2022
First Chance Christmas Craft Show
When: November 5 and 6th
Hours: Saturday, 10:00 to 4:00
Sunday, 10:00 to 4:00
Where: Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney British Columbia Canada
3rd Annual Mighty Fine Art and Craft Sale
When: November 25 to December 24
Hours: 11:00 to 4:00 Friday to Sunday
Where: Metchosin Art Pod, 4495 Happy Valley Rd, Metchosin British Columbia Canada
Last Chance Christmas Craft Show
When: December 9th to December 11th
Hours: Friday evening
Saturday 10:00 to 5:00
Sunday 10:00 to 4:00
Where: Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney British Columbia Canada
2021
Scattered Artists 2021 Art Tour
When: August 28th and 29th, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm both days
Where: 3390 Maplewood Rd
Victoria BC
There is no admission fee to visit the show. Purchases and kind words are always welcome.
2019
Art “Fall” Ness
Location: Oak Bay Beach Hotel, 1175 Beach Drive, Victoria BC
When: Friday, October 25th, 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Saturday October 26th and Sunday October 27th 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Artist Reception: Friday October 25th from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Free Admission
Put on by the Island Artisans Association
Website: islandartisansassociation
Facebook: Island Artisans Association
First Chance Christmas Show
Location: Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney BC
When: Saturday, November 9th from and
Sunday November 10th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Last Chance Christmas Show
Location: Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney BC
When: Saturday December 14th from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and
Sunday December 15th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Coast Collective Art Centre
When: All year long
Location: 103-318 Wale Rd, Colwood BC V9B 0J8
Hours: Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
The Coast Collective Art Centre is a project of the Society for Arts on the South Island
Website: coastcollective.ca
2018
September and October
Fashion and Art Collective at the Westshore Mall
This is the Coast Collective Pop Up store sponsored in part by the Westshore Arts Council. We feature a collection of art from local artists, which includes fashion, baby accessories, painting, jewelry, metal art, knitted sweaters and scarves as well some of my gourd art.
I will be there demoing my art process on these dates:
Tuesday September 25, 2018 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday October 8, 2018 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
November 3 and 4
First Chance Christmas Craft Show
Location: Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave W, Sidney BC
Time: Saturday 10 am – 5 pm; Sunday 10 am to 4 pm
December 8 and 9th
Last Chance Christmas Christmas Craft Show
Location: Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave W, Sidney BC
Time: Saturday 10 am – 5 pm; Sunday 10 am to 4 pm
November 13th – December 23, 2018
Gifts and Wishes Show
Location: Coast Collective, 103-318 Wale Rd, Colwood BC
Time: Wednesday – Sunday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
2016
Arts and Music in the Gardens
When: August 5, and 6th 
Time: 11:00 to 4:00
Where: 505 Quayle Rd, Victoria BC
Phone: 250 479-6162
Website: http://hcp.ca/event/art-music-in-the-gardens/2016-08-07/
You can purchase your tickets at the Gardens:
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The admission fee gives you multiple entry for BOTH days of the event!
2015
Car Free Day Victoria BC
When: June 21, 2015
Time: 12:00 to 6:00
Where: 6 blocks of Douglas street between Fort Street and Herald St
I will be with the Island Artisans Association group.
We will have 2 tents will be located between Fisgard and Cormorant Street.
Hope to see you there.
For more information check out: www.carfreeyyj.ca or
downtownvictoria.ca or
Twitter @CarFreeYYJ
or Facebook https://m.facebook.com\carfreedayvictoria
Vic West Fest
Sunday June 7, 2015
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Free admission
for more information check out the website:
www.docksidegreen.com/event/vic–west–street–fest
Hope to see you there.
August 9th and 10th
Art and Music in the Gardens at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific
From: 11:00 to 5:00 pm both days
For more information www.hcp.ca.
June 30 to July 8th 10:00 to 4:00
Sitting Pretty in Sidney
Acres of Art
July 12th 10:00 to 4:00
Art and Wine Festival : Fort Rodd Hill
Sunday, July 27th 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
tickets and info available at colwoodrotaryfestival.com
Arts and Music in the Gardens : Horticultural Centre of the Pacific
August 10th and 11th
2013
Imagine That! Artisan’s Designs
Dates: September 3rd to September 29th
Location:
251 CRAIG STREET
DUNCAN, B.C. V9L 1W2
Phone: 250-748-6776
Hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Monday through Saturday
Sitting Pretty
Location: Coast Collective
From October 2 – 13th, 2013
Reception: October 5th, 2:00 – 4:00
Gifts and Wishes
Coast Collective
October
More details to follow
First Chance Show
Mary Winspear Centre
November More details to follow
Last Chance Show
Mary Winspear Centre
December
2012
November and December 2012
My angels and ornaments can be found at:
Station Street Gallery and Frame Shop
139 Station St
Duncan BC
PH: 250 748-3311
Last Chance Christmas Craft Fair
Where: Mary Winspear Centre
Sidney BC
When: Saturday, December 8th 10:00 – 5:00 and Sunday December 9th 10:00 to 4:00
More info: www.firstchancelastchance.ca
Art and Music in the Gardens
When: Saturday, August 11th and Sunday, August 12
Time: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm both days
Address: 505 Quayle Rd Saanich BC
for more details go to : www.hcp.ca
It is going to be a fun event. Music, food, classic cars and lots of artists
Gorge on Art – June 23, 11am – 4pm
This free community event features over 35 invited professional and emerging visual artists exhibiting their work along the scenic Gorge Waterway. Visitors have an opportunity to see paintings, sculpture, photographs, ceramics, jewellery and textiles. Ongoing artists’ demonstrations and musical entertainment, as well as, food and refreshments.
