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March 1 - April 20, 2025

Craft Ontario speaks with the March 2025 Jewellery Showcase artist on the importance of experimentation in her practice and working with multiple materials.

Made during her time as a BIPOC Artist Residency Award recipient at Open Studio, the stars wish to rest here is a contemplative installation reflecting Leila Fatemi’s exploration of Islamic geometry as a framework for engaging with spirituality, interconnectedness, and cultural memory, inspired by her first visit to the Alhambra.

Marc’s embrace of regeneration was at the core of his piece, Tree of Life, which was made up of 56 individual tiles. We paid him a studio visit to learn about the development of the tile work and what is in his kiln now.