Geoff McFetridge: Boundlessly Creative
Alberta-born Geoff McFetridge is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles whose work has no creative boundaries. He ranges from poetry to installation, painting to graphic design, and he’s been...
View ArticleMengnan Qu’s Contemporary Metalsmithing
It’s easy to see why Mengnan Qu’s vibrant jewellery designs are featured this month by the Ontario Craft Council. This recent grad of the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design amalgamates traditional...
View ArticleExhibition: Hand and Machine
The always savvy Ontario Crafts Council Gallery has opened its Hand and Machine exhibition, to look at the influence of digital technology on traditional (analog) arts. Through March, it presents local...
View ArticleDressed in door fittings
-Photo Credit: Mad Wolf Photography Materials include door tracks and brushed steel laminate New York based Canadian designer Andrea Creighton created this dress entirely from sliding door components,...
View ArticleThe Getty acquires Frank Gehry archive
Thirty years of papers, models, sketches and other material from the work files of world-renowned architect Frank Gehry have been acquired by The Getty Research Institute, part purchase and part gift....
View ArticleJust call me!
A little card for Valentine’s Day, one of several hand-made pop-ups created in the U.K. for Cardology. Check out The Junkie’s other Valentine’s Day posts, at the top of the home page, in the four-box...
View ArticleFlags we might have had
On this day in 1965, Canada’s red and white flag rose for the first time on Parliament Hill. Artists, designers and the public submitted thousands of designs, including this rough hand-drawn...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Wild Things
Bead Fountain, 2018. Steel, dyed & painted oak, silver leaf, resin, acrylic, MDF Wild Things (March 25-29) is a collection of domestic objects designed in the spirit of experimentation and...
View ArticleGeoff McFetridge – Homecoming
Calgary-born Geoff McFetridge has had a remarkable career, as a graphic designer with high profile clients such as Apple and Patagonia and as an acclaimed artist immersed in sculpture, painting,...
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