www.saanichsunfest.ca
Event: Black & White Show
Place: Coast Collective Gallery
When: Feb 8 – 26, 2012
Time: Wednesday – Sunday 12 – 5pm
Reception: Meet the Artists: Saturday Feb 11, 2 – 4 pm
This is a black and white themed show featuring over 45 Artists.
The show was juried and 3 of my pieces were accepted.
Name of the piece: Star and Coils
Name of the Piece: Black and White Gala
Sold at the show.
Name of the piece: Black and White Bowl
The inside of the bowl is lined with velvet
2011
Dickens Fair
When: December 3rd, 2011
Time: 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: James Bay Community School Centre
Location: 140 Oswego Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 2A9
A community tradition since the 1970s, the Dickens Fair is one of the oldest fairs in Victoria and this year offers you an afternoon/evening experience with hours from 3pm to 9pm.
Make this your seasonal destination with friends or make it a family night outing!
All works are juried and will showcase quality artisan and craft works for decor or function, in an affordable price range. Baking, eggs, farm produce, food products, and greenery will be available, so bring your carrybags.
Take a break in the community cafe for a beverage, snack or light meal or listen in on the various entertainment offerings (schedule to be posted).
There is something for everyone at this festive winter market, so mark your calendar!
Click here to see the Holiday Gift Guide.
2011 Moss Street Holiday Market
When: Saturday, December 10th and Sunday December 11th
Times: 10 am until 4:00 pm
Where: Fairfield Gonzales Community Association buildings, Garry Oak Room, Sir James Douglas School gym
Plenty of free parking off of Thurlow St.
OVER 70 VENDORS!
Locally-made crafts, cards, art, clothing, jewelry, household items and arrangements.
PLUS winter vegetables, live music, apple cider and much more!
Get local and sustainable gifts this season.
For more information please call 250-361-1747 or email info@mossstreetmarket.com
If you would like to volunteer at the Holiday Market please email info@mossstreetmarket.com!
Gifts and Wishes Show
Where: Coast Collective Art Gallery
Dates: Thursday, October 27, 2011 -Sunday, October 30, 2011
Reception: Saturday October 29, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 – Sunday, November 6, 2011
Hours: 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: 3221 Heatherbell Road
Victoria, BC V9C 1Y8, Canada
More info: www.coastcollective.ca
Coast Collective Collaboration
When: Saturday, October 29, 2011
time: 11:00 to 5:00 pm
Location: Atrium in Parkside Resort, (Humboldt Street and Blanshard)
Dickens Fair
When: Saturday, December 3, 2011
Time: 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: James Bay Community School, Victoria BC
More Info: www.jamesbaymarket.com/events/dickens-fair
I have been having fun and what a joy it is to create figurines. These are my newest adventure into gourd art and I must say I am glad that I leaped into the unknown and branched further into creativity.
I have created several figurines in the past few months and I will continue to do so. The figurines that I have just created use paverpol, gourd inks and dyes, little gourds to embellish, and ribbons.
Comfort: SOLD
Comfort. What is better and more soothing than a great hug. Comfort from a friend, a family member. Click on the picture to see full view. The height is approximately 8″. Price 325.00
The Embrace:
The Embrace is genuine. They are holding each other out of love, trust, happiness, strength. Click on the picture to see full view. The height is approximately 8″. Price 325.00
Montieth:
Montieth the Apprentice
Montieth (or Monty for short) is an apprentice. He is still working on being a wizard and ready, willing and open to learning. He is wearing a gourd wizard cap, embellished with little beads. His cape is made out of cloth that has been hardened with paverpol.
He is holding his bowl that will be filled with magic. His arms are made of florist wire wrapped in red embroidery thread. His body is pyroengraved with lines and handpainted with gourd paints. He is balanced on a felt bottomed caster.
Merdwyn: Sold
Merdwyn is carrying a bowl which can be filled with opportunities.
She is open to anything the universe brings her way and ready to fulfill life with abundance.
Her dress is has a pyroengraved design which is hand painted. Her arms are made of flower wire which is wrapped with embroidery floss. Her black is hair is made out of waxed linen. She has a gourd purse which is packed with magic. The ribbons keep her grounded
Merdwyn
and she is balanced on a felt bottomed caster. Merdwyn stands approximately 9″ high and is about 3″ around her widest diameter.
Emily: SOLD
Emily is fully of mirth and glee. She is mischievous but at the same time humble.
