CraftED: Miniatures with Erika Dueck
Workshop Description:
Working on miniatures is a time consuming and tedious process, but there are endless opportunities to create diverse worlds using simple, accessible, and affordable materials. Each participant will make their own miniature scene using techniques and materials that I regularly use in my art practice. We will each make a miniature cupboard with books, tin cans, jars, and boxes to fill the space. Each space will also include a mysterious “growth” that begins taking over. Although the workshop will look at the specific materials I use within my artwork, participants will learn how to transform simple materials into realistic miniature objects and can use these lessons to find new materials/techniques to build their own future miniature artworks. As we work I will also show and discuss images of miniature artworks made by other contemporary artists’ to highlight the diversity of approaches and opportunities available in this medium. As a result, participants will come away from the workshop with hands-on experience creating miniature sculptures as well as inspiration for the limitless possibilities available when working within these ‘small worlds’. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
About the Instructor:
Erika Dueck is a Manitoba-based artist whose sculptural work – miniatures – utilize simple materials and craft techniques to create meditative spaces that play with illusion and fantasy.
Her work has received several awards, including a finalist and People’s Choice Youth Vote Winner for the Salt Spring National Art Prize, a Canada Arts Council Grant, SSHRC, the National Winner of the BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition, and recognition as one of eleven winners in the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights Global Art Competition. Dueck’s work belongs to several collections, including Bank of Montreal and Dollarama.
She spends her time either working at the University of Manitoba as a sessional instructor in the School of Art or chasing after her two young children while trying to complete home renovations projects.
Accessibility Information about the space: 329 Cumberland has wheelchair access around the right side of the building. The C2 Centre has gender neutral family washrooms.
Workshop Runs:
February 22nd, 2025 | 11 – 5 pm
In-person at the C2 Centre for Craft
Registration: $130 (registration is non-refundable)
All materials are provided
Registration deadline: January 29th, 2025
Register Online:
Register through the form below! Once your registration form has been submitted stay on this page, as you will be redirected to a form for payment for the workshop which will complete your registration.
Any questions regarding this workshop?
Contact MCC Programme Coordinator, Katrina Craig at [email protected] or (204) 615-3951.
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