Cape Breton Island Artisans

Monday, May 7, 2012

Up and running

Good golly! The posts on this page are woefully out of date! There are several exciting things afoot, however, so you may see more on this page very soon - about the exciting new Creative Island initiative, about studios opening up for the summer season, about activities happening at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design or the newly opened Artisans in the Attic in Sydney, and many other things of interest.¹

In the meantime, please have a look at the blogroll above, which is the heart and soul of this page and the reason it was created in the first place. It will link you to blogs written by and showcasing the amazing work of several Cape Breton island artisans. The most recent post on each blog is listed, with the most recently updated post at the top so you can see at a glance what's new and what you should read more about. Be sure to follow the links to the blogs themselves, though, as this is but a taste of the treasures waiting for you on each artisan's own page.

1. If you're anxious for news and just can't wait for posts here, you can join the newly reconstituted Cape Breton Artisans group on Facebook and watch as we get reorganized.

Handmade Island

Cape Breton may be an island unto itself but its artisans are not. We are a community of individuals: weavers, painters, glass artisans, potters, wood workers, and those whose work cannot be fit into such tidy categories. Though the media and techniques we use vary, our passion for what we do draws us together. And come together we do -- to engage, to motivate, to inspire and support, and especially to collaborate, enriching our work and our lives in the process.

This is a list of blogs recounting our inspirations, motivations, and collaborations with others. On these pages you will find images of our latest work, notices about upcoming shows and events, musings on the creative impulse, thoughts about living where we do - everything that makes us who we are: people who create beauty with our hands that rivals the beauty of our island home.

The most recent post from each blog is shown. Following any of the links will take you to that artisan's individual blog page.