Instructor Bios
Nancy Boyne
WEAVING: An Introduction
In 1972, although a nurse by profession, after taking a frame loom weaving and macramé course at MSVU, Nancy fell in love with and was hooked on weaving! From there she took a floor loom beginners' course from Dorothy Hill at Walton Craft Studio in Halifax.
Over the years Nancy has participated in numerous workshops and conferences; she knows many varying techniques, has experience using specialty fibres, and has had the opportunity to work with world renowned fibre artists.
Nancy now works full-time in her home studio producing table linens, towels, rugs, blankets, shawls and scarves using mostly natural and exotic fibres such as silk, alpaca, mohair, cotton, hemp, linen, organza, and musk ox. She has been a member of the Atlantic Spinners and Hand Weavers for 33 years and is a juried member of the NSDCC. She is a traditional weaver who loves to see her work used and enjoyed.
Suzi Cameron
INTRODUCTION TO CERAMICS
Suzi Cameron is an established stoneware potter and multi-media artist . During the winter, Suzi makes decorative tableware at Clayworks Pottery in Halifax and each summer, since 1986, Suzi has returned to her studio at the Lefurgey Cultural Centre in her hometown of Summerside, PEI. There she produces hand-painted pottery for sale on The Island. Cameron has received numerous scholarships and awards from TheBanff Centre for the Arts to study with Harry Davis, Walter Ostrom and Bruce Cochrane, from NSCAD University (NovaScotia College of Art and Design University) to help complete a Bachelor of Fine Art, and this past year from the Nova Scotia Potters Guild for ongoing historic research. Her intermedia work has been included in international exhibitions and festivals.
Janet Doble, BFA
CLAYTIME, ADVANCED THROWING
Janet has a BFA in ceramics from NSCAD University, and in 1990 she did a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Her work has won awards, two of which include Best Body of Work at Show of Hands, Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council summer festival 1998 and the Popular Choice Award presented by the Ottawa Guild of Potters, Fireworks 2003.
After twenty-five years of working as a potter, Janet is still thrilled by the prospect of creating work that enhances the homes and lives of those to whom her work goes. Her production work consists mainly of thrown functional tableware glazed with a majolica glaze and decorated with bright festive colours and floral patterns inspired by European ceramics. She also creates hand built one-of-a-kind pieces in which she explores various other glazes, textures and images.
Since living in Halifax, Janet has been actively involved with the arts community. For eight years she was president of the Nova Scotia Potters Guild helping to organize workshops and exhibitions. She was Chair of Visual Arts Nova Scotia for many years and she is currently on staff of Visual Arts News as Ad Sales Manager. She also assists with compiling the Halifax Art Map, a yearly publication promoting Halifax artists.
Alexis Doiron
ART FOR YOUR GARDEN
Alexis Doiron has recently received her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, majoring in ceramics. Her work is playful and inspired by natural forms. She strives to create decorative ornaments that appear to have grown out of the ground and to blend with the surrounding organic environment. Alexis is not afraid to let her imagination run wild; from large-scale sculptural work to her most recent smaller-scale functional work, she approaches each piece with a creative energy characterized by her handling of clay and her distinctive mark making.
Kerry Ann Gibson
INTRODUCTION TO BEADMAKING
Kerry Ann Gibson is a self taught hot glass lamp work artist living and working in beautiful Nova Scotia. Using a propane/oxygen torch and imported glass rods she creates glass beads layering molten glass in all colors and creating intricate miniature floral patterns, geometrics, organic beads and many other unique designs. Kerry Ann began working with glass in 1982 making stained glass designs and teaching evening classes at her local community college. From stained glass she switched gears to fusing glass and then to glass lampworking. Kerry Ann has been making glass beads since 2001 and it has been her addiction since that time. Her work can be found in several local shops and galleries.
Meghan Gillan:
INTRODUCTION TO JEWELLER
Meghan is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design; BFA with a major in Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing and a minor in Graphic Design. During her final studio exploration Meghan began to focus on the intriguing connection between jewellery and the products we invest in to beautify and enhance our appearances. By using uncommon materials such as make up, fake nails, fake eyelashes, and more, Meghan has created a body of work that sparks curiosity and invites a light hearted, humorous approach to her subject and contemporary jewellery design. Meghan has participated in numerous group shows while in and out of studies; her most notable achievements since graduation are a place in the 5th National Student Competition at Lafreniere & Pai Gallery in Ottawa, as well as appearing in Lark Books’ 2008 publication of 500 Wedding Rings. Currently her work can be viewed and purchased at Moorings Gallery in Mahone Bay.
