Lael Chmelyk
I am a Calgary based maker who is passionate about making functional objects. I began my career in British Columbia and am a recent graduate of the Alberta University of the Arts. Working in both clay and fibre, my work considers identity and personal history through craft process. Recently, my work investigates being a woman in the modern world, and how ideas of femininity diverge from ideas of mothering as womanhood. My functional pottery combines quiet and ornate surfaces on intimate forms.
“I aim to find forms that pulsate with life but have a sense of ease to them, forms that do not interfere with the surface; but instead act as a quiet pedestal for decoration”
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I spend every day in my studio making work for you to take home and enjoy with your own daily rituals.
Ever since last summer’s research into solar dyes I have been pretty obsessed. This summer, I dove head first and used what I learnt to make more vibrant colours and tried so many new dye plants!