Shows, Events, and Travel
Trunk Show at the Designer Craft Shop

I love turkey! It’s been grand to eat it every day since our big dinner on Saturday. My daughters brought their best friends – it was a fabulous time! But now it’s back to work. I am getting ready for…
Come see me at Avondale Sky Winery this Saturday!

Those of you who have been following me for a while will know that I am seriously into food. I love food: I love to cook it, to eat it, and to share it with others. In fact, I just…
Observations of a first-time visitor to New York City

As promised, here is a bit more about the NY Now show I attended, a trade-only extravaganza with almost 3,000 vendors. This event is what brought me to New York, surprisingly for the very first time. People had been assuring…
NYC

Apologies for not having posted in so long: I have been having some technical issues. Seems all better now, though. I will just give you a few visual impressions from my NYC trip – it was my first time there.…
Harmony Arts Festival • West Vancouver • 2014

The last two weekends at the Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver have been just fabulous. I still can’t put my finger on what exactly it is that makes this festival worth crossing the entire continent for. It must be…
Vancouver, here I come!

I am terribly excited to head to West Vancouver once more, to show my work at the Art Market, as part of the beautiful Harmony Arts Festival. I attended this event two years ago, and had a wonderful time, see this…
Two June Shows in Nova Scotia!

I am excited to finally come out of the studio the next two weekends! Please come and see me at The Avondale Art Fair this Saturday, June 21st. Check out their Facebook Page for images from last year. This will be a free…
Inspiring studio space in L.A.

I am currently in Southern California, where I am visiting with friends, attending a Kyudo archery program, and scouting for new galleries. On Friday, my artist friend Stephanie Miller showed me her new studio space near her home in a…
Crafting Families

My goodness, March already? January and February were tradeshow months, where gallery owners find artist whose work they’d like to carry. I will introduce you to the new galleries that carry my work, soon! But today I wanted to tell…
Atlantic Craft Tradeshow 2014

“Tradeshows” are where gallery owners place orders for their stores. This is what was happening in Philadelphia, where I have just returned from, and this is what will take place again this weekend in Halifax, at the Atlantic Craft Tradeshow…
Foodie Bliss in Philadelphia

I am in here in Philadelphia for the Buyers Market of American Craft, a wonderful tradeshow where artists exhibit to gallery and shop owners, who then place orders for the Spring. Especially with hand-made craft, being able to see the…
Invitation to LustreWorks Holiday Show and Sale

I have many friends who are artists in a variety of disciplines: painters, dancers, weavers, blacksmiths, photographers and potters, to name but a few. It is a pair of the latter two with whom I will be having a special…
NSDCC Designer Craft Show at Cunard Centre

My favourite event of the year is coming up: the Designer Craft Show put on by the Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council. You are warmly invited to come down to the Cunard Centre this weekend and enjoy all the wonderful…