Motif Guidelines & Application

MOTIF GUIDELINES & APPLICATION

Motifs:

Four craft motifs were developed by Shawn O’Hagan in a workshop with craft producers on the Bonavista Peninsula held in October, 2014. These motifs are based on identifiable features which reference the history and architecture of the Bonavista Peninsula. It is the intent that these motifs are to be used in high quality craft products which reflect the culture of the Bonavista Peninsula and sold in the shops on the Peninsula.

Copyright, ownership and use of designs:

1. These motifs and designs are the property of the Cultural Craft Development Project.

2. It is essential that the works that carry these motifs should be of high quality in design, technique(s) and material(s) used.

3. Producers who would like to use these motifs must apply to the Cultural Craft Group of Partners for permission to use one or all of the motifs.

4. To ensure high quality in the final product, producers who use these motifs must meet at least one of the following: a. Juried members of the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, or b. Craftspeople whose work has successfully passed through the provincial government’s Product Review process, or c. Have worked with resource people to the Cultural Craft Development Project and are using ‘kits’, i.e. patterns developed using the motifs and specifically identified materials, or d. Have submitted samples of their work and the attached application, and been accepted by the committee to use the motifs.

APPLICATION TO USE MOTIFS DEVELOPED BY THE CULTURAL CRAFT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Name ______

Address ______

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Phone ______Email ______

My work has been juried by the Craft Council* YES NO

My work has been accepted by the provincial government Product Review** YES NO

If you answered NO to both of the above, please include three samples of current work.

The craft skills that I use are: ______

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The products that I make are:

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The motif(s) I wish to use are:

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I intend to use the motif(s) to make the following product(s): ______

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I will use the following materials: (describe in detail or attach samples) ______

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I have attached a rough sketch or a prototype of my planned product, showing how the motif will be used.

I understand that the motifs I propose to use are the property of the Cultural Craft Development Project and that I may only use them on products that have been accepted by the Cultural Craft Development Steering Committee and sold in one of the five shops participating in the Project.

Signature: Date:

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* For information on the jury process offered by NL Craft Council, contact Lisa at [email protected] ** For information on the NL product review process contact Brenda at [email protected]

Please forward application to: Cultural Craft Group of Partners P.O. Box 8 Trinity, NL A0C 2S0

Via Email to: [email protected]

For Office Use Only:

Approval Signature: Date:

______On behalf of Cultural Craft Group of Partners

CULTURAL CRAFT MOTIFS. Developed by Shawn O’Hagan in a workshop setting with craft producers on the Bonavista Peninsula. October 23-24, 2014. Number 1: The Fish Hard to come up with a new cod motif! What I’ve done is taken the arch as inspiration. We were walking around photographing arches and she noted that the arch looked like a fish. The tracery in the arch is like fish scales. This is a motif that can be simplified for a repeat pattern or more elaborate for a central motif. The colours again can be taken from the paint colours of the particular communities - for example, in Elliston it can be all blues and white while at Random Passage it can be the green color of moss & grass.

CULTURAL CRAFT MOTIFS. Developed by Shawn O’Hagan in a workshop setting with craft producers on the Bonavista Peninsula. October 23-24, 2014. Number 2: Drying Fish The cod was the reason for settlement on the Bonavista Peninsula. The salt cod motif has been used a lot (it was one of the motifs I designed for the Raleigh mats 10 years ago). But I think we can adapt it in new ways. I picture it as a single motif, a border design. My inspiration was the flakes at Random Passage and I see it on a background of stripes that represent the flakes. The colours would be in Random Passage colours – muted mossy greens, grey blue, grey-brown of the weathered buildings. And the creamy salt cod.

CULTURAL CRAFT MOTIFS. Developed by Shawn O’Hagan in a workshop setting with craft producers on the Bonavista Peninsula. October 23-24, 2014. Number 3: The Arch During the workshop, the majority of the participants were drawn to architectural details for inspiration - and particularly the arch. The architecture on the Bonavista peninsula is outstanding and I think it’s one of the things that can impress the tourist the most. In Trinity the arch is everywhere you look – on all the churches, on the houses, carved into the old furniture.

Brenda and I wanted to be sure that this motif wasn’t just found in Trinity so we drove to other communities – Trinity East, English Harbour, Bonavista, and it was everywhere. It would be a great border motif, a good repeat pattern on a mat. I can see it worked as a cable motif.

The colour combinations could represent different communities – buff, green and red in Trinity Ochre and rusty red in Port Union, red and white in Bonavista and other communities.

CULTURAL CRAFT MOTIFS. Developed by Shawn O’Hagan in a workshop setting with craft producers on the Bonavista Peninsula. October 23-24, 2014. Number 4: The Rose The Bonavista Peninsula was settled mostly by English immigrants (along with some Irish and Scottish). The rose is the symbol of England and can be found in artifacts all over the peninsula – on textiles, stained glass, carvings. In the early 19th century, Rev. Wm. Bullock of Trinity started up the Benefit Society (to aid injured and deceased workers and their families). The flag he designed for the society featured a rose. And wild roses grow everywhere. I picture the rose used as a central image and also as a border design in different shades of pink, green and white (i.e. the republic of Newfoundland colours).