Apr 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Maia Stark, SCC Gallery AssistantIn the Saskatchewan’s Craft Council’s current exhibit, Where River Meets Sky, visitors may notice an atypical amount of two-dimensional work: paintings. While painting as a form of Fine Craft has been included in the...
Apr 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Vivian Orr, SCC Communications & Publications CoordinatorArt as Therapy by Alain de Botton and John ArmstrongPhaidon Press Limited Copyright 2013This book opens with the question “What is Art For?” The authors suggest that “art for...
Mar 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Volume 18, number 1, Winter 1993/Spring 1994 Cultural appropriation is a term that has become more common in recent times. A growing awareness of what it means to “borrow” aspects of another culture, and the negative implications of this has led to an...
Mar 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Maia Stark, Gallery Assistant“Lampworking” is a glasswork technique widely practiced in the production of beads, figurines, marbles, ornaments, scientific instruments, and more (wikipedia). As a method, lampwork requires using a flame to melt and form...
Mar 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Maia Stark, Gallery AssistantEnamel application is a method of decoration which has been practiced since ancient times, across various cultures and geographies. Although the exact origins of this process are unknown, excavations on Cyprus in the 1950s...
Feb 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Vivian Orr, SCC Marketing and Communications CoordinatorThe Heritage Crafts AssociationManifesto for Making: Report23 March 2013The Manifesto for Makingwas held as a part of the Heritage Crafts Associations’ annual Spring Conference at the Victoria and...
