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Home-made chic
Home-made chic

Home-made chic

Date12/12/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Home-made chic: Above; author Kimball proudly displays the bright blue upholstered hassock she made from a book carton. Bright touch is wall hanging; which began life as a food sack.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0103968F
Textile Artist Joan Atlee Bain has made wall-hangings for several commercial buildings but the majority of her commissions are for homes. She spends t(...)
Textile Artist Joan Atlee Bain has made wall-hangings for several commercial buildings but the majority of her commissions are for homes. She spends t(...)
3/10/1977
Industrial evolution: This sculpture, made from discarded industrial gears, was created by Clayton Spanton and sits at the home of this parents, Jack and June Spanton
Industrial evolution: This sculpture, made from discarded industrial gears, was created by Clayton Spanton and sits at the home of this parents, Jack and June Spanton
8/15/1984
John in Armor. It was made by mother
John in Armor. It was made by mother
1/9/1975
Ian Carr-Harris. He made right decision
Ian Carr-Harris. He made right decision
1/23/1976
Bertram Brooker: In art, poetry, writing and advertising, he made a major mark on creativity in Canada
Bertram Brooker: In art, poetry, writing and advertising, he made a major mark on creativity in Canada
3/28/1981
Dramatic installation: Artist EI Kazovszkij has taken a small gallery at the AGO and filled it with dogs, ballerinas and decapitated angels made of cardboard
Dramatic installation: Artist EI Kazovszkij has taken a small gallery at the AGO and filled it with dogs, ballerinas and decapitated angels made of cardboard
10/11/1991
Full of art?: Jamelie Hassan's Bench From Cordoba was made from tiles built by artist to remind her of another bench
Full of art?: Jamelie Hassan's Bench From Cordoba was made from tiles built by artist to remind her of another bench
10/15/1984
The word is . . . Montreal artist Charles Gagnon's painting are made up of a word stencilled across an abstract canvas
The word is . . . Montreal artist Charles Gagnon's painting are made up of a word stencilled across an abstract canvas
11/7/1968
Palter guys: That's the real Palter family on right and the ceramic pin capturing them for posterity made by Mary Palter
Palter guys: That's the real Palter family on right and the ceramic pin capturing them for posterity made by Mary Palter
12/4/1980
Only Mona knows . . . What happened to the red Smartles, that is. Scott McCrindle, 20, the creator of this modern mona made of 16,000 Smartles, spent (...)
Only Mona knows . . . What happened to the red Smartles, that is. Scott McCrindle, 20, the creator of this modern mona made of 16,000 Smartles, spent (...)
4/2/1992
City of buy kane home. Artist Anne Englebright sketches former home of Canadian artist Paul Kane on Wellesley St., which City Executive Committee vote(...)
City of buy kane home. Artist Anne Englebright sketches former home of Canadian artist Paul Kane on Wellesley St., which City Executive Committee vote(...)
4/5/1978
Introducing his new tenants to each other in bedroom of his Toronto home, Norman Elder holds a spider monkey on one hand while he tries his best to re(...)
Introducing his new tenants to each other in bedroom of his Toronto home, Norman Elder holds a spider monkey on one hand while he tries his best to re(...)
2/8/1972