auction paddles for lgbt youthline, WEDNESDAY, OCT 10 @ MADE in Toronto

“Gay Black Sheep” & “Gay White Sheep” by me

3 of 5 auction paddles by Illustrator Ian Phillips- Subject: Fancy the Dog.

i2i artists Thom Sevalrud, Ian Phillips and John Webster are 3 of 20 artists and designers commissioned by Shaun Moore of MADE to create custom auction paddles for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Youth Line‘s upcoming yearly Line Art Auction taking place November 6th at the Neubacher Shor Gallery.

“gay flower basket” by me

Thanks to Toronto-based design studio MADE, when you raise your auction paddle at this year’s Line Art, you’ll be bidding *on* art *with* art!

Twenty designers from all disciplines of design — industrial, material, environmental, architectural, graphic, furniture and fashion, among others — have produced a unique collection of 100 auction paddles. Each paddle is a work of art in its own right.

This one-night-only event is your chance to preview and purchase a paddle via silent auction. You’ll be able to use your paddle at the Live Auction on November 6 and, of course, take it home with you afterwards.

For more information on Line Art, including participating artists and designers, please visit youthlineartauction

Paddles by Illustrator Thom Sevalrud.
Thom’s paddles are inspired by semaphore signaling flags to form the word YOUTH. Each paddle is one of those letters. “I took great liberties with the symbol designs and while keeping the design form for each alphabet letter, I complicated the ‘language’ of those letters with flamboyant patterns and designs. The word QUEER appears over top, thus forming QUEER YOUTH. Defiant, colorful and individual.”

“gay rooster” by me

PADDLE DESIGNERS: Alexx Boisjoli, Michael Cuttini, Barr Gilmore, Parimal Gosai, Grant Heaps, Lisa Kiss, Deanne Lehtinen, Amy Markanda, Pamila Matharu, Shaun Moore, Katherine Morley, Matthew Robin Nye, Ian Phillips, Public Studio (Elle Flanders & Tamira Sawatzky), Jade Rude, Thom Sevalrud
Katrina Tompkins, John Webster, Zab (E.A. Hobart), Christina Zeidler & Adam Zinzan