitoba, Treaty 1 Territory. She primarily works in multimedia sculptural installation that involves various mediums including beadwork. She enjoys making functional as well as decorative beadwork pieces and finding ways to merge the medium with others. She has learned bead working from various teachers including friends, fellow Métis artists, and leaders of Métis beading circles.
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Brook Drabot Glass • Warren, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Glass homewares and decor bring handmade inspiration to your every day. Working out of her home studio, the created forms are derived through experimentation and are informed by the natural environment. Brook’s process begins when she imagines and sketches a piece. She uses three different sizes of oxygen and propane fuelled torches to melt, blow, and shape the glass, before slowly cooling the finished piece in an annealer. She melts and blows glass using a flame working technique, along with propane and oxygen fuelled torches.
Candace Lipischak-Fat Daug • Otterburne, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Candace Lipischak is a multidisciplinary Métis artist born and raised on Treaty 1 Territory. Owner and jewellery designer for her company Fat Daug (Father-Daughter), Candace was taught by her mentor and father, Larry. Inspired by their Métis heritage and love of nature, their pendants and earrings are hand-carved out of antler. Each piece is original and organic, meant to add some creative flair to your wardrobe, and most of all, to keep you grounded.
caneu • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 Candace is a Métis artist, student, doula, sundancer, cedar bath practitioner, community worker and facilitator from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Beading and creating jewellery is a way for her to process the things she does, hears, sees, and feels. Candace makes art that combines traditional techniques and materials with contemporary design and materials. She is inspired by her work in the community, at school, and through songs, movies, relationships, dreams, and ceremonies. Candace has literally dreamed pieces that she was able to create in the real world.
Cathie Ugrin Fabric Artist • Headingly, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Cathie Ugrin is a Manitoba based fabric artist whose work is characterized by a rich and inventive use of colour, and unique approach to design. Thread is her pencil; fabric is her paint; the artwork created is her voice. Cathie has studied with numerous international fabric and quilt artists, continually expanding her technique and approach while advancing her growth as an artist. Her pieces have reached a broad audience and have found homes across Canada, the United States, England, Finland, Italy, Peru, and Slovenia.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Charlotte Sigurdson • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Studio 1 Charlotte Sigurdson is a multi-disciplinary artist and began dollmaking after the birth of her daughter. Over time, her artwork has evolved from toys to sculptural art dolls and creates distinct characters that contain elements of Baroque, Art Nouveau, and the Grotesque. Conceptually, Charlotte’s work focuses on the human condition with a hint of misanthropy and examines the human experience and how we reveal ourselves through folklore, mythology, and history. Charlotte uses a variety of materials including textiles, clay, wood, goldwork embroidery and found objects.
Cheryl Thomas • Yellowknife, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Cheryl Thomas is a self-taught fibre artist who, although born and raised in Ontario, has lived in Yellowknife for the past 27 years. She enjoys many different aspects of felting, including needle felting, wet felting and felting from hand-knit wool items, as seen in many of her works. Cheryl also loves the outdoors and spends many hours scavenging the forests and shorelines for items to incorporate into her art. Cheryl combines her love of nature and her crafting skills to produce unique works of art.
CJ Tennant Jewellery • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 CJ Tennant creates modern gemstone jewellery. Balancing edgy and elegant, embracing colour and texture, these stunning, quality pieces fulfill CJ’s goal of making every customer feel like their best self and have a darn good time in the process. Her design philosophy is to focus on the real-life needs and bodies of her clientele, creating pieces that excite and flatter. The collections mix and layer so everyone can build a timeless style wardrobe while adding the power of gemstones to their days.
Claire Johnston, Métis Beadwork Artist • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Claire Johnston is a Queer and Autistic Métis beadwork artist based in Treaty 1 Territory/Winnipeg. They are currently mentoring alongside Métis Master beadwork artist and Knowledge Keeper, Jennine Krauchi, and engaging in intergenerational learning and knowledge transfer from their father, Roy Johnston. Claire’s work is informed by the strengthening of relationships—with themself, their kin, and the natural world. They are an MMF citizen, a member of the Two-Spirit Michif Local, and a founding member of the grassroots Michif collective, Red River Echoes.
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Cloverdale Forge • St. Andrews, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Cloverdale Forge designs to fit modern-day needs with forged iron for the home, cottage, kitchen, and garden. Owned and operated by Matt Jenkins and Karen Rudolph, Cloverdale Forge strives to produce the best-forged products that can be made with hands, hammers, and anvil.
Cypress Ceramic Studio • Wawanesa, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Kevin Conlin lives and works in southwestern Manitoba, in the municipality of South Cypress. He took his first ceramic class at Northern Arizona University and completed his BFA at the University of Regina. He went on to teach and work at the college level and developed the ceramic program at Brandon University and now runs Cypress Ceramic Studios while working for the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba. His work has been shown and collected nationally and internationally in both private and public collections.
Daria Tittenberger • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Daria Tittenberger is a jewellery artist living and working in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Working predominately with off-loom beadweaving techniques, she uses a single needle and thread to sew glass beads together into three-dimensional wearable art. Informed by traditional fabric arts and inspired by contemporary forms of expression, she uses the repetition and layering of simple geometric shapes to create beadwoven jewellery with complex textures, patterns, and shapes.
dconstruct jewelry • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/ Penthouse Lisa and Sean Reico are Winnipeg, Manitoba based artists inspired by their love for minimalist design and modern architecture. Their mission is to innovate through their use of unique elements and support the community by using eco-friendly materials, like 40% recycled resins which incorporate organic materials and hand-woven weaves developed by artisans in diverse regions around the world. Although Lisa and Sean have no formal training in fine arts, their respective decade-long interest and passion for architecture and design inspired them to start dconstruct jewelry.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Debra Frances • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Debra is a book artist whose materials are sourced from places most meaningful to her. Their personal significance finds its place as they become functional books that hold and preserve individual experience. Her training in bookbinding allows for balance between fine technique and innovative play. Her work ranges from classic leather journals to sculptural artworks featuring self-preserved fish leather and oceansourced driftwood. Several of Debra’s books have been acquired by the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, the Bruce Peel Special Collection, and the Bridwell Library.
