Juliann Wilding wears many hats. She regularly works as an art director, a designer, an artist, and a model, in addition to her day job at a gallery. But she’s become increasingly renowned for her large-scale kinetic sculptures—essentially, puppets—that can be found displayed on their own and as set and wardrobe pieces in performance productions.
“People who know my work and who want me to work with them know that I do a lot of large pieces,” she says.
Wilding’s background is in fashion, though it’s been an ongoing evolution. “I don’t have any formal training. I started making my own clothes when I was like 12, because I come from a big family and we didn’t have any cool clothes, ever. Then people started noticing and asking me to do costumes for plays and stuff. But it was never something that I set out to do.” Keep reading: Locally Made: Juliann Wilding, Unconventional Puppetmaker
In this episode of the Moosehead Journey the crew stops in to visit the craftsmen at Garrison Creek Bat Co. The guys at Garrison have combined their love of baseball with their love of design. The end result is a lineup of handmade baseball bats that look just as good hanging on the wall as they do on the field.
If leatherwork is a dying art, someone forgot to tell Ken Diamond. In this episode of the Moosehead Journey we visit Ken in his Vancouver studio where he hand makes leather moccasins, wallets and belts. His work is classic, simple and timeless. His craft is the very definition of made well.
In this of the Moosehead Journey we stop by NXNE to raise a beer to music made well. The Toronto based music festival first began in 1994 and it’s quickly becoming one of the most anticipated events of the year. Here, we meet up with four bands taking in the city, to talk about their love of music and the passion that goes into their craft.
A lot of guys would be content being the photo editor for Major League Baseball. But not Paul Cunningham. Instead, he decided to follow a calling to create Leather Head Sports, a company that specializes in hand made footballs and baseballs. We stop by to visit Paul as he shows us the craftsmanship that goes into each and every one of his made well creations.
Through The Journey we headed northwest to jam with Nort Hargrove, VP of Manufacturing at Sabian Cymbals in Meductic, NB. Since 1981, Sabian has been dedicated to helping percussionists nail down the sounds they’re after. They shared with us their passion for music and we raised a beer to that.
The first stop on the journey was Moosehead Breweries in Saint John, New Brunswick. Moosehead has been brewing delicious, quality beer for 145 years so it made sense to kick things off with Darrell Little, Moosehead’s own brewmaster.
This summer Moosehead Breweries, Canada’s oldest and largest independent brewery, is embarking on a cross-country tour to raise a beer to all things made well. The tour will connect a documentary film crew with North Americans who share the Moosehead passion and ethos for creating quality, well-made products. By sitting down over a beer and talking with these craftspeople, Moosehead will showcase why they create and produce the best of the best, no matter what they choose to do – from food to sports to fashion to outdoor life to music.
The Moosehead journey is being documented live at http://www.facebook.com/moosehead while a series of mini-documentaries will be released over the course of the summer. There is also going to be a contest where people can win some of the goods they see being made.
“Canadians love their beer, but they also have a strong appreciation for locally made products,” says Katie Kennedy, Director of Marketing for Moosehead Breweries. “This journey is Moosehead’s way to hit the road and celebrate the people who share our passion, our independent drive and our appreciation for all things made well.”
