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“A Day in the Life” with: Designer Caitlyn Baird
Caitlyn Baird was born and raised in Climping, UK, where her love for sewing took root at an early age. This grew into a lifelong craft, and she went on to study Fashion Design at […]
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“A Day in the Life” with: Designer Pen Hsuan Hsing
Pen Hsuan Hsing of ArtPen Studio is a storyteller who transforms her imaginative ideas into something whimsical and full of warmth. She’s an artist and designer with a love for detail, drawing inspiration from everyday […]
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“A Day in the Life” with: Vancouver Designer Ahmed Jozi
Ahmed Jozi is a visual/motion designer and a self-taught artist working across digital and traditional mediums. He was born in Iraq and grew up in Jordan, then immigrated with his family to Canada in 2008. […]
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“A Day in the Life” with Vancouver-based Artist, Designer and Artisan Felter Chantal Cardinal
Some origin stories have a hairy start. For Chantal Cardinal, a Montréal-born, Vancouver-based felt artist, getting her hands dirty – really dirty – while helping to shear the sheep that produce the wool she uses […]
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“A Day in the Life” with Indigenous Artist and Entrepreneur Erin Brillon
Erin Brillon is from the Haida and Cree nations (Status: Skidegate Haida). Her Haida name is Kalga Jaad (woman of Ice) inherited by her maternal grandmother, is from the Laana T’sadas Eagle Clan of Skidegate […]
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“A Day in the Life” with Vancouver-based Graphic Designer and Animator Shoshannah Greene
SGidGang.Xaal, Shoshannah Greene of the Staawas XaaydaGaay was born and raised on Haida Gwaii and now lives in Vancouver. She is a Haida artist, graphic designer, animator, random adventurer, fancy coffee addict, cat lover, and […]
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“A Day in the Life” with Vancouver-based Designer Giulia de Oliveira Borba
Giulia de Oliveira Borba is a Brazilian designer, writer and educator who lives in Vancouver. She has a bachelor of arts in visual communications from Loyola University Chicago and a master’s degree in design from […]
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“A Day in the Life” with Vancouver Visual Designer and Illustrator Natalie Ellis
Natalie Ellis is a multi-hyphenate creative from Vancouver where she lives with her husband and pets. Natalie grew up in a Sikh neighbourhood in Abbotsford BC. She would describe her family as the Von Trapp’s […]
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Artist Russna Kaur Invites You to “Look Carefully” With Her Paintings
When you see Russna Kaur’s paintings, you are first met with broad brushstrokes, beautiful bold colours, layers of paint that are peeled away and then layered again. You experience thick textural patterns created from her […]
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“A Day in the Life” with local creative Randi Obenauer
Randi Obenauer is a leatherworker from Powell River, B.C. Throughout her craftwork, there is the ineffable quality of Randi herself. A loving mother, fiercely loyal friend, reader, swimmer, dreamer, motorcycle rider, and firestarter. She is […]