Archives for October, 2015
Fall/Winter 2015 Issue
Personal Encounters with Decorative Objects
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A 10th-Anniversary Collection
Editorial by John Fleming
THIS ISSUE OF ORNAMENTUM follows the technique of mosaic construction through the material history of the decorative arts in the production of objects....
Maritimes Weaving Guild
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Article by Jane Tisdale
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ABELS PROVIDED BY the Canadian Handicrafts Guild were sewn onto woven items made at the Mount Allison Handicraft Guild in Sackville, New Brunswick....
The No-Face Cornhusk Doll
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Article by Elizabeth Doxtater
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he soft husk of the corn plantwas used to make a beautiful cornhusk doll.
She was instructed to play
with the children...
Illuminating Art
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Article by Mark Raynes Roberts
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ARRIVED IN TORONTO in 1982 as a newly minted gold and silversmith from Birmingham, England, with my specialty being the fine...
The Spirit of the Drum
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Article by Paula Laing and Fred Roland (Hwiemtun)
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HERIDAN COLLEGE’S Aboriginal Initiatives Office had the distinct privilege and honour of hosting Hwiemtun (English name, Fred Roland)...
Holding Meaning
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Article by Michael Prokopow
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HILE THERE ARE times when the production of objects results in unprecedented achievements in form and materiality, more often than not most...
Crushing Beauty
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Article by Elizabeth Semmelhack
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HIS CLOG PRICKS the imagination. Was it an implement of medieval torture or was it perhaps a weapon? Its form does, in fact,...
Georgia Baths: A Steamy History
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Article by David R. Johnston
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TEAM BATHS WERE ONCE A COMMON PART OF LIFE in Edmonton, popular with European immigrant groups and working men. Edmonton Turkish...