Designs by KarJoy • Aklavik, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Karlyn Blake was raised in Aklavik and enjoys beading, embroidering, making covers, slippers, and more. Her favourite pieces are her signature earrings, made from gun shell casings, granny hanky & moosehide. Karlyn started sewing at age ten when she was gifted a beading kit from her Jijuu (grandmother). As an adult, she challenged herself to create other items for her family with help from local artists and her Ama (mother). As a mom of four, Karlyn describes sewing as the calm in her busy life.
Earth and Hide • Niverville, MB • Level 3/Gallery 5 Earth and Hide is a lifestyle brand that focuses on high quality leather goods with a timeless, rugged quality. Earth and Hide products relate to its owner through the things it carries and the way it’s used. Imagine what you put in your bag and the importance these items have; the contacts in your phone, notes written with the pen, the drawings held within the sketchbook. The hope is that their work will be an integral part of the amazing things customers do.
Ehts’o t’a By Tracey Simpson • Whatì, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Tracey is a Dene artist living in the northern community of Whatì. She makes jewellery and accessories using traditional materials like beads, hides, porcupine quills, caribou hair tufting, and birchbark. Since moving back home, Tracey has learned how to tan caribou and moose hide with her auntie and learning different methods and techniques from elders. Tracey is passionate about sharing her skills and knowledge of beading and art using traditional materials. She sells her pieces online under the name @Ehts’o t’a, meaning “with beads”.
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Elisapee Tatigat Avingaq • Iqaluit, NU • Level 3/Gallery 6 Elisapee Tatigat Avingaq is a jeweller and seamstress based in Iqaluit, NU. Known for her unique earrings that incorporate fish leather and beadwork, Avingaq is also an avid seamstress, having been taught by her mother, Susan Avingaq, honing her skills in adulthood when she wanted to craft her own amautis. Now, Avingaq creates an extensive line of earrings and textiles, which she sells online. She appeared alongside her mother on the cover of the 1995 “Inuit Art World” issue of the “Inuit Art Quarterly”.
Erin Konsmo • Brandon, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Erin Konsmo (she/they) is an Alberta-raised Prairie queer of Métis and settler Canadian descent. They are a member of the Two-Spirit Michif Local (MMF), a harvester, fisher, and visual artist based out of Winnipeg, MB. They are a community organizer, reproductive justice, embodiment, and healing practitioner. Erin’s artistic practice focuses on fish scale art and macro photography. Erin is also a textile artist, taking inspiration from their mother and loves a good perusal through drawers full of fabric, rick rack, trims, and lace.
Fashion By Hafsa • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Penthouse Fashion By Hafsa is a progressive line of clothing designed for the modern, modest woman. Hafsa uses cultural influences to create a unique line of clothing. Designed to be worn by anyone regardless of belief is important; Hafsa’s vision is to bring the old into the new, to respect the past while modernizing to prepare for the future. Authentic custom and hand painted designs stand out to promote a women’s forward fashion sense while respecting one’s preferences and beliefs, regardless of body type or background.
Fehr Forgeworks • West St. Paul, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Fehr Forgeworks is a Manitoba based blacksmith and knifemaking company. Founded by Graeson Fehr in 2019 with a vision to create high-quality products that last a lifetime, each knife is hand crafted with high alloy steels and durable handle materials, such as reclaimed Manitoba Maple Burl and other local woods. Fehr Forgeworks offers a variety of outdoor blades, with a focus on durable culinary blades, using inspiration from both Western and Japanese influences for the home cook, professional chef, and everyone in between.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Fredrick Spence • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Fredrick Spence (Thunderbear) is an Ojibwe (Peguis First Nation) soapstone carver based in Winnipeg, Treaty 1 Territory. In 2018, Fredrick began teaching soapstone workshops to unhoused relatives in downtown Winnipeg. Drawing on his own experience of using art to heal, Fredrick has travelled and guided over 1,000 individuals in creating their own unique soapstone sculptures in the hopes of changing a life. In his own practice, Fredrick is influenced by the Seven Sacred Grandfather teachings and is preparing for his first solo show in Winnipeg.
From the Land Creations • Fort Simpson, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Shawna McLeod is a Dehcho Dene/Métis from Deh Gáh Got’íé First Nation (Fort Providence) and is now located in Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ (Fort Simpson). She is a land-based jewellery artist and designer who operates From the Land Creations with her sister, Robyn McLeod. Their jewellery blends approaches and styles – the beauty of NWT traditions with modern colourful experimentation. Each piece includes elements from the land or water, using quills, antler, sweet grass, shells, traditionally tanned hide, and fur. Shawna also co-owns Fireweed Supply Co.
Government of Nunavut Department of Environment, Fisheries and Sealing Division • Level 3/Gallery 6 Nunavut’s traditional Inuit clothing is significant to its culture and history, as it was necessary for survival in the harsh Arctic environment. Hunting is an important part of Inuit culture and tradition, providing food, clothing, and materials for tools and crafts. The seal hunt is a significant part of Inuit culture and sealskins found in Nunavut are a by-product of the sustainable harvest by individual Inuit harvesters. Nunavut’s harvest is guided by three principles: it is sustainable, humane, and the entire animal is used for food, clothing, and arts and crafts.