Emily
Emily’s dress has a pyroengraved pattern of blues and greens and yello. Her hair is a beautiful carrot red. She is holding a little blue gourd vessel and she sits on a felt bottom caster. Emily stands about 8″ high and is about 4″ around her widest diameter.
Honour: SOLD
Honour is dancing to life. She is ready to accept all life gives her and acknowledges lifes turmoils as well as blesses. She knows that she can handle life and embraces uncertainty.
Honour
Honour has ribbonned hair that is coated with paverpol so it flows gently away from her body. She has several gourd vessels at her feet as she also honours nature. She has pyroengraved feathers on her body as well red and green patterns which compliment her ribboned hair. Her arms reach for the sky.
Honour is about 13″ tall and about 3″ inches around her widest diameter.
Mehdoe: SOLD
Mehdoe believes in all that is nature. She holds a vessel so that she can gather the blessings and magic of all that is natural. She has red hair that hangs in tendrils. Her dress has a pyroengraved pattern which has been handpainted with gourd inks and dyes.
Mehdoe
She stands approximately 8″ inches high and about 4″ around her widest diameter.
Well another year has come and gone and it is the month of May again and Spring time…..A month for Mother’s Day…. the Vic West Art Quest Studio tour and Vic West Fest.
The Vic West Art Quest began in 2008 with a group of neighbourhood artists organizing the first studio tour. I have been a part of this group since 2009 and have been welcomed with open arms as a gourd artist.
Some times we have the studio tours and some times we have a group show only. This year, we have decided on the group show only with
shows stretched between three businesses in the Vic West village, namely Spiral Café, R Place and Hemp & Co. This year Hemp & Co offered to display my pieces along with 2 other artists: Virginia Abbott and Ria Bos, in the front windows.
I have not created a lot this year so most of my pieces are from last year and earlier. If you look at the pictures closely you can see my gourd creations attractively mixed with Virginia’s and Ria’s creations.
Well the Last Chance Christmas Fair for 2012 has come and gone, but what I got out of it was incredible. It was not the financial part that was incredible, but the amount of interesting people I interacted with.
For instance, take the woman that flew to my table on the Sunday morning and said, “Now, when you fall in love with something you know it is meant to be.” She ‘fell in love with’ a medium size red and green striped gourd on my display tree, one that no one else had paid attention to all weekend!. She held it in her hand as she spent the rest of the time looking at all my items on the table. And in the end, after approximately twenty minutes or so she studied the treasure again, and said, No, she had to put it back and get what she needed, not what she wanted. She placed the little treasure respectfully back on the tree and said, ‘We need to put it right here so everyone can see it.’ She said that she may be back and was on her way to check out the rest of the beautiful displays.
About an hour later I saw her walk by with a wave and headed out the door. Read more…
Well, it was the Moss Street Market Fair this past Saturday and Sunday and it was well attended as usual. I met lots of wonderful people and traded all sorts of wonderful stories about gourds and life in general.
I created a lot of small ornaments that were displayed on a little Christmas tree and a wreath. I opted to set up my stand in the Fairfield Community Center this year; I was a bit apprehensive at first, because I have never had my stand in other place other than the Sir James Douglas gym. However, it turned out to be a wonderful spot, easy to load and unload during set up and it was a nice little room.
There was a large turnout on Saturday and people were in fine spirits. As I mentioned I chatted with a lot of people and family and friends stopped by as well.
I really enjoy doing this show as the people are wonderful who run it; the people who attend are pleasant and friendly and the crafters and vendors have become family.
I hope to become more of presence this year at the summer market.
Dickens Fair happened December 3rd this year, and the event planner decided to change the time to a mid afternoon – evening event. This way the fair was not competing with all of the other craft fairs happening in the city that had times from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
It was a fun event with lots of music, plenty of vendors with quality work; good food in the cafeteria and the event was well attended. Spinners with spinning wheels were set up in the school hallway, and there was even a farmer with a live chicken on display. The vendors ranged from food, pottery; wooden toys; jewellry; glass products and of course my gourd art.
I had a good time and I will definitely participate in the fair again, if invited.
What a great day today.
Vic West (a small community situated in Victoria Proper) celebrated a Corn Roast and the anniversary of Spiral Café. I have lived in this community for 12 years . Over the past 3 years I have been involved with Vic Wests group of artists and annual studio tours. The Vic West Artist studio tour is called the Vic West Art Quest. (VWAQ)
The VWAQ Artists decided to put up a booth and advertise their presence in the neighborhood. We decided to have a mini art quest designed like scavenger hunt. 8 of us participated. The purpose of the game was to promote our art, let people know that we exist in the community, and to recruit other Vic West artists. People searched for the 12 hidden pieces, stamped their cards at each site, returned to the tent and put their name in for a draw. (Three of us donated small pieces for the prizes. My donations consisted of a friendship gourd pin and a friendship ornament) Read more…
So, I tried the DIY light box that of our gourd members mentioned in her posting, and it worked great! I really like the way the bowl and the black, white and red mask turned out.
I just slapped the light box together because I wanted to see how it would turn out. The beauty of this project is that I can take it apart until next time now that I know how simple it is. Here is the site I used and I just used the written instructions. http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html There is a great how to video on this site as well. Read more…