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Francine Walker
- Kelowna, BC
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Profile Information
- Do you consider yourself a professional, student or emerging artist. Are you a gallery, school, organization or guild?
- Professional
- In what area of the metal arts do you work?
- goldsmith, metalsmith
- Tell us about your education. School or self-taught?
- I started designing jewellery in 1990. Initially I was self taught, until I met Ann Davern, of Vancouver. She became a mentor and friend. In 1997 I went on to complete my formal training at Kootenay School of the Arts, in Nelson, BC.
- Share some of your career highlights or goals.
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Francine Walker is a passionate metalsmith, whose mind is constantly stimulated with creative ideas. She loves to create one-of-a-kind pieces of wearable art that explore texture, and simple geometrical shapes. Gold, silver and gemstones are her favorite materials to create with. Custom and production designs are made by the artist personally to ensure originality and quality.
She is a studio graduate of Jewellery and Small Object Design from Kootenay School of the Arts in Nelson, British Columbia, as well as a graduate of Interior Design from Mount Royal Collage in Calgary, Alberta.
Francine lives with her musician husband and Lego-building-dare-devil boys. She creates from her studio overlooking Lake Okanagan in Kelowna, BC.
ARTIST STATEMENT
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I have a deep passion for design and jewellery. My studio is one of my favorite places to be. I love my job and creating little precious works of wearable art. I have designed on many scales, but I keep coming back to the tiny scale of jewellery. I often find my inspiration from within my studio and from my tools. The most creative part of working with jewellery is the metal itself. There are so many possibilities in which metal can be formed and used. I love the contrast between an organic texture and a classic smooth high polish finish. My goal is not to over work and complicate a piece, but to keep the lines clean, based on simple geometric shapes. I work with gold, silver, brass, copper, precious and semi-precious stones.
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NOTICES
Notice of Meeting
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 64th annual general meeting of the Guild will be held at George Brown College, Casa Loma Campus, 160 Kendal Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Room C511 on Friday6 November 2009 at 6:00 pm for the following purposes:
Ordinary Business:
- To receive and adopt the President's and Treasurer's reports for the year ended June 30th 2009;
- To hold an election of officers to the board of directors, holding office until the next formal elections to be held in October 2010.
By Order of the Board
Sara Cummins, Administrator
The Metal Arts Guild of Canada88 Elm Grove Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6K 2J3
21 September 2009
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I like your rings,too.They are bold and gorgeous!