Here’s some of what we offer...

Nokomis - The Paintings of an Ojibwa Grandmother

The gallery is home to Nokomis, an Ojibwa grandmother who paints memories of growing up in the bush north of Lake Superior seventy years ago. Her original paintings hang on the walls, but she also has limited and open edition prints available as well as plaques and note cards.

Because Nokomis paints memories she says she knows what happened before and after anything you can see. She knows the people she portrays and she tells their stories. Every print, plaque and notecard has the story written on the back.

One of the notecards has a long tale she refers to as The Saga of the New Stove. But there's a sequel to that original story and it's worthwhile coming for a visit just to hear her tell you how it all turned out...Chapter Two, so to speak.

The gallery also has a huge selection of limited edition silkscreened prints and art cards by the artists friends ... dozens of other native artists of the Woodland School that emerged in the footsteps of Norval Morrisseau.

Polymer Clay

Look closely at the patterns...every intricate design is made from clay that has been individually cut and pieced together! Nothing is painted. Not even the details in the faces.

These are not clays that are dug out of the ground but man made polymers that are manufactured in standard primary colours then mixed like plasticene by the artist to the particular shade or hue that compliments her designs. The artist builds the patterns into long tubes so that each slice is identical to the next and the next. The technique, though invented by the Chinese glass bead makers more than 200 years ago, was adopted by the Italian glass industry in the fifteenth century and we know it as mille fiore.

Each pin, or necklace or decorative is unique. The artist says that when she makes her "lady" pins it's like playing dolls...as she browses the canes that are filed in tiny drawers in her studio it's like looking in the closet to see what the ladies will wear that day.

Jewelry

Lots of choices here, but there's a definite emphasis on the bold and the chunky as opposed to the delicate and dainty.

We try to offer a choice of colour families rather than matching sets of earrings, necklaces and bracelets. These sell out quickly so if you see something you like, don't hesitate. It ay not be there the next time you look

Lilach Lotan Ceramics

Lilach’s first encounter with clay was in 2000 when she studied Ceramics Design in Israel’s top art school – the Bezalel Academy. After graduation she and her husband Ron immigrated to Canada.

She's introduced a fresh spirit into the local pottery scene and has defined a signature style. Lilach’s work continues to evolve and change and has recently devoted herself to mastering porcelain, and utilizing it to create lighhting fixtures.

In 2005 Lilach Lotan was the first non American to win the coveted Niche Award given out by the Rosen Group, organizers of the Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, and publishers of NICHE and American Style magazines. She received the award in the category best described as the most marketable functional ceramics. She repeated the performance the following year!

Also in 2006 she was declared the most promising emerging artist by Ceramics Monthly magazine and two of her pieces have recently been featured in “500 Pitchers” and "500 Plates and Chargers" by Lark Books, distributed worldwide.

Gary McKague Raku

Gary McKague has been on the Canadian craft show circuit for way more years than he wants to admit to. I used to see him unloading his crates in Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and a few smaller shows in between. Nowadays he lives on the shores of Lake Winnipeg where he fires his raku boxes, plaques and sculpted ornaments in a barrel on the beach.

Gary's themes are truly Canadian...polar bears with attitude, geese on the wing, buffalo on the move and Inuit drummers and dancers.

Each piece is entirely handbuilt - no molds allowed. The boxes are intricately cut to fit together perfectlyand each orament is individually sculpted and glazed.

Jewelry Organizers

Check out the dozens of jewelry organizers we have in stock...

Handmade Silk Slippers

Who doesn't deserve a pair of these magnificent silk slippers? Leather soles, padded sole, wonderful quality!

The slippers come in small (fits womens size 5 - 6) medium (fits women size 7-8) and large (fits women size 9-10)

More photos will be up next week.

Handmade Silk Shoulder Bags

Silk totes, silk backpacks and silk shoulder bags are all in stock in patterns and colours that will thrill you.

Western Themed Giftware

Well we live in cowboy country...real straightleg jeans, dirt on the boots, ropes in the trucks, kind of cowboy country...so of course we had to bring in some western giftware.

If you visit us you're more than likely to meet a couple of these real life characters...lady wranglers, professional bullriders, and farm wives who really do raise chickens, sell eggs, bake bread and swing the 'nut bucket' during a branding.

If it's pouring rain the farmers and ranchers can't work, so come for an early morning coffee and contribute to the conversation. We could film Corner Gas without ever writing a script!

This is just a sampling of what we have on our shelves. Come for a visit. Plan to spend the day.