Lael Chmelyk of Wax and Wane Fine Art is a Calgary based maker who is passionate about making functional objects. Her career began in British Columbia and she is a recent graduate of the Alberta University of the Arts. Working in both clay and fibre, Chmelyk’s work considers identity and personal history through craft process.
Recently, her work investigates being a woman in the modern world, and how ideas of femininity diverge from ideas of mothering as womanhood. Her functional pottery combines quiet and ornate surfaces on intimate forms.
Check out Wax and Wane Fine Art in the Brain Bazaar by Market Collective at Beakerhead, and follow her on Instagram!
