City + Country Portraits
ROADSPOTTER in Calgary: INFLUX jewellery gallery
Designed and Made in Canada
INFLUX Jewellery Gallery
"... is arguably
the most well-designed and well-rounded art jewellery gallery
in all of Canada. The gallery/boutique specializes in national
and international jewellery of all types, and is clearly focused
on quality, innovation and creativity. With annual competitions,
revolving exhibitions and a staple supply of represented artist's
work, INFLUX is a feast for the eyes.
Over forty artists show and sell their work through the gallery.
Charles Lewton-Brain, Jackie Anderson, Sarabeth Carnat and other
Calgarians exhibit alongside Sandra Noble Goss, Janis Kerman, Don
Beaubier and other far flung jewellers.
A trip through INLFLUX Gallery
is like a role call of the best jewellers in Canada. It's hard to
decide which is better: the wow-factor of the big-name jewellers, or
the rush of discovering emerging artists with just as much talent and
potential as the mentors.
The talents of all the jewellers displayed in the gallery are obvious, but those of the co-owners are also to be admired. Three of the fours partners, Shona Rae, Devon Clark and Kari Woo are all established jewellers. The fourth and final partner, Herb Sawatzky, can be thanked for the interior bliss of INFLUX. His skill as a furniture designer facilitated the construction of the gallery space. Display junkies will be impressed at the sheer volume of work in the store, which never feels crowded or in competition with the surrounding pieces. Experimental and highly functional work reside together in the gallery, where each piece truly tells a story."
Maegen Black,
Editor of MAGazine, a publication of the Metal Arts Guild of Canada
INFLUX Jewellery Gallery
2nd Level, Art Central,
100 - 7th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB Canada
T +1 403 266 75 27
on their WEBSITE you will get further information
ROADSPOTTER is a project of DESIGNSPOTTER. www.designspotter.com
producer: Ioanna Paraskeva, ioanna@designspotter.com
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