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Find my facebook artist page here.
Visit my Youtube channel for project videos.
Jeff de Boer - mentor, inspiration, collaborator, friend. Founder of LEXM (League of Extraordinary Makers), and kinetic jewellery design-house Armét Canada.
Cory Barkman - industrial artist, LEXM collaborator, designer extraordinaire.
Alberta Craft Council - professional member of the provincial craft council.
Citizens Of Craft - a great site to browse Canadian fine craft artists, my profile is here.
Vancouver Metal Arts Society--fabulous resource for Canadian jewellery and metal-workers, a volunteer-run organization forging "connection, community and opportunity". The group is Vancouver-based, but their exhibitions attract contemporary work from across the country.
make and do - Canadian contemporary ceramic work, and a Canada-wide maker directory. My profile is here.

brain food...

In Our Time - presented by Melvyn Bragg (elevated to the House Of Lords in the UK after a life-time of public service broadcasting in the arts). Available as a podcast from BBC Radio 4, subjects cover everything imaginable, from the universal to the arcane. Topics are dissected by a panel actively involved in researching the subject (not just those with opinions).
3quarksdaily - it's like having the renaissance revisited, delivered to your inbox, every day. Science, art, critical thinking... And there's always a really cool video clip - fortunately it's not always that highbrow, and that's the point: we all like to let go every now and then. Implicated by Steven Pinker as the main reason he can't get his work done.
The Edge - want to read what leading musicians, philosophers, artists, critical thinkers and many other smartypants are arguing about? They publish really (really) good books too, readable on-line under Annual Question.

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obsessing in public

obsessive chasing desire: the process in which the metal artist yields to their need to strike one piece of metal with carefully shaped tools for a very, very , long time. I will be doing a chasing metalwork demonstration at Bluerock Gallery in Black Diamond, Alberta, on Saturday December 5, 2015. I will have loads of samples - flat chased pictures, works in progress - and a very special holly sprig that I have been working on for over 90 hours… Look forward to seeing you there. “Run”. Brass portrait study. Chasing and repoussé. 14.5 x 9 x 3 cms. Christine Pedersen. 2014. ‘ Chasing ’ is the use of tools to create lines or texture marks on the surface of metal, it can be just like drawing. But the artwork can also be made into a three dimensional form by hitting and stretching the metal surface from behind—‘ repoussé ’—to sculpt relief, or volume, into the metal surface. The Statue of Liberty is probably the most famous repousséd object in the world - it’s also an awful l...

hello you...

I always keep a piece from a new body of work: I need to spend time getting to know it. #15 “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow: Orange and Red Slurpee” pinched porcelain vase form. Height: 8 inches. Christine Pedersen. 2015. And so #15 stayed with us, and I schemed up a delightful challenge for myself: in the name of art—and pictures for my blog—I would fill it with flowers for every opportunity I could make up for a whole year. Sweet. First up: a lovely (and very modestly priced) bouquet from the supermarket for Christmas 2015. #15 “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow: Orange and Red Slurpee” pinched porcelain vase form. Seasonal flowers. Christine Pedersen. 2015. I always approach a vase thinking about the overall shape, as something to contemplate in my home, because most of the time it will probably stand empty. But as I make the piece, I end up imagining flowers and how they will fill it: how the stalks reach down to the bottom and push off at an angle; how wide a...

my brand: I am a nerd

His & Hers Nerd Pendants. Sterling silver. 2011. There is no point in denying it: I am a nerd. I designed these pendants for the "Branded" exhibition at the fabulous Influx Gallery in Calgary this summer. I like to bring my background in science and natural history into my art work, and in this case, I also brought some political advocacy. In an era in which some cultures still deny females equal access to education, I used the loaded motif of the apple to create a context to present the writing to the viewer. Here's the full artist statement: His and her “ nerd ” pendants confidently declare affiliation with a tribe that delights in knowledge, education and technology. Nerdism nourishes the world around us, and we are proud of that contribution. His “ nerd ” pendant is about strength in identity. Styled after a traditional branding iron, the pendant is a rugged and substantial piece of silver, designed to perpetuate this important meme beyond one life...

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