330 Design Group Fall Open House November 11 &12, 2011

330 Design Group's Fall Open House
330 Ave G South
Nov. 11, 1-9pm
Nov. 12, 10am - 5pm

This fall we are pleased to join forces with the Sisters of Fire. Their studio, located at 233 Ave C South (behind the Scotia Bank), will run the identical hours to ours. Make an event of it and visit both art studios.

October 30 Studio Workshop

October 30, 2011

330 Design Group gathers at the Studio for a day of soapstone carving under the tutelage of curator Lee Baker. 

Quotes of the day:

I like soapstone because it take time. Time to ponder, time to work, time to think. Ken Wilkinson.

I like soapstone because it's so fast. Results are immediate. M. Craig Campbell

Recent Architectural Project by M. Craig Campbell

The installation crew.

Craig's Isuzu crane truck earns its keep.

Craig welding the curved rafters to the horizontal beams.

Project completed.

On to the next project.

330 Design Group Presents - Summer Open House

New Works by -

Jim Korpan - "Owl & Pussy Cat Series"
Ken Wilkinson
Daryl Richardson
Paula Cooley

Thursday & Friday Sept. 8th & 9th/ 2011 at
330 Ave. G South
5 to 10 pm. both days.
 

The Mudslinger's 10th Anniverary Garden Gallery Show and Sale

Paula at the Medalta International Artists in Residence Program

Historic Medalta Potteries

Paula just finished up her July residency with the Medalta International Artists in Residence Program, at the historic Medalta Potteries Site in Medicine Hat, Alberta (www.medalta.org.)  She joined eight other ceramic artists, from various locales including Utah, Virginia, New York, and Ontario to share ideas, experiences and techniques.  The days were long but full of energy, conversation and laughter. Many pieces were created and ranged from the functional to the sculptural, from the pedestal to installation, from tiny to life size. Paula spent her days experimenting with atmospheric firings such as soda, salt and wood, trying new clay bodies and surface treatments, and beginning some new sculptural work.  She finished her residency tired but with a head full of ideas and she is excited to see what work evolves out of this great experience!

 Paula stoking the soda kiln

Unloading the soda kiln

 Sculptural study I

Sculptural study II

Loading the wood kiln

Results from the wood kiln

Jim Korpan at his Northern Studio

Every year late in May we seem to lose Jim to his cabin and outdoor studio at Lac La Ronge. We have often questioned if he really does anything other than fish and read books on the dock. This latest group of photographs seems to prove us wrong.

M. Craig Campbell, Blacksmith. Current Metal Commission

My current metal commission is a three-sided gazebo structure to enclose a client's deck. Three inch I-beam frame. Fabricated curving I-beam-like inserts with rolled half inch bar for the decorative panels/handrails. This is the second panel

Bazaart 2011

Three of our members will be at Bazaart this year, Saturday June 18, 2011,
10am  - 5pm, on the MacKenzie Art Gallery Grounds in Regina.

Paula Cooley

Daryl Richardson

Ken Wilkinson

http://www.mackenzieartgallery-bazaart.ca/

DIMENSIONS 2011

 - The Saskatchewan Craft Council’s biennial juried exhibition of the best in Saskatchewan Fine Craft.

• MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina - May 14 to August 14, 2011
• Awards Ceremony and Reception, evening, June 17, 2011 at MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
• Affinity Gallery, November 6, 2011 to January 8, 2012

Two of our members have pieces in this year's Dimensions exhibition

Paula Cooley with You Too Can Be A Twelve Point Buck!

M. Craig Campbell with Infrastructure

Infrastructure is commentary on the ailing and failing of human-made infrastructure. Our water, sewer, electrical, roadway, railway, buildings and more are aging and decaying. They are in need of near constant repair and much of it has past its “best before” date waiting for repair, replacement or demolition. Infrastructure is the first in a series of four pieces to date, each one larger and further evolved than its predecessor.

WaterFront Craft Art Festival June 11, 2011

There's a whole lot of making going on this week as Paula, Ken and
Paul-Daniel are all getting ready for the WaterFront Craft Art Festival
at River Landing, Sat. June 11th. Everyone is hoping for glorious
weather and lots of shoppers. Stop by booths 16, 6, and 46 and say hi!

M. Craig Campbell, Blacksmith. Current Metal Commission

My current metal commission is a three-sided gazebo structure to enclose a client's deck. Three inch I-beam frame. Fabricated curving I-beam-like inserts with rolled half inch bar for the decorative panels/handrails.

Craig Campbell teaching Sisters of Fire

Craig is teaching an all-women contemporary blacksmith class at the U of S Kenderdine Campus on Emma Lake. Runs June 5-11. Still room for a couple more registrations.
http://www.emmalake.usask.ca/courses/current_courses.php#sisters_of_fire

Craig demonstrating a forge weld

2009 Sister of Fire project panel in place on the Ness Creek Obelisk 

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Photographs of Daryl Richardson's recent work

Often times our work gets made just in time for an opening and we haven't had time to photograph them. This was the case with Daryl at the Spring Open House. The "Pods" are still available copper, with patina, and 23 carat gold leaf, on steel thorns. Sold

 Pods

Pods detail

The Canoe is no longer available, materials, forged steel on Box Elder burl.

Canoe

Canoe detail

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