Saturday, 10am – 6pm
We have a fun selection of artist/craftspeople participating in our first Summer Market. Fiber artists, jewelers, ceramics, plants, flower essences, mandala rocks and more. Below are just some of the folks participating.
Save the date and come join the experience in the gardens at Cultus Bay.
Tom Fisher ~ Wooden Wares
From building our house and outbuildings to carving salad bowls, spoons and cutting boards, Tom’s woodwork is beautifully done and filled with soul from his deep appreciation of each special piece of wood. One of a kind items from boxes to boards—all delightful!
Jane Jeszeck – Vintage Cigarette Cards
Jane retired from book design but takes her passion for paper, color, and imagery to create these delightful cards using vintage cigarette pack stiffeners from the 1920’s Great Britain.
Luanne Seymour ~ Zipper Bags
Luanne is a self proclaimed recovering graphic artist! After many years working as a Creative Director at Adobe she left and returned to designing primarily with fabric and thread. She loves collaborating with other artists with a goal of reducing amount of fabric that would end up in a landfill.
IG @luanne.seymour
Leah Meridoc Nguyen ~ Flower Essences
Handprinted Dishtowels, Truffles, Cards, and more
A diverse and talented artist Leah will bring a variety of things she works on, from healing flower essences she has crafted from local plants, her art work applied to dishtowels to brighten those kitchen duties and her incredible truffles which are dairy free and made with coconut sugar—truly delicious.
IG @planetpaintpeople
Tuna tenugui dress with plain front decorative back – modeled by Leah Nguyen
Mary Fisher ~ Maemae Sew & more
Handmade clothing, tops and dresses using a carefully selected group of fabrics chosen for style and comfort. All material pre-washed and dried so there’s no guess work.
Jams, jellies, preserves made from local fruits from the gardens using a low sugar approach. Ramilleta paper cutout cards and botanical delight cards, and perhaps some small fresh fruit pies.
Healing comphrey salve for wounds and rashes.
IG @maemaesew
Grace Gow ~ Jewelry
From casual to Northwest elegant, Cat McCadden will have a selection of her jewelry available. From gold stud barnacle earrings with diamond insets to crab claw open chains for a more hip relaxed look, Cat’s jewelry exhibits a broad range.
@gracegowjewelry
Laura Hudson ~ Painter
Laura is a local artist whose work as been in galleries, as well as at Prima Bistro in Langley. Well-known for her farm animals and beguiling chickens—from paintings to sketches, her work emits a warm friendly presence.
IG @laurahudsonartist
Darcy Sinclair ~ Jeweler
Darcy recently moved to Whidbey full time. I first noticed her work when she came into the nursery a couple years ago. After commenting on how lovely it was, I asked it she’d like to be part of a market. She only retails in one location in Edmonds so I feel lucky she wants to join us at the summer market. Her work is delicate and sensitive. Darcy will be demo working on a piece while at the market.
Cara Jung ~ Potter
Cara will be bringing her more practical ceramic work to the market—vases, plates and who knows what else. She also does more sculptural work which can be seen in a local gallery on Whidbey.
IG @carajungpottery
Jenny Smith ~ Magnolia Curve Ceramics
Vases, cups, vessels and more with a variety of glazes—recently inspired by a workshop she attended in the east, she continues to explore new avenues of marrying clay shapes with glaze. You can see her work on IG @magnoliacurveceramics
Rosi Gross-Smith ~ Bookbinder/Boxmaker
Rosi’s master’s degree in Bookbinding and restoration has lead her to up-cycling old cigar boxes with a beautiful mixture of papers. From organizing to holding special letters, jewelry or tea storage, her boxes can serve a variety of uses. She recently retired from many years at the Southern Poverty Law Center and is looking forward to a move west and getting back to her creative outlet.
Greg Warnick ~ Potter
From plates to large vessels and small sweet spoons, Greg finds inspiration in natural forms, seed pods and his many hikes into the mountains of the PNW. His love of an organic look and connection to earth shows in his style. I’m delighted he can join for the Summer Market since he was unable to be at our Holiday Open House last year.
IG @gryphyx
Renee Boyce ~ Painted Rock Mandalas
Renee has a clear focus on the dot patterns that make up her very popular and detailed rocks—from a stone that stays in place to a stone which is incorporated into a pendant—you will be drawn into the fine work and detail she achieves. When I first saw them, I was reminded of the wonderful patterns on a sea urchin shell. Renee will be demo painting while at the market.
IG @freelandartshack
Brittany Olsen-Boblitt ~ Hand Spun & Dyed Yarn
From raising her own sheep and rabbits to procuring wonderful materials from other farmers, Brittany turns out gorgeous yarn both blended and solid. A knitting and crocheting paradise of selection. She will also bring her spinning wheel and demo her work.
IG @yarnbob
Sandra Wallace ~ Jeweler
Since learning how to hand solder silver jewelry ten years ago, Sandra has been creating personalized pendants and bridal bouquet memorial keepsakes for her shop on Etsy. She is putting together a special selection of pieces for the August Market, featuring pressed flowers and ferns from England and her family’s home country of Latvia. Her custom work can be seen at her Etsy shop link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/glassrealm
Linda Apsitis ~ Kokedama & other surprises!
Linda is known for a wide variety of well-crafted items she has made for our Holiday Open House each year. For the Summer Market she’s doing new things—the Japanese technique of Kokedama being one of them—come be delighted.
Siri Bardarson ~ Giclee prints
Siri is an ipad digital artist with an emotional hotline to beauty. If she sees something and it hums to her she draws it! As she says “My work is always “live” in an attempt to capture a moment, and I finish drawing in one session. I want the energy of the moment to be captured in the image. My technique is gestural, sometimes using a stylus or sometimes just my finger.
Prints and cards from the world of beauty she sees.