Get to know our member artists, who are also Citizens of Craft!
One of a kind, handcrafted, silver, fine gold keum-boo and vitreous enamel jewellery.
Creating jewelry offers an intimacy and commitment to refinement that speaks to my sensibilities.
Medieval tapestries were often political or religious parables clothed in classical allusions.
Bettina has worked in fibre for over 40 years with an emphasis on embroidery and fabric collage
Craft was Briana’s first ever love. Although, as a child, she didn’t realize the gift that it would give her later on in adulthood
Working primarily in silver, Carmel often uses rusty objects, such as nails and spikes, in her jewellery.
Uses adapted basket weaving methods mixed with a contemporary approach to create sculptural basketry.
Dawn explores traditional and non-traditional techniques imitating nature’s colours, textures and patterns.
I am a textile artist working from my studio-by-the-sea on the edge of a small island in the Salish Sea of British Columbia.
Over her 42-year career, Debra has divided her energy between supporting the development of the ceramic arts of BC and her own practice.
Our creations are all limited editions, as each piece is handmade, and each design evolves organically.
Her work blends new material making technologies with traditional metalsmithing processes to create bold metal forms, then colourful acrylic is finely cut by hand and inlayed within.
She is continually inspired by the west coast and currently lives and works in Vancouver, B.C.
Salt/ Soda fired functional ware and mixed media one of a kind sculptures.
Gill’s journey into the creative inspired him to leave his electrical engineering studies in favour of the study of music
Her love of nature and color are apparent in all her glass work from glass fusing, glass bead making, glass and steel sculptures and glass with woven mixed media spirit and wish baskets.
I make salt – glazed functional pottery in my home studio in Horseshoe Bay, BC. I
Jenny is a Craft Installation artist with a practice based in kiln-cast glass and digital technologies.
Jewellery design in precious metals: sterling silver, fine silver, karat gold, palladium, and platinum.
Thelma Newbury is a Vancouver born artist working in fabAs I design each piece, I think not only of the objects and experiences that inspired the design, but also of the person who will own and wear it. ric and fibres.
I combine traditional textile techniques with non-traditional materials to create unconventional textile-based work.
Putting a thread together in warp and weft – weaving presents endless possibilities for self-expression, by combining weaving patterns, colours and materials.
Kaarina is a fibre artist, designing and hand-crafting silk evening bags in striking colours and strong forms, which are softened by the addition of tassels and vintage buttons
Karole creates ceramic sculptures, decorative, functional and jewellery pieces.
Katherine Russell earned her BFA from the Alberta College of Art as a Glass Major and went on to further her training in Black Diamond, then Perth, Australia for several years
A furniture maker / designer who has been producing limited edition and one of a kind furniture for 40 years
Asymmetrical necklaces are created with misshapen contour and texture, inspired by and emulating the magic of nature.
I challenge myself, hoping to kindle the same internal connection with the wearer.
Margaret Graine creates contemporary, one-of-a-kind jewelry using silver and gemstones.
Marina Georgiadis works in a variety of mediums mainly fibre art and silver metal.
Original art work to inspire, functional wares to enhance your eating experience…
Beauty, function, fine craftswomanship and intimacy with our day to day form the motivation behind my craft making.
Basket weaver, lamp maker, painter, paper maker, metal smith, all round art/craft afficionado
Our creations are all limited editions, as each piece is handmade, and each design evolves organically.
A felt artist since 2001, Monica enjoys working with the natural wool fibre colours of cream, greys, browns and blacks, including fibres from Pender Island raised sheep and alpaca.
I aim to provide the perfect handmade crepe paper flower arrangements for the occasion.
My work is a collection of handmade contemporary jewelry. Every piece is hand fabricated, not cast, in ethical precious metals, making each piece one of a kind.
Olympia’s technique comprises of forging each piece by hand. Meaning the creation of her jewellery does not involve the use of wax, molds or casting.
She has explored many creative pursuits, from photography to sculpture, learning to listen to each medium and what it offers.
Fibre Artist, Educator, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Cranio-Sacral Therapist
Our creations are all limited editions, as each piece is handmade, and each design evolves organically.
A multidisciplinary artist, Rachael began her career as a graduate of the Creative Photography program at Humber College, specializing in portraiture and toy cameras.
Artist Zoe Bustin creates original mixed metal jewelry jewelry under the label Zoe Bemused Jewelry in Nelson BC.
The environment in which she lives, on the edge of a continent where the Coastal range plummets into the Salish Sea, informs the imagery she carves onto her functional ware.
Bridget explores the personal, social, and environmental values of worth and waste as a fine craft and sculpture artist.
