Blim Staff
- Yuriko Iga
- Kaytee Kilgour
- Roberta Wover
- Kristin Wolf (a.k.a. Gypsy Wolf)
- Gaile Addison
- Morgan Young
- Madoka Hara
Yuriko Iga
Yuriko Iga was born in Winnipeg and raised in Calgary with Japanese parentage. Her experience of the traditional Japanese house and family, combined with her work in the contemporary art field, have led her toward a broadened conception of art as the creation of installation or social space always ignoring the boundary between art, multi-media, design, and life. A graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design, Yuriko’s many artistic endeavours include running a cafe/gallery in Calgary called Kisaten from 1994–1996; working with the collective Colours for Industry on a multi-media dance piece called Microluft ; and curating a music event called Squibb. Now based out of Vancouver, Yuriko’s recent project is called Blim. Blim is a Community Based Art Resource Center which facilitates screen-printing, button making, drawing, local emerging artists, creative workshops, and crafts in the independent field. Blim also hosts the Blim Market, which is a monthly craft event that houses local handmade craft, art, vintage, and organisations. Blim has been active for 9 years and has now moved to a larger location in historic Chinatown. Yuriko is also an active member of the Powell Street Festival Programming Commitee.
Workshops at Blim:
Level 1 Screenprinting, Screenprint Ceramic Workshop, Collage Button Making
Kaytee Kilgour
Kaytee Kilgour is a Vancouver based textile artist specializing in weaving and print. Kaytee has graduated with a Diploma in Textile Arts from Capilano University in 2009 and is now at Emily Carr completing her BFA with a sculpture and textile focus. Much of Kaytee’s work revolves around the preservation of memory and tradition, the art of craft and its significance in contemporary settings.
Kaytee has developed three Level 2 Screen Printing workshops for the crafty folks at Blim, Discharge and Devoré Printing — both are “burn-out” techniques that remove dyes (discharge) and fibres (devore) from fabric — its magical.
The Dye Printing workshop uses the same process as regular water based inks but with fibre reactive dyes. The vibrant colours are set into the cloth permanently leaving the fabric soft to the touch.
Roberta Wover
Grew up in Winnipeg and spent most of her time obsessing over the scents of flowers in her grandmothers’ gardens. Soon after completing graduate school she began to formulate her own products as gifts and explore perfumery. Soapmaking is harmony between art and science and it continued to be the medium to express her creativity and grow her expertise. And as her ideas grew, so did her customers who quickly became addicted to her fresh and luxurious products.
A move to Vancouver inspired Roberta to create a natural bath and body line using only premium natural ingredients and illustrated her passion for natural perfumery. Her company, RIPE Artisan Botanicals is available online, through select retailers and at Blim’s monthly community market.
Workshops at Blim:
Gourmet Soap Workshop
Kristin Wolf (a.k.a. Gypsy Wolf)
Miss Wolf spent her childhood in 78′ Vandura being the only child of a traveling gypsy mother, they drove the B.C coast pedaling handmade jewellery and vintage clothing. She spent most of her time introspectively wandering through woods and wadding in passing rivers. Kristin has a major in Textile Science, is a resident Artist/Seamstress of “151 Studios” in Vancouver, and owns the clothing brand “gypsywolf”. She is now experimenting with the expression of her aboriginal/gypsy cultures and their traditional crafts passed to her through her family and community. gypsywolfclothing.tumblr.com
Workshops at Blim:
Moccasin Making Workshop
Gaile Addison
Gaile Addison was born and raised in Vancouver. She graduated from Concordia University with a B.F.A. and studied surface design at Capilano College. Gaile is an artist and bag maker and tie dyer. She has shown her work in Vancouver, Montreal and Brisbane. Being a former member of the Seamripper’s Craft Collective and currently volunteering as a Farm Friend at the U.B.C. farms, her love of craft and community has lead her to Blim where she is currently teaching tie dye and Level 1 Screenprinting. You can see some of her bags and accessories at www.etsy.com/shop/Hitchingpostdesign.
Workshops at Blim:
Morgan Young
Morgan Spry-Young is an artist and costumer from Vancouver. She holds a BA in Theatre (Costume Studies) from Dalhousie University and studied Fine Arts at Langara College and Textile Arts at Capilano University and Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Morgan specializes in historical costume and has been dedicated in recent years to exploring a hand-made and couture approach to making clothing. Her recent interest in costume has led her to explore costume for dance, investigating the costumed body as a departure for movement. She has also produced work using such processes as screenprinting, dying and felting and has had a life long interest in puppet making.
Workshops at Blim:
Level 1 Screenprinting, Puppet Making Workshop
Madoka Hara
Graduated from VFS New Media Program in 2001. Since 2007 Summer I have been freelancing and co-managing design/art studio Leisure Thief with various collaborators. I have been working closely with the local art community to promote artists, musicians, galleries, and venues as a web designer/developer as well as an occasional print designer/illustrator. madokahara.com
