Whipple Tree Junction Sunday Market

New this year. 2015 Whipple Tree Junction Sunday Market. From  April to Oct.  10am to 2pm.
Great Location to come by and see the mixture of Vendors around the back in the Courtyard.
Enjoy the beauty of the old time buildings with the mix of local home grown art work.

Tanger Artworks  will be on display with items for sale every Sunday this Summer until the end of August.

 We are also still at the Local Treasure's store at the Whipple Tree Junction.

SOME NEWER ITEMS FOR SALE THIS YEAR.

A anything dish. Hand built

Wheel thrown jugs for water or flowers

a hand built round box with a lid 

local maple leaf shallow dish
hand built

Hand built jug for water or flowers

Wheel thrown Salsa or dip dish with wooden lid and spoon
all hand turned items.

Hand Cro-Hooked Baby shawl for the car or buggy, with crocheted boarder.
machine wash and dry

 Wheel thrown
Cookie Jar  with wooden lid
Garlic jar with wooden lid
and
Honey pot with wooden lid and dipper
all hand turned lids and dipper.

Wheel thrown
Pansy pots. Add some water to the outside trough. Add flower heads. Could use middle for a candle. 






 

The Clay Hub Collective

Since April 2015 I have  been busy as a new member of the Clay Hub Collective which is located at 2375 Koksilah rd.Cowichan Station BC V9L6M5.
I  have been taking classes to gain more knowledge about clay and am a member as well  as a volunteer, and now a new board memeber.
If Clay and Pottery is your thing come check out the Clay Hub Collective. Its 100% Volunteer run.
There are on going classes and other activites. Website: www.theclayhubcollective.com 
Lots of information  for you there.

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING AT THE CLAY HUB

 Hand building class by using slabs and patterns.

 To the Right.... The Vase in the back slab work and the two pots in the front wheel thrown.

 Making platters class.  Using a fish plate and recreating the fish as a platter.

 To the right....Platter class. Using slabs to make a dish and adding stamps and texture.

 Platter class...Using an image from a plaster bat. Then taking a dish and making a platter from the form.

 To the right.... Throwing class. How to cone in a neck with a small opening. Then I textured the outside with carving tools.

Throwing class.  Doing a jug form....Learning proper placement of the handle. and  adding a spout. I textured the outside at the leather hard stage of drying.

Our First Year at a Glance

2014 was our first year out in the local community of Cowichan and Shawnigan Lk. 

Here is a snap shot of some of the events and places we were involved with, starting June 2014

Shawnigan Adventure Fundraiser June 2014, we were part of the Inspire Shawnigan Artisan group

July and August  South Cowichan Farmers Market 2014.

 

 

A good friend and myself making do-it-yourself clay garden slabs. 

They were a great hit with kids and adults too.

Inspire Shawnigan Festival in August in collaboration with the Shawnigan Museum

We were part of the Artisan group for Inspire.

clay Madelin's we created blank for kids and adults to colour for $1 donation and half the proceeds went to the local food bank. 

there were a variety of images the turtle was the most popular.

Starting in Oct 2014 Tanis did a Introduction to Hand Built Pottery at the Shawnigan Community Centre for 5 weeks. 

Showing how to make a tea light holder in a wooden mold.

student's making their creations. 

Some of the finished student projects.

                                                

Craft Fairs

We did 2 this year to start with. 

November

First one was at The Cowichan Fire Hall 

Our table set up at the Hall.

No pictures taken in the Hall.

Second Craft fair was at the Shawnigan Community Centre at the end of November

Shared a table with another artist

From the Craft Fair Tanis ended up taking her blank ornaments to the local Elemtary School and showed 4 classes of students gr 3 to 7 how to paint the onraments, over 150 blank ornaments. This was all done the week before Winter Break. The year ended very busy and rewarding for

 Tanger ArtWorks. 

samples of ornaments that are painted. 

 

This is the end of 2014 

Starting in January 2015. We will be in a new Store opening at Wipple Tree Junction January 15th called Local Treasures. All art is made here on the Island by local artists.

Tanis will have her Pottery and Art cards in the store. She will be doing clay work shops coming soon.

 Gerry will have some wood work items in the near future. For now he helps Tanis with making wooden lids from local wood, and honey dippers for her honey pots and other lids for more little pots that can be used for sugar, garlic, salt etc.