Dispatch From Canada | Q & A Amongst Genevieve Dionne
In Jan nosotros mentioned nosotros had a few novel weblog serial planned for 2017 in addition to today it continues. With Canada celebrating 150 years this year, nosotros are planning to do our component hither on the weblog past times celebrating Canadian design, featuring Canadian artists, designers in addition to architects all twelvemonth long. Today we're thrilled to characteristic the piece of job of Genevieve Dionne, a Vancouver-based creative someone who is making amazing things alongside ceramics. We asked her a few questions lately near her work. Check out the interview below.
We're large fans, how would y'all depict your work/aesthetic?
I strive for an aesthetic that is handcrafted, understated in addition to quietly refined; a fragile combination of social club in addition to playfulness.
Where did y'all prepare or study in addition to how did your do form?
I studied fine fine art at The Alberta College of Art in addition to Design in addition to the Nova Scotia College of Art in addition to Design. I had taken a handful of ceramic classes exactly my primary focus was on drawing in addition to printmaking.
I started taking pottery classes at the W destination community centre when I moved to Vancouver in addition to that real rapidly became my primary creative outlet…I spent the adjacent 10 years making piece of job on the side equally a fellow member at unlike pottery studios.
Last twelvemonth I moved to my ain studio inwards a Co-Op in addition to also had a career alter that has allowed me to a greater extent than fourth dimension to focus on my art. It’s been a dull procedure in addition to I experience similar my do is nevertheless taking shape!
What Canadian designers/architect/artist do y'all admire?
I’ve ever loved the piece of job of Shary Boyle in addition to Kelly Mark, exactly I’m also real inspired past times my peers, in addition to inwards exceptional other women working inwards Vancouver such equally Heather Dahl, Jessica Bell, Rebecca Chaperone in addition to Sara Gee Miller; these real genuine in addition to dedicated people guide hold larn my role models.
How do y'all do best (e.g. do y'all brain to music spell y'all do in addition to if in addition to thus what?)
I alternate betwixt listening to music when I demand to focus in addition to listening to podcasts when I’m doing something repetitive. My playlists are commonly a mix of 80’s - 2000’s indie rock/pop. For podcasts my recent favourites include Reply All, 99% invisible, Hidden Brain, in addition to Surprisingly awesome.
We'd honey to run into a moving painting of your studio/office/workshop where all the magic happens - if do y'all attention to portion a photo?
It’s near 100 foursquare feet in addition to narrow- a combat tricky to capture it all inwards a photo. Aside from my ain space, there’s a room alongside three kilns shared betwixt the Co-Op members.
What are your favourite tools
H5N1 favourite of mine is a niggling needle tipped squash bottle “ Fineline applicator”- it’s perfect for squeezing underglaze into fine lines of drawings or text.
The other tool I honey is the vinyl plotter- I frequently brand vinyl stencils for masking off patterns on the clay surface.
We honey seeing people's inspiration boards or something similar.
I maintain inspiration images inwards plastic sleeved booklets since wall infinite express inwards my studio.
What are y'all working on currently that excites you?
The most exciting affair for me correct straight off is the tiled slab pieces…For a long fourth dimension I’ve wanted to evolve my piece of job into a house where it’s non-functional in addition to larger scale. The tiled slabs are unlimited inwards size in addition to guide hold in addition to thus many options for surface design; exploring those variations is actually engaging.
What is novel happening for y'all - anything you'd similar us to report?
I lately started selling a trouble of cherry-red stoneware vessels at Hinterland…I’m also looking frontwards to collaborating alongside Hinterland on a novel production that combines ceramics in addition to wood.
This bound I’ll guide hold unopen to porcelain vessels on persuasion equally component of a window display at the Babaton store inwards Toronto Eaton Centre.
Thank y'all Genevieve!
Follow Genevieve Dionne online:
Site: genevievedionne.com
Instagram: @genevievedionne