Haley’s Handicrafts • Rankin Inlet, NU • Level 3/Gallery 5 Haley Alakan White is a Rankin Inlet based mixed media artist. As an Inuk artist, Alakan primarily uses items from the land such as antler and furs. She began sewing in 2019, using the skills she learned from her family. After working with local elders in the community, Alakan started to dabble in other mediums such as beading, tufting, printmaking, and carving. As she began honing her skills, Alakan began to teach the youth in her community, passing along her skills and knowledge.
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Helen Gair Millinery • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 Helen Gair creates fine hats & headpieces. With a background in historic costume, Helen blocked her first hat over twenty years ago. After deciding to pursue millinery as an artform, she travelled to England to study under various masters. Using carefully selected premium materials from their characteristic countries, Helen hand crafts couture pieces that blend traditional techniques with modern sensibilities. Adorned with genuine vintage, never-sold deadstock trims ensure small batches and exclusivity in each design. Helen creates timeless pieces in her Winnipeg home studio.
Indigo Arrows • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Destiny Seymour is an Anishinaabe interior designer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Destiny started designing textiles that respectfully reflects Manitoban Indigenous peoples and their history after struggling to find materials she could incorporate into design projects. Indigo Arrows offers a range of table linens, pillows, and blankets that showcase patterns from local Indigenous pottery and bone tools. These patterns are picking up where her ancestors left off. Her mission is to respectfully reflect local Indigenous cultures and identity within architectural forms, interior spaces, furniture, and textiles.
Ittuvik Paquet • Salluit, QC • Level 3/Gallery 5 Ittuvik Paquet comes from Salluit, Quebec. Her passion for parka making started five years ago when her cousins began teaching her over the phone. Ittuvik recently attended the Northern Lights Tradeshow in Ottawa, Ontario.
Jen Sonnenberg Woodfired Pottery • Stonewall, MB • Level 3/Gallery 5 Thrown on the potter’s wheel and fired in a wood burning kiln, Jen Sonnenberg Woodfired Pottery is functional porcelain and stoneware that are both modern and timeless. Wood firing creates surfaces and textures that are truly unique, even to other pieces from the same wood firing! Ash and flame leave their mark on each piece creating a surface with rustic, earthy textures, beautiful colours, movement, and an energy that tells of the time in the kiln.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Jillian Saro Ceramics • Portage la Prairie, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Jillian Sareault graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2019 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. While there, she focused on creating functional ceramic work that pulled techniques from other mediums like Illustration, Animation, and Silk Screening. By combining these mediums and techniques she creates brightly coloured functional ceramics for any setting. Since moving back to Manitoba, she draws inspiration for her work from her surroundings including the large variety of fruit and vegetable fields that are grown around the province.
Johanna Brierley Jewellery Design • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 Johanna founded Johanna Brierley Jewellery Design in 2007 and is known primarily for her Lucky Stone Collection, which is inspired by hole stones found on the shores of Lake Winnipeg in Gimli, Manitoba. These “lucky stones” continue to play a role in her jewellery design, which has grown to include collections in sterling silver and gold. As a result of Johanna’s creativity, talent, and passion, JBJD has grown over the last 15 years, and her work can be found in retailers all over North America.
John Sabourin • Yellowknife, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery John was born in Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ (Fort Simpson). His carvings explore the complex relationship between humans and nature. In stone, he reimagines motifs from the Dehcho Dene stories and legends from his youth. The possibility of transformation is an intriguing theme for John. While carving, he feels energized which paradoxically brings a calm focus and balance to his world. He loves feeling like he is in control of the creative process, but knows that when the stone presents other ideas, he has to respond!
Julianna Zwierciadlowska-Rhymer • Morris, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Julianna is an emerging artist from the Prairies of southern Manitoba. She attended Emily Carr University of Art and Design, receiving her BFA in 2017. From 2019 to 2021, Julianna attended the University of Manitoba completing her MFA. Through the medium of ceramics, her work explores the realities of food production, gluttony, and ignorant consumption. She creates sculptural and functional work that is luscious and beautifully grotesque which entice the viewer for closer inspection.
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Julie Grenier • Kuujjuaq, QC • Level 3/Gallery 6 Julie Grenier is from Kuujjuaq, a community in Nunavik, Northern Québec and currently resides in Notre-Dame-de-l’ile-Perrot. Julie was recently one of ten Canadian Indigenous designers selected for an Indigenous Haute Couture Fashion Residency at the Banff Center for Creative Arts. She also collaborated on the design and beading of the outfit worn by Canada’s Governor General. One of Julie’s collaborative works is on permanent display in Paris, another was exhibited at WAGQaumajuq. She has been widely recognized for her work.
June Derksen • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 June Derksen is a glass artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has spent over 35 years developing her skills and learning new methods to evolve as an artist. June sees glass as an opportunity to combine technical skill and artistry to create beautiful flowing works of art. Using handmade sheet glass, frit (crushed glass) and vitro-graph (molten glass pulled to create glass string), layer upon layer is built up like a collage and fused together in a kiln. The reveal is always exciting and unpredictable.
Just for Fun Ceramics • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Studio 1 Ysa Aguinaldo’s Just for Fun Ceramics features functional wares to brighten your day. Ysa expresses her creativity through making colourful pottery with geometric and curvaceous silhouettes. Inspired by celebrating differences and individuality, each piece is unique. Ysa began pottery three years ago at a WAG Studio class. Ysa enjoys experimenting with a variety of mediums and learning new crafts in her spare time. During her full-time career as an educator, she teaches children the importance of hands-on learning and expression through Woodworking and Visual Arts.
