Art Angle is a new column by Apt613 contributor Jason Myerson. Speaking with Ottawa artists about their craft and the creation of a business, Jason has met artists who knit, chop, chat, paint, write, tattoo, and build fairy houses from forest detritus—truth. Their stories are a curious mix of personality and of the professional.

Andrew Muckleston has been cultivating the classic craft of butchery for decades, carving out new ideas to express his creativity.

Michael Sunderland is the creator of Michael’s Dolce, a local business that works alongside farmers across the province to produce the most desirable jams, syrups, and sriracha sauces you’ve yet to try. I first met Michael about a year ago while exploring the depths of a secret (shhh) ice cave, in Quebec. With a friendly extended […]

“Mother Nature is the true artist and our job as cooks is to allow hero shine.” — Marco Pierre White When winter creeps up, even in its mild approach, we find it hard to muster up the courage to leave the coziness of our nested wooly warmness. However, each time I stroll past the subtle […]