by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 4, 2014 | Alison Woodward, Collaboration, Conceptual Art, Connie Sabo, Craft, Crafts, Craftsmanship, Creative Process, Exhibit, Fiber, Fibre, Hot Art Wet City, Ideas, Innovation, Installation, Invention, Joseph-wu, Newspapers, Openings, Process, Rachael Ashe, Sarah-gee-miller, Semiotics, Vancouver, Weaving
Clockwise from top: Connie Sabo, Rachael Ashe and Sarah Gee Miller with their respective works. (Carlyn Yandle photos) Sarah Gee Miller says she’s pretty handy. That’s the understatement of the evening. Her paper ‘paintings’ are not only...
by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 14, 2014 | Commission, Douglas-coupland, Innovation, Installation, Nature, Project, Public Art, Sculpture, Surrealism, Vancouver
This week marks the unveiling of Golden Tree, Douglas Coupland’s latest public artwork, to be installed next year at the southern gateway to Vancouver, at Cambie and Marine Drive.The gold-patina, steel-reinforced resin and fiberglass mirror image of the famous...
by Carlyn Yandle | Mar 7, 2014 | Architecture, Art School, Business, Collaboration, Creative Process, Cultural Hub, Culture, Design, ECUAD, Emily Carr University, Exhibit, Expression, Gallery, Granville-island, Industrial Design, Industry, Innovation, Inspiration, Performance, Production, Sculpture, Social Engagement, Vancouver
Photo of ECUAD’s South Building by Stephen Hui/Georgia Straight When finally — yet suddenly — I graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, I was done, done, done, exhausted after four intense years of input. Now I needed space for four more years of...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 10, 2014 | Architecture, Collaboration, Fiber, Innovation, Installation, Painting, Pattern, Quilt, Sculpture, Social Engagement, Vancouver, Visual Field
Carlyn Yandle photo This is clearly not a staged photo. Pretty much every rule of home decor is ignored here in this old East Van house. And that’s why I love it.Maybe it’s the weather but I’ve just about had enough of the grey-washed matte-bland...
by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 1, 2013 | Edward Burtynsky, Environmental Art, Expression, Fiber, Ideas, Inspiration, Installation, Knotting, Macrame, Mural, Net, Photography, Public Art, Scale, Sculpture, Textile, Vancouver, Visual Field
They say if you want someone’s attention, whisper. Or maybe that was just a line from a Whisper pantyhose commercial back in the ’70s.Whispering to get attention isn’t easy in an image-packed urban landscape where slick marketing messages infiltrate...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 11, 2013 | Art, Art Discourse, Assemblage, Color, Colour, Composition, Conceptual Art, Craft, Fabric, Fiber, Fibre, Found Objects, Handwork, Installation, Kimsooja, Openings, Painting, Pattern, Performance Art, Sculpture, Social Engagement, Social History, Textile, Vancouver
Kimsooja with curator Daina Augaitis Internationally renowned artist Kimsooja was verklempt at the opening reception for her show, Unfolding, at the Vancouver Art Gallery Thursday. Her audience would soon feel that emotion unfolding as the soft-spoken artist led a...
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