KAJA Design • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Studio 1 Karen Kerr is a rope artist who works from her studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She designs and crafts bowls, baskets, and purses using natural unbleached cotton rope of varying widths. Each contemporary design is meticulously machine sewn with some incorporating accents of leather, wood, cork, and cotton fabrics. Karen’s unique rope creations are one-of-a-kind works of art providing beauty, quality, and functionality to any décor.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Karen Schmidt Humiski Studio • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Karen is an eclectic artist influenced by modern and medieval architecture and the natural beauty found in the Manitoba landscape. She embraces the challenge of designing 3D small sculptures as personal adornment. Her fusion of form and function in sterling silver, with attention to texture and detail, enables wearers to best express their own individuality. Having taught a Jewellery and Metalsmithing Program for many years, she has benefitted from her experience in the studio and the many workshops she has attended throughout her career.
Kathryne Koop • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Kathryne Koop’s introduction to clay as a creative medium began over 40 years ago through a community pottery class where she was immediately captivated. Working with porcelain clay, Koop explores endless approaches to familiar objects that balance aesthetics with form and function. She creates unique pieces of pottery that are both elegant and gestural, making them as desirable to display as they are to use. Each piece is wheel thrown, glazed with multiple layers of colour, and fired in a gas reduction kiln.
Kelli Rey Studio • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 Kelli Rey works as an artist from her studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her work is sparked by early to mid 20th century design, defamiliarization, experiments, and colour. Artfully designing ceramics and incorporating aspects that may surprise or entertain is what she likes to do. Kelli has a BFA in Ceramics, a BEd, and a diploma in Graphic Design. She has received numerous awards and has been published in Studio Magazine Canada, Lark Ceramics 500 Teapots Volume II, and Homemade Soups in Handmade Vessels.
Kristie MAH clothing & fine art • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Kristie MAH clothing is a re-birth of what was formerly Velvet Plume Clothier for the past 16 years. Kristie is a self-taught clothing designer and seamstress; she has travelled, vended, and displayed at shows for 20 years. People will remember you after you leave the room when you wear an original Kristie MAH design. The energetic essence charging your every step. Kristie MAH clothing is poetry in motion, designed to help you bloom into being and awaken sacred space within and around you.
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Kuutsiq’s Designs and LPZ • Rankin Inlet, NU • Level 3/Gallery 6 Charlotte Kuutsiq Zawadski and her husband Derek Zawadski produce and sell handcrafted Inuit-made products. Charlotte is an Inuk seamstress sewing traditional and modern outerwear clothing. Her inspiration comes from the Kivalliq seamstresses who created a distinctive style of parkas and amautiit still used today. Derek Zawadski is an Inuk craftsman who makes uluit (plural for ulu, a woman’s knife). Each ulu is unique, very sharp, and handcrafted. Derek’s inspiration comes from watching his grandfather create tools and uluit.
Kuzy Curley Carvings • Kinngait, NU • Level 3/Gallery 5 Koomuatuk Sapa Curley (Kuzy) is from Kinngait Nunavut and has lived in Yellowknife, Toronto, and Ottawa where he has established himself as an artist. Coming from an artistic family that began with the renowned Pitseolak Ashoona, his grandparents Qaqaq and Mayureak Ashoona taught him to carve. He continues to honour them and carves the deeply rooted themes they taught him with a fresh vision. Kuzy creates arctic wildlife sculptures with precision and grace and challenges himself to represent his subjects naturally while creating striking compositions.
KV Earrings • Iqaluit, NU • Level 3/Gallery 5 KV Lindell is originally from Arviat, Nunavut and moved to Iqaluit, Nunavut in 2005. There, he started making earrings in November 2014 as a hobby, and he’s been busy with orders ever since. KV makes simple yet elegant earrings from walrus ivory, bowhead whale baleen, musk ox horn, and caribou antler.
KW Handcrafted • Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL • Level 3/Gallery 5 Karen Wolfrey is a Nunatsiavut member from Happy Valley-Goose Bay in Labrador. Karen loves to create things by hand, such as earrings, pins, ornaments, and pictures made with sealskin and fox fur. She has been crafting for most of her adult life, making coats, mitts, slippers and more. Karen takes a lot of pride in her crafts, which are handmade from the heart and are available through her Facebook group, KW Handcrafted.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Lennard Taylor Design Studio • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine From street markets to pop-up stores, the Lennard Taylor brand has really grown over the years. After years of momentum, his hard work birthed his flagship boutique where the designer continues to grow his label. The brand’s popularity has grown as he travels across North America showing his one of-a-kind-designs and artwork. Lennard continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible while getting international recognition for his outstanding design, exquisite paintings, and inspirational words.
Levi MacDonald • Fort Smith, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Growing up in Fort Smith in a family of well-known carvers, Levi began carving at age five. In 2016, Levi’s grandfather gave him a walrus tusk as a gift, which inspired him to start carving again. Like his father and grandfather, Levi carves with natural materials available in NWT, such as moose antler, muskox horn, and buffalo hooves, but also loves to work with walrus and mammoth tusk ivory. He creates jewellery pieces like rings, pendants, and brooches, but also larger pieces of northern animals.
Little Wing Odd Birds • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Little Wing Odd Birds are small fibre art sculptures hand-fledged by Jodie Jane since 2016. They are created to celebrate both the beauty of yarn and charm of birds. Many are purely imaginary species, and some are interpretations of birds found in nature. All are whimsical, playful, and odd. Wool and other fibres are thoughtfully selected from a wide range of sources including leftovers from knitter’s stash and fibre produced by Canadian farms and mills.
