February 8 - March 4, 2008
Circle Craft Student Scholarship Recipients
This exhibition features the work of the Circle Craft 2007 Student Scolarship Award recipients in ceramics, jewellery, textiles and metal.
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MARCH
March 7 - April 1, 2008
Dale Rouleau
Coastal Impressions
This exhibition is an exploration of sculptural work using found materials from the 2006 and 2007 winter storms of the BC coast.
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APRIL
April 4 - April 29, 2008
Jill Allan
bubble
Opening Reception: Sunday April 6 from 10am - 1pm
Allan's glass work revolves around three basic themes: repetition of form, repetion of pattern and exploiting the properties of light. By using these elements she makes her work interesting, rich and simple.
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MAY
May 2 - June 3, 2008
Kaija Rautiainen
Natural Images (Bear Encounters)
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 1 from 6 - 8pm
This exhibit features hand woven tapestries made on the digital jacquard loom. Nature, and particularly bears, has been a source of inspiration for these works.
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JUNE
June 6 - July 1, 2007
Jim Etzkorn
pottery
Etzkorn's work has changed from doing closed forms to exploring more open forms such as bowls and plates. He has been altering these and exploring glazes. His forms are influenced by the English contemporary potter Lucy Rie as well as classical forms from the Sung and Ming periods in China.
JULY
July 4 - August 5, 2008
Joan Carrigan
baskets
This exhibit highlights the use of natural materials in basketry. Included are pieces from the Entwined Series, made with sedge, cedar bark and root. In addition, a series of more sculptural bark vessels with arbutus, willow and cherry barks will also be shown. Several framed pieces of woven willow bark in twill patterns will act as a backdrop to the three dimensional pieces.
AUGUST
August 8 - September 2, 2008
Monique Mousseau
jewellery
Her work features objects and/or jewellery using precious metals, vitrious enamel and gemstones with various enamelling techniques. Inspiration comes from the changing relationships that she sees in the natural world around her.
SEPTEMBER
September 5 - September 30, 2008
Jessica de Haas
fibre
An exploration of wearable and two dimensional fibre pieces, focuing on - but not limited to - felt. de Haas will be exploring colour, texture, pattern and embellishment using surface design techniques such as resist dying and overdying, inlay, cutout, natural dyes, batik and embroidery.
OCTOBER
October 3 - November 4, 2008
Christmas Market Preview
This exhibition features the work of some of the craftspeople to be part of the Circle Craft Christmas Market at the Vancouver Exhibition and Convention Centre Nov. 11 - 16, 2008. A selection of objects in a wide range of media, provides an opportunity for a sneak preview before the show.
emma bracefield, 2007 Excellence in Craft, Gold
NOVEMBER
November 7 - December 2, 2008
Michelle Mathias
glass
This glass mosaic sculptural exhibit portrays the elusive traits of omen archetypes (black cats, ravens, owls). Mathias believes that some species of great beauty, elegance and grace became omen archetypes because of their mysterious carriage.
