The name of our show originated as a descriptive title of the media that we as a collective were working with. Shiny for jewellery, muddy for ceramics and fuzzy for textiles. Initially we were very focused on contemporary fine craft but have broadened our scope to include work that we consider at the forefront of independent Canadian art, craft and design.
This year we are featuring five jewellery artists with three of that five being new to our audience! This includes
Kari Woo, SFM co-founder and original member,
Caroline Miller who has shown with us for many years and our new friends
Emma Bracefield, Checha Sokolovic of
StudioChecha, and Daniel Nemeth of
Heliotrope Jewellery Design. We'd like to introduce you to our newest artists first.
Studio based Vancouver jewellery designer Emma Bracefield is attracted
to organic
forms with fluid movement and asymmetrical balance. Refined and
minimalist, her work is informed largely by nature. As a top notch
designer who engages in lots of custom work great attention is given to
comfort and fit without losing the integrity of her sculptural forms.
Originally hailing from the former Yugoslavia, Checha Sokolovic immigrated to
Vancouver in 1994 and later settled in Seattle, WA to pursue a career in
architecture and interior design. A long admirer of fine art jewellery,
she has recently launched a line of her own, putting her architecture
degree to use in creating wearable forms unexpected in scale and
material. We can totally appreciate her transformation of skill and perspective into wearable forms and are excited to see her work in person!
Daniel Nemeth showed with us at our very first Shiny Fuzzy Muddy Show in
2003. After spending the last few years raising his young family Daniel
has recently returned to
his craft. We couldn't be more thrilled about this as he is a talent
that makes the world a better place! Inspired by
architectural spaces, natural and man-made structures, his exquisite
work combines traditional materials with the unexpected; paper,
plexiglass, found plastics and puffballs. He is debuting his new line
under the moniker Heliotrope Jewellery Design this weekend at SFM13.
Caroline Miller will be driving down the highway from her lovely
mountain home of Squamish, B.C. to join us this weekend. A mother of two
awesome and excitable young girls we are in awe of what this woman can
get done creatively! Miller's work often incorporates parody to make
statements about topics she finds interesting such as genetic cloning or
trophy hunting. Her work also focuses on technical skills - formal
silversmithing techniques that produce anticlastic forms and fabrication
techniques that yield geometric shapes.
Lastly, you will find kari woo art jewellery at the show. She will be
featuring her Draw the Line Collection of sterling silver earrings,
pendants and bracelets that are based on continuous line drawings and
her Solid Ground Collection which offers her trademark silver reversible
pendants and selection of one of a kind rings. Her work is largely
informed by where the urban and the natural worlds intersect which can
be seen in the contrasting elements in her designs. She's so happy to be
traveling over the Rockies from her home in Canmore, AB to SFM13!
