Tag archives for wood
A FOLLY in TIME
Article by Tatum Taylor
Building Fragments on the Bluffs
A
T THE EDGE OF THE SCARBOROUGH BLUFFS, where Toronto meets Lake Ontario, remnants of the city’s past rest in peace....
Maritime MEDIEVAL
Article by John Leroux
Building Fragments on the Bluffs
B
ETWEEN 1841 AND 1859, Herbert Minton of Stoke-Upon-Trent, England, presented vast amounts of beautiful inlaid ceramic floor and wall tiles...
Collecting TREEN
{CONTENT}
Article by John Adams
M
ANY PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD the word treen. It is derived from an old English word that simply translates as ‘made of wood.’ Treen...
The Tale of the Three-Bladed Propeller
{CONTENT}
Article by Paul Balcaen
T
HERE IS AN INSIGNIFICANT-LOOKING grey wooden propeller on a hangar wall at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada in Winnipeg.
It came off...
Crushing Beauty
{CONTENT}
Article by Elizabeth Semmelhack
T
HIS CLOG PRICKS the imagination. Was it an implement of medieval torture or was it perhaps a weapon? Its form does, in fact,...
Maple Modern: Next Generation Canadiana
{CONTENT}
Article by Peter Fleming
A
REFRESHING NEW GENERATION of Canadian designer/makers has found equal inspiration in global design movements and locally sourced materials. This exciting collision blurs...
Mining Material: The Emerald Ash Borer
{CONTENT}
Article by Noa Bronstein
I
N RECENT YEARS, concepts of greening, repurposing and using salvaged materials have not only guided the design of spaces and objects, but have entered...
TSIMSHIAN TREASURES: Repatriation and Questions of Ownership
{CONTENT}
Article by Donna McAlear
T
he Dundas Collection of Northwest Coast American Indian Art was purported by Sotheby’s to be the last significant field collection of northwest coast...