Ian Bawtinheimer
BIO
Ian Bawtinheimer is an artist and designer out of Victoria, BC and a recent graduate of Sheridan's Furniture Design program. His work blends sophisticated linear furniture forms with off kilter, child like moments. Incorporating themes of individuality, function, the home, expression, and honesty, he creates one off pieces with identifiable motifs that run throughout his body of work.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
CAUSEWAY
Causeway came about from the combined thoughts on how to pay homage to the craft, people, and landscape of my home province of British Columbia as well as personal reflection on my path that ultimately brought me to Sheridan College. A pivotal moment in my life was working at the Causeway Marina downtown Victoria. A job filled with odd ball obsessive sailors and day drinking yacht dads. A job that really taught me the patience of understanding, fixing, problem solving, getting my hands dirty, and ultimately the idea of "How Things Work". Causeway is a refined furniture collection that uses nautical references to pay homage to BC and a job that showed me the joys of these qualities that overlap so heavily with furniture design.
FEATURED Work
Title: Coastal Light and Sailor's Chair
Dimensions: 61 x 8 , 32 x 24 x 24 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Douglas Fir, Dacron. Douglas Fir, Canvas
Title: Coastal Light
Dimensions: 61 x 8 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Douglas Fir, Dacron
Title: Sailor's Chair
Dimensions: 32 x 24 x 24 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Douglas Fir, Canvas
Title: Coastal Light and Sailor's Chair
Dimensions: 61 x 8 , 32 x 24 x 24 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Douglas Fir, Dacron. Douglas Fir, Canvas
Jared Baylon
BIO
Jared Baylon is a curious person who learns best by doing and working physically. He learns about his materials by touching and exploring the texture. Jared’s first experience in a wood shop was in his high school classes, he was lucky to have great teachers that guided him toward the arts and crafts. Jared works primarily with solid woods and sheet goods. He works to come up with new and interesting designs that propose new challenges. Jared loves working out technical obstacles and finding ways to make his designs cohesive and functional.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
HARU COLLECTION
Japan has a long and rich history of woodworking. Everything they create has a purpose and meaning behind the design. Jared wanted to create a series of objects that represent the qualities of Japanese techniques. The word Haru means spring in Japanese, and this collection displays elements of spring. Cherry blossoms are synonymous with spring in Japan as a seasonal flower. It has been used in paintings, plays, and literature. Each object in the collection has a cherry blossom design integrated into the piece. The Sakura Fubuki Desk has cherry blossom inlay, and both the Hana Akari Lantern and Hanami Screen have Cherry blossom vinyl on the Shoji paper. The objects are designed to give off a feeling of warmth and comfort through the natural characteristics of the material. The Hana Akari Lantern carries the tone over with the warm light shining through the Shoji Paper.
FEATURED Work
Title: Sakura Fubuki Desk
Dimensions: 56 x 24 x 30 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Walnut, Hard Maple, Cherry and oil finish
Title: Sakura Fubuki Desk Cabinet
Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 25 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Walnut, Hard Maple, Cherry and oil finish
Title: ana Akari Lantern
Dimensions: 16 x 7 x 7 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Walnut, Hard Maple, Cherry, Shoji paper and oil finish
Title: Hanami Screen
Dimensions: 30.5 x 18.5 x 0.75 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Walnut, Hard Maple, Cherry, Shoji paper and oil finish
Title: Haru Collection
Dimensions: 56 x 24 x 30 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Walnut, Hard Maple, Cherry and oil finish
Flora Chubbs
BIO
Flora May is an artist, writer, and woodworker residing in Toronto, Ontario. She is of Inuit and settler ancestry, living and creating between NunatuKavut territory in Labrador, and St. John’s, Newfoundland. She received her Diploma in Textile Arts from College of the North Atlantic (2018) and her Honours Bachelor of Craft and Design Furniture at Sheridan College (2023).
Flora has led various youth programming ranging from weaving to hand embroidery, and assists in creating arts curricula for grades K-6. She has led adult workshops in quilting and embroidery at galleries and Indigenous community centres. Manifested in her community work, Flora's goal is to produce craft while creating a safe and exciting space for Indigenous youth to create and enjoy art.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
HOME BY MOURNING: CRAFT AS SENTIMENT
Home by Mourning: Craft as Sentiment is a multidisciplinary approach to creating furniture in response to grief. My goal is to represent how a craftsperson can honour the deceased, while creating an environment that facilitates storytelling around grief, life, and love.
