Current Issue – Ornamentum

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Fall/Winter 2015 Issue

October 1, 2015November 25, 2015 Ornam3ntumAdm1n

EDITORIAL – Personal Encounters with Decorative Objects – John Fleming
Natural History on Display – Suzanne Moase
Collecting Treen – John Adams
Arcs of Colour – Rosalind Pepall
The Tale of the Three-Bladed Propeller – Paul Balcaen
Documentary Calligraphy at Kings Landing, New Brunswick – Darrell Butler
Symbol of the Realm – Michael Prokopow
Carving the City – Wayne Reeves

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Current IssueEditorial

Personal Encounters with Decorative Objects

October 1, 2015November 26, 2015 Ornam3ntumAdm1n

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A 10th-Anniversary Collection

Editorial by John Fleming

THIS ISSUE OF ORNAMENTUM follows the technique of mosaic construction through the material history of the decorative arts in the production of objects. The picture it provides leads in many directions into the imaginative and creative things we make, collect, preserve, discard, and destroy. Each of these objects opens upon multiple perspectives …

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Crushing Beauty

October 1, 2015November 25, 2015 Ornam3ntumAdm1n

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Article by Elizabeth Semmelhack

HIS CLOG PRICKS the imagination. Was it an implement of medieval torture or was it perhaps a weapon? Its form does, in fact, follow its function, but first impressions are not always correct. The long, menacing-looking serrated tines were actually designed for the innocent task of crushing chestnuts and acorns in the Haute ArdËches …

Tagged shoes,wood

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Holding Meaning

October 1, 2015November 24, 2015 Ornam3ntumAdm1n

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Article by Michael Prokopow

HILE THERE ARE times when the production of objects results in unprecedented achievements in form and materiality, more often than not most things of everyday life owe historical debts to significant and rarified objects that have been copied for emulative and commercial gain. Take, for example, a two-piece, brown plastic flowerpot made by Jakobsen …

Tagged British Columbia,flowerpot,kitsch

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The Spirit of the Drum

October 1, 2015November 24, 2015 Ornam3ntumAdm1n

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Article by Paula Laing and Fred Roland (Hwiemtun)

HERIDAN COLLEGE’S Aboriginal Initiatives Office had the distinct privilege and honour of hosting Hwiemtun (English name, Fred Roland) Knowledge Carrier from the Cowichan First Nation, British Columbia, in February of 2015. Hwiemtun shared his craft of making traditional elk hand drums with Sheridan students, staff, and faculty. …

Tagged aboriginal,drum

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Illuminating Art

October 1, 2015November 30, 2015 Ornam3ntumAdm1n

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Article by Mark Raynes Roberts

ARRIVED IN TORONTO in 1982 as a newly minted gold and silversmith from Birmingham, England, with my specialty being the fine art of hand engraving. Although I still occasionally incorporate silver and gold into some of my creations, my focus and chosen medium now is crystal. Over the past 33 years I have …

Tagged crystal,glass,sculpture

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The No-Face Cornhusk Doll

October 1, 2015November 25, 2015 Ornam3ntumAdm1n

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Article by Elizabeth Doxtater

he soft husk of the corn plant
was used to make a beautiful cornhusk doll.
She was instructed to play
with the children and keep them entertained.
She travelled to many villages and the children loved her.
Many people would comment on her beauty. …

Tagged doll,poetry

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Maritimes Weaving Guild

October 1, 2015November 25, 2015 Ornam3ntumAdm1n

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Article by Jane Tisdale

ABELS PROVIDED BY the Canadian Handicrafts Guild were sewn onto woven items made at the Mount Allison Handicraft Guild in Sackville, New Brunswick. An unused roll of these labels was recently discovered during research for an exhibition at the Owens Art Gallery about the history of the Applied Arts program at Mount Allison University. …

Tagged labels,Maritimes,New Brunswick,weaving

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Natural History on Display: Victorian Insect Art

October 1, 2015November 25, 2015 Ornam3ntumAdm1n

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Article by Suzanne Moase

N 1831, THOMAS BARNETT opened his museum of curiosities and natural history to the viewing public in Niagara Falls. The Niagara Falls Museum, considered to be Canada’s oldest museum, was one of the first substantial buildings along the road that faces Niagara Falls. A guidebook printed in 1835 declared that the museum rooms were …

Tagged insect,Niagara Falls,taxidermy,Victorian