Ep112 Felted Folklore and Paper Maché
Janet Peter has been working with the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador for approximately 20 years. She possesses a great interest in creating paper maché mummers and figurines of local traditions and folklore, and these themes recur in much of her work. She has been making marks on paper s...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_oral/785 2023-12-31T10:17:06+01:00 Ep112 Felted Folklore and Paper Maché Sarwar, Nadia Peter, Janet audio/mp3 30:00 minutes; 68.6 MB http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/785 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Oral Traditions and Expressions http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/785 CC BY-NC 4.0 Living Heritage Podcast, a co-production of Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, and CHMR Radio at Memorial University Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Oral traditions expressions and the written word Sound Audio ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:22Z Janet Peter has been working with the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador for approximately 20 years. She possesses a great interest in creating paper maché mummers and figurines of local traditions and folklore, and these themes recur in much of her work. She has been making marks on paper since she was old enough to hold a pencil and it motivated her to embark on a journey to a career in the arts. After high school, Janet briefly studied animation. Shortly after graduating with a Visual Arts diploma, she began a line of paper maché mummer figurines. She earned a Masters’ in Political Science; worked as a workers’ advocate; then moved across the country to St. John’s to start her career afresh. Currently, she is working on a series of needle felted sculptures depicting pre-Victorian yuletide folklore and practices for an upcoming solo exhibit. Janet Peter is one of those who have been constantly working to keep the craft tradition of Newfoundland alive. In this episode, Janet talks with Nadia Sarwar about her upcoming solo exhibition, her notable creations, the activities of the Craft Council, and the future of craft in Newfoundland. Audio Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Janet Peter has been working with the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador for approximately 20 years. She possesses a great interest in creating paper maché mummers and figurines of local traditions and folklore, and these themes recur in much of her work. She has been making marks on paper since she was old enough to hold a pencil and it motivated her to embark on a journey to a career in the arts. After high school, Janet briefly studied animation. Shortly after graduating with a Visual Arts diploma, she began a line of paper maché mummer figurines. She earned a Masters’ in Political Science; worked as a workers’ advocate; then moved across the country to St. John’s to start her career afresh. Currently, she is working on a series of needle felted sculptures depicting pre-Victorian yuletide folklore and practices for an upcoming solo exhibit. Janet Peter is one of those who have been constantly working to keep the craft tradition of Newfoundland alive. In this episode, Janet talks with Nadia Sarwar about her upcoming solo exhibition, her notable creations, the activities of the Craft Council, and the future of craft in Newfoundland. |
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Living Heritage Podcast, a co-production of Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, and CHMR Radio at Memorial University Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory |
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