Culinary competition sculptures

The first NBCC (New Brunswick Community College) Algonquin Resort culinary competition was held on March 24, 2014.

Jantje was asked to design a few themed sculptures to be used as awards for the event.

Using recycled Algonquin Resort cutlery, driftwood from our local beaches and a few added embellishments, she created the following pieces...

Pictured below are some of the winners holding their awards. Congratulations to all!

Photo: NBCC

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Cutlery Bracelet by Jantje

The Art of December - 12/16/13: Cutlery Bracelet by Jantje
 
by Andrea Mulder-Slater

December 16, 2013

This lovely bracelet was created by Jantje using a discarded spoon, discovered in an antique shop. After hammering the heck out of it, Jantje bent the spoon and added some glass beads and wire. The result is a truly magnificent piece of jewellery -- completely one of a kind.

Jantje Blokhuis-Mulder

Bracelet

cutlery, beads and wire

About the artist:
Jantje has been making and creating art for nearly 50 years. Her work reflects her seaside surroundings and her colourful gameboards, collages, paintings, woodburnings and sculptures can be found in collections around the world. In addition to making art, Jantje writes for magazines such as Senior Living, The Outsider and Folk Art America. She is also co-founder of KinderArt.com and teaches art to children & adults of all ages. She has been featured both in print and on television in Canada, USA and the UK.

Here comes the bride (and groom)...

by Andrea Mulder-Slater

Earlier this year, Jantje was commissioned by the Algonquin Resort in St. Andrews New Brunswick, to create a number of sculptures using Bay of Fundy driftwood and recycled cutlery from the historic hotel which has undergone a magnificent transformation.

Bending metal, one tine at a time...

Just this fall, she discovered that her sculptures would be adorning the tables at Braxton's Restaurant and Bar, located in the hotel, and was asked to create 25 more...

A small taste of what's to come...

No sooner had Jantje completed her latest commission when the hotel's manager contacted her with a unique and wonderful request -- to create a wedding themed sculpture as part of a Random Act of Kindness for a husband and wife to be.

Photo: Tim Ostrem

The Random Act of Kindness was a biggie. During their wedding rehearsal at the Algonquin Resort Clubhouse, Peter MacLeod and now wife, Peggy Tucker, were given some terrific news.

Algonquin Resort General Manager Tim Ostrem presented the couple with the news that he had shredded their wedding bill.

Here's a video of the lucky couple as they found out their wedding was "on the house".

What a wonderful, heartwarming gesture...




You can read more about this story at the Algonquin Resort's blog: http://algonquinresort.com/stories-by-the-sea/a-random-act-of-kindness-peter-peggy/

See this story on CanadaAM:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-brunswick-hotel-offers-newlyweds-extra-special-wedding-present-1.1570042

Pass the fork, please...

by Andrea Mulder-Slater

Jantje is known for her ability to create art from found objects. One of her favorite things to do is to bend and mold figures out of discarded silverware. She then attaches these "dancers, musicians and athletes" to driftwood she finds at the beach.

Lately, she has been working hard on a big and exciting commission for the Algonquin Resort in St. Andrews - using silverware from the hotel that is being recycled. Her hands are getting mighty sore (and strong)!

Here's a peek...