Inheritance mixed media seen above
Visual Artist -
Designer -
& Film Creative -
Working on Unama’ki,
Cape Breton Island
Jacqueline Blanchard (she/her) is a contemporary artist and designer born and based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her art practice explores themes of ancestry, nature-based illustrations, and abstract personal expression that emerge through relationship to land and self. Her work contemplates how we care for ourselves and each other, in relationship with the natural world.
The Five Stones is an Oracle Deck created by Rachel Solomon and designed by Jacqueline.
The 64-card deck began as an exploration at the Bay of Fundy and evolved into first 64 stones, then 64 symbols, and into 9 layers of design on each card that represent that varying, subtle earth elements. The four suits in the deck reflect the themes of Awakening, Root, Depth and Shadow. Together, they form an opportunity to find new perspectives outside of our limited minds.
‘Unnautral:
Collective Resistence’
Mixed media drawings
Projection of anonymously collected inner thoughts from the public
“ My hope is that this project will connect the community in a quiet moment of relating to all the tender experiences we’ve collectively been through the past few years, she says. I hope it reminds us to continue to hold awareness of the emotional after-effects and continued turbulence we’ve collectively experienced remerging into society again. “
Quote from article ‘Lumière Arts Festival celebrates vibrant arts community in downtown Sydney”