ART GALLERY OF REGINA

Jennifer Berg is a fibre and mixed media artist in Regina, Saskatchewan. More than evoking childhood nostalgia, her exhibition, Making it Mini: A Return to Play at 1:6 Scale, explores unstructured, hands-on, creative, imaginative play–particularly the making of play objects being an essential part of play–as a way to reconnect with joy and to reach the “flow-state” that is highly beneficial to the mental health and wellbeing of adults and children alike. All pieces are made by hand using everyday materials, including fabric scraps and objects from the recycling bin. The use of inexpensive or free materials helps to encourage low-risk creative expression and exploration, and the pieces themselves are made in play-scale which allows for further play after the objects are completed.