JUSTIN ARMSTRONG
Justin is currently preparing to defend a dissertation in cultural anthropology at McMaster University where his research examines the visual, narrative and material culture of isolated and abandoned settlements throughout North America. Justin also produces experimental electronic music and is a sometimes drawing-maker, printmaker and photographer. He was born in Saskatchewan, raised in Northern Ontario and lives in Boston.
JEFF BAGGS
Jeff is a woodworker and cabinetmaker in St. John's. He graduated with a BA in Theatre (technical scenography) from Dalhousie in 2003. Over the past 10 years, Jeff has worked extensively in theatre, film, and on a multitude of unique millwork and furniture projects. He currently operates Means Design Inc., offering custom furniture, cabinets, heritage renovations and specialty woodwork.
ELISABETH BELLIVEAU
elisabeth is an interdisciplinary artist working in stop-motion animation, drawing, textiles and writing. She completed a MFA at Concordia University and an BFA at the Alberta College of Art and Design. elisabeth is a published author and has screened and exhibited her work throughout Canada and Internationally. Currently her studio is based in Montreal, Quebec.
ERIC DEMAY
Eric is a Montreal-based designer & photographer. Things that get him going: everyday objects, human interactions, low-tech VS high-tech, experimental kitchen endeavors, phone interfaces, good lighting, text messaging, long journalistic essays, all things bicycles, his well-worn jeans. He's also been blogging about design and other interests since 2003.
www.ericdemay.com
PALL EINARSSON - WORKSHOP COORDINATOR
Pall is one true entrepreneur, especially in his field of endeavor which very few others have engaged in. Probably no one! Pall has the advantage over other chair designing, latte drinking modern designers of being extremely handy, creative, profoundly intelligent, verging on the autistic spectrum, but least and not last, dead handsome. He was basically appointed by god himself as a leader in his field.
ELAINE FORTIN
Elaine is the co-founder of Bipède, a young multi-disciplinary design studio, combining architectural and industrial design. Through its work, Bipède explores multifunctionnality, flexibility and modularity to create optimal interactivity between the user and the object or space. Bipède believe in design that allows the user to be creative and fully possess his environment.
www.bipede.cahttp://atelierbipede.blogspot.com/
KYM GREELEY
Kym is a St. John's-based visual artist whose work explores places where the natural environment meets with human intervention. Painted and screenprinted works range from large, abstracted landscapes to small practical objects for daily use. Kym has exhibited works in Canada, the USA and Germany.
NICK HERDER
Nick was born and raised in St.John's, Newfoundland, is a 7th generation Newfoundlander, and recently relocated back to Newfoundland form Brooklyn, New York. He now works as an architect for the Shorefast Foundation on Fogo Island and resides in the town of Tilting. Nick is primarily concerned with the next 300 yrs of Newfoundland building - especially on the edges. He reads backwards, walks forward, and talks with his hands.
GUDBJORG JAKOBSDOTTIR
Gudbjorg was born in Hafnafjörður, Iceland 1977. Graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts 2006 as an fashion designer. Founded a label of accessories named "Serendipity". As the name suggests the concept is based on the unexpected fortune of the material found. The label is based on repurposing quality material. In 2009 she co-founded a grass root market for young fashion designers, the aim is to create a platform for the designers to introduce them selves to the market.
HAFSTEINN JULIUSSSON
Hafsteinn is an Industrial/Interior designer from Reykjavik, Iceland living and working in Milano, Italy. He has aspired to solve his projects with few objectives in mind. Hafsteinn likes to approach design from new perspective and reach a diverse range of people. He would like to be involved with society, ecology and try to avoid mainstream mass production. As a designer Hafsteinn has no special focus, he is fascinated by simple things with fun solutions which have a rich and strong concept.
JONATHAN MANDEVILLE
Jonathan was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Moved to Halifax to study Architecture in 2003. Received Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies in 2005 and Masters in Architecture in 2007. Worked in Dublin, Ireland during Masters degree. Studied the reuse of abandoned industrial buildings in Germany and England in 2006 and placed first in 2007 LEAP Social Housing Competition. Currently works in Halifax, NS.
