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Fibre Arts
Renate Bareham
Renate has been playing with fibre since she was 7 years
old and has never looked back. She loves to feel the
fibre moving through her hands and creating a piece of
fabric with it. She spins, weaves, felts, knits and
crochets and sells her pieces so that she can make more.
Her motto is, “You can never have enough soft wooly
things to surround you”.
Call
(604) 894-5342.
Suzanne Robert
Suzanne has been studying the fibre arts for the past 28
years. Her studies have been in Guatemala, Australia and
Canada. The fibre arts studies include backstrap
weaving, multi-harness weaving, felting, knitting,
tapestries, Batik, screen printing and painting on
fabric. Contact her at
gogglyboo@yahoo.com or phone
(604) 894-1998
Susan Henry
Susan is a fibre artist who loves spinning, knitting and
weaving. She loves to work with sumptuous natural fibres
such as alpaca, llama, and silk to name a few and loves
to create wonderful wearable art for her family and
friends. smhenry@telus.net and phone
(604) 894-5396
Barbara Eslake
In 1997 Barb moved from West Vancouver to Pemberton with
her husband and two young children to start their farm,
Rainbow Forest Acres, Alpacas and Llamas. Since then she
has had two more children, many more alpacas and lots of
fibre to spin. Barbara says “raising alpacas and llamas
has been very rewarding and has given me the opportunity
to learn how to spin, which
is such a pleasure."
Vivian Davidson
Vivian has lived in Pemberton since 1979 and is
continually inspired by her surroundings to be creative.
Her love of quilting started at a young age, while
learning to sew with her Omi (maternal grandmother).
Beading has become a natural progression since both
activities require creativity and
knowledge of colour, patterning and balance. She
especially likes designing custom jewelry using pearls,
gemstones and crystals. For commission work please call
(604) 894-6692 or email
vivwils@telus.net
Cora Menzel
Meghan and Cora Menzel, of Tin Roof Quilting, are
quilters and owners of a new studio located in Pemberton
Meadows. They love fabric!! Lovers of fabric will agree,
you can't walk past it without touching. They use their
love of fabric to design and machine piece quilt tops.
Long arm quilting is their specialty. They take pride in
their workmanship, taking extra care of your quilt while
it is in their studio. They feature fast turnaround with
all over quilting designs - completed in two weeks time.
Their pricing is reasonable and they have 100's of quilt
patterns for you to choose from. They invite you to come
and look through their books, choose a pattern and they
will design and piece a quilt for you. Phone them at (604) 894-5550 or email
coramenzel@hotmail.com
Vin Dougherty
This active 96 year-old Englishwoman moved to Pemberton
with her daughter in order to be close to her
granddaughter and her family. Vin learnt most of her
craft-work when, as a young woman, she was a member of
the Women’s Institute (WI) in England. Later, as she
became skilled, she demonstrated and taught needlework
and other crafts to other WI members. Knitting is an
activity Vin still enjoys.
Crafts, Sculpture, Art and
Photography
Kathy Leverton
Kathy of "The Maker's Design", has been a crafter for
many years, working in many different mediums including
quilting, dried fruit decorations, card making and
painting. Out of her personal love of beads and jewelry
she has expanded into designing custom made jewelry.
Some of the inspiration for her jewelry designs, which
can include semi-precious stones, fresh water pearls,
crystals, Czech glass, porcelain and glass beads, comes
from the beauty of the area in which we live. She also
buys many of her medallions from other local artisans.
She loves playing with colour combinations and texture.
Her designs are earthy and simple. She appreciates the
opportunity to custom make jewelry for individuals and
is excited by new design options. She has sold her
jewelry at the Pemberton Museum, the Pemberton Christmas
Craft Fair, through consignment and at her home. She can
be reached at (604) 894-6064 or through e-mail at
kathyleverton@hotmail.com.
Anyes Grzenia
When it comes to art “anything goes” for Anyes. She
believes we live in an artist's paradise. Whatever she
can get her hands on she’ll use in her creative moments
- flowers, rocks, branches; the supply is endless. She
does not have any favourite medium. When an object
attracts her, she uses it in her creations. Sometimes it
can end up looking quite unusual, but that is how her
creativity works. Contact Anyes at Vlindera Box 1214
Mt.Curries V0N2K0.
Tim Napier
Tim moved to Pemberton in 1985 to work as a Consulting
Forester. After becoming tired of a career of twenty
eight years as a Professional Forester he decided to
expand upon his love of wood-work and wood-turning, to
become an artisan. His works are each unique, yet for
the most part, practical and meant for daily use. If
properly cared for, his bowls and other products will
provide many years of use and enjoyment. While he
produces many unique items from egg-cups to very large
bowls, he will also do custom work. He produces unique
beautifully aesthetic rounded bowls, very unusual
irregular bowls, and just about anything that one could
possibly want made in wood, including ladles and other
kitchen utensils. He uses irregular burls that are full
of character, straighter grained Birch and other
interesting woods. Contact Tim at (604) 894-6921 or
Wildbowls@telus.net.
Jocelyn Harris
Jocelyn has been interested in art for as long as she
can remember. Although drawing, painting and photography
were her original creative outlets she has since
branched off into the field of jewelry. She is currently
taking Jewelry Art & Design at Vancouver City College,
focusing on silver and goldsmithing. She enjoys
incorporating her artistic passion and ability into one
area of specialization and being able to create unique
and customized pieces of art. Email Jocelyn at
jocelyn_harris@hotmail.com
Ray Sissons
better known as “Hawk”
Hawk has lived on and off in the Pemberton Valley for
over 20 years. He is well known for his finely tooled
leather pieces. His work ranges from saddlery to
jackets, hats, purses, moccasins, chaps and anything
else leather that a cowboy might need. Leave a message
for “Silver Tipped Saddlery” at
(604) 894-6773
Deborah Esseltine
Deborah has been working with wood over past 16 years,
generally providing specialty products requested by
customers doing business with Smart Wood Products.
Everything from mass quantities of wood framed mirrors,
fireplace- mantles, log benches to individual orders of
dressers, blanket boxes, cradles and coffee tables.
These individual pieces are generally done as a hobby
and she enjoys working with people to design products
and meeting their individual needs. She has developed
picnic tables and outdoor furniture in the last few
years to use up extra materials from the saw mill,
recycling lumber into a variety of indoor/ outdoor cedar
products. Most of her work is sold from the end of her
driveway to people passing by. Call
(604) 894-5123
Laverne Wood
Laverne has had an avid interest in the arts,
particularly watercolor painting and photography, since
coming to Pemberton 35 years ago. Portraying flowers is
her main interest, although scenic mountain photography
is the subject for the cards that she sells locally.
Rock formations on the Sea to Sky highway as well as
Gulf Islands have recently captured her interest as
subjects. Her cards may be purchased from several local
outlets or directly from her home collection. Call
(604) 894-6476
to view.
John Tschopp
The digital camera made it possible for John to capture
the local treasures, which are staring at him so
frequently. Just like the colourful fish to a diver, our
local birds never stop to amaze him. With the help of
the camera he can share these shapes and colours with
viewers within and beyond our valley. Contact him at
(604) 894-6476.
Pamela-Indica
Her photography is a skylight into Indica's soul. Her
images reflect the regions of the world she had to step
into before doing anything else in life. Amid places
like India, South Africa and Kenya, she depicts the
vibrant people, landscapes and culture--as well as the
sacred. Check out her Web site at
http://www.indicaflow.ca
- live your dreams.
Kyle Bubbs
– Metal Work
Ian Jackson – Photography
Peter Feldham
– Lapidary
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