Mar 4, 2015 | advice, art, artist, artists, book review, business, buy craft, craft, craft business, Craft Year 2015, facebook, fine craft, how to, instagram, social media, twitter
Submitted by: Vivian Orr, Communications & Publications Coordinator How to Show & Sell Your Crafts: How to build your craft business at home, online, and in the marketplace By Torie Jayne, Copyright 2014 Less of an in-depth “How to” and more of an...
Feb 11, 2015 | bike, book review, craft, craft bomb, yarn-bombing
Submitted by: Jennifer Baetz, Fine Arts Librarian, Saskatoon Public Library Craft Bomb Your Bike: 20 Makes for You & Your Bike (edited by Shara Ballard) 746.43043 CRAF (Frances Morrison Central Library, JS Wood Branch) We’re deeply entrenched in the winter and...
Feb 4, 2015 | Al Hiebert, Boutique, craft, Elisabeth Miller, Fused Glass, Glass, Joan Hiebert, Kimberly Dickinson, Lee Brady, Robert Miller, Sue Hunchuk
Submitted by: Maia Stark, SCC Gallery Assistant This look at fused glass examines work by Lee Brady, Kimberly Dickinson, Sue Hunchuk, Robert and Elisabeth Miller, and Al and Joan Hiebert. Fused glass is, in its most accurate and condensed definition, glass that has...
Oct 29, 2014 | blacksmithing, craft, Jim Gerlinsky, process, spotlight, technique, WinterGreen
Submitted by: Jim Gerlinsky, SCC Professional Craftsperson Ever since my work was described as “Profoundly Prairie” by a reviewer, I have been pondering just exactly what was profoundly prairie. I’ve thought of the iconic prairie landscape, the wide open skies,...
Oct 16, 2014 | artist profile, Boutique, craft, process, Rodney Peterson, technique, woodturning
Submitted by: Maia Stark, SCC Gallery Assistant Rodney Peterson, a professional craftsperson with the Saskatchewan Craft Council, was born in Duncan, B.C, in 1943. Having been raised and spent most of his life is Saskatchewan, his work is mostly inspired by the Boreal...
Oct 16, 2014 | Affinity Gallery, artist profile, Cindy Hoppe, craft, felting, fibre art, process, technique
Submitted by: Kimberly Murgu, SCC Festival and Curatorial Assistant Cindy Hoppe has worked in a variety of media over the last 40 years, and for more than 25 of those years, she has placed her focus on fibre art. Cindy works with recycled materials and...