MEET OUR TALENTED MAKERS FOR 2019
Angela Verlaeckt Clark
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Angela Verlaeckt Clark, an international stone sculptor, warm glass artist and poet, now lives in Ottawa. She was born in Sherbrooke, Québec. Her tactile, abstract sculptures are emotional, nature-inspired shapes with a voice she translates into a poem. Her glass art is a riot of richly hued, vibrant, joyous colour that fractures in the light. Beauty, strength, and grace define both her mediums and instinct is her guide.
Angela is an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists (SCA), the Sculptors Society of Canada (SSC) and a member of the International Sculpture Center (ISC) in the USA. She has exhibited with the Society of Women Artists (SWA) and the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) in London. She returned to Canada in 2009. |
Betty Matthews
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Betty is an artist living in Gananoque Ontario. She works in watercolour, acrylic and acrylic collage.
Betty believes that art plays an important part in everyone's life, whether as a hands-on approach, or simply for the sake of enjoyment. There are many different forms of art - including visual - and she is very happy to be a part of that world.
Betty believes that art plays an important part in everyone's life, whether as a hands-on approach, or simply for the sake of enjoyment. There are many different forms of art - including visual - and she is very happy to be a part of that world.
Carolyn Barnett
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Carolyn has been an artisan for thirty five years. Her field of endeavour is textiles, her canvas the human body, her tools are her hands and domestic knitting machines and wet wool. Carolyn has made knit garments, felted garments, wearable art, one at a time, primarily for women but has done extensive work for both men, children, commercials and the theatre. Now she is transitioning to working mostly with her hands, wool and a lot of water to bring the wet felting she has used initially for collars now to a whole garment.
Carolyn's training includes her Mother (who spun and wove), primary school in England, one year of Fashion at college and seminars over the years. She holds an Early Childhood Education diploma and shares her art through seminars and workshops. Clothes are a necessity, for modesty and warmth so they are always with us, Carolyn just wants to have fun with them. As a textile artist she works with natural fibres like wool and silk in both her knitting and felting. She loves the freedom from structure she has with felting, creating a fabric, using colours freely, experimenting with what will work technically and what won’t and how to make the ‘won’ts, into ‘wills’. With hard work Carolyn has had her knits commented on as they traveled the world; New Zealand, Italy and the Cannes Film Festival, she hopes to do the same with her felted work. |
Jacqui Uza
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Jacqui Uza continues to create vintage inspired evening bags based on original patterns from the Victorian,1920's Flapper and Art Deco eras. Her interest in the history of these bags led her to taking up the old art of bead knitting and her experience in jewellery design provided the incentive to also establish her own variations to these classic purses. She currently is featuring bridal bags which have become a major part of her business providing heirlooms for future generations to enjoy.
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Pamela Prince
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Pamela is a jewelry artisan who originally created unique pieces only for family and friends. She has since extended this passion for working with metal wire and gemstones to custom work and exclusive shows such as “BTR”.
Tori Capes
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Topping heads for over 33 years, Mad Cap Hats are the original handmade creations of Tori Capes, Certified Milliner. Mad Cap Hats are created in a South Frontenac lakeside studio where Capes is inspired everyday by woodland creatures, sun, sand, snow, trees and rocks! Built for Winter and Summer Protection with Style.
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Holly Dean
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Holly shapes her organic and geometric forms with layers of paint, collage and transfers. Lines and texture weave across her tactile surfaces, concealing, then revealing what came before as she scratches and scrapes. She repeats the process of layering and excavating until her fantastical worlds come to life.
Holly's paintings may be subtle, atmospheric, spacious, dreamlike; or maybe it's a day when they become playful, dramatic, full of mystery and tangles, light spearing through the darkness. — calling to mind the haunting music of Clannad, the lyrical prose of Patricia McKillop’s novels, the richly woven tapestries of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. They are offerings of her inner world — an instinctive reaching out to share the magical serendipity that brings us all together. |
Maureen McDonald
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Maureen began creating pebble art images as gifts for friends and family members, but soon found herself busy filling orders for others. She loves the simplicity of design enforced by this medium, and is thrilled to find a perfect piece of beach glass that evokes the wind lifting a bride’s veil, or two pebbles that fit together perfectly to form a couple in a loving embrace.
