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Amanda is a woodcarver. With her sister, Jennifer, & her dad, Fred, they make up Chomiak Wood Carving, known for their hand carving of wooden Santa decor and ornaments. Amanda also writes Contemporary Romance novels under the penname Mandy Michelle.
The Chinook Woodturning Guild provides opportunities for skill enhancement, as well as promotes friendship, support and an exchange of knowledge. The Guild has secured the required equipment to fulfill the organization’s goals, and keeps pace with the constantly evolving world of woodturning. Invites nationally and internationally recognized woodturners for demonstrations and workshops.
My scientific illustrations have appeared in Oxford and Cambridge publications. Mural work in Lethbridge and beyond. Jewelry and sculpting commissions. I write poetry and fiction and I have been performing music for over four decades.
I have taken extensive art courses in multiple disciplines throughout my 20-odd something years. I attend NSCAD University in Halifax but applied for an exchange to Alberta U of Arts. I specialize in mixed media, pen inking, print, paint and etc.
I am interested in selling wares from two woodworking projects: renewed vintage bowls and new cutting boards. • The bowl project is a 100% recycling project. Each bowl gets a full makeover, starting with a ‘before’ picture. The first stage is removal. Decades of finish are scraped off and each bowl is sanded down to bare wood, revealing waves of grain, texture and colour. The bowl interiors are left natural and a brand new surface treatment is applied to the exterior. The exterior treatments are varied – either branded, charred, ebonized, marbled, painted, pickled, stained or natural. To complete the makeover, the bowls are finished with a mixture of mineral oil and beeswax, protecting the wood but remaining tactile. • I collect vintage bowls from the mid-century modern era. These offer timeless shapes and a range of wood species, from teak bowls designed in Denmark and made in Thailand to maple bowls from Canada and Japan. • The cutting boards are crafted of either new maple or cherry and feature a slope on one side and curved slots for handholds. They are also ‘coded’, with an ‘M’ for meat or a ‘V’ for vegetables. The dotted letters are made of plugs of contrasting wood and appear on both sides of the boards. The boards are finished with a deep soak of mineral oil and two coats of wood butter.
I am a multidisciplinary artist exploring ways of making art with and about the land. While my focus is on sustainability in artmaking mostly working in painting and installation, I also love photography, video, and public art.
I have been a working artist as the senior designer at the university of lethbridge for 20 years. I have been creating art since a child. My passions are 3D sculpture, textile art, wood working, all things design and cats 🙂
We are a husband and wife team. I create Mittens made out of sweaters (recycling) and husband creates cutting & charcutterie boards using new and refurbished wood.
