Christian Maidankine holds a Master of Architecture degree from Toronto Metropolitan University and his background in architecture and interest in making has led to an exploration with various materials, mostly leather. Having aphantasia, the inability to imagine any types of visuals or sensations, he has developed a process which is rooted in making through iteration. MAIDANKINE’s work carefully considers making, craft, and the person who the object is for.

Rex Lingwood is a sculptor working in a variety of media who has achieved an international reputation for his innovative use of leather. His work in leather explores a variety of heat hardening methods which take medieval cuir bouilli as their point of departure. Both his work and research have contributed new information to the debate surrounding the nature of cuir bouilli. His work combines allusions (of varying degrees of directness) to specific images and the use of the unique physical and psychological properties of his materials to make striking work with a strong physical presence. He ...