Guzin Taskiran

I started photography as a part of passion to know myself and I liked the idea of painting with light. More importantly, I realized I had found an instrument to serve my unconscious desire to stay in the moment without being lost in useless regrets of the past, which was already over and purposeless anxieties of the future, which may never come. I was mesmerized by the spiritual power of the camera to help me stay still and be in the moment.
I'm neither my past nor my future. I'm neither the story written by my words nor by my photographs. What you will find in my photographs is just a confirmation of the moments when I know that I exist and my inner "yes"es to those moments.

Colin Merriam

My current work involves using existing imagery from films and representing selective elements and moments from them in order to try and capture the general impressions and aesthetics from a particular sequence within a single image. This is done with mixed media images of collage and acrylic on plywood.

Beata Kacy and her Soigne

Soigne was born from my passion for metalwork, nature and photography. All 3 aspects combined together let me explore different methods of jewelry making using glass, wood, metals, cement, resin, images and found objects. Meanwhile, I am holding classes of mix media jewelry, felt and soap making at my art space - Octopus Studios. Please check my blog www.soigne.ca for any art and crafts updates, my students work and my new explorations.