Lounge Lakers • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 On the Court. At the Lake. In the Office. Off the Grid. Canadian designer, Graham Epp offers the world the look, feel, and fit of his own original Lounge Lakers. Stemming from a career in couture fashion, Graham launched a new line of small batch athletic loungewear made from natural and sustainable fibres. In addition to the flagship design of classic shorts and polo shirts, Graham constructs unique pieces using printed fabric created by his own silk screen technique.
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Louis • Winnipeg, MB • LEVEL 4 / Penthouse Drawing on memories of family & self, Louis wrestles with the fragility of the human mind. Using found textiles & the cyanotype process, Louis presents a patchwork collection brought together through a string of coincidences.
Magpie Chiq • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Penthouse Born and raised near Kenora in Northwestern Ontario, Sheila Cailleau is the founder and owner of Magpie Chiq in Winnipeg. Inspired by nature and her Metis roots, Sheila works with leather and fur to create beautiful, luxurious, and functional items: boots, mitts, shoes, and bags. Each handcrafted, hand sewn item captures the authenticity of our northern land as we live it today - in a coffee shop, at a hockey rink, a summer festival, on a frozen lake, wherever your spirit takes you.
Maison Corazon • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 5 Mercedes grew up around art, music, and culture in Buenos Aires. She has Fashion Design and Textile Design degrees from Universidad de Buenos Aires. Currently, she is the creative mind and designer of Maison Corazon. She creates handmade capsule collections with a strong narrative, encouraging wearers to express themselves through clothing and style. The collections are designed with obsessive details, impeccable craftmanship, and studied volumes and silhouettes. Her inspiration comes from eclectic sources, like film, art currents, places, people, humour, and the past.
Marlene Tutcho • Délı̨nę, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Marlene Tutcho was born and raised in Délı̨nę. She works full-time with the Government of the Northwest Territories but during her free time, she is busy in the sewing room that her husband built. Marlene has been sewing since she was young, carrying on traditions that were passed down by her mother and grandmother. Marlene’s commitment to her Dene culture and traditions are showcased through her work. Her Facebook page, Marlene’s Creations Bead Work, showcases the beauty of beadwork, and traditional arts and crafts.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Mary Jane Nigiyok • Ulukhaktok, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Mary Jane comes from a large family of artists. Her mother taught her to sew at a young age, but she is a self-taught beader who enjoys trying new techniques and styles of beading. Mary Jane makes earrings, dangles with hearts, ulus, and butterflies, and sells her artwork through her Facebook page, MJ’s Northern Earrings. Mary Jane is currently interested in fish skin tanning and creating jewelry with it.
Masagana Flower Farm & Studio • Richer, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Lourdes Still is the founder of Masagana Flower Farm & Studio, a seasonal flower farm & dye studio in Southeast Manitoba. She grows seasonal blooms and dye plants to make handmade, small-batch, naturally dyed textile goods. She started as a self-taught flower farmer and natural dyer, but has trained on small-scale, high intensity cut flower production through Floret and Maiwa’s School of Textiles. She created TINTA, a dye-your-own wearable art experience where people can engage with botanicals and create them through eco-printing and indigo dyeing.
May-Lain Siusangnark • Naujaat, NU • Level 3/Gallery 5 May-Lain Siusangnark is a mother of three living in Naujaat, Nunavut. She learned to sew at age 12, her first project was a pair of mitts. May-Lain has studied and taught sewing classes. She has always liked fashionable clothing and now makes clothes for other people. May-Lain sites her mother as a role model and is proud to say that community members admire her work. Her desire is to teach other people so that they can engage in their own sewing projects.
McMillan Pottery • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine For over two decades David has worked with locally harvested materials in his ceramics. Everything that goes into David’s pots is dug by hand in Manitoba. Clays and sands are carefully researched, harvested, and processed before being thrown on his kick wheel. The glazes come from wood ash and rocks that are crushed by hand. Finally, David fires the pots in his wood burning kiln. David takes pride in creating truly local and sustainable functional pottery.
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Meg Does Pottery • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Penthouse Meg creates dynamic original works in her home studio in Winnipeg. This season she will be revisiting coloured clay works and will be adding a textural element with glazes and finishes. She will also bring sculptural works and her much loved accessories. Meg is a former student of the WAG clay studio and works part time as a professional commercial artist–her works are sold across the country and have been published in the Globe and Mail, British Vogue, and Elle Quebec.
Melanie Alagalak • Arviat, NU • Level 3/Gallery 5 Melanie is a mother of two and works full time in health care but takes time each day to sew. Initially taught the basics of sewing from her mom, Melanie now has over ten years of experience in sewing. Through her experience, she is capable and happy to sew all sizes in various styles for men, women, and children. Melanie takes pride in her skills and techniques, and it is something that she is constantly learning and gaining knowledge in.
Melanie Wesley studio • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Melanie Wesley’s creative pursuits stem from a childhood passion and joy for dolls, textiles, and making things. She has enjoyed a long and varied career that has allowed her to refine her skills. For the past ten years, Melanie’s focus has been creating heirloom quality dolls, beloved and collected around the world. Melanie’s choice in materials, along with an intentionally slow process, reflects her desire to live in a world gentler and more playful.
Metro Grade Goods • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Studio 1 Eric Au is a multi-disciplinary industrial designer and maker. He’s been cutting his fingers crafting things since he could barely hold a saw. He works closely with new manufacturing technologies and melds them with modern materials to produce unique interpretations of common objects. Inspired by strong graphic design, bold contrast, and functional aesthetics, he strives to produce work that can enhance everyday life. The result is a hand finished, high quality, pragmatic product that seeks out a lifetime of weathering.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Michael Astill Pottery • Île-des-Chênes, MB • Level 3/Gallery 5 Michael Astill has been living and creating in Manitoba for 25 years. The past 19 years he has made Ile des Chenes his home. Most of the work he makes is fired in a kiln he built in 2006. A creator of functional ceramics, Michael places the importance of use as highly as the aesthetic of the work. He has spent his career utilizing the atmosphere in woodfired kilns to create work with a subtle beauty that encourages handling and contemplation.
