it's a small world

i finally got the newest awards and scholarships pamphlet from the ontario crafts council.

i'm lucky to share this little publication with some very talented, award winning artists.

michelle mendlowitz is on the cover, then from left to right its alain belanger, daryl ferrette, julie moon, (they forgot to cite the next one, but i think its tiana roebuck), me :D, and then annie tung.

we all had a show together with the other winners last year but it's funny how small the art/craft/design world can be. especially when many of its artisans started out their careers at my school.

michelle was my ceramics technician at OCAD when I was learning mouldmaking, she also helped me learn how to use the pottery wheel :) julie's work is ah-mazing. i especially love her new masters sculptures. they're so whimsical - modern and retro at the same time. she used to be OCAD's cashier while she made beautiful ceramic sculptures at night. me and jon used to harass her for our paycheques every week. and finally, i am also a great admirer of annie's beautifully haunting work - i have been ever since I saw her thesis work at OCAD's annual grad show when i was just starting to delve into jewellery.

a new pamphlet

i just discovered that my piece: dilapidated dreams is featured in the ontario craft council's awards and scholarships pamphlet since i was one of their award winners last year. i was hoping my work would be featured in at least one of their new pamphlets. i'm going to stop by the OCC and see if there are any other publications with my work or me (sometimes they depict the artist) inside.

once i get my hand on a copy i'll scan it and post it on the blog.

here's the piece again:

Back to Basics

there's one more show that i hope to get into...for now.
it's Back to Basics at the SFA Art Galleries in Nacogdoches, Texas. They did an awesome catalogue the year before for their show Abundance with a preview seen here, so i know that they take their exhibits extremely seriously. i'm really excited about the possibility of having a group show there. The call is pretty open so I've applied with just because you feel it doesn't mean it's there, you try to take the best of me, as well as these:


there's nothing here but what's here is mine, cast and fabricated bronze, oxidized, 2009
photographers: Tarek Badr and Brendan George Ko


dilapidated dreams, fused copper, sterling silver, thread, 2007
photographer: Tarek Badr