BEHIND THE WORK
✜ I AM LARA. A REDISCOVERING IROQUOIS FIRST NATIONS, MOHAWK. A CREATIVE WITH MANY LOVES. I WORKED WITH IMAGERY AS MY FIRST CREATIVE ENDEAVOUR WHILE ATTENDING SHERIDAN COLLEGE IN OAKVILLE TO STUDY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM 2011-2015.
✜ SOMETHING SHIFTED IN 2017 + I STARTED TO EXPLORE MAKING ARTWORK WITH MY HANDS. FOR THE LAST 6+ YEARS, MY MAIN MEDIUM HAS BEEN RE- SALVAGED WOOD + NATURAL PIGMENTS.
✜ I AM FOCUSED ON UNCOVERING ANCIENT METHODS + PROCESSES TO PRODUCE WORK. MY HEART ALWAYS FINDS IT’S WAY BACK TO WORKING WITH PLANTS + IN SOME SORT OF HARMONY WITH THE LAND.
✜ IT IS MY MISSION IS TO BE PRESENT IN THE MAKING OF THESE PIECES + BE AS KIND TO THE EARTH AS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
THE STORY OF THE MEDIUM
ALL THINGS WOOD
✜ AT A COMFORTABLE PACE, I EXPERIMENT WITH PAINT + STAINS THAT PENETRATE INTO WOOD, CHOOSING WHAT IS INSPIRING FROM MY SURROUNDINGS LIKE CERTAIN PLANT FIBRES, CLAY + FOOD SCRAPS.
LAND- BASED GOODS
✜ THESE ITEMS ARE CRAFTED WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE HONOURABLE HARVEST + WHAT IS ABUNDANT IN THE SEASON THEY ARE CREATED. THESE ARE FEEL GOOD ITEMS LIKE COZY SHEEP WOOL, PLANT PATTERNED FABRICS, BEESWAX CANDLES + SMALL BATCH CLOTHING.
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHS
✜ MY LANDSCAPES ARE INSPIRED BY MOTHER EARTH’S PERFECTLY CURATED COLOUR PALETTES.
✜ MY PORTRAITS ARE INSPIRED BY SOFT TENDER IMPERFECT MOMENTS.
✜ I LOVE TO CAPTURE ~ INTIMACY ~ CONNECTION ~ COMMUNITY ~
THE AFTERCARE
✜ IF/ WHEN YOUR WOODEN PIECE NEEDS POLISHING, BEESWAX OR MINERAL OIL IS RECOMMENDED.
✜ DUST THE WOOD USING A DAMP MICROFIBRE CLOTH OR USE A SMALL ATTACHMENT ON A VACUUM, GENTLY.
✜ PLEASE NO HARSH CHEMICALS + TRY TO ALWAYS HANDLE DELICATELY.