Kim Goldsmith
ADVANCED JEWELLERY
Kim Goldsmith has been a practicing designer and jeweller for over fifteen years. She is a past president of the Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia and is still involved as a member of its standards committee. Kim has given many workshops and taught in and out of province, and has participated and won awards in several national shows and competitions.
Mary Jane Lundy, BFA
CREATING YOUR SELF-PORTRAIT IN CLAY
Mary Jane has been a resident of East Dover, Nova Scotia since 1985, and graduated from NSCAD University with a BFA, Major in Ceramics in the Spring of 2003. She grew up in small town St. George, New Brunswick. As a young girl, Mary Jane spent many summers playing on the Bay of Fundy shores. Her grandmother worked at the sardine plant and her mother worked at the shrimp factory for several years. At 15, Mary Jane took on employment at the tuna factory, then the sardine factory, and later was employed by Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans at the Biological Station in St. Andrews, NB and Halifax, NS. Her associations with the sea have greatly influenced her ceramic work.
Valerie Salez
COLLAGE/DECOUPAGE, INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL BEADWORK
As both an artist and person Valerie Salez celebrates creative tangents that deny categorical chains. Her artistic engagement takes form in a multitude of ways.
Valerie Salez received a BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University in 2002 and has exhibited and spoken about her work throughout Canada, in Japan, Germany and England. She grew up in the Yukon and recently moved back to Halifax.
Bridget Turner
TEXTILE JEWELLERY
Bridget was born in Calgary Alberta and moved to Nova Scotia at a young age with her family, where she found a love for her surroundings, the ocean and her mother’s garden. After completing high school she went on to pursue her two passions, music and art. Music at Briercrest Bible College in Saskatchewan and art at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing in December 2008. Her jewellery flows from ocean inspired materials from her love of surfing and stems from the study of exotic and local flowers brought to hair jewellery.
Georgia Vandewater
INTRODUCTION TO ENAMELLING
A native of Halifax Nova Scotia, Georgia first found an affinity for metalsmithing while attending NSCAD University. Through various experiences such as an exchange to the Birimingham School of Jewellery, an Artist residency and an MFA in the US, Georgia shaped her work as well as honed her knowledge and love for teaching. Georgia now pursues commissioned work and also enjoys creating new work and designs for exhibition. Most currently Georgia is working on
her most ambitious project to date: raising her newborn son.
David Wilkins
WOOD TURNING:
A Pedestal Clock, A Lazy Susan, Napkin Rings and Bracelets , Hollow Forms, Trivets, Learn to Turn Spindles, Intermediate Spindle Class, Bowl Turning Kiln-Dried Wood, Turn A Bud Vase, Bowls for the Novice, Open Turning Time
David lives and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia with his wife Alexis and dog Punkin. He starting turning in 2002 and quickly discovered a voracious appetite to learn as much as possible about the craft. With a continuous focus on learning he has allowed life's surroundings to influence the style and forms turned. As an emerging artist each form is engaged from a fresh perspective looking to create attractiveshapes with humor.
David is also a member of the Nova Woodturners Guild, he has been on the board of directors in since 2006 and frequently does demonstrations at guild meetings. He is also active as a seminar instructor, instructing and demonstrating throughout the year. His nickname "woodturningcreature" was given when working in his basement shop all that can be heard is the grumblings, grunts, mutterings and occasional A-ha's!
Susan Wolf, BFA
CUTTLEFISH CASTING, ORNAMENTAL VESSEL
Susan is a multidisciplinary artist and jeweler as well as a recent NSCAD graduate. It was while pursuing her fine art degree, that Susan began studying metalsmithing and jewelry as a complement to her sculptural practice. She soon began to love jewelry for its own sake, its proximity to the body, the amazing tools that are used, and the precision and care that goes into fine metal work.
Susan’s current work explores the links between memory, objects and representing the self and others. Her artwork and installations have been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Canada and abroad. In addition to a BFA, Susan also holds a degree in social sciences and art history from McGill University.
As an instructor at the NSCCD this fall, Susan is looking forward to passing on her deep appreciation for technical knowledge as well as the magic that comes with creating.
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