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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,...
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...
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)...
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 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...
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....
Spring/Summer 2015 Issue
EDITORIAL – Anniversary – John Fleming
A Prairie Beacon: Gasoline Alley’s Rare Pump – Sylvia J. Harnden
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A Prairie Beacon: Gasoline Alley’s Rare Pump – Sylvia J. Harnden
Anniversary
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Editorial by John Fleming
ORNAMENTUM celebrates 10 years of publication in 2015 as it continues to record our delight in the pursuit and pleasure of discovering and promoting interest...
A Prairie Beacon: Gasoline Alley’s Rare Pump
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Article by Sylvia J. Harnden
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ASOLINE ALLEY MUSEUM, in Calgary’s Heritage Park Historical Village, is home to thousands of artifacts relating to the retail of petroleum products...