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Crafts of Colrain
Studio Tour
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Saturday November 14th and Sunday November 15th, 2009 10 am to 5 pm Last year's tour was a huge
success, attracting over 300 registered visitors, who enjoyed maple
glazed fried dough, and the talents and charms of Colrain's diverse
artisans. See map below. For a list of B & B's in our area, click here
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| Colrain, Massachusetts is one of the last, great "undiscovered" places. Tucked beneath the Vermont state line and above the Deerfield River, Colrain has long been a refuge for artists, artisans and others looking for someplace beautiful and affordable in which to do their work, while appreciating and preserving the area's pastoral past. Colrain's diverse artisans invite you up to their hilltops and vales to demonstrate their crafts and display and sell their wares. The information point this year has changed and will be the Brick Meeting House in Colrain Center which on the map is #5. Several of the artisans will display their creations there as they have in past years. You can sample products and pick up a map showing the farms and studios you might otherwise never find! However, you may begin the tour at any studio or farm. This is who we are: | ||
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| Leigh Morrell at the forge. | Ceacey Henderson and Nancie Rich display their graphic skills. | Laurel Thorndike painting | Russ Peck pouring soy candles | ||||||||||
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| Genie Shearer holds a decorated plate | Carole Adams demonstrating supply and process. |
Adam Grandin creating leather art | Al Ladd sands a cutting board. | ||||||||||
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| Matt Shearer pouring berry jam | Bob Ramirez tends his angora goats. | Denese Gurley knitting | Lynn Fisher spins some wool | ||||||||||
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| Chip and Sherri Hager with a tray of maple sugar. | Kenny Noyes at the lathe. | Peggy Davis creating calligraphy | Cliff Daniels and a fresh pot. | ||||||||||
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| A stone hand garden sculpture, by Tony Palumbo. | Mike Purrington roughs out a bowl. | Ruth B. McDowell trimming threads from a quilt | Ruby Rice as Sacred Art | ||||||||||
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(Is it an Outhouse?, a Privy?, or a Garden Shed?)
In 2008, a group of individuals who are accustomed to working alone have collaborated on a project guaranteed to amuseand delight. What began as a practical discussion for providing comfort stations to the growing number of rural adventurers seeking fine and unique handmade craft in the hills of Colrain-turned into a high- spirited brainstorm;that has culminated in the creation of three versions of that old relic of rural living - the outhouse, the backhouse, the privy. Using their collective creative license Colrain artists
have designed built and decorated three "privies." While other cities and towns have their artist-decorated moose or cows, sheep or pigs, Colrain's artists wanted to create something more suited to the human landscape. They hope the Arthouses will ignite greater public interest in joining in this year's crafts tour. A collaborative effort of the Colrain Artisans to raise funds for the Griswold Memorial Library, and the Colrain Business Association Scholarship Fund, and other Colrain causes. The art project last year resulted in the sale of the "Coneflowers and Chicks" arthouse.. The other two are currentlyavailable for sale and are on display on Route 2 at the "Hager Family Farm Market" in Shelburne. |
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| Coneflowers and Chicks |
Sunflowers to the Sky | The Potty Shed |
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| Carole Adams- Whispering Pines Farm | ||||||||
| Colrain Mountain Candleworks, Soy candles | ||||||||
| Cliff Daniels, pottery | ||||||||
| Peggy Davis Calligraphy and Joe Kurland Klezmer Music | ||||||||
| Lynn Fisher, woven fiber | ||||||||
| Tony Palumbo, Garden Hands,and neon art, and fine art | ||||||||
| Chip & Sheri Hager, Hager Bros. Farms, Maple products | ||||||||
| Ceacey Henderson and Nancie Rich, paper art | ||||||||
| Cynthia Herbert and Bob Ramirez, Keldaby Farm, Mohair | ||||||||
| Al Ladd, Inlaid wood jewelry boxes and cutting boards | ||||||||
| Ruth McDowell, Art quilts and quilt books | ||||||||
| Leigh Morrell, Metalsmith | ||||||||
| Ken Noyes, JR, woodworking | ||||||||
| Mike Purington, Turned Bowls | ||||||||
| Ruby Rice,www.vhasanctuary.com | ||||||||
| Eugenia Shearer, decorative painting | ||||||||
| Matthew Shearer, Bear Meadow Farm, Jams and jellies | ||||||||
| Laurel Thorndike, Original art and photography | ||||||||
| Adam Grandin, Leather Work, Oak and Acorn Crafts, Custom leatherwork | ||||||||
| Denise Gurley, Hand knit items | ||||||||
| JoAnne Sherburne, Fine Art & Portraiture | ||||||||
| For a list of B & B's in our area, click here | ||||||||
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The tour is supported by: Colrain Business Association, Bank of Western Massachusetts, TD Banknorth and Shelburne Falls Area Business Association This year's Additional Sponsors |
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Canepari's Landscaping The Katy Will Project Village Auto |
Hager Bros. Farm Colrain Mountain CandleWorks |
2008 tour raffle gift basket winners
are: Cindy Hunter, Gill, MA and Marcellina Brown, Oakham,MA 2 |
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Web hosting provided by : Colrain
Mountain CandleWorks |
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