Faculty of Design
Material Art & Design
In the Material Art & Design program, students learn how to create jewellery, textiles and ceramics as a professional studio artist or designer. Students choose to focus on textiles or jewellery/metalsmithing as well as electives in ceramics, wearable form, and wearable technology.
Material Art & Design
Ekata Ma
“- If words are too hard to be slipped out of the mouth, let the piece do the work - ”
Material Art & Design
Termeh Ghazi
“The memorable essence of knitting re-invoked memories of practicing hand knitting as a child and fused them with modern technologies of a knitting machine. Adding every single stitch and knitting them together is like a performative ritual to me.... More”
Material Art & Design
Sarah Samlalsingh
“In Trinidad, I am Canadian. In Canada, I am Trinidadian. Anywhere I am, I am nowhere according to the labels of identity ascribed to diasporic people by those who have taken the land for themselves. As if, real, palpable, identity was a badge only... More”
Material Art & Design
Mujun Ye
“A focus on sustainability is important for a textile designer and artist. ”
Material Art & Design
Andre Siqueira
“The jumping off point for my thesis was honouring the queer lives we’ve lost, those who never got to see their fight reach the rights we have today. I have taken large inspiration from the Stonewall riots and will continue to use it as a source of... More”
Material Art & Design
Kiana Chung
“Exploration based and experimentally driven, this textile artist refuses to stick to one medium. With a love for colour, nature and learning new skills, I approach each work with these things in mind. ”
Material Art & Design
Aleena Derohanian
“One of my favourite parts of having been an OCAD U student was the access to many different fabrication studios. This thesis collection is dedicated to showcasing the love I have for mixed media fabrication. Thematically, alien and UFO folklore has... More”
Material Art & Design
Elsha Thapa
“A passion for creating new things led me to establish Amalgamated Composition since 2021. It consists of a series of kinetic sculpture prototypes created with waste and donated materials as a means to change perceptions and ideas about them. ”
Material Art & Design
Elva Ma
“I see making jewellery as my own storage system. To transform anything from outside the physical body such as memories, emotions, experiences into jewellery and put them away into my treasure box. ”
Material Art & Design
Rafia Rasul
“I like to explore my relations with materials and ways to showcase the material and personal findings ”
Celebrate the work of OCAD U’s class of 2021/2022!