Friday, March 29
Home Improvement
I've hated being away from this blog for about a month now. All the excitement about moving into a new, huge apartment with space finally dedicated to making art and a new drafting table and nearly one month in and I've made ...zero art. What's the deal? I've been so excited for so long about moving into this place that much of my spare time has been spent getting the place liveable and that includes some DIY stuff. I did have some time yesterday to go to the One of a Kind arts & crafts show here in Toronto, so I plan on doing a post on some of my favourites shortly. I the meantime, here's a little taste of my new home - a bathroom shelf I installed yesterday.
Sunday, February 3
Found on FFFFound
Sometimes when I'm bored or lacking inspiration, I look to ffffound. You never know what you'll find but from photography to typography to cat .gifs, there's always something new to look at. Here's a few I saw the other day, as I was gearing up to make some new work.
Monday, January 28
Photographer Jon Duenas
I've been so busy lately - finishing this year's sketchbook project entry, working through a couple of my New Year's resolutions, and preparing to move in March has got me pretty eager for things coming up. It seems that last few weeks have been a flurry of planning and preparation and there's no stopping it for the next few weeks. All I can hope for is that my hard work and planning pays off and that I can enjoy a bit of the calmness captured in these photos.
Here's a link to the Design Sponge blurb, and here's a link to the artist's website.
Wanderlust at the Textile Museum of Canada
Back in November, I visited the Textile Museum of Canada. After studying textiles in school back in 2005-2006, I haven't done much research or learning into what's going on in fibre-based art in the last few years. What I remember loving about studying textiles was how traditional and unchanging textiles can be, while at the same time there is seemingly endless opportunity for innovation.
On at the museum while I was there was an exhibition called Wanderlust. It had works by three artists who are Canadian, yet who live quite nomadic lifestyles and call several places home. The piece that caught my attention, pictured above, is by Jordan Bennett - a Newfoundland/Labrador artist who combines objects from popular and skate culture with an exploration into his Mi'kmaq heritage. I was struck by the simplicity of this piece. In the context of the textile museum, it feels at home with the permanent collection of centuries-old traditional pieces - relics of ancient cultures with equally ancient art practices. The catalogue tag on the shoe rienforces this image, yet the fact that the beading appears on a pair of throw-away skateboard sneakers sheds a contemporary light on this work and shows us that this culture is not so ancient after all.
Here's a link to his website, and artist statement which sums up his intentions better than I can.
For some very interesting reading about Native issues and popular culture this is one of my favourite blogs - Native Appropriations
Sunday, January 27
My last daily photo
This is the last daily photo I took, on January 20th. It's a photo of a photo that I have stuck on my fridge with a magnet - and it's one of the only family photos I have on display in my home. It's of a very young me with my dad. January 20th is his birthday, so I thought it fitting to take a pic of my favourite photo of us.
Here are some more of my daily photos. As I said in my last photo-a-day post, I found it challenging to find an opportunity for a photo each day. Sometimes I'd find myself staring into every corner, and still finding nothing inspiring. While it made me look at the world a little differently, it also began to feel forced. I want to keep taking more photos, and maybe this will evolve into a weekly thing.
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