Maggie began her journey with clay in Vancouver in the mid 90’s, when her husband gave her pottery lessons for her birthday. She was immediately hooked and has been ever since. In 1999 she opened Claytek Studios in False Creek, which she operated until 2003 when she set up her first solo studio at her home in Celista, BC. She then moved to London Ontario and continued to practice her craft for the next 10 years. Last year she moved to Picton and set up her studio at Loch-Sloy Business Park. Maggie continues her education and exploration of clay with a combination of decorative and functional work. Taking workshops and classes inspire her to try new types of work and firing techniques.

Maggie Hesketh

Laura Mayo

Born and raised in the Ottawa Valley, Laura has always been surrounded by nature and takes inspiration from it to produce her art. With over twenty years of experience as a self-taught artist, Laura has mastered the art of Sun Dyeing, which involves taking the leaves, flowers and seeds from plants and using them to create permanent images on silk scarves. Working extensively with other fabric dyes, Laura has also created a line of Ice and Spray Dyed scarves in a fusion of colours to add to her line.Everything is one of a kind, and easily cared for.

Debbie Reeve  

​Creatively driven, Debbie Reeve has journeyed from realistic acrylic and watercolour painting to non-objective mixed-media pieces that reflect her pursuit for beauty and symbolic meaning.  Debbie has been trained in Canada and abroad and has exhibited internationally with collectors across the globe. Reeve has always been an artist at heart.  Her realistic watercolour paintings show a love for light and transparency.  Her subject matter is diverse as the need to be constantly creating is what drives Debbie to explore different painting challenges.   

Sue Wade

Tamworth artist, Sue Wade, has been breaking glass for years, diving into the art form of stained glass after taking a how-to class at Sheridan College then letting her imagination run wild.  She uses traditional and quirky stained glass techniques - mixing glass with other media, sculpting with solder, copper sheeting and wire, layering glass - to create unique, eclectic pieces of art.  ​

Jane Ramsay

I am an artist and creator of many things. I love to work with fibre, paint, metal and glass (stained glass and enameling). I have liquid wax and clay sculpting on my list for this year, too. I am a graduate of St. Lawrence College, Visual and Creative Arts program.  I also studied Art History, Ancient History and Archaeology at Queen’s University. I’m originally from Napanee, but have lived in Kingston most of my life, as well as Vancouver.  I now live in Kingston with my beautiful collie, Thomas, and an Himalayan cat named Georgia. ​

Edith & Diane - All Dyed Up! Fibres

​All Dyed Up! Fibres is a small yarn dying business owned by sisters Edith and Dianne. They have been knitting for as long as they can remember and this love of fibre developed into a passion for dying yarn. They offer a variety of luxurious yarns in different weights. Visit their Pop-Up Shops, Sept 29, Oct 27 and Nov 24 at Lansing Studio to find an array of colours they have achieved by hand dying and/or painting each skein.  

Michael Currie

Michael Currie is a second generation artist and studied at George Brown in Toronto, attending the Graphic Design program. He has ties strong to fantasy and comic art themes, but also has a strong passion for wildlife and period pieces. At present time he is working a lot in a mixed media technique which incorporates English soft coloured pencil with acrylic overlay. Fine detail and intricacy are an essential part of almost every piece rendered. Other medias experienced in are pencil, ink and some sculpture.  ​

Audrey Brown - ARTISAN CHOCOLATIER

Audrey is the creator of CocoaBistro. She learned the art and science of chocolate at École Chocolat. In February 2015, she attended an intensive Master Class at Cocoa West, Bowen Island, British Columbia. Under the guidance of Master Chocolatier Joanne Mogridge and her artist husband Carlos Vela-Martinez, Audrey learned the fine art of airbrushing with cocoa butter, the science behind the crystallization of chocolate, and the transformation of cream and dark Belgian chocolate into luscious confections.

Bill Vanwart

A little Van Gogh A little Dali A lot of Group of Seven A dash of J.C. Roy And me - I've been oil painting for a number of years now. After teaching Art at High School for 30 years and trying to fit painting in when I could, I am now retired and able to paint every day. 

Ric Campbell

​Ric Campbell is primarily a self-taught Artist who resides in the community of Odessa. He has taken many classes and workshops with well known and infamous Art Luminaries such as Eric Copeland, Thelma Van Alstyne, Arthur Wild, Marc Gagnon, Margaret Freeman, Jerry Chandler, Michelle Hutchinson and more. Campbell has been actively painting in Oils, Watercolours and Acrylics since the late 1960’s. and is now retired from a busy career in Retail Management. He is currently focusing on his passion for dramatic colours, abstracts and bold statements.

Sherry Pringle

Sherry is a self-taught artist who has been inspired by workshops with the former renowned ZoltanSzabo, Brian Atyeo and Christopher Schink, to name a few. Currently her works are rendered in acrylic and mixed media. Subjects are numerous, including landscape, flowers, ships or share a history lesson through collage.

Yolanda Pruner

Yolanda Pruner has been working with glass since 1999 and has been employed at The Glass House in Kingston as an artist and teacher since 2003. She enjoys all aspects of glass and also loves working in her studio at home on her farm in Odessa, where she can share her work with family and friends. She has been offering creative glass workshops at our shop for over a year now and has developed quite a following.

Nikolay Savov

​Nikolay Savov, a third generation craftsman is an excellent skilled,  rich in experience,
​and full of ideas professional, who can turn a piece of wood into a piece of art. He started his career many years ago in Bulgaria, after taking a 5 year course in design, fine woodworking, carving as well as wood-turning. His specialty is creating one-of–a-kind small pieces of furniture and unique items to please any home. He has had many exhibits in Europe and recently, in Kingston, Ontario.
Maureen McDonald
I began creating pebble art images as gifts for friends and family members, but soon found myself busy filling orders for others. I love the simplicity of design enforced by this medium, and am still thrilled to find a perfect piece of beach glass that evokes the wind lifting a bride’s veil, or two pebbles that fit together perfectly to form a couple in a loving embrace.

Nancy Yanaky

Nancy is an impressionist-style landscape painter who enjoys experimenting with colour. She finds inspiration in her kayaking trips to Georgian Bay,in her travels to
destinations by the waterside,​as well as in her garden. Nancy studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design focusing mainly on printmaking, fabric design and enamel on metal. For most of her career she has worked creating art with high school
​students who have developmental disabilities. 

Gary Matthews

For over twenty years Gary Matthews has been turning wooden salad bowls on a lathe he built to produce the style of bowls he likes, as well as carving burls and cutting boards in his workshop near the village of Tamworth  Ontario. Gary’s bowls are both functional and decorative. He creates bowls, burls, platters and cutting boards in a variety of shapes and designs. His work is currently sold in select galleries across Canada.

Kingston Soap Company

The desire to create our own soap came from a trip to Provence in France.
On a warm October morning we ventured into the town of Vaison La Romaine to visit their market. We stopped at a stall that sold dozens of different types of soaps that we had never seen before, such as, Herbes de Provence. Lavender flowers, herbs and spices could be seen dotted throughout this bar of soap. This was the inspiration for our soaps and bath products. We started selling our products in 2008 after
​many years of research and experimentation.
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