Tricia Wasney
"Jewellery is in some ways so common it is easy to overlook what a potent signifier it is, expressing our desires, evoking that which no longer exists, and signalling our affiliations with others."
Township 13 Video (2018) by Tricia WasneyManitoba Craft Council
Tricia Wasney
Township 13, reimagines a portion of an air photograph of Garson, Manitoba in sterling silver and other materials.
Township 13 (Detail) (2018) by Tricia WasneyManitoba Craft Council
Tricia Wasney
"I am drawn to the narrative potential of jewellery to explore ideas and issues around social and cultural experience, loss, and our relationship to landscape."
Picture of Gallery Space 2 (2020) by C2 Centre for CraftManitoba Craft Council
Visual Media
Unlike many craft mediums which require extensive planning and methodical execution, photography offers opportunities for expression and experimentation, discovering unique vantage points, and instant visual referencing.
Grove (Detail) (2020) by Janine-Annette LittmannManitoba Craft Council
Janine-Annette Littmann
Through photographic and textile processes, I investigate the landscape: its various manifestations and how we relate to it in our daily lives.
Grove (2020) by Janine-Annette LittmannManitoba Craft Council
Janine-Annette Littmann
This newest series marks my initial explorations as I begin to merged these disparate practices and examine the formal and metaphoric qualities of these two media.
"In the summer of 2019, I had the opportunity to spend time at the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), a natural laboratory of 58 lakes set aside for scientific research. I was one of five artists invited to Northwestern Ontario to engage with scientific research, learn more about the type of work done at ELA and find inspiration for my own practice." - Lesley Nakonechny
Untitled (creation) (Detail) (2019) by Nichol MarschManitoba Craft Council
Nichol Marsch
"Untitled (Creation), 2019 is a representation of my experience having learned Indigenous creation stories through institutional settings in lieu of traditional knowledge systems."
Untitled (creation) (2019) by Nichol MarschManitoba Craft Council
Nichol Marsch
Found images of water, fur, feathers, earth, and other key elements of the stories are assembled, layered and distilled to a single nonrepresentational form.
Sarah Crawley
As a photo-based artist I work with ideas generated from lived experience using different photographic technologies and materials. My practice for the past 10 years has centered on exploring various ways memory, place and loss impact identity.
Always Already (Installation View) (2014) by Sarah CrawleyManitoba Craft Council
Sarah Crawley
"I use analog photography and other low-tech processes, including printmaking and bookbinding, to explore these relationships."
Picture of Introduction Didactic (2020) by C2 Centre for CraftManitoba Craft Council
The End
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The Manitoba Craft Council (MCC) was established in 1978 to promote, develop and advocate for fine craft and its makers in Manitoba. For over 40 years the MCC has worked to ensure that contemporary fine craft and the artists who produce these works are supported, recognized, and celebrated for their contributions to the artistic, cultural, and economic life of Manitoba.
Credits: Flash photographic festival. We are Citizens of Craft. Manitoba. Manitoba Arts council. Winnipeg Arts Council. Canada Council for the arts. C2 Centre for Craft.
