Madison Casalino

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May 1

BIO

Madison Casalino is an avid natural dyer and fibre artist from Burlington, ON. Her interest in natural colours and fibres was piqued during her time at Sheridan, spending her summer breaks on her porch filing mason jars with local plants to test new and exciting botanical colours. Wool remains her favourite material to work with, admiring it for its texture, warmth, sustainability, compatibility with natural colours, and its myriad of applications. Her love of pastel colour, especially pinks, blues and orange, reflect her carefree nature and desire to inspire joy to combat the increasing bleakness of the current social climate.

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CAPSTONE PROJECT

EPHEMERAL

Ephemeral is a naturally dyed patchwork jacket that focuses on transitivity and the threatened diversity of Ontario’s native plant species. Natural dyes, biodegradable materials and spring blooms all exhibit delicate beauty that fades away over exposure to time and the elements. The work conveys this delicacy using soft spring colours made with botanicals such as cochineal, indigo and marigold, fine silk embroidery and soft woven wool all wrapped up in the warm embrace of a jacket. The native blooms depicted on the jacket highlight the importance of maintaining Ontario’s biodiversity and the dangers of planting invasive species.

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