Salt Of The Earth: Vessels For Tasteful Living

By Meira Mathison

Fired Up! Contemporary Works In Clay will hold the 29th Annual
Exhibition and Sale opening May 24, 6 to 9 p.m. and continuing
Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

‘This show has the group excited to see what comes out of their
collaborative salt firing at Cathi Jefferson's, and also to see each other's
outrageous, gorgeous and unique salt and pepper sets. These works
will be exhibited in the Fired Up! Theme Gallery in Metchosin Hall .

‘The exceptional work of each Fired Up! member and the five guest
artists will also be displayed in their individual booths.

We chose this theme because salt has been an important element of
the earth throughout the ages. Civilizations have been founded and
trade routes established where salt was abundant. It has been used to
flavour and preserve food. Since the 16th century potters have used
salt to glaze pottery, creating amongst other vessels the iconic storage
and pickle jars.

We invite you to join us for this diverse and exciting exhibition of
our nine core members and five invited artists. Come and be dazzled!

Exhibiting are: Susan Delatour, Gary Merkel, Gordon Hutchens,
Kinichi Shigeno, Alan Burgess, Meira Mathison, Meg Burgess, Pat
Webber, Cathi Jefferson, and guests: Louise Card, Sandra Dolph,
Maeva Collins, Tina Fife and our guest coming from farthest away,
Cheryl Oliver, traveling all the way from New Zealand!

For more information, please visit our website: www.firedup.ca @

TOP: Salt & pepper shakers, by Louise Card. ABOVE: Salt & pepper
shakers by Cathi Jefferson.

A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic Jewellery

A Bit of Clay on the Skin: New Ceramic
Jewellery explores the appeal of ceramics,
especially porcelain, in jewellery. It runs
May 16 to Aug. 11 at the Gardiner Museum
in Toronto, Ont. Organized by the Fondation
d'Entreprise Bernardaud and curated by
the
and jewellery artist Monika Brugger, the

renowned German-born — goldsmith

exhibition showcases the versatility and allure
of the medium, which can be modeled or cast,
used alone or with metal, wood, and stone,
and vary in color and texture.

The exhibition presents 140 works and
features the work of 20 cutting-edge jewellery
artists, including creations by such notables

as Peter Hoogeboom (The Netherlands),
Ted Noten (The Netherlands),
Hackenberg (Germany), Marie Pendariés
(Spain), and Shu-Lin Wu (Taiwan). While

some make reference to traditional jewellery

Gésine

in materials and symbolism, others altogether
redefine it in substance, form, and matter.

This exhibition is part of the Toronto
International Jewellery — Festival ~— in
conjunction with Meta-Mosaic, the 2013
SNAG Conference,

www. tijf.info
www.snagmetalsmith.org

“ Spanish Collar, 1995, by Peter Hoogeboom.
Necklace, earthenware, silver, 63 x 7 x 2.cm,

collection privée. Photo by Henni van Beek.

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