The Museum of Vancouver’s Art of Craft exhibit opens January 14th (opening night January 13th). We intended to blog the design process as we went along, but we’ve been so consumed with the design that we haven’t had any time to distill things down into posts. But I’d like to get a few work-in-progress photos up before opening night.

This is what the galleries looked like on November 12th. The previous exhibit, Velo-city, had dark walls (the remains of that are seen in the first photo). The BC and Canada gallery spaces show the new, light wall colours.

Republic of Korea exhibit space

BC exhibit space

Canada exhibit space

From MOV’s event page:

A Night of Social Crafting.

Come celebrate the creativity and community of the growing DIY craft, art and design movement in Vancouver.

Generously sponsored by OPUS, there’ll be materials and workshops in a range of art and craft media from paper to yarn. Activities are geared so that everyone can participate – from the craft newbie to seasoned creators.

The party vibe will continue with music, food and a bar. And if you’re super-proud of what you make at DIY@MOV, MOV is providing exhibit space so that your creation can be on public display in a museum. Think of the bragging rights!

$15 – Tickets available online or at the door.
MOV Members Free

I’ve had a lot of projects on the go over the last few months. But as they’re all ongoing, I can’t quite post them yet. However, here are some of the sketches for the very newest project that might actually be done and installed before all the rest. This image is fitting because it looks like it’s just begun to snow in earnest here and the roads are covered with the first of tonight’s forecasted 15cm.