July 21, 2009 - 4:24 pm
This fall Tyler and Julia’s work will be exhibited in Cheongju, South Korea as part of the Unity and Diversity exhibition. Their work was selected as one of 200 pieces chosen to represent Canada in the largest craft event in the world, with over a million visitors. Canada has been invited as the feature country at the biennale this year; there will be special ceremonies and events to highlight Canadian crafts.
Julia’s piece, “Watergauge” was also selected by craft curator Sandra Alfoldy out of the national exhibition for a select traveling exhibit that will travel across Canada and the US for up to the next two years. The first stop for this show will be the Vancouver Olympics.
The pieces chosen are shown below and are titled, “Watergauge” and “Almighty Voice Redux”. Our friend John Dean shot both of these lovely photos.
Although we just came back from Japan we wish we got to travel to as many exciting places as our work does.
July 14, 2009 - 1:45 pm
Since our return from Japan there have been several exciting things that have happened. One of them is that Tyler has been invited to teach a workshop in Montreal next spring for the Glass Art Association of Canada national conference. It is the year of glass in Montreal, so there will be some great exhibits in all the galleries and museums. The workshop is titled “Formulate” and it is a course about idea generation in the hotshop,centred around the creation of functional and sculptural blown glass forms. Tyler will also be presenting and doing demonstrations at the conference. For more information please check out the link on the Glass Art Association website.
http://www.glassartcanada.ca/
- 12:45 pm
We have had some wonderful news recently that just shows that the world is full of coincidences. Before traveling to Japan in May, Julia was asked by the Prime Ministers office to do a commission of her Window Vase series. We have just found out that these pieces were presented to the Emperor and Empress of Japan during their current visit to Canada. This feels like even more of an honour after our time in Japan researching craft traditions.
