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The real thing? Margaret Vocilka of Mississauga shows off an example of the realistic works she creates using a new craft form called paper sculpture.(...)
The real thing? Margaret Vocilka of Mississauga shows off an example of the realistic works she creates using a new craft form called paper sculpture.(...)

The real thing? Margaret Vocilka of Mississauga shows off an example of the realistic works she creates using a new craft form called paper sculpture.(...)

Date12/23/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: The real thing? Margaret Vocilka of Mississauga shows off an example of the realistic works she creates using a new craft form called paper sculpture. With some simple supplies, sculptures like the bird above - in which each individual feather was careful
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0008290F
Handicrafts, Jet quilt: Made by Margaret MacLean from a design by Kim Ondaatje, is displayed by Hillary Abrahamson of the Craft Gallery
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Mary Wright, a North York welfare mother of four, has opened a craft centre where she hopes to help other women pull their lives together. Mrs. Wright(...)
Mary Wright, a North York welfare mother of four, has opened a craft centre where she hopes to help other women pull their lives together. Mrs. Wright(...)
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Designer Silvio Russo concentrates on simple shapes, Using colored paper, he creates accordion-like hangings that are easily moved.
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Spinning wheels, Peggy Grigor works at the potters wheel while Barbara Elend examines the finished product
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Mennonite Crafts, Sale aids world relief Life Section
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To Keep an Ontario craft alive, Ken Spratley is making oval baskets in a style developed by Ontario farmers in the late 1800s, turning out as many as (...)
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They're 'creating' rugs for fun, Part of a group of 213 amateur artisans attending the newly-established non-profit Guildwood Crafts school, Mrs. Marj(...)
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