FEATURED Work
Title: Heirloom Chest
Dimensions: 36 x 14 x 15.5 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Pine, Acrylic paint, Wool rope handles, Iron hardware
Title: Heirloom Chest, detail
Dimensions: 36 x 14 x 15.5 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Pine, Acrylic paint, Wool rope handles, Iron hardware
Title: Raspberry Panel Detail (Heirloom Chest)
Dimensions: 8 x 4 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Pine, Acrylic paint
Title: Log Cabin Quilt
Dimensions: 65 x 65 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Cotton and linen fabrics, Procion MX dye, wool batting, cotton thread
Title: Log Cabin Quilt
Dimensions: 65 x 65 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Cotton and linen fabrics, Procion MX dye, wool batting, cotton thread
Joel Galenkamp
BIO
Joel Galenkamp, is an emerging furniture maker and designer from Sheridan College's Craft and Design Program. As a maker, Joel aims to represent his values and contemplations through the objects and spaces he creates. Although Joel's primary focus is furniture, he looks to architecture, sculpture and installation art to construct an apt container for an idea.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
QUIET RESISTANCE
Quiet Resistance is a collection of furniture that embodies Joel Galenkamp's approach to balancing our engagement with Virtual and Real Life. He engages in the processes of design and making to imbue the Real Life values of Stillness, Nature, Relationships and Imperfection into four pieces of furniture. Through this body of work, Joel seeks to create a catalyst for connecting with Real Life through the piece's functionality, and compelling visual nature.
FEATURED Work
Title: Quiet Resistance
Dimensions: various
Year: 2023
Materials: Reclaimed Cedar and Douglas Fir, Soapstone, Alabaster
Title: Windbrace Chair
Dimensions: 26 x 26 x 28 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Reclaimed Cedar Windbrace, Waxed Canvas
Title: Windbrace Chair
Dimensions: 26 x 26 x 28 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Reclaimed Cedar Windbrace, Waxed Canvas
Title: Timberframe Table
Dimensions: 12 x 26 x 12 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Reclaimed Douglas Fir Timber, Soapstone
Title: Caskhouse Light
Dimensions: 15 x 12 x 50 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Reclaimed Cedar Post, Alabaster
Title: Quiet Resistance
Dimensions: various
Year: 2023
Materials: Reclaimed Cedar and Douglas Fir, Soapstone, Alabaster
Madison Knott
BIO
Madison is an emerging designer and crafts person motivated by a constant curiosity to learn how things are made. She is a problem solver, a visual and systematic learner driven by functional requirements and a holistic approach to incorporate the micro and macro levels of a problem. Her work often includes mixed materials and multidisciplinary approaches. She strives to create work that evokes a sense of joy for the user by reimagining functional objects into fun and engaging pieces straddling the disciplines of art and furniture. Madison is excited to continue to deepen her knowledge of craft, design, materials and processes.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
BELA SYSTEM
The goal of Bela System was to design a contemporary cabinetry solution for entryway areas. Each objects has a sense of customization for the user, while not being overwhelming to select options and easy to install. Madison worked tirelessly to create simple moments within each object that the user can find joy in. The system could be suited for batch production and shows the opportunity that it can be expanded on as a product line.
FEATURED Work
Title: Bela System
Dimensions: 70 x 55.75 x 10 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Oak, Steel
Title: Bela System, detail
Dimensions: 70 x 55.75 x 10 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Oak, Steel
Title: Bela System, detail
Dimensions: 70 x 55.75 x 10 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Oak, Steel
Title: Bela System, detail
Dimensions: 70 x 55.75 x 10 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Oak, Steel
Daniel Mercier
BIO
Daniel Mercier is a GTA-based furniture maker and sculptor. His work focuses on the materiality of wood and working with natural imperfections to create unique sculptures. The purpose of his focus on materiality is to establish his relationship with wood and give each of his pieces a unique individuality. Daniel is interested in the process of transformation and how it relates to the human experience.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
PROGENITOR
My work explores the process of transformation through contrasting lines, line qualities, and textures. The contrasting elements symbolize the contrast between certain & uncertain, clear & obscure, that exist within the process of transformation. The reclaimed materials highlight the unique process of transformation from person to person as each has its own unique qualities and interventions. The handwork used to create the recesses further highlights the contrast that exists within each piece as every other element is created using machines. The handwork also establishes and builds my relationship with each piece as it is a more direct way of interacting with the material than with machines.
