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Samantha Sandbrook's first love was painting before she branched
out into sculpture and furniture design, experiencing a cross-pollina-
tion of ideas as she went from one discipline to another. She is now
crossing boundaries by diversifying her artistic output and adding
venues in the United States to her established Canadian outlets.
Sandbrook's style marries playful yet luxurious design with an
impeccable attention to detail and craftsmanship. Her distinctive
style juxtaposes refinement (swishing haute couture dresses, the
luxe use of brass) with rawness (graffiti, industrial parts) and leaves fairy dust floating in the air.
Sandbrook looked to the Renaissance for inspiration for the TELUS Health Brain Project.
Among the most important periods of innovation and discovery in the history of humanity,
the Renaissance was a return to classical ideals and also the formation of new ones. Science,
astrology, geography, architecture, art, math, religion and our sense of the role of humans in
the universe were irreversibly changed.
It was truly a groundbreaking time suggesting the remarkable capabilities and the potential
of the human brain.
RENAISSANCE BRAIN
BY SAMANTHA SANDBROOK
