Craft & Design exhibitions at Harbourfront Centre celebrate the elemental qualities of materials, aesthetic curiosity and conceptual discovery.
Amber Zuber
Curated by Melanie Egan
Expressing meaning through materials and making is a hallmark of contemporary craft practice. Amber Zuber’s work is the embodiment of this legacy. In the midst of making she is viscerally and intellectually connected to her material; endeavouring to represent meaning that cannot be communicated with mere words.
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Reid Ferguson, Ji Huang, Jared Last and Nadira Narine
Curated by Melanie Egan
The vessel form has endured for centuries; be it as a purely functional object or conceptual repository. These four artists create work at the intersection of craft and design using both the vessel form and perceptions of volume – a classic combination in contemporary glass – to express ideas.
ARRAY: Rob Raeside
Curated by Melanie Egan
Rob Raeside’s work exemplifies making the complex appear simple. His earliest exposure to glass was observing the refined shapes of mid-century Scandinavian designs from Kosta Boda and Orrefers.