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Artist Profiles

Judy Brayden
April 2012
Sandy Knowles
March 2012
Morgan Saddington
February 2012
Soleil Mannion
February 2012
Elaine Paull
December 2011
Charles Van Gorkom
December 2011
Linda Yurgensen
August 2011
Cara McCandless
April 2011
Adam Ball
March 2011
Ed Chan
February 2011
Daniel Gintowt
~ by Judy Brayden
December 2010
Neil Fatin
October 2010
Daniel Deschamps
July 2010
Betty Locke
~ by Rebecca Hazell
September 2009
Kaye Smillie
~ by Bernice Ramsdin-Firth
August 2009
Beverly Koski
~ by Gloria Lorenzen
July 2009
Naomi McLean
~ by Liz M. Forbes
June 2009
Eugene Jobagy
~ by Karen Allen
May 2009
Alison MacKenzie & Wayne Brown
~ by Bruce Whittington
April 2009
Glenn Spicer
~ by Kate Sutherland
March 2009
Barry Strasbourg-Thompson
~ by Tom Masters
February 2009
Jan Donaldson
~ by Gloria Lorenzen
December 2008
Misha Koslovsky
~ by Roxanne Strasbourg
November 2008
Peter Lawson
~ by Rebecca Hazell
October 2008
Harriet Hiemstra
~ by Kate Sutherland
September 2008
Sylvia Verity
~ by Sylvia Holt
August 2008
Cathi Jefferson
~ by Gloria Lorenzen
July 2008
Corry & Shakey Reay Suter
~ by Liz M. Forbes
June 2008
Rene Deerheart
~ by Gloria Lorenzen
May 2008
Neil Newton
~ by Bruce Whittington
April 2008
Doreen Tawse-Smith
~ by Rebecca Hazell
March 2008
Doug Dunbar
~ by Tom Masters
February 2008
Thomas Anderson
~ by Ron Greenaway
January 2008
Margitta Ben Oliel
~ by Liz Forbes
December 2007
Irma Livingstone
~ by Elizabeth Symon
November 2007
Linda Richter
~ by Longevity John Falkner
October 2007
Melanie Circle
~ by Yvette Stack
September 2007
Colleen Freeman
~ by Kate Sutherland
June 2007
Eva Trinczek
~ by Bruce Whittington
May 2007
Clare Singleton
~ by Lesley Hammocks
April 2007
Jane Wolters
~ by Tom Masters
March 2007
Bev Mountain
~ by Theo Gustafson
February 2007
Arne Day Bunyan
~ by Bernice Ramsdin-Firth
December 2006
Ellie Hallman
~ by Theo Gustafson
November 2006
Desmond Pratt
~ by Dorothy Jeanne Engst
October 2006
Sonia and Angus Galbraith
~ by Bev Mountain
September 2006
Rosemary Darville
~ by Liz M. Forbes
August 2006
Susan Kelly
~ by Lesley Hammocks
July 2006
Josie Bennett Cowan
~ by Dorothy Jeanne Engst
June 2006
Jean Christie Williams
~ by Lesley Hammocks
May 2006

Morgan Saddington

I am a Canadian jewellery designer working from my home studio on Vancouver Island. I hand link and knit sterling silver wire into a variety of chains based on chainmaille and armour patterns from medieval times. By using these patterns I have created my own distinct pieces and designs.

I have always been drawn to silver jewellery by the appearance and versatility of the metal. The ability to create something with such movement and fluidity from a solid material is what I find so appealing.

All of the silver chains are handmade from start to finish. I use different gauges of sterling silver wire which is coiled onto various sizes of mandrels. These coils of wire are then cut by hand with a jeweller's saw to produce numerous links. the links are then assembled one at a time into the various patterns of chains.

Coloured copper blue cloud

Some of the chains have soldered rings, some are cold joined. The clasps are hand forged. The chains are tumble polished in a rock tumbler to bring out the brilliant silver shine. To finish off, I like to add a small accent by fusing glass beads, stones or my handmade silver beads.

I am a very visual person. I love to look at books and magazines, at photographs of other metal work. I seem drawn to design and clean looking pieces. If I am ever stuck or not sure how to begin a new piece I tend to go back through my collection of books and magazines.

It seems each time I do this I see something new, even though I may have gone through that publication numerous times before. I look at pieces for inspiration and ideas to create my own work. I look for simplicity in design not necessarily in construction.

I also crave quiet. I feel with having a family I am limited with my quiet time. When it's quiet, I can think and visualize the piece and begin to construct it without having to sketch it first. When I don't have that quiet, I tend to sketch more. To get ideas out in bits and pieces, to record them before they are forgotten because I never know when I will get that uninterrupted quiet time.

Long knit with kinky O and pillow bead

In the past year I have been exploring different methods of incorporating colour into my work. I have been focusing on the use of coloured pencil on copper.

In 1991 I received an Associate Degree in Visual Arts from Comosun College in Victoria, British Columbia. I have also taken several workshops and courses over the last several years. Some of these include silversmithing, linked and knitted chains, creative metalsmithing and etching on metal.

I was the winner of the Best Jewellery Award at the Sooke Fine Arts Show in Sooke British Columbia for a piece entitled 'Entwined.' I am also an active participant in numbers tours and shows including the Stinking Fish Studio Tour, the Visions Art Studio Tour, the Sidney Fine Arts Show and the Sooke Fine Arts Show.

Visit Morgan's website at www.morganAnnDesigns.com

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