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Rhonda Ferris
invites you to come see the new designs she has created using unique shapes and textures of stone, metal and leather.
Lawrence Howard
creates woodturnings unique in form and detail that are emphasized by fine finishes. His award winning functional and decorative woodturnings as well as writing instruments are made from local materials.
Lise Portelance
weaves traditional blankets known as “catalognes”. Using her antique loom she works with modern fibres creating blankets which can be machine-washed and dried.
Gordon Stone.
A photographer with a gift for composition, and a mission to reveal the interconnectedness we all share with God's creation that often goes unnoticed.
Skip Bailey
enjoys creating decorative, functional, wheel thrown, hand built and raku pottery. Skip uses a variety of glazes, clays, forms and textures.
Christina Carter
is a recent graduate of the Fine Arts program at Algoma University. Her work has been heavily influenced by a year spent studying in Kyoto, Japan and features people she met during that time.
Jeanne Dumas
Her love of nature is reflected in her natural stone jewellery which has a native flair
Russ Mason,
weaver and dyer, finds inspiration from towns, cities and rural areas in many parts of the world, to create functional articles for personal and household use.
Emma Piirtoniemi
Inspired by colour and finish, Emma creates jewellery using glass and coiled wire. Her photography showcases her instinctual eye for composition and her love of texture and colour.
David Solomon
creates decorative boxes, cutting boards and serving trays from exotic hardwoods and burls. The solid, naturally coloured woods are carefully selected for complimentary wood colours and patterns.
Lotte Steube
Her landscape, abstract and floral paintings have become an inventive journey. Water based mixed media provide the basis for creative textured surfaces.
Food Is Available At This Site
Sarah Buckley designs and weaves functional household textiles and personal accessories using natural fibres.
Peter Cool
is an award winning carver and has been creating decoys, upland birds, song birds and fish for 25 years. He now carves for pleasure.
Ken Hanson
began painting watercolours full-time in 1970. His painting trips have taken him across Canada and to England. He now resides in Richards Landing.
Ritva Longstreet
designs, hand cuts and forges one-of-a-kind jewellery from sterling silver sheets and wire. Her jewellery is also accented with other metals and stones.
Food Is Available At This Site
Dory Dereski
makes duffel slippers that are toasty warm. Originating in Northern Canada, duffel is a strong flexible fabric woven entirely from wool fibres.
Janice Miller
For more than 25 years, she has been stitching each thread creating handcrafted English smocked garments. Jan also creates a unique fabric snowman collection.
Karen Singleton
collects and cuts granite found on the shores of Lake Superior. Each piece is hand painted to create a truly unique treasure.
Bob Stares
photographs the scenic beauty of the North using light, colour and creativity to create dramatic and artistic images of our region’s most spectacular landscapes..
Food Is Available At This Site
Susan Neave
machine quilts one-of-a-kind wall hangings, table runners and home decor as well as hand hooked rugs and wool applique using her own hand-dyed wool. .
Pauline Nolet
creates chainmaille jewellery designs inspired by historical armour by weaving rings, one at a time, into unique patterns.
Lidia Silvestrova
hand paints wooden eggs and Matroshka dolls in the traditional Russian style with nature, Christmas and Easter themes..
Rose Sundaram
employs the vibrance of pastel, the subtleness of charcoal and watercolours to capture images of Algoma, portraits and still lifes. Commission pieces are welcomed.
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Cathy Barton
Her
stained glass has been exhibited in select shows as well as ‘Our Homes’ magazine. Her work includes bowls, napkin holders, frames, jewel boxes and suncatchers.
Diana Madill
The birds and bees, flowers and trees… nature is her inspiration. Experience the earthly warmth and beauty of copper. Diana’s collection includes decorative items and one-of-a-kind jewellery pieces.
Susan Levesque
loves to use the hard shelled gourd as her canvas. These tie in well with the nature of her art which is inspired by the wildlife she encounters.
Carson Merriefield
A glass art designer specializing in kiln formed glass jewellery which often incorporates sterling silver into her work. All pieces are numbered and signed originals.
Hugh Morrow
A self-taught artist, whose joy and creativity, comes from the spontaneity and flow of colours in his watercolour medium, accented by the “white” of the paper.
Ulrike Schneider
Ulrike captures nature’s form and colour in her pieces. She hopes you experience as much pleasure receiving or giving her pottery as she gains in creating it.
Food Is Available At This Site
Hilkka Brander and Lena Skyum
have been weaving Finnish-style floor mats for 50 years, transforming recycled clothing and other pliable materials into beautiful, practical artworks.
Ted Alleway
The Iron Thistle is the home of hand-forged custom iron work. Ted uses modern and traditional blacksmithing techniques to produce unique ornamental and architectural products, all from raw metal stock.
Dieter Heller
Unique fretsaw woodworking originating in the Ore Mountains of Germany. He uses old traditional patterns as well as his own designs, combining fretsaw work with woodburning.
Lawrence's Springwater Farm Showroom
Lucy Boston,
an award-winning fabric artist, continues to use carefully selected 100% cotton/batik to create wildlife and country quilts as well as her ever-popular Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls.
Elizabeth Creith
draws on her familiarity with animal forms to create her fish tableware and animal-handled mugs.
Gabi Doleske
Sensual silk delights -- hand-dyed silk scarves, camisoles and bandanas. Workshops are available to dye your own belly dancing veil.
Ellen Hadath
This self-taught artist finds inspiration in colour and storytelling for her art. Ellen has participated in numerous art shows and has garnered several awards for her watercolours.
Joanie and Jim Lindamood
Working in tupelo or basswood, Jim carves lifelike birds while Joanie completes each carving with detailed painting. The work is then mounted on natural driftwood.
Phillip Mitchell
uses a variety of salvaged wood and a chainsaw to create unique pieces for home and garden.
Al Parker
creates hand made leather items such as knife and tool cases, wallets and purses. Custom designed items from various types of leathers.
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Desbarats Arena
Leslie Burt
Soapstone, found throughout the world, has a natural elegance inherent in the raw stone. The carver shapes and polishes each unique stone to reveal its inner beauty.
Sheila Currie
Sheila looks forward to welcoming you to her selection of watercolours and mixed media works that reflect her inward response to the outside world.
Jack Dunning
throws and hand builds functional and decorative stoneware pottery in his home studio along the Echo River, playing with different shapes and combinations of glazes..
Lisa MacDonald-Waite
Handcrafted stuffed animals made from Grandma’s old fur coat. Mitts, moccasins and “furfeet” recycled from Grandpa’s old leather coat. One-of-a-kind leather hand bags.
Mireille Gagnon Moes dyes mohair socks for tender tootsies in her studio on St. Joseph Island. Each pair is hand dyed with its own unique and original colourscape.
Jude Ortiz
Fine jewellery for everyday pleasure and special occasions. One-of-a-kind studio designs by award winning goldsmith. Gold, silver, gems, stones and ebony wood.
Tel: 705-942-8283
The Johnson Farmer's Market will also be at the Desbarats Arena.
Carol Holmberg
Carol Holmberg's studio and on-site gallery offer a glance at farming and life in general as Carol sees it.
Michelle Monette
Michelle Monette is an experienced glass worker with a passion for colour and an eye for detail. Enjoy a wide variety of glass artwork displayed in her home studio, Bluebird Lane.
Stephanie Mitchell and Steve Haaksman
The combination of stained glass, local stone and metal makes their work truly one-of-a-kind and unique to the North Shore.
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