YVONNE MULLOCK
Yvonne is a visual artist based in Glasgow. Graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 2001, Mullock has gone on to exhibit widely both in U.K and in the U.S.A. Her current practice has been focused on several research led projects, from celebrating the natural diversity found on the man-made hills left from the mining industry to exploring the acoustic landscape of a region in Kentucky through the use of bird song. Recent exhibitions include ‘Natural Order’ at Glasgow School of Art, and ‘Now and Then and the Things In between’ at the New Center for Contemporary Art, Louisville, Kentucky.
MARTINE MYRUP
Martine is a visual artist based in Glasgow. She graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2002 and has since then exhibited widely across the UK and abroad. Recent shows include the solo show Misrememberings in Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen and New work by Tom Varley and Martine Myrup in Intermedia, Glasgow.
DAGUR OSKARSSON
Dagur (b. 1977) is a product designer who graduated from the Iceland Art Academy in 2008. He grew up in Dalvík, a small fishing village in northern Iceland. Memories of his childhood have sparked ideas he uses in his design that often centers on expressing a new interpretation of an older, utilitarian object in playfull way. In his work he seeks a homage to an old tradition, presenting the past to new generations in a modern way.
MICHAEL PITTMAN
Michael is a visual artist from Newfoundland and Labrador. He has received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College (MUN) and a Masters degree in painting from the Waterford Institute of Technology in Waterford, Ireland. Pittman works with multiple media, utilizing non-traditional combinations of materials to create eclectic, multi-layered images; often dealing with the overlap of psychology, science and personal experience. Pittman has had numerous public exhibitions of his work and exhibits regularly at the Leyton Gallery of Fine Art in St. John’s, NL and at View art Gallery in Victoria, BC. His paintings are held in public and private collections internationally. For further information, please visit his website at
www.newfoundartist.com
STEVE TOPPING - WORKSHOP COORDINATOR
Steve lives and works in Montreal, Quebec and St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada and elsewhere. Working as an individual or in artists' collectives, Topping organizes and participates in many arts events that integrate film, video, painting, sculpture, new media, installation and performance art in site-specific urban spaces. Topping's art, that has included the creation of his own living space in the wheelhouse of an elevator atop an apartment building, has also been exhibited in more traditional gallery spaces. He has exhibited both internationally and locally.
JESSICA WATERMAN
Jessica Waterman received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the NSCAD University and completed a Diploma in Costume Studies at Dalhousie University. After studying Fine Arts, she worked full time in Carpentry and continued her education by enrolling in the Carpentry program at the Carpenters Millwrights College. Her recent art practice has focussed on texture in Carpentry and in Textiles. Her current work deals with Shape Imagery and the lines of movement and shadows. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across Canada. She lives in St. John's, Newfoundland where she teaches at the Anna Templeton Centre for Craft. She works on many theatre and film productions, building sets, props and costumes.
Day 3 and the word of the day begins with R ...
Lillian Dwyer shows us how rug hooking embraces the reuse of materials through repurposing fabrics.
Lunch is at the town hall next to the Anglican Church where the workshop is being held. 'Cold plates' ... a traditional Newfoundland meal usually served during fundraising activities. Easily made and easily transported the cold plate consists of several versions of cold potato based salads (mustard, beet and vegetable), sliced ham, cold beef, lettuce, tomato and jello.
After lunch we sit down for a presentation from designer Frank Tjepkema. Frank runs a studio in Amsterdam named Tjep. He discusses his recent works, including the award winning design of the Heathrow Airport executive lounge, and plays several videos which illicit many smiles and laughs.
In the evening we head to the town of Seldom for a traditional Newfoundland meal prepared by Michelle LeBlanc, Shorefast consultant chef. The smell of salt fish fills the air carried on the steam from a pot full of potatoes, mixes with the smell of 'scruncheons' (fried pork fat) and the simmering drawn butter. The hearty meal is devoured in minutes and only bones are left. The participants take advantage of this time to relax, chat and get to know one another. Music soon fills the air, mingles with the salt of the fish and in this two-story saltbox house the Outport interior comes to life.
