Showing posts with label artist profile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artist profile. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Winter Wonders Artisan Profile: Flutterby Butterfly




Undeniably beautiful women & children’s clothing, modern fabric wall-art, and fun little banners all of which are handcrafted with eco-savvy fabric and construction techniques. Texture and colour are at play within Sandie's skillfully crafted heirloom patchwork skirts, organic soy bunnyhugs, and intricately appliqued offerings. Quality made to be unique; in essence of the individual.



Saturday, November 3, 2012

Winter Wonders Artisan Profile: Spineless




SPINELESS
*handmade sketchbooks, journals, photo albums, and other miscellany* 

Karen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan where she focused on painting, drawing and photography.  It was in one of her photography classes where Karen first learned about the process of hand-binding books, and she has been exploring new styles and combinations ever since.  She lives and works in Saskatoon, where by day she is a picture framer and by night she enjoys cutting, gluing and sewing things together.


Combining mostly found and second-hand materials with various other cultural ephemerae, Karen makes things you can use!

 

Friday, November 2, 2012

Winter Wonders Artisan Profile: K V D Creations








My name is Kristin van den Driesen.  I have always been into one craft or another since I was young.  Whether it was making necklaces, painting, crochetting or knitting (which is two of my favorite things to do).  My grandmother and her craftiness of quilting, sewing, crochetting and knitting me always had me asking questions about what she was doing and how.  Her talent has always inspired me.  Over the years my grandmother has helped me with the quality of my crafting.  Soon, my friends would see my knitted items that I was wearing and say, "oh, I love that, can you make me one".  I then became very busy making things for my friends, and then following, their friends would ask for one and that became my small, casual, word of mouth business.  It then continued and became that friends of friends would be requesting a knitted cowl, or crochetted baby toque and I then gave my business a name, K VD Creations and became active on facebook. 


I love what I do, I love creating.  I have never been the cookie cutter type and I design all my own items, I have never used a pattern, I make up my own.  I have a passion for showing your individuality through what you wear and I am so honored when someone requests I make them one of my quarky chunky chains and then later I see them wearing it down Broadway in Saskatoon and it makes me smile. 
I often get bugged for what I do but I say, GO AHEAD, call me an old lady, I think crochetting is cool!!!


 

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Oh happy day indeed!

 

So contrary to the very serious faces you see here, the f&g crew have been having a great time lately getting the ball rolling for our upcoming Winter Wonders Handmade Market. I know it's still warm out and the leaves haven't fallen yet, but we can't help but think of the holidays and of all the wonderful local indie craft we're going to be bringing you at this year's market.

We've been putting our heads together to work on decorations, participant lists, and a few little surprises as well. Needless to say this will be our best market yet! Over the next few weeks stay tuned for some other fun events leading up to the sale, like a long overdue craft night, a collaboration with the Saskatchewan Craft Council and another coffee night. 


Oh yah and soon the blog will be filled to the brim with artisan profiles not to be missed to wet your appetite for the market and so that you can start on your wishlist early : ) Until then here's a sneak peek into the lovely Shauna Buck's studio. She's got an amazing new press which was a sight to be seen and we even got a wee little peek at this year's Winter Wonders poster! It's a gorgeously adorable illustration of.....no wait, you'll just have to wait and see for yourself!


Shauna has not only a garage studio, but also an amazingly organized office studio in her house. It was filled to the brim with inspiration. 





Shauna's going to have some lovely handpainted pieces like the ones below at the sale, but you know these won't last long so make sure to grab them while you can.


More to come so stay tuned....

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Spring Market Artisan Profile: Shauna Buck











shaunabuck.com

Spring Market Artisan Profile: Walden Sweet Design





We love to make pretty things. We love to screen print. What could be better than that.

"I took a shower washing every body part with actual soap; including all my major crevices; including in between my toes and in my belly button, which I never did before but sort of enjoyed. I washed my hair with adult formula shampoo and used cream rinse for that just washed shine. I can't seem to find my toothbrush, so I'll pick one up when I go out today. Other than that, I'm in good shape."
-quote from the film Home Alone

Spring Market Artisan Profile: Boolah Baguette



Boolah Baguette is back again with all new, one of a kind plush goodness!
Check out the new Boolah Baguette facebook page: facebook.com/boolahbaguette
Can't wait to see you at the market!