FEATURED Work
Title: Progenitor
Dimensions: various sizes
Year: 2023
Materials: Various wood species
Title: Laura, Bernard, and Sarah
Dimensions: 17 x 7 x 18 , 25 x 7 x 8 , 9 x 7 x 33 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Red Gum, Hickory, White Oak
Title: Taylor, detail
Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 36 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Hickory
Title: Astrid, Harrison, Douglas | | | 2023
Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 34 , 17 x 7 x 17 , 13 x 7 x 23 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: White Oak, Hickory, Douglas Fir
Title: Edward, Jack, George
Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 42 , 33 x 8 x 17 , 9 x 9 x 24 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Douglas Fir, White Pine, Douglas Fir
Title: Frank
Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 24 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Red Gum
Julia Roden
BIO
Julia is a fourth year student at Sheridan College. She is graduating with an Honor Bachelor of Craft and Design with a specialty in Furniture and some classes in glass blowing. Julia started college right after high school and is heading out into the working world at the age of 22 years old. She loves the making process and finds pride and peace in creating. “Woodworking is something that works your body and your brain. Focus is demanded of your mind while your hands work magic.” Julia has work in private collections and on display for the public.
She started to learn woodworking in her high school wood shop class. There is a full-time job in a wood shop waiting for her after graduation. Julia was selected as the Valedictorian for her studio. Although she is excited to graduate, there is no evading the fact that she will miss her friends and bonds they’ve built over the last 4 years.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
AMONG THE THISTLES
My capstone project is inspired by my family and my Scottish heritage. The project includes materials and fabrication techniques that speak to the type of work my family members have participated in for many years. For example, I have used textiles to reference the textile industry in Paisley, Scotland. My project is about the connection that we share through hands-on work by passing skills down from one generation to the other. In trades, skills and knowledge are passed from tradesman to apprentice, in my family we pass our values, knowledge and skills from parent to child.
FEATURED Work
Title: Roll Top Writing Desk
Dimensions: 41 x 30 x 54 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Solid Walnut wood, Walnut veneer, oil finish
Title: Roll Top Writing Desk
Dimensions: 41 x 30 x 54 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Solid Walnut wood, Walnut veneer, oil finish
Title: Fountain and ball point pens
Dimensions: 6 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Purple heart, Bloodwood
Title: Roll Top Writing Desk
Dimensions: 41 x 30 x 54 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Solid Walnut wood, Walnut veneer, oil finish
Andrea Tagaan
BIO
Andrea Tagaan studied interior design for 2 years and is currently on her last year in Furniture design. Her passion for design and creating with her own hands inspired her to pursue this program. Andrea’s work in the past four years revolved around integrating her Filipino roots and culture to furniture design. She mixed traditional and modern look to come up with her own. She showcased her culture with the use of materials like sheet cane, shaker tape, colorful cotton rope and along with stained wood. Andrea aspires to continue exploring her culture through design.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
COMING FULL CIRCLE
Coming full circle is a collection of woven nesting stools. Andrea's capstone objective is to represent her Filipino culture through weaving. She incorporated traditional Filipino weaving techniques while connecting them to her childhood memory, the Chocolate Hills. The colorful woven nesting stool is a great representation of her heritage. She hopes that people will appreciate her culture through it.
FEATURED Work
Title: Nesting Stools Collection
Dimensions: 27.75 x 22 x 19 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Soft Maple Solid Wood, Shaker Tape, and Cotton Rope
Title: Nesting Stools Collection
Dimensions: 27.75 x 22 x 19 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Soft Maple Solid Wood, Shaker Tape, and Cotton Rope
Title: Small Stool
Dimensions: 17.75 x 12 x 11 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Soft Maple Solid Wood, Shaker Tape, and Cotton Rope
Title: Medium Stool
Dimensions: 22.5 x 16.75 x 15 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Soft Maple Solid Wood, Shaker Tape, and Cotton Rope
Title: Big Stool
Dimensions: 27.75 x 22 x 19 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Soft Maple Solid Wood, Shaker Tape, and Cotton Rope