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Jennifer Abrams
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Originally from Gananoque, Jennifer now lives in Ottawa pursuing her two passions – jewellery design and integrated, interpretive dance.
Fascinated with stones from an early age and inspired by the beauty of nature, she really enjoys designing and creating one of a kind originals - pendants, bracelets and necklaces. Workshops in wire techniques, lamp-working, knotting and lapidary - the cutting and polishing of stones - added new dimensions to her designs. She is most inspired by creating casual or elegant pieces working with nature’s amazing treasures. Jennifer's Variations Collection features individually selected or hand polished semi-precious stones, shells, crystals and fossils from her local area and around the world. Sterling silver or gold filled wire accent the personality, shape and texture of each handcrafted piece. Creating jewellery, like dance, is a soothing or energizing experience depending on the properties of the stone or the rhythm of the music. She loves designing custom pieces, using your treasured memento or a personally selected stone from her collection. Jennifer's designs are appreciated and worn across Canada, the USA and UK. She is delighted to bring pleasure to customers and beauty to every day. |
Martha Stroud
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We live in a beautiful world that is constantly changing, hard to capture. Clouds move in the sky, the sun goes down, flowers die, winter comes and goes, many of the old barns in this area have been abandoned and are slowly falling to the ground. I am trying to move from a detailed investigation of a scene to a looser, more emotional reflection of it. Working with palette knives and painting outside have been liberating. I will continue to experiment.
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John Sorensen
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John's background as an architectural antique dealer and passion for ballroom dancing influence his choice of subject matter. He uses the rich warm colours and texture obtained from traditional oil paint to interpret his two primary interests – old room interiors and “ordinary” people dancing or just sharing a quiet moment together.
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Kevin Juckers
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Woodsparrow Fine Furniture and Design was established in April 2013 by Kevin Juckers. The company focuses on solid woodworking for the home, including items such as tables, dressers, beds, and wardrobes as well as custom interior doors and stairs. Woodsparrow also constructs kitchen cabinets and furniture and replicates and restores parts of furniture if they are missing or damaged.
Kevin Juckers developed a passion for woodworking at a young age. During secondary school he participated in all of the wood shop classes and was able to work alongside Canadian prolific writer, speaker, and geographer, Dr. James Raffan, to restore a 13 foot canvas canoe. He graduated as an honours student from both Algonquin College’s Cabinetmaking and Furniture Technician Program in 2009 and Carpentry and Millwork – Heritage Program in 2011. Upon graduation he worked for a few professors from Algonquin College and assisted in building new cabinets for the wood shop in the newly located Algonquin College Perth campus. He furthered his skills by attending the “Studio Veneering Techniques” course with Adrian Ferrazzutti at Rosewood Studio. At present he continues to work on developing his business in the beautiful 1000 Islands Region. |
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Susan Halle is a multi-media artist with a love for fashion and fantasy, combining some of her favourite things with her concern for the environment. She creates clothing and accessories made from recycled materials.
Fun, Functional and Funky! Because life's too short for boring clothes! |
www.susanhalle.com
Kitty Kelly
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613-704-1138
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Kitty's passion is painting - she wants to share what she sees and feels by putting it onto canvas with the hope that the viewer experiences those senses as well.
Self taught, Kitty has always been interested in the world of art and is now immersed full time in painting. Her favourite medium is acrylic, however, oil & watercolour are sometimes used. She was born in Toronto, Ontario & has lived in Australia, Victoria, B.C., P.E.I and now resides in Brockville, Ontario.
Self taught, Kitty has always been interested in the world of art and is now immersed full time in painting. Her favourite medium is acrylic, however, oil & watercolour are sometimes used. She was born in Toronto, Ontario & has lived in Australia, Victoria, B.C., P.E.I and now resides in Brockville, Ontario.