Mihkokwaniy • Newton, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Aimée-Mihkokwaniy McGillis (She/They) ᒥᐦᑯᑲᐧᓂᕀ is pitoteyihtam (neurodivergent), queer, Michif who is a citizen of the Red River Métis Nation (MMF). Each piece is handcrafted in their ancestral homelands, Treaty 1 Territory just outside of Maskotéwi Onikapik (Portage La Prairie). Their work emerges through relationship with the land, which is translated in organic cast jewellery pieces that reflect the interconnectedness of all life and natural law. Mostly, the focus has been casting silver, however Aimée also creates through drawing, painting, beading, sculpture, gardening, and ceremonial tools.
Miriam Delos Santos • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Miriam Delos Santos is the designer behind Hello Darling Co., a small business specializing in women’s accessories and fashion. From the careful curation and use of textiles, deadstock, and remnant fabrics to design and production, the process honours slow fashion, environmental consciousness, and colourful play. Embracing whimsy, joy, and fun into every piece from head to toe, from pom-pom adorned crown headbands to full Astro-space fits, Hello Darling is inspired by inner child imagination turned into magical fashion realized.
Mouse River Pottery • Wawanesa, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Angela Graham is a ceramic artist from Manitoba, with a BFA Bachelor from Brandon University. She is fascinated by the idea of highly decorated tools and the inherent personality in hand-built ceramics. The decoration is based on the plants and flowers that thrive on the prairies and takes inspiration from the exuberance of nature and a wild Manitoba Garden. This work is meant to be part of a celebration of daily activities; an honouring of the labour involved in daily life.
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Neyats’e Beads • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Kristina and Samantha are sisters who love to share their Indigenous culture and craft through intricate, hand-beaded jewelry and accessories. They were born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba with Carrier Dene roots from Stellat’en First Nation. One of their most sought-after items is handwoven poppies, made in honour of their grandpa, who fought in WWII. All items are made with hand sourced products. Much effort is spent weaving good energy into each item, the hope is that as pieces find their homes, the owners recognize that.
Nimis Design • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Studio 1 Blanche Chief, the artist behind Nimis creations, comes from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was led to traditional beadwork and art through her journey of self-discovery as a proud First Nations woman. Blanche’s aim is to collaborate in an Indigenous movement that brings traditional knowledge and creative practices to the forefront. She has a diploma in Child and Youth Care from Red River College and is currently in her second year of Indigenous studies at the University of Winnipeg.
Northern Willow Studio • Yellowknife, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Cathie Harper is a basket-maker who creates baskets and non-traditional woven forms using natural and commercial materials. After moving North, she began using wild willow and other materials to create baskets. When Cathie starts, she may have a general concept but never knows what the result will be. She lets the materials speak to her, guided by the freedom of creation. A true ‘basket case’, she has yet to find material that she can’t weave. Cathie operates her studio, Northern Willow Studio, in Yellowknife.
Nukariit Creations • Cambridge Bay, NU • Level 3/Gallery 6 Nukariit creations is a small, Inuit owned business created in 2021 by a mother and two daughters from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Nukariit means sisters in Innuinaqtun. They create contemporary tops and vests called Kalikuk and are worn as a soft-shell cover, or as fashionable wear. Kalikuk is known as a traditional piece, and respectfully, Nukariit creations adds its own modern touch to them. Each piece is unique with floral patterns and colourful designs. This business is run on Instagram and has been very successful.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Oak Hammock Pottery • Oak Hammock Marsh, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Alan Lacovetsky has been working in clay for almost fifty years. He is known for his expertise in wood firing; teaching, exhibiting, and building kilns in Canada, USA, Australia, China, Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, and Croatia. He is past president of the Manitoba Crafts Council and a lifetime member of the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq. He is currently a mentor for MAWA. He has just returned from Croatia having conducted a wood firing workshop in the kiln he built four years ago.
Onte Sews • Yellowknife, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Catherine Blondin is from Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ (Fort Simpson). She is a teacher by trade, a nature-enthusiast, and talented Dene artist. Through her art, Catherine is sharing and reclaiming her culture by offering pieces for fundraising purposes whenever possible and teaching beading classes to kids. She is particularly inspired by the resurgence of Indigenous artists coming forward with new mediums, new techniques, and new materials. Catherine sells her pieces online through her social media accounts under @OnteSews, which is based on her traditional Dene name.
Origin Handcrafted Goods • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Marc Liss of Origin Handcrafted Goods believes that the materials he uses to make his pieces are as important as the pieces themselves. By salvaging quality steel from antique sawmill blades and wood from whiskey barrels and barn beams, Marc imbues his knives with a character and history that can not be found when using new materials. Marc also incorporates deer antler, bison horn and Manitoba maple wood in his work.
PotTerry • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 5 Originally from a small town in Manitoba, Terry Hildebrand graduated with an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Minnesota. He received a BFA Honours degree from the University of Manitoba in 2007. In the years after his MFA he taught at Medicine Hat College and has participated in multiple residencies at Medalta and the Banff Center while exhibiting nationally and internationally. Terry and his partner Miriam Rudolph are full time artists based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Potterybytolu • Winnipeg, MB • Level 4/Penthouse Toluwalope Toludare is a Nigerian ceramist who received his doctorate in ceramics studio research from the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. He currently resides in Winnipeg, where he teaches and makes art. He loves finding creative solutions within the ceramic field. He has mastered advanced throwing with interest in making large forms on the potter’s wheel, a skill set he eagerly shares with his students. Drawing from his intimate knowledge of various African artistic practices and his extensive study of Asian large-scale pottery.
