TWIG | The Wood Innovation Group — 02.10.21

Building Foundation Mask – John Velten 2020
3D Printed SLA Resin

This month we will explore a conversation around the technologies that enable us a humans to transform raw material into artifacts that live on beyond our time on this planet. The variety of materials that come from a tree are incredible and trees themselves are an incredible specimen of biotechnology. More recently exploration into bioproducts have enabled a whole new realm of interesting possibilities for design and regional development.

Multidisciplinary artist John Velten will be joining the conversation to share his experience in working from a digital driven practice to a material practice using modern forms of technology to execute an array of creative work. He explores both the modern realms of technology, and the ancient technologies of his indigenous culture that inform a way of working with materials, making creative decisions and sharing with the community.

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TWIG operates on the unceded territories of the Indigenous Peoples who have lived in deep relationship with the lands and forests we now call British Columbia since time immemorial. We recognize and honour the enduring stewardship, knowledge, and cultures of these Nations—whose care over generations shaped the very forests that gave rise to BC’s forestry industry. We also acknowledge the devastating impacts of colonization, including the near-erasure of many old-growth ecosystems and the displacement of Indigenous communities and cultural practices connected to these ancient forests.

As we work to shape the future of BC’s forest products industry, we are committed to pathways that integrate Indigenous perspectives, support cultural resurgence, and foster a renewed relationship to land, materials, and community—one grounded in respect, regeneration, and transformative change.

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