Toronto Craft Alert

Janet Macpherson, Censure. Photo courtesy of Harbourfront Centre.

There are a whole new crop of wonderful looking exhibitions opening at Harbourfront Centre tomorrow night. Among them is LOOK Out, which will feature the work of current Harbourfront Craft Department Artists-In-Residence. Take a look at Harbourfront’s website under current visual arts programs for a sneak peak at some of the seriously dynamic work that will be in the show. I’m particularly excited to check out the work of some [...]

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A few of my favourite Toronto designers are in this show spotlighting the work of lady designers in Canada. This is part of Toronto Design Week which is in full swing – with shows including Come Up to My Room, Losing Parkdale at the OCC and DO Design on Dundas West. Visit this handy Toronto Design Offisite (TO DO) website for the lowdown on various Design Week events!

“CAPACITY” is an exhibit of new work by female, Canadian designers, curated by [...]

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Julie Moon, Shazzam II.  Image courtesy of Katzman Kamen Gallery.

I feel like its been almost impossible to keep on top of all the amazing exhibitions happening across the city over the past month or so. Here is yet another one– a three person show with crafty ceramicist extraordinaire Julie Moon, along with two drawers I was not previously familiar with, Crystal Liu and Rajni Perera. Hot tip: Julie Moon will be selling her wares at this year’s City [...]

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Amanda Parker, Artifact Crochet. Image courtesy of Telephone Booth Gallery.

This exhibition is doily crazy! Opening this Thursday, Household Notions mashes up traditional textile territory with other media such as glass and porcelain. Read on or check out Telephone Booth Gallery’s website for more images and info.

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Telephone Booth Gallery
Household Notions
DEC 1

LIZZ ASTON – paper burn-out, porcelain
NOELLE HAMLYN – free-motion embroidery
PAM LOBB – mixed media printmaking
DORIE MILLERSON – needle [...]

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Katherine Morley, Don’t Mind if I Sugru, 2011. Moldable air cure silicone.

In talking to crafty thinkers and reviewing the literature on contemporary craft practice for my report for the Ontario Arts Council, the relationship between craft, art, design, and related disciplines (such as architecture) was a very hot topic.  I came across a whole bunch of fascinating projects which applied craft principles and techniques involving very old or very new materials toward architecture or [...]

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Metamorphic Numerals image by Allen Zapolnik

Connections between art, craft and math have been all the rage lately– in particular, I am thinking of the Textile Museum of Canada‘s critically acclaimed Magic Squares exhibition, as well as a few other exhibitions I’ve come across in magazines and online. Here is an interesting one happening at the Ontario Crafts Council Gallery this month featuring the work of Mark Jaroszewicz. While Magic Squares focuses on connections between math and [...]

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