Rachael Kroeker Ceramics • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Rachael Kroeker is a full-time ceramic artist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba where she has been creating functional tableware for the past 12 years. She specializes in a technique called slip casting, where coloured clay is poured into plaster molds creating unique pieces. Along with her signature style of marbled pottery, Rachael explores bold colour and pattern combinations in her new lines of work. With a modern, contemporary feel and exquisite craftsmanship, her pieces are designed to beautify life, and enrich daily routines.
Red Earth Ceramic Jewelry • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Originally a makeup artist for film and television, beading and clay work were hobbies of healing for Beth-Ann McIvor that she shared with her sister for over a decade. Along with her love of ceremony and medicine picking, evolved to become Red Earth Ceramic Jewelry. By pressing beadwork, she has done or found and various plant medicines in clay and kiln firing, Beth-Ann creates wearable designs that are a modern reflection of traditional Metis beadwork and depict the memories of our sacred medicines.
Rewildwoodworks • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Scott Senior of Rewildwoodworks creates one-of-a-kind, hand carved bowls and utensils using traditional tools and techniques. Scott draws inspiration from nature’s beauty and is influenced by various carving traditions such as Scandinavian and Japanese.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Rox Creative • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Naila Janzen of Rox Creative is a self-taught quilter and designer in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She started quilting while recovering from breast cancer treatments. Quilting focused her mind and hands and inspired her to explore her creativity. She has collaborated locally with Hut-K, ShopWAG, and Freshair Boutique. Her work is currently displayed on the walls of local Winnipeg businesses Parcel Pizza and Refill Market. She was also a contributing artist in the Collections Agency Exhibit by the MCML in 2022.
SARAH SUE DESIGN • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 5 Modern sustainable clothing made with natural and sustainable fabric. Bamboo, silk, hemp, cotton, linen, and eco-friendly textiles are used in creating minimalistic and contemporary silhouettes that are timeless. Sarah creates items that are wearable pieces of art. She creates small batch collections that focus on slow fashion and includes zero-waste items, hand-dyed pieces, and one-of-a-kind pieces. She creates boxy cardigans, flowy tunics and tops that focus on being inclusive in sizing to look fabulous on all women. Sizes XS – 5X. All made in Winnipeg!
Siggi Clothing • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 5 Karyn Astleford is a fashion designer, geologist, yoga teacher, fashion instructor, and full-time student of economics and finance. She was raised on an oilseed farm in the Interlake, and now resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She designs clothing to be worn in all seasons, to coordinate with whatever is already in your closet and elevate any outfit. Mixed with her fascination with couture–clothing that is necessarily functional by design but undeniably beautiful, wearable art. This juxtaposition is the core of her design process.
Simone’s Rose • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Michelle Maynard uses textiles as a medium to create artful fashion that lasts generations. Her studio is on Treaty 1 Territory where she designs and produces each garment by hand. Michelle studied fashion at the University of Manitoba and Ryerson University and has been practicing under her label Simone’s Rose for over ten years. She produces thoughtful, made to order garments using natural fibers, vintage, and deadstock textiles. Inspired by the environment, zero waste methods, and sustainable sourcing are at the forefront of each collection.
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studio lia karras • Winnipeg, MB • Level 2/Mezzanine Lia Karras is a textile artist living and working in Winnipeg. She studied interior design and furniture-making in Toronto but is passionate about textiles and weaving. In 2020, she launched her textile studio creating work that is beautiful, meaningful, minimalist, and tactile. She believes that abundance could look different and believes in an art practice where beauty, quality, and sustainability are in balance. She often works with found materials to create without taking. She strives to create work that is honest, timeless, and lasting.
studio OCTAV • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 Studio OCTAV is home to the embracive collection of textile art by Canadian born artist, Graham Epp. Specializing in basketry, clothing, and silk screen graphic design, Graham has made a profession in the arts since 2003. The baskets and vessels of studio OCTAV are designed and sewn by Graham using 100% Canadian sourced materials and home-made plant-based dyes. Every vessel is one-of-akind and sewn into a functional sculpture for everyday living.
Studio Silver Bliss/Delia Cepoi • Yellowknife, NT • Level 3/Skylight Gallery Delia Cepoi holds a master’s degree in architecture and has a career spanning three decades. She began making contemporary art in 2010, and since then, she has sold over 5,000 items around the globe. Her art has won several international competitions and is featured in many galleries as well as the Museum of Beadwork in Portland. She loves to create daring, statement jewelry, and unusual décor bringing her art borderline to haute-couture, fine art, and craft.
Tricia Wasney Jewellery • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 Tricia Wasney’s jewellery is made mainly from recycled sterling silver that she hammers and treats with fire and oxidation process to create texture and colour. History, geology, plants, and cartography are constant inspirations in her work, much of which is intentionally warped and distressed. Each piece is hand-crafted in her studio in Winnipeg. Tricia’s artwork has been exhibited in Canada and internationally.
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FEATURED ARTISTS Valerie Metcalfe Pottery • Winnipeg, MB • Level 3/Gallery 6 Valerie Metcalfe is a studio potter and teacher living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her specialty is wheel thrown porcelain, a clay which naturally lends itself to the delicacy and refinement that is the trademark of both her functional and decorative pieces. In 1978 she co-founded The Stoneware Gallery, a co-operative retail organization and The Stoneware Studio, a working and teaching studio. She continues to work, show, and teach. Her pieces are in public and private collections around the world and can be found in numerous publications.
