Archives for October, 2014
Fall/Winter 2014 Issue
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Editorial: Sport and the Decorative Arts – John FlemingFlies Fit for a King – Jason Klimock
The Hockey photo with Legs – Sheldon...
Review: Québec Folk Art
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Review by John Fleming
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EAN-FRANÇOIS Blanchette, recently retired as curator from the Canadian Museum of History after a research career in the fields of furniture history (18th and...
Designed for Action: A Brief Outline of Women’s Clothing for Sport
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Article by Rita Brown
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OMEN HAVE PARTICIPATED in some form of sport for centuries, but it was not until the mid-19th century that they truly engaged in...
Spotlight on the Object: Thinking Outside the Ring
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Article by Lorraine Johnson
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RTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE often refer to the blood, sweat, and tears that go into any creative work. For the participants in the Toronto...
Sculptural Utility
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Article by Lorraine Johnson
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ITH FREEDOM AND SPEED defining the most adept skateboarders’ moves, it’s easy to be dazzled by the motion and lose sight of the...
Spotlight On The Collection: Animal Head Stirrup Cups at the Royal Ontario Museum
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Article by Lindsay Rose-McLean
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HE EARLIEST RECORD OF HUNTING as a recreational activity in Britain appears in AD 43 after the Romans introduced the brown hare and...
The Hockey Photo with Legs
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Article by Sheldon Posen, Ph.D.
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N 1934, THE ST. LAWRENCE STARCH Company Ltd. of Port Credit, Ontario, introduced a campaign to promote sales of their Bee Hive...
Flies Fit for a King
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Article by Jason Klimock
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KILLFULLY MADE FISHING FLIES of all types are noteworthy, and yet there is something especially captivating about the exquisite salmon flies of the nineteenth...
Sport and the Decorative Arts
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Editorial by John Fleming
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N THE WORLD of entertainment today, sport appears to play an ever-expanding role in the opiate spaces of the public imagination. In the...