Larry Thompson
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Greyweathers Press was founded in 2005 on a love of beautifully designed type arranged skillfully on a well-proportioned page. My original intent was to print letterpress books, although that ideal has grown to include an interest in creating linocuts, woodcuts and wood engravings. All work is hand printed on a Vandercook letterpress proofing press. The traditional printer’s craft, now largely forgotten, comes into play, as mastery of the final product demands that the printer must also be designer, illustrator, engraver, technician and occasionally inventor. In the grand tradition of printing history, and with all the vanity implied, Greyweathers Press takes a biblical turn with Ecclesiastes, a penance by the printer in respect of the passage of time and life. It represents the most ambitious project undertaken by the Press to date. Ecclesiastes is one of those very satisfying books of the bible on which no scholars can seem to agree about much. The ambiguity and contrast make for an interesting tension, and with the almost Shakespearian language of the King James Version, these contentious verses harmonize into one of the most beautiful prose-poems of the Western canon. |
Lea Hamblett
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The creative spirit behind The Artful Dragon Studio is Lea Hamblett, who has been creating artwork using multi-media applications since 1984.
Lea is now designing and creating, by hand, wearable art jewelry in .999 fine silver, glass, polymer clay, resin, wood and silver wire. The collections for 2018 will continue to include a technique that paints pictures with clay as well as Cobraal, which combines mixed metals in art jewelry and 3D scenes and solid Sterling Silver pierced and cut spoons. The very latest pieces for 2018 will depict scenes in Copper, Brass and Aluminium. All will be revealed. |
Margot Miller
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Margot Miller has taught at Sheridan College, St. Lawrence College, Queen’s University and Sir Sandford Fleming College. She is an Honour Graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design University and the Ecotourism Management Programme, Fleming College.
She worked in the textile design industry in India and has traveled extensively in India and Asia, documenting traditional textile techniques. Currently she teaches and operates her own textile studio and shop in the village of Rockport. She is a recipient of a Design Canada Award and has exhibited at numerous galleries including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Film Board of Canada and the Ontario Craft Council. Her passion is a dedication to preserving our natural and cultural resources and she is a past board member of the Leeds Stewardship Council and the Algonquin to Adirondack Conservation Association. She is presently a member of the Thousand Islands Residents Association and a board member of the Thousand Islands Arts Centre, Home of the Handweaving Museum, in Clayton, N.Y. She has been involved in the Dry Stone Wall Across Canada Association and leads tours to visit dry stone structures in various countries. |
Stephen Elliott
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613-382-2689
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Steve creates still life constructions from re-purposed bits and pieces that are too interesting to discard.”
He has worked with still life as a painter, as a printmaker, and now as an assemblage artist. Through his current work he selects visually interesting bits from objects, from old structures and machines, and reshapes them into contemporary sculptures. Through these assemblages he creates a new object of aesthetic interest that merges memories of a past life with a new reality. These truly eclectic constructions are partially recognized and surprisingly new.
He has worked with still life as a painter, as a printmaker, and now as an assemblage artist. Through his current work he selects visually interesting bits from objects, from old structures and machines, and reshapes them into contemporary sculptures. Through these assemblages he creates a new object of aesthetic interest that merges memories of a past life with a new reality. These truly eclectic constructions are partially recognized and surprisingly new.
Sue Steffes
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Sue is a felt maker who uses the ancient craft to create art pieces and functional decor. She employs a wet felt method adding texture and detail through needle felting, hand embroidery and free motion machine stitching. Growing up on the prairies of Alberta has provided plenty of inspiration, her work tending to revolve around big skies and vast landscapes. The rock, lakes, forests and wildlife of Ontario also inform and inspire her work. Arlo, her canine companion, has been a great help in getting her out to discover these places.
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Ashes and Embers
Kathy Verbeek Aurora, ON chawrun@bell.net |
As a new mother living in Northern Alberta, Kathy began her journey in ceramics by taking an adult pottery course. Her specialty is now in Raku and barreled fired pots. While these are non functional in the traditional sense of pottery, this way of firing is ancient. The technique allows for exploration in search of the expression of the flame of the fire on the pot. The pots created have an organic expressive quality and are truly one of a kind. She enjoys the community of pottery and the history of these techniques of firing.
She has taken many courses, including the Halliburton School of the Arts program in both Raku and Blacksmithing. She is an active member of Hill Potters’ Guild in Richmond Hill and has shown her artwork in a number of guild shows including the last two years in the Kingston Women’s Art Festival. She has won Jurors Choice in two recent shows. |
