Tag archives for ceramics
Containment and Enclosure
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Article by Alexandra McCurdy
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Y WORK has long been inspired by the patterns and motifs drawn from the intricate quill work of indigenous Mi’kmaq and women’s textiles such...
Ship to Shore: Steamers and Hotelware of Muskoka’s Golden Age
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Article by Geoffrey Shifflett
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his summer the RMS Segwun turns 125. She still sails the Muskoka Lakes, the last reminder of what was once the largest inland...
Full of Beans and History: The Medalta Bean Pot
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Article by Judy Donnelly
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istorians have observed that pottery is one of humankind’s oldest manifestations of graphic design. Strong, beautiful, often simple lines and shapes, painted...
shelf life
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Article by Michael J. Prokopow
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ondering the changing relationship between art and commerce, Andy Warhol, the onetime window-dresser turned artist, filmmaker, society fixture and rapacious yet...
history and art
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Article by John Fleming and Marian Bradshaw
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n a world of commodification, history and art become commercial products subject to the extremes of the marketplace- a...