Toronto Craft Alert

QUESTIONS FOR CRAFTERS: Genevieve Jodouin

Interview and photos by Sara Titanic

Describe the process of creating your work. What is involved for you to make one of your pieces?
Once I’ve come up with my initial idea for the piece, I take many photos that will act as reference for my drawings. I’ll then draw all the figures in the piece, as well as the decorative and background elements.   I draw everything on tracing paper so that all the layers fit together. Once the drawings are done I’ll move [...]

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Miki Sato is a Toronto-based illustrator who uses a mixed media approach to creating her designs. You may have recently seen her work in our inaugural craftoon feature (or take a look here). In this interview with Amy Borkwood, Miki discusses a bit about her process and creative inspirations.

Can you tell me a bit about the process of your work?  How does your work come together, from initial idea to finished piece?

The ideas usually come to me when I let my [...]

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Interview with Beside Herself: Carolyn Self and Alda Escareño
By Amy Borkwood

Can you tell me first about your backgrounds as individual artists, and what brought you together to work as Beside Herself?

Carolyn: I have three brothers and come from a small town, which means I had to entertain myself while growing up. I spent a lot of time on my own filling sketchbooks and sewing. In high school I taught myself to screen-print so that I could make my own fabrics, and [...]

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***GIVEAWAY EXTENDED TO OCT 27 – COMMENT AWAY!***

Worn Fashion Journal is throwing another Slowdance, and this one is gonna be deadly!!  Read on for an interview with Wornette Alexandra and comment on the post by October 26th with your favourite Hallowe’en costume of all time (could be one you’ve worn or one you’ve seen) to be entered to win a pair of tickets to the dance.

Interview by Amy Borkwood

For those who don’t know too much about WORN, can you tell me a bit about the concept of the magazine, and [...]

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Image copyright Anneke van Bommel. Used with permission.

Interview and photos by Sara Titanic

Anneke van Bommel is an an artist and active member of the Toronto craft community who creates works out of sterling silver, acrylic, nickel silver, wood, and resin. She works out of studio space in a 100+year old building in Downtown Toronto, and also works as an instructor. She spoke with TCA about her [...]

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Interview by Amy Borkwood

Crystal Bretschger is an illustrator and graphic designer by trade, and a recent Torontonian by way of New York City. She makes some of the most compelling illustrations—a lovely combination of childlike aesthetic and stark linework. I asked her some questions recently about her work, her new life in the city, and the banner she just created for the Toronto Craft Alert’s newsletter.

Can you tell me a bit about the process of your work—where do you work, what materials do you use?

Well, I have a 500 square foot apartment [...]

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