Elegant and eye-catching, Sharifah's work provides a femine perspective featuring floral, beadwork and basketry designs.
In 2009, Ojibwa artist Sharifah Marsden graduated from Vancouver's Northwest Coast Jewellery Arts Program under established Kwakwaka'wakw artist Dan Wallace. Since, then she has been involved in various projects including helping to paint Western Canada's largest mural along the outer wall of the Orwell Hotel and carving an exquisite sterling silver pendant for our Silver 25th Anniversary Show.
Sharifah has always explored her Ojibwa roots and has most recently taken her engraving talents further, creating a diverse selection of sterling silver bracelets and earrings. The pieces are elaborately and delicately carved featuring various floral, beadwork and basketry designs and range in price from $100.00 CAD - $600.00 CAD.
Our Silver 25th Anniversary show is coming to an end and we would like to thank all of the artists, friends, family, staff and customers who made this celebration such a huge success! It was great to see so many new and familiar faces at the opening reception and hear all of the positive feedback during the show.
If you haven't seen it already, check out the Silver catalogue which includes creatively displayed images of the twenty-five show pieces and artist biographies. It is available in the gallery for $40.00 CAD.
Once again, thank-you to everyone and we'd like to remind you to keep updated with our quarterly newsletter - there will be more upcoming shows in the future. We look forward to another 25 years of business!
When considering the media of fine art, a white plastic pail doesn't readily come to mind. But the working definition of what is considered fine art has become more broad with the expansion of emerging artists trying to break free of a constricting mold. The concept of elaborately decorated pieces used in everyday life such as bentwood boxes, button blankets and masks, has been tradition within Northwest Coast cultural production. So when Kwakwaka'wakw artist Clinton Work decided to hand-carve a white plastic bucket, which is a 
utilitarian object, it made perfect sense.Clint titles the piece Clamming Bucket Circa 2011, a clever description of a useful modern day object. The outside of the bucket is intricately carved, creating depth within the piece and leaving the bucket looking luminescent. The bottom of the bucket is carved with four symmetrical human faces where the water and sand in a clamming bucket would be filtered. The rim of the pail is adorned with hand-woven red cedar bark, red felt and hand-carved plastic buttons.
This exceptionally creative piece is part of Silver, our 25th Anniversary Show. It measures 14 1/2" x 12" and is available for $4,200.00 CAD. Come down to the gallery and take a look at what Clint and all the other amazing artists have created - the show is on display until June 30, 2011.
