Formerly the Ontario Crafts Council, Craft Ontario is a not-for-profit service organization that works to have craft recognized as a valuable part of life. We promote and celebrate professional craft through providing member opportunities, and advocate for craft practice by educating and empowering diverse audiences.
Carey Jernigan came to art from architecture and environmental science; and to contemporary craft from fine art. While she enjoyed the predicable process of scientific research, art allowed a more fluid exploration of the emotional landscape underlying human impacts on the environment. Specifically, she wondered: what stories are told through the material objects that industry, politics, and social systems leave behind?
Carey began by building installations with obsolete industrial and architectural forms. After a three-year mentorship with a fine furniture maker, she developed skills as a craftsperson and discovered that using rich materials and traditional techniques in newly made objects carried a certain emotional weight.
Carey’s current work explores patternmaking; a traditional woodworking trade dedicated to building forms for use in foundries. She uses patternmaking techniques to create both still and kinetic sculptures. Currently, she is preparing for a collaborative solo show with woodworker Julia Campbell-Such at the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre for spring 2016. The show will explore the theme of pace in contemporary work.
Pattern For Gartshore & Cowie (with Julia Campbell-Such)
Kinetic Sculpture; Walnut, Maple, Rosewood, Aluminium, Brass, Steel, Cotton, DC Motor
Pattern For Gartshore & Cowie (with Julia Campbell-Such; Detail)
Kinetic Sculpture; Walnut, Maple, Rosewood, Aluminium, Brass, Steel, Cotton, DC Motor
Pattern For Gartshore & Cowie (with Julia Campbell-Such; Detail)
Kinetic Sculpture; Walnut, Maple, Rosewood, Aluminium, Brass, Steel, Cotton, DC Motor
18 Variations (with Allison Comrie)
Walnut, White Oak, Cherry; Coopering Structures, Bridal Joint Frames
18 Variations (with Allison Comrie; Detail)
Walnut, White Oak, Cherry; Coopering Structures, Bridal Joint Frames
Gear Pattern (with Julia Campbell-Such)
Walnut; Dovetail and Lap Joint Joinery, Recreation of a Foundry Pattern from the Early 1900s
Gear Cloud (with Julia Campbell-Such)
Walnut and White Oak Veneer, Laser Cutting
Arrival
Kinetic Sculpture; Salvaged Desk and Chair, Cotton, Vintage Electric Fans, LEDs
Ghost Barn (with John Haney)
Acrylic, Solar-Powered LEDs, Salvaged Barn Board; Installation at Fieldwork
Ghost Barn (with John Haney)
Acrylic, Solar-Powered LEDs, Salvaged Barn Board; Installation at Fieldwork
Formerly the Ontario Crafts Council, Craft Ontario is a not-for-profit service organization that works to have craft recognized as a valuable part of life. We promote and celebrate professional craft through providing member opportunities, and advocate for craft practice by educating and empowering diverse audiences.