A Spring Handmade Market

And my view:


I most enjoyed meeting my fellow artisans. I enjoyed talking with table-neighbour Jesse of All Things Small. The elder of her two sons (at 2.5) bought (with the help of his grandmother) bought one of my magnets. He was very specific about wanting the tiger, which made me smile. Seated behind me was Pam of lurearts. She had been at the Etsy meeting at the Work Room, so I had met her before. We swapped my Urban Dodo pillow for a gorgeous green and blue ceramic ring and a pendant from her shop. I also got to meet Emily of nestingemily. She is a multimedia artist working in two of my favorite things: ceramics and textiles (especially felt). I know that she is a friend of my friend Tanis- so it feels like a community of craftspeople, even when it stretches thousands of kilometers across the country. (Though Emily and I are both former residents of B.C.) Emily has had a lot of well-earned attention across the blogosphere, so I have been a fan of her work for some time. She told me she has been a fan of my prints for some time, which is really gratifying. We swapped one of my rabbit prints for her polar bear with lace texture in ceramic, who is dreaming (shown on an embroidered felt inset) of snow. I can not wait to put it up. Pam sent me a lovely thank you note and I replied how much I enjoy swapping with other creators - especially those who create things in media in which I do not work. Also, since my work tends to be all about COLOUR and pattern, I love collecting art which might be about subtlety of texture and delicacy of colour.

Thanks to everyone who came by!

Also, a shout out to the Trans Canada Etsy Team who was encouraging people via twitter to come by while I was busy at the show! Thanks, I really appreciate that.

interview

A Handmade Market Toronto has launched their profiles of etsy artists involved, with an interview of yours truly.

things for which I am preparing, which are not top secret

I added the following to my sidebar. A little reminder/additional info for friends in Toronto who are all invited to join me!

Upcoming events:

Folk Tea Party Bake Sale
Resistor Gallery at College and Spadina in Toronto, Date: Sunday April 19th 2009
Time: 1pm - 6pm



I am so glad to be doing something creative with my free time - which involves neither lawyers, nor paranoid engineers (apologies to the non-paranoid engineers... but the paranoid are beginning to get on my nerves...), also, the first of these two events raises money for lymphoma research and to support families.

Also, my b-day (Mayday) marks the Spring Clothing show, and the centenary of the amalgamation of the Junction with Toronto which is nifty. Toronto itself is 175 this year. On May 2nd, 2pm, Toronto area craftsters will be meeting up at the Moonbean Cafe in Kensington Market.

More immediately, it's the geophysics movie night... so I will not be venturing out into the deluge quite yet. {By the way Elements, April shows, I get it... but you know, this ain't the rainforest... don't over do it.}