Cranky

Reliefs prints of salvaged punt on textiles, grommets, rope, 2022

Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's NF

The Old Mill, Glovertown NF

The Old Mill, Glovertown NF, 2022

Coastal Trail, Terra Nova National Park NF

The Factory Museum, Port Union NL

The Squire Punt, Sandringham NL

Cranky features the relief prints of a decaying punt found near Eastport NL. Dating back to 1955, the punt was built by farmer Alfred Squire (b. Salvage, NL) to collect capelin fish as a fertilizer for his fields. During a month-long artist residency in Terra Nova National Park in conjunction with The Rooms Museum (St. John’s), Sylvan inked and hand pressed the boat’s textures onto linen at the old farm as well as at the local school where Alfred’s great great-grandsons study and helped print the punt with their classmates.

The resulting monoprints hung in various outdoor locations along the east coast of Newfoundland, including the old mill in Glovertown, the Factory Museum and Union House Arts buildings in Port Union, the Eastern Edge Gallery building in St. John’s, and the coastal trail in Terra Nova National Park.