I’ve decided that this year, I’ll finally spend a few days to attend the Wayzgoose at Gaspereau Press in Kentville, Nova Scotia. This year the event takes place October 24th, and I plan to drive there and back, a 2-day…
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Another Fun Papermaking Workshop
Last Saturday we held a private papermaking workshop for five people, following on from our demonstration at Maker Expo a few weeks ago. They were all family, with a young boy, his grandma, and several people who seemed to be…
Maker Expo aftermath
Despite a very busy day (with attendance estimated at 7500) we survived Maker Expo (and had enough energy the next day for the New Hamburg Fall Fair). I only now found out that I neglected to actually publish the post…
The K-W Maker Expo, Saturday September 19th
The local maker club, Kwartzlab, is spearheading a big event coming up on Saturday, September 19th, 2015 called Maker Expo. This free event centered around Kitchener City Hall will feature all kinds of people and organizations who make things, about…
Grimsby Wayzgoose this Saturday!
This Saturday, April 25th 2015, will see the 37th annual Wayzgoose book arts fair take place at the Grimsby Public Library and Art Gallery. We will have a table there, apparently in the adjacent Carnegie Commons building, where we will…
Introductory Papermaking Workshop in February
We’ve had some people asking us about our Introductory Papermaking Workshop this February. They’re flexible about when they can be here, but we will probably hold it on a Saturday. If you might be interested in this workshop, please get…
An enjoyable marbling workshop
After seeming like we might have up to six people attending yesterday’s marbling workshop, we actually ended up with only two. However, we all had a good time, even Lily did some marbling. The trays we were using are 9×12…
Marbling Workshop, Saturday January 10th 2015
We will be holding an introductory workshop on western marbling using acrylic paints from 9am-4pm on Saturday, January 10th 2015. The fee for this workshop is $65 plus HST. If you would like to attend, please don’t hesitate to contact…
Marbling from Heart & Hand
It has been a while since Heart & Hand, but I finally took pictures of all the marbling we made that day. We had one more sheet that Lily made with the help of one of the show visitors, but…
Steamed Stems Results
Yesterday, we held our Steaming Stems session with mixed results. The weather was great: It was right around the freezing point, and the morning was bright and sunny. Later it clouded over but there were still a few sunny breaks.…
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