The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 30, July 29, 2007, Article 31

CANADIAN COIN DESIGNER CHRIS JORDISON PROFILED

The Regina Leader-Post published an article Saturday July 21st
about a local artist and coin designer.

"Regina artist Chris Jordison is making a big splash with his
design on the colour photographic hologram which graces the
Royal Canadian Mint's latest series of collector coins.

"Jordison was commissioned by the mint to create a collector
series coin design for a $30 sterling silver coin and a $300
14-karat gold version. This is the second time the Regina-based
illustrator and graphic designer's work has graced the backs of
mint-issued coins. In 2005 his design of the Western Red Lily
was selected in competition for use on a limited edition pure
gold coin.

"'I didn't come up with the hologram to tell you the truth. It
was the Royal Canadian Mint that had the plan for doing that.
They came to me with a design problem,'' Jordison said.

"The mint knew it wanted to put the Canadian Rockies on the gold
coin and the Niagara Falls on the silver coin and then put the
hologram on, he said.

"'The problem they had is how do you cast a carved coin and then
put the hologram on it. Generally you look up at the Rockies and
you usually look down on the Niagara Falls. They had a problem
with the horizon line,'' Jordison said.

"What he came up with was a pair of hands with a modern panoramic
camera which allowed for a floating horizon. Looking at the design
one can't tell whether the hands are pointing up or down.

"The Rocky Mountain Panoramic Camera gold coin will be produced
in a limited mintage of 1,000, while the Niagara Falls Panoramic
Camera sterling silver coin has a limited mintage of 15,000. Both
coins were released for sale earlier this week.

"When asked whether he was paid for his labour in silver and
gold coins, Jordison laughs and confesses that he had to buy his
own copies of the collector coins."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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