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Bees and bubble tea straws inspire new work

by Carlyn Yandle | Feb 28, 2014 | Architecture, Assemblage, Cluster, Colour, Creative Process, Design, Garden, Ideas, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Installation, Joseph Beuys, Pattern, Production, Project, Public Art, Research, Sculpture, Social Engagement, Upcycling

My mind has been buzzing with thoughts of legendary environmentalist-artist Joseph Beuys as I’ve been hatching an idea for a public artwork that is not so much intrusive as inclusive, especially if you’re a native mason bee.It is the convergence of my love...

Put down that Blackberry and go get some blackberries

by Carlyn Yandle | Aug 1, 2013 | Environmental Art, Fabricating, Fiber, Fibre, Garden, Handwork, Innovation, Installation, Knotting, Maker, Nature, Process, Public Art, Raw Materials, Sculpture, Sharon Kallis, Social Engagement, Weaving

I so adore this old World War I royalty-free poster created for the Canada Food Board that I post it in my kitchen every year during the putting-food-by months, already underway.I love the displayed array of fresh produce that would never be pushed by a private...

Thinking outside the rain barrel

by Carlyn Yandle | May 24, 2013 | Garden, Green Space, Industrial Design, Innovation, Inspiration, Project

I can barely remember this city before community gardens. They’re so integral to my neighbourhood, and I don’t even have a plot of my own.Aside from the obvious benefit of providing people ways to grow their own food, community gardens are also spaces of...

Garden art beyond the whirlygigs

by Carlyn Yandle | May 10, 2013 | Garden, Green Space, Inspiration, Metalworker, Public Art

I know I should be researching or finishing or conceiving or cleaning or thanking or discussing or working on proposals. But like everyone else in the northern Northern Hemisphere, I can barely remain indoors these fine days. Because — and I hate to be the bearer of...

Thinking outside the rain barrel

Garden art beyond the whirlygigs

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