Nicole's current work is focused on her attraction to the linear qualities of wire forms. Her recent designs explore the use of wire structures while examining the space produced within linear forms.

A graduate of the Vancouver Community College (Jewellery & Gemology Degree), Catherine Beck went on to study at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (Jewellery & Hollow-ware). She is a highly regarded Nova Scotia jeweller, having worked in this field for 15 years and is a member of the Metal Arts Guild of Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Designers Craft Council from whom she won the award “Best Body of Work” in 1998.

Her work has been exhibited across Canada and has made its way to collections throughout North America and Europe.

"The order and repetition of pattern is essential to the surfaces of my pieces. I am strongly influenced by historical ornament, such as Asian, Middle Eastern and European ceramics and textiles. I also find inspiration in the textiles and architecture of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and Art Nouveau style."

Louise Chisholm came from a quilt making background and noted that her return to art school at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design at age 51 “was a transformative experience” for her exploration of ”the boundary between craft and fine art.”

 Experimenting with discarded and found materials and the process of embroidery and printmaking, Chisholm’s work is often layered, pierced, printed and sewn to create “unexpected marriages” of thickness and texture.

Alexandrya Eaton, originally from Moncton, has been painting and widely exhibiting her artwork since receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Mount Allison University in 1991.  Her paintings hang in numerous private and public collections across Canada, the United States, Europe, Bermuda and Jamaica.

Marlene produces superior hand-crafted sculptural lighting and textiles for domestic and commercial spaces which are friendly to the environment. Renewable materials such as wool, linen, silk and cotton are sourced from family run farms across Canada and FSC approved suppliers are used for the hardwood bases of her products. Marlene divides her time between motherhood, teaching textile techniques at NSCAD Continuing Studies, teaching assistant for the faculty of Historical & Critical Studies at NSCAD, and her studio practice.

Angela has always been passionate about textiles and surface design and is currently creating colourful felted handbags from recycled fabrics.  Her love of colour, texture, felt and fibre are truly what keep her inspired and motivated. 

Metalsmithing is an alchemical journey. My works begin their metamorphosis from a formless mass, a lump of ore, a stick of wood. The process can be at once ferocious and delicate. Hammers may beat and deform and then elicit a fair and shining surface. A roaring flame coaxes a tiny trickle of liquid silver through a crack the size of a hair. Fire can render a solid mass liquid or make a rainbow of colours dance on the surface of a piece of metal imparting a final character. Timing is critical, the heat must be just so. Patience, intuition and experience guide the hand.  

 Gwyneth Jones raises sheep with her husband Andrew, in Noel Shore, Nova Scotia.  Since buying an old table-top spinning wheel 25 years ago, she has had an interest in wool, and more recently Gwyneth has taken great interest in all aspects of felt making.

Candice makes all of the components of her jewellery –the beads, the clasps, the earring wires and what amazing ways she finds to put everything together! Candice ensures everyone that earrings do not need to match! Presently, Candice  teaches beadwork techniques and art clay silver classes at the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design. She is a juried member of the Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council and her work has displayed in many art exhibitions in Nova Scotia and elsewhere

Jennifer creates etchings of plaster with acrylics and natural fibre sculptures as well as designing and fashioning felted purses, jewellery and clothing.  Her mother, augments the collection by using her talent to produce unique and irresistible baby slippers.

Marilyn now concentrates on her hand spun, hand knit garments from her own patterns, and hand felted hats.  These are created with lose wool which is wet felted and shaped, then dyed to become a one of a kind creation.   Many of the hats are needle felted following this process as well.  In addition to hats, Marilyn does a number of other felted projects.

Mary Reardon's work "...concerns itself with the human need to resolve the duality of existence – the search for the soul within the physical mind.  The sum of our memories is the essence of our souls, or who we are as individuals, and yet the process of memory is invisible to us.  I attempt, through my paintings, to describe how that process of remembering and forgetting looks." Mary Reardon.

Anna belongs to the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, the Nova Scotia Printmakers Association, and the Society of Antigonish Printmakers.  She has appeared in numerous solo and group shows throughout the Maritimes and the rest of Canada.

Michelle predominantly uses nickel-free stainless steel wire. Occasionally she uses brass and copper wire as well. The beads are made of glass, wood and semi-precious stones. There are no adhesives or glues used in her work, just wire, which gives her jewellery an organic quality. She has an amazing ability in combining colours and her pieces are unique in their design and colour juxtaposition.