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By Magda, 2 September 2011
This one is about the size of a football. This Geom was made to be part of a larger installation of textile art and paper sculptures called The Reef, on display 27 to 30 October 2011 at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto for the annual upART Contemporary Art Fair. By Marc, 28 February 2011
Video Game Epiphanies is a catalogue of formative virtual experiences. By Magda, 6 May 2010
“The Too Cool For School Art & Science Fair was invented to turn the spotlight on the unexpected feats of imagination and exploration that are happening all around us,” writes Sally McKay of her most recent brainchil on the home page of the project, www.artandsciencefair.ca. By Magda, 9 April 2010
Ladilola is the name of my jewelry work.  Ladilola jewelry logo This is a new logo for Ladilola casual printing needs, to match the silver foil stickers I had made while still in France in 2008. I first made some earrings five years ago out of scrap leather and beads because I didn’t like anything in the shops, and I gave a bunch of pairs away as presents. They were a hit!
SEE THE WHOLE STORY >> By Magda, 4 April 2010
About a month ago I started using the Panasoni GF-1 camera, with the “pancake” lens (f1.7, 40mm lens equivalent). Very happy with the camera, and this is also my first time shooting RAW format files. VERY happy about that.
By Magda, 25 December 2009
 New Happy Sleepies piled up for a group photo at the end of a photo session. Cloudy days have lovely diffused light and big pieces of styrofoam make really good light reflectors. That sums up the most recent advancements in my skills as a still life photographer.
SEE THE WHOLE STORY >> By Magda, 11 December 2009
There’s been a flurry of real in the world making activity all fall around here. I delight in having the laptop set up right beside the sewing machine set up right beside the cutting table, opposite the shelves of materials and tools. I glee up every time I pull a suitcase from under a table to rummage in my collection of fabrics, which is what the suitcases hold these days instead of clothes, books and other travel essentials. In short, I’m loving my studio space.  Flurry of cutting and piecing on the work table. My favourite shears were recently profesionally resharpened and now glide through multiple fabric layers like a heated knife through butter. Whoosh-chuk! By Marc, 12 January 2009
In the fall of 2005, Magda and I decided to sell off most of our possessions and embark on an extended period of travel. The reasons for this were many. Magda had a distinct feeling of being stuck.We had figured out a way to coast through our life as freelance graphic designers/artists. We had developed a well-worn, carefully cultivated, comfortable rut of routine in Toronto. Our combination of skills and our solid network of business contacts and friends assured that we would be able to maintain a subsistence level artist existence in the city, although that year we were getting a bit more in debt every month. Although our apartment and such was comfortable, there was very little social wiggle room and the resulting torpor was upsetting to Magda. This is a very frustrating situation for someone who thrives in a rich environment characterized by rapid changes. Our personal evolution was at a standstill. We needed to shake things up. |
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