Barry Runnalls

Barry's hometown in North Bay, Ontario, but has lived in Edmonton for +40 years since graduating from Humber College's Furniture & Product Design program. Prior to that, he studied photography at Ryerson and The National Film Board of Canada has exhibited his photographs in Ottawa. In Edmonton, Barry was the Design Manager of an office furniture manufacturer for many years and then a career change (as is known to happen in Alberta's fluctuating oil industry!). Following his passion in architecture, he entered the residential home industry, becoming a Site Manager, building homes for 14 years. Now retired from the workforce, he is in his shop creating pieces of "functional sculpture" using materials he got to know from his time as a home builder.