A commission piece merges the client’s vision for a specific object with my technical and artistic ability. My concepts vary for different series, but all of my work is unified by elegant design.Īdditionally, designing and creating custom commission jewelry and objects for clients is another facet to my metalsmithing. I am devoted to exceptional craftsmanship and all of my work is exquisitely fabricated by hand. My design approach is not steered by fashion or trends, but focuses on timeless quality that is durable and lasts. My work strives to demonstrate this theme and is inspired by interaction with functional objects.įine craftsmanship is an equally important aspect of my work. The activities of contemplation, favorable usage, and successful function take place within one domestic ritual. For me using a teapot that inspires thought and effectively works enhances the process of making tea. Specifically, through the intrinsic ideas of my work’s visual theme, function, and ergonomics this relationship is exhibited and accentuated. In my view, functional objects display both the visual and conceptual relationship between art and living. I am inspired by the concept of enhancing domestic functional rituals through traditional techniques underpinned by a contemporary approach to design and production.Īs art and function combine to create design for living, utilizing an object to perform a function contributes to that design. “The balance between my aesthetic and a successful function defines my creative approach to product design in silver. Kaminer Haislip ~ designer and silversmith Let us continue our journey through the MADE gallery…a quest for form and function inspires beauty and purpose…a silver teapot is both three-dimensional sculpture and a utilitarian serving piece…a bronze and concrete table effortlessly unites art, sculpture and furniture…each one of these artists balances innovation, craftsmanship and beauty such that the lines are blurred…everyday objects evolve into soulful expressions of art… That form ever follows function. This is the law. That the life is recognizable in its expression, Of all things human and all things super-human, James Cameron Roderick Cameron's Strathspey David and Nancy's Visit Joys of Mabou Coal Mines Alex MacMaster's Reelġ5.It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, Mac Morin's Jig Dance Your Heart Away Jerry the Newscaster's Jigġ4. Dave 'Normaway' MacDonald's Wedding Arthur Muise ġ3. John Pellerine's Strathspey David White's Reel CBC's Glenn and Karl Just Cruising The Harsh Februaryġ2. Mary Jessie Gillis Anne Germaine MacDonald Allan 'Big Alex' MacDonald Thelma MacPherson The Grey Old Lady of Raasay Dillon Brownġ1. Bryden MacLean's Jig James Kelly's Trip to Cape Breton J.P. Margery Ross Stewart Emily Stewart The Jovial Journalist The Hunter's Hut Rubber Face Ĩ. John Alex Francis MacLellan's Ashley MacIsaac's Request Hilda's Choiceħ. Angus MacIsaac's Jig Alexander William MacDonnell's Jig John Morris Rankin's JigĦ. Miss Hutton's The Braes of Tullymet Miss Johnson of Pitsworth Captain Keelerĥ. Buddy MacMaster's Fancy To the Ladies Jessie's Fancy Harvey Tolman's Fancyģ. Union Street Rannie MacLellan Denis Lanctôt's Reel Wake Up to Cape BretonĢ. If you would like the Winter 2010 issue of Fiddler Magazine, which includes a Tribute to Jerry Holland article, with previously unpublished Jerry Tunes and photos, visit to order or subscribe. Cormier, Kieran O'Hare, Mary Jessie Gillis, and Allan Dewar.ģ1 tunes notated in the new book Jerry Holland: The Second Collection Notation Links Cape Breton Fiddle - Jerry Holland: Fiddler's ChoiceĪ delightful mix of old and new music put together in medleys as only Jerry can.
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