Category Archives: Local Artisans

Mary Fox Pottery is having her annual Studio sale on Saturday and Sunday, November 5th and 6th, from 11am till 5pm. Come  see what the best dressed pottery is wearing for breakfast in 2011!! We are offering 25% off on … Continue reading →

Join the Island Estuary and Jo-Vic Pottery during the Artisan Christmas Tour November  17 – 20, 2011.  We will be featuring our homemade line of gourmet antipastos at Jo-Vic’s sale. All our antipastos are made with locally sourced ingredients – … Continue reading →

We were out touring the Artisan Loop in Yellowpoint on the weekend and decided to stop in at JoVic Pottery Studio to buy a honey pot for the Island Estuary Bed and Breakfast and found Josie and Vic getting ready … Continue reading →

Here we are in the bathroom, lighting up the candles on Nixie’s cake to surprise her. We had some help from Richard when sneaking up on Nixie Barton while she was in the Gallery. He managed to be holding a … Continue reading →

Many people have not yet discovered the “gems” that are tucked away on the side streets of Ladysmith.  Mary Fox is one of those “hidden gems”.  She has an incredible studio stacked with both functional and decorative pottery in a … Continue reading →

Well what do you do when you know that Nixie Bartons (Barton/Leier Gallery) birthday is coming up (the day after Lynda’s birthday – now there is a cosmic coincidence for talent, one in art, one in cooking). Using Mary Fox … Continue reading →

You never know what fun you can get up to at the Barton Leier Gallery!!  Artists Grant Leier and Nixie Barton took some well deserved time off, but Richard had other plans!!  We had so much fun dressing up in … Continue reading →

We served ricotta lemon pancakes with a blueberry coulis this morning.  Along with this, our guests had spelt scones and a raspberry/blueberry yoghurt parfait.  My friend Nikki of Nikki designs has been busy making table linens for the dining room … Continue reading →