Winifred Designs • Kangirsuk, QC • Level 3/Gallery 6 Winifred Nungak is one of few Inuit from Nunavik with a diploma in Fashion Design. The graduate of Lasalle College in 2013 has been designing and sewing clothing since she was young. Her parents, Zebedee and Jeannie Nungak raised her in Kangirsuk, Nunavik (Quebec). She established Winifred Designs in 2013 and is the sole designer and maker of her products. Her signature designs are colorful, curvy-feminine, and Inuit-traditional inspired contemporary looks. Her menswear is masculine and equally stunning. She also designs clothing for children.
Winnipeg North of Fargo • Winnipeg, MB • Level 1/Eckhardt Hall Roy Liang was born in Gimli, Manitoba and is a child of the 70’s. Roy is inspired by vintage fabrics and reviving images from the past. He prints, cuts, and sews fabric into fun household goods and accessories. He has been sewing much of his life and after taking art classes at Martha Street Studio, he found a way to personalize his designs. Roy’s motto is “Making things out of the mundane,” such as road signs, abandoned buildings, and odd pieces of history.
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Saimaiyu Akesuk. Strutting Bird
2023 CAPE DORSET ANNUAL PRINT COLLECTION
Since the founding in 1959 of its celebrated Kinngait Studios, the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative has presented this annual release of fine art prints. This collection is a snapshot of today’s most significant Inuit creative expression, and WAG-Qaumajuq is proud to partner with Dorset Fine Arts as an official dealer.
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One of the unique features of CRAFTED is a philanthropic component that changes each year. This year, we’re working with LOURDES STILL of MASAGANA FLOWER FARM & STUDIO to offer the purchase of a DIY FLORAL DYE KIT.
Net proceeds will be donated to Sunshine House, a community drop-in and resource centre focusing on social inclusion and harm reduction in Winnipeg.
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Fashion by Miriam Delos Santos. photo: Rejean Brandt (@rejeanbrandt)
A FASHION SHOW | NOV 1
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CRAFTED runway models will open the show with accessories looks by the following CRAFTED artists: Alexandra Tumanov Jewellery • Page 16 Karen Schmidt Humiski Studio • Page 28 Claire Johnston, Métis Beadwork Artist • Page 20 Haley's Handicrafts • Page 24 Helen Gair Millinery • Page 25 Magpie Chiq • Page 31 From the Land Creations • Page 24 CJ Tennant Jewellery • Page 20 Northern Willow Studio • Page 35 Nimis Design • Page 35 Debra Frances • Page 22 Earth and Hide • Page 22 Designs by KarJoy • Page 22 bead n’ butter • Page 18 Metro Grade Goods • Page 33 April Glaicar Studios • Page 17 Studio Silver Bliss • Page 39 dconstruct jewelry • Page 21 Meg Does Pottery • Page 33 Margaret Jane Design Daria Tittenberger • Page 21 BARE no tools • Page 18 Alexis Cooper • Page 16 Mihkokwaniy • Page 34 Studio OCTAV • Page 39 Mary Jane Nigiyok • Page 32 Beadwork by Nichol • Page 18 Tricia Wasney Jewellery • Page 39 Annie Akulukjuk-Kilabuk • Page 17
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CRAFTED FASHION SHOW ORDER OF EVENTS 6pm – doors open, Living Lookbook in Eckhardt Hall 7:30pm – runway show on Level 3, Galleries 7, 8, 9 Kolye TJN • Fashion Page 3 Miriam Delos Santos • Page 34 Nukariit Creations • Page 35 Anne Mulaire • Page 16 Astige • Fashion Page 3 Melanie Alagalak • Page 33 Fashion by Hafsa • Page 23 Lennard Taylor Design Studio • Page 30 Elisapee Avingaq • Page 23 SARAH SUE DESIGN • Page 38 Sealing Nunavut Collection • Page 24 Maison Corazon • Page 31 Winifred Designs • Page 40 Kristie MAH clothing & fine art • Page 28 Ittuvik Paquet • Page 25 SIGGI Clothing • Page 38 April Allen • Page 17 Lounge Lakers • Page 30 May-Laine Siusangnark • Page 32 Louis • Page 31 August Beadwork • Page 18 Simone's Rose • Page 38 Julie Grenier • Page 27 8:30pm – champagne reception in Eckhardt Hall with guest speakers
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CRAFTED: A FASHION SHOW GUEST DESIGNERS CRAFTED Guest Designers are not vending at CRAFTED.
ASTIGE • Winnipeg, MB Derick De Leon, the creative director, designer, and owner of ASTIGE. Originally from the Philippines and immigrated to Canada in 2011. Cool and tough, ASTIGE was built on these pillars in 2021 by De Leon, creating a lifestyle brand rooted in jackets inspired by traditional heritage trims forged with luxury materials. De Leon values a man’s jacket the same way a woman values her luxurious bags. ASTIGE is more than just jackets. It’s a statement on representation, recognition, success, and growth. The word “ASTIGE” has been the core of the brand’s designs. De Leon operates to create everlasting quality and style. KOLYE TJN • Winnipeg, MB Kolye TJN focuses on felt-based textile systems, design development and sustainable product development. The design studies derive their inspiration from the fluidity of the human body and the comforting solidity of Euclidian geometry. The work at Kolye TJN is centered on human well being and experience, textile manipulation and sustainable product development. Rooted in the heart of Canada, Kolye TJN products are proudly Canadian made, reflecting the company’s dedication to local craftsmanship.
Arnauti by Julie Grenier and Beatrice Deer, 2021, dyed sealskin, beads, fox fur
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