60th Anniversary of PEICC - Excellence in Craft 2025

JIM AQUILANI

Macédoine of Metals
Hammered and embossed sterling silver and copper; hand-coiled copper wire; hand-forged silver ear wires and brass and silver clasp

RUTH AQUILANI

Hanging On
Hand-appliquéd quilt; cotton

Sunset
Hand-appliquéd, hand-painted, and embellished quilt; cotton and novelty yarn

ALEX BEVAN_BAKER

Good Things Come in Threes
Shallow bowl - white stoneware clay, cobalt crystalline glaze
Medium serving bowl - porcelain clay, cobalt crystalline glaze
Large bowl - grogged stoneware clay, cobalt crystalline glaze

Ellen Burge
A handwoven bowl crafted from red pine needles and clay, drawing inspiration from traditional Indigenous techniques. The pine needles were foraged in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, gathered from the windfall in French Village, Prince Edward Island. This piece is both a tribute to ancestral knowledge and a meditation on nature’s cycles of destruction and renewal.

Resilience in Reverence
Pine needles, clay, waxed thread
13” X 4 1/2”

NANCY COLE

Shining Through
Contemporary embroidery; photograph

Murmurations
Contemporary embroidery; photograph

J. DARRYL DESROCHE

Tide’s Out
Hand-turned oak; stained

HOLLY ANNE DOYLE

A Summer’s Meadow
Red stoneware with glazed floral design

Sea Folk Plates
Glazed red stoneware

ARLENE MACAUSLAND

Dune Grass
Wool appliqué and french knots on wool felt

The Housing Shortage
Wool appliqué hermit crabs; flocked doll head; stitched felt can and lightbulb base; embellished with buttons and beads

A shortage of seashells resulting from the souvenir seashell trade and collectors is revealed by the hermit crab resorting to alternative housing; a doll head, food tin and the base of a light bulb.

LUCUS MACDONALD

Humans are pattern seekers. It makes traversing life easier if we’re able to predict what’s coming. We’re drawn to patterns for safety, and so patterns have become a comforting sight. I’ve grown particularly interested in the patterns that water creates. Rain drops in a puddle, light refracting through a glass of water, or the shimmering light off the surface of water on a sunny day. There's so much information packed into these fleeting moments. I wish to capture the liminal beauty hidden in these transient moments that catch us off-guard. Through my wood carvings I attempt to document these ephemeral events that are easily missed in our typically humdrum lives.

Intersect
Walnut wood, hand carved, 2024
38.1 x 29.2 x 3.8cm

Pool
Walnut Wood, hand carved, 2024
48.2 x 4cm

CHELSEA FARRELL

Inheritance: Exploration
Hand-felted wool and novelty fibres

Inheritance: Tranquility
Hand-felted wool and novelty fibres

IAN SCOTT & DAPHNE LARGE

A whimsical look at the possibly early European explorers from L’Anse aux Meadows who it is believed travelled into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, based on the discovery of beech nuts at the Newfoundland archaeological site, a species native to more southern climes. A new study of wooden artifacts found at the Newfoundland site shows that Vikings lived, and felled trees, on North American soil during the year 1021 C.E., added to the earlier archaeological finds there. All of this evidence to support the Vinland Sagas, of discovery and exploration of Vinland by Erik the Red and others, is fascinating.
The item is also a play on the related terms of craft – watercraft, and the shared community that craft has become over 60 years on Prince Edward Island. Having been personally involved for many years, individually and as a family, the figures are symbolic of both community and of family. The role that travellers to PEI have played in sustaining employment, and development of a craft industry locally is also suggested by these early visitors to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Hand built clay, bisque fired with portions being glazed and fired a second time. The unglazed portions are reflective of the red cliffs of PEI. Sail was sewn on a sail maker’s treadle sewing machine and dyed with PEI clay.

Ship’s hull 17” X 12” width – height is 25” with sail

RED DOOR

Bette Young

Traditional rug hooking; hand-dyed wool and wool yarn

SUNSET STORM I and II

Lisa Steele

Raku pottery

UNWRITTEN DREAM

Gilles Tougas

Hand-bound books; book cloth, 24lb Neenah paper, adhesive

IN MARSH AND FEN

Julia Purcell

Lino cut print

RILLA MARSHALL

Meta Weave: Small Pattern
Handwoven using supplementary weft; plant-dyed cotton yarn and cloth cordage

Cordage Composition 1 and 2
plant dyed cotton yarn and cloth cordage handwoven 

SHE/HER

Susana Rutherford

Traditional stained glass; fused and painted details

MURDER AT DAWN

Cathy Murchison

Traditional stained glass

DAISY FLOWER SQUARE THROW

Shweta Seth

Crochet; cotton and acrylic yarn

WATER CRAFT EXPLORATION

Ian Scott and Daphne Large

Hand-built clay; wood, cotton, leather, liquified PEI clay pigment; glazed figures and medallions

BROKEN

Jamilyn Wilson

Cast “wild” clay; fishing line

ORBITING

Ayelet Stewart

Enamel and graphite on copper dome; hammered and stamped sterling silver embellishments

INFINITE FLORAL

Ayelet Stewart

Enamel and graphite on copper dome; hammered and stamped sterling silver embellishments with hand-built and cast sterling silver leaves

RESILIENCE IN REVERENCE

Ellen Burge

Hand-built clay; pine needles and waxed thread

POD

Trudy Gilbertson

Carved beef bone; vintage frame

SWIRLING STAR

Nora Richard

Mi’kmaw basketry; natural and dyed reed, seagrass

ENTANGLED

Jane Meredith Whitten

Randomly woven discarded deep sea fishing line netted with cold water fishing line

SWEET NECTAR

Noella Moore

Mi’kmaw quillwork; porcupine quills, birchbark, sweetgrass and sinew

THE TWAIN

Steve Leard

Hand-carved pine; stained embellishments, finished with tung oil and water-based varnish

MAPLE LEAF FOREVER

Heather Walker

Hand-painted falling leaves on Habotai silk

LAYERED RINGS AND THINGS BOX

Keith Wornell

Jatoba & Maple woods turned with multiple precision lathe mountings