the drawn and crafted object
Craft Council of BC 1386 Cartwright Street, Granville Island, British Columbia V6H 3R8
McDiarmid, "mug for Craft Council," 2022
Photography, 3024x4032px. Image by McDiarmid.
Opening Reception October 6, 2022. 6-8 p | ccbc gallery
Miriam de Langley, Bettina Matzkuhn, Marney McDiarmid, Yalda Bozorg
Drawing is a spontaneous way to explore shapes, structures, and thoughts without having to worry about scale, the pull of gravity, whether a piece can stand up, or the material limitations that may dictate form. It is also a process that helps springboard ideas and can expose hidden concepts; it is a point of dialogue between the artist, the ideas they are exploring, and a precursor or animator to the physical making of an object. Craft artists have long used drawings as a means to design their work or investigate ideas, but viewers are seldom given the opportunity to view the personal explorations that support a finished piece.
In this curated exhibition 5 artists will exhibit their drawings and explorations alongside a completed work, offering the viewer a glimpse into their processes, and the interesting dialogue that occurs between the birth of an idea, through its many ramblings and on to the finished form.