My forward thinking brain
Joyce studied fashion at Folkestone School of Art in England .After graduating she joined Moncreiffe`s clothing company, producing their fashion line. Based in Canada she built a portfolio in the local Quarter horse circuit.1990 she started building her signature style. Her designs have been shown in stores and galleries in Canada and the U.S. She pushes the boundaries of fashion not following seasonal trends. With her quirky approach to mixing polar opposites; light and shadow, sharp and soft, female and masculine, it lets her pushes the boundaries of fashion,finding materials that express new forms. Unfinished seams, unexpected closures and innovative leather accents. A visionary with a passion for sculpture. Joyce lets the silhouettes of her designs do the talking, by transforming the human body into an aesthetically pleasing and meaningful figure. Her designs live past the season for free thinking woman. Eco dying using plants from my acreage transform designs to another dimension. This is my current direction after attending a dye workshop in Spain 2017 with a master dyer. Painting and dying gives me the total control of my signature line of design .No inhibition, forward thinking in every aspect. She has also built a portfolio of unique accessories with her expert use of texture and sculptural forms. From leather work to metal filigree jewellery fusing sheet metal and stones.
The garment is my canvas where design is only limited by the imagination
Show list group and solo showings
2017 Art Market Calgary
2017 Winnepeg Folk festival
2015 Art Of The North Thunder Bay Art Gallery
2014-2016 Water Front Art Sale Thunder Bay
2014 Metia De Arts Montreal
2013 2014 Miskoka Arts Festival
2012 Kempenfest Barrie Ontario
2012-2017 Cabbagetown Arts and Craft show Toronto
2011 -2012 Circle Craft Vancouver BC 1997 -2017 One of a Kind Show Toronto
2011- 2014 Just for Us Originals Mississauga Ontario (The wearable Art show)
1997 -2017 Artisans Northwest Thunder Bay
2010 -1999 Crossing borders U.S and Canadian Studio Tour,
2009 Signatures Christmas show Ottawa
1999 -2009 Crossing borders group show Grand Marais Minnesota ,
2008 Tweed Museum of Art Duluth Minnesota Finnfest
2003 -2006 Art in Motion Thunder Bay Art Gallery Fashion Show
2003 Larues Minneapolis Tunk show
2001 Crossing Boarder Group Show Johnson Heritage Post Grand Maria Minn
2001-2005 Sivertson Gallery Grand Marais
2001 Songs of the Earth group show Johnson Heritage Post Grand Marais Minn
2001 Signatures Originals Show Ottawa
2001 Reflections’ Oseredok Gallery Winnipeg Manitoba
1995 -1999 Celebrations of the arts Thunder Bay,
1998 Signatures Christmas Show Winnipeg Manitoba