WOOD

Gordon Marshall
Class# 1 

Gordon is a resident of Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia and has been working with wood for over 20 years. He was introduced to woodturning 8 years ago and it has become a true passion. Over the past 4 years he has concentrated on segmented woodturning. Using both local and exotic lumber he has produced award-winning bowls, urns and other shaped forms that highlight the different colors of the woods used in each piece. He is an active member of the local Nova Woodturners Guild as well as a member of the American Association of Woodturners and the Segmented Woodturners chapter of the AAW. 

 

Jana Bookholt BFA
Class# 2

Bookholt completed a BFA at NSCAD and went on to wait tables full-time for many years. Most recently (after deciding she wasn’t going to be a career server), she signed up for a cabinetmaking course, figuring if the only skill she learned was how to make frames, it would be worth it. She received a diploma in cabinetmaking and founded Swaine Street Woodworking, where she does not make many frames, but makes some pretty great cutting boards among other things. Her background in printmaking and drawing is a strong influence on her current work which includes kinetic sculptures and finely crafted woodwork. Jana is interested in making functional and creative work using a combination of historical and modern techniques. Besides woodworking, Jana loves comic books, gardening, and nail guns.  

 

CERAMICS

 

Suzi Cameron BFA, BA
Class# 3, 4, 5 & 6

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 The Banff Centre for the Arts to study with Harry Davis, Walter Ostrom and Bruce Cochrane, from the Nova Scotia 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 multi-media work has been included in international exhibitions and festivals.

 

Alexis Doiron, BFA
Class#7 & 8

Alexis has received her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in 2009, majoring in ceramics. Currently she is working at the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design as there Studio Coordinator and Ceramic Technician. Alexis is 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. She 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.

 

Janet Doble, BFA

Class# 9 & 10

Doble has a BFA in ceramics from NSCAD University and has won numerous awards including 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, she is still thrilled by the prospect of creating work that enhances the homes and lives of so many. 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 has also actively been involved in the Nova Scotia Potters Guild and the Visual Arts Nova Scotia organization. www.janetdoblepottery.com 

 

 

METAL

 

Lauren VanSickle BFA
Class# 11

Lauren VanSickle is a Halifax based emerging multi-disciplinary artist who strives to create whimsical work using a wide variety of materials.  After relocating to Nova Scotia from her home province of Ontario in 2004, she attended NSCAD University where her studies included art history, drawing, photography and metalwork.  In her third year of study she stumbled into the jewellery department on a whim and was quickly swept away by the magic found in creating objects with metal and fire.  Despite an eclectic mix of disciplines the common threads throughout Lauren’s artistic practice are ideas that explore the integral relationship between design and functionality.

 

Georgia Vandewater BFA, MFA
Class# 12, 15 & 16

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 predominantly per sues commissioned work but is most currently engaged with her most ambitious project to date; raising her boys.   

 

Pam Feindel
Class# 11 & 12

After 30 years with a major Financial Institution Pam finally has been able to turn her mind from the financial industry to her artistic side! To that end she spent 2010 learning everything that she could about Metal Clay. After studying with a Senior Certified instructor in Montreal Pam obtained her level one teaching certification with Art Clay World USA. Now she can bring this exciting innovated product to you. It’s simple, it’s easy, the makeup of the clay allows you to roll, pinch, texture, cut, shape, poke, or carve the clay. When fired the binders will burn away, leaving a pure 99.9% silver jewellery piece!

 

GLASS

 

Janelle Tyler
Class# 17 & 18

Tyler is an established Jeweller and Designer. In 2004 she discovered the two mediums she loves the most: Hot glass and Silver. Working under her own label of “GypsyRoad Glass, Silver & Stone” she has spent much of her time learning, experimenting, and honing her skills to combine her chosen mediums making beautiful works of art that one can wear and enjoy. Tyler has a passion for teaching, and is always excited to share her knowledge and discuss techniques, whether traditional, ‘cutting edge’, or a nearly ‘lost art’ just waiting re-discovery.

 

Ian Milligan
Class# 19 & 20

Ian graduated from Sheridan College, Oakville ON, Canada and is currently continuing his education on the East Coast at NSCAD in Halifax NS, while instructing flameworking classes at NSCCD. In September, 2010, Ian made the decision to have brain surgery in order to cure his epilepsy. He’s been experiencing his life entirely differently since then and after a year of recovery, he’s been seizure free. It is believed that, when any of us are aligned with our purpose, we have an inexhaustible source of energy. We never tire and everything is done with a sense of joy. The work actually feels effortless. Adapting to the flow of glassblowing has definitely allowed Ian’s energy to step through inspiration into creation. www.glassartcanada.ca/artist.php?id=552#portfolio

 

 

WEAVING

 

Nancy Boyne
Class# 21

After taking a frame loom weaving and macramé course at MSVU in 1972, Boyne fell in love with, and was hooked on, weaving! Over the years, she has participated in numerous workshops and conferences and has worked with many with world renowned fiber artists. She 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.

 

Laura Chiasson BFA
Class# 22

Laura Chiasson is a young textile artist from the Maritimes. A recent graduate of NSCAD University, she explores her love for craft through weaving, dyeing, embroidery and screen printing.  During her final year at NSCAD, she began obsessing with hair, she created wig-like sculptures made of many materials like silk and leather to help her grasp the fact that her mother was passing away from Cancer. Laura was part of the group show called Gathering at Mary E. Black Gallery and is currently part of their staff.  

 

MIXED MEDIA

 

Margarita Fainshtein, BFA
Class# 23

Margarita (Tsvaygenbaum) Fainshtein was born in the Ukraine where she studied Fine Arts at the Art Academy. Margarita went on to receive her Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts in 2006 from the University of Haifa, Israel and immigrated to Halifax, NS in September 2009. Since her arrival in Halifax she has delivered art workshops and courses at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, public libraries and several community centers. Locally her art works has been exhibited at Nocturne 2009 and 2010 (Pier 21), Art Map exhibition, VANS Corridor Gallery. She has also exhibited in Israel, England and the USA. 

 

Joanna Close BFA, MFA
Class# 24 & 25

Joanna studied at NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Major in Textiles in 2004. She went on to complete a Master of Arts degree in Textile and Fibre Art at the Winchester School of Art in the United Kingdom in 2006. Since 2006 she has lived and made artwork in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Yukon Territory. Joanna now teaches at NSCAD University in the textiles department. She also teaches workshops around the Maritimes along with maintaining her art practice. Joanna’s work involves exploring landscape images through textiles and drawing. Using rural spaces between urban centres as inspiration, she mainly uses dyeing, weaving, screen printing, stitching and pen and ink in her work. She currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia and much of her work addresses the landscape of southern New Brunswick, where she is from. www.joannaclose.com

 

Ruby Boutilier BFA, BA

Class# 26

Ruby has been making Ukrainian eggs for over 20 years. She is a member of the Nova Scotia Design and Craft Council (NSDCC) and has shown her work twice on Breakfast television. Upon seeing her work at last years Christmas Craft shown the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) approached her and are now selling her eggs in their gift shop.

 

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