{"id":3283570,"date":"2026-10-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3283570"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:35:28","slug":"interview-faith-macfarlane-faa-air-lampshade-artist-shady-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-faith-macfarlane-faa-air-lampshade-artist-shady-spaces","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Faith MacFarlane (FAA AIR): lampshade artist: &#8220;Shady Spaces&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>You know the old expression, &#8220;hang a lampshade on it&#8221;? Sometimes, that&#8217;s exactly what is needed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3283571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-faith-macfarlane-faa-air-lampshade-artist-shady-spaces\/attachment\/lunchbox2026airfaithmacfarlane\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRFaithMacFarlane.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2026AIRFaithMacFarlane\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRFaithMacFarlane-800x800.png\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRFaithMacFarlane-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3283571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRFaithMacFarlane-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRFaithMacFarlane-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRFaithMacFarlane-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRFaithMacFarlane-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2026AIRFaithMacFarlane.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guest today is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/shady_spaces_\/\">Faith MacFarlane<\/a><\/strong>, who spent her time in residence at the Barracks building functional art in the form of complicated, sophisticated lampshades. This art challenges her to combine fabric, sculpting, and light to make an impact, and uncovers a world and tradition that is nearly lost from the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9084\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9084','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3283570-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know the old expression, &#8220;hang a lampshade on it&#8221;? Sometimes, that&#8217;s exactly what is needed. My guest today is Faith MacFarlane, who spent her time in residence at the Barracks building functional art in the form of complicated, sophisticated lampshades. This art challenges her to combine fabric, sculpting, and light to make an impact,<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-faith-macfarlane-faa-air-lampshade-artist-shady-spaces\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9086\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9086','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3283570-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026-07-31%20Faith%20MacFarlane%20-%20FAA%20AIR%20Shady%20Spaces.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3759,3784,13897,13898,13900,13899,13901],"class_list":["post-3283570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-artist-in-residence","tag-fabric","tag-lamp","tag-lamp-shade","tag-material-art","tag-physical-art","tag-shade"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3283570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3283575,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283570\/revisions\/3283575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3283570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3283570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3283570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}