We are thrilled to introduce you to our artisans for the 2019 – 2020 season.
Linda Davies, Glass Bead Maker
Glass beads handcrafted in Whistler are featured in one of a kind serving pieces to make your table absolutely unique. High impact jewelry combining glass beads with pearls, semi precious stones and silver will also give you an edge on creative dressing. Linda Davies delights in making these glass wonders in her Whistler studio.
Kassandra Turmel, Smudge Goods
Kassandra is an artist who works primarily with ink to create abstract art pieces that are greatly inspired by the landscapes of British Columbia. With the invaluable experience she gained as an art teacher, she now creates art of her own and lives in the Sea To Sky Corridor.
Carmen has been designing her unique one of a kind accessories for almost 20 years. Using her hand spun and hand dyed wool, strongly influenced by her West Coast vistas, Carmen creates pieces that are timeless additions to a winter wardrobe. After studying natural dyeing at NSCAD, Carmen is a converted forager and a curious collector of any plant or object that might yield a speck of color to wool. Being curious is the start of making beautiful things.
Lovestones Whistler was founded by Stacey Mathews in 2013. Starting initially as collections that focused on a wide array of crystals and their natural healing properties, it has grown to also include ecopoxy resin pieces that encapsulate local vegetation, as well as locally mined crystals that reflect the surrounding geology.
Karen Yaremkewich is based out of Squamish and brings a fresh and exciting perspective to upcycled design. Much of her work is theatrical in nature, full of life and imagination. She brings a special whimsical children’s collection to our market including tutus and wonderful little boy bow ties.
Caroline gravitated toward jewelry at an early age, when as a young girl growing up in Victoria, BC she would
sneak plastic earrings onto her ears and into family portraits. Since those days she has apprenticed as a silversmith in Uruguay, earned a three-year diploma in Jewelry and Small Object Design from the Kootenay School of the Arts and studied in the coppersmithing town of Santa Clara del Cobre in Mexico for eight months. She currently is undertaking classes in the Sculpture Department at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and works from her studio in Squamish, BC.
The Scratch Fine Foods team consists of Dominique St. Jean & Joe Casson. Both industry veterans, they bring a wealth of knowledge to the table; everything from suave cocktails, seasonal dinner menus to crunchy sauerkraut and tangy kimchi. They are passionate about good food, and want to pass the love on to you!
Amanda Green was born in the UK but now resides in the beautiful town of Squamish on the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. After working in the fashion industry for over 12 years, she eventually rejected the limitations of designing under the constraints of corporate companies and focused solely on jewelry making – an art that had been an interest of hers since she was a young girl, scavenging jumble sales and charity shops.
Modernism, paired with quality and craftsmanship, inspires Amanda. These qualities take precedence over the ability to mass-produce pieces for quick and thoughtless consumption. Her innate ability to conceptualize within the 3D realm makes her pieces sculptural, while at the same time wearable. She believes there is room for jewelry to be both art and craft; the jeweler is unconfined and able to work within her own visions of what is aesthetic and meaningful.
Whistler Bootie Factory creates crocheted baby booties for infants and toddlers. They use reclaimed scrap merino sheepskin for the soles and varying colours for the boots. No two pairs are alike! Designed and handmade in Whistler, BC.
Ben and his family love living in Whistler B.C.
When they aren’t baking granola and having fun at the Whistler & Squamish farmers markets we’re almost certainly on the mountain or messing around on the lakes.
Come and try out some of Ben’s delicious and healthy granola.
North Arm Farm is a family run business based out of Pemberton, BC. Started by Jordan and Trish Sturdy in 1995 with an open sided barn and fields of hay the Farm has developed into 45 acres of mixed vegetables and fruit and a commercial kitchen in the barn as well as converting from conventional production to organic methods. Jordan and Trish along with their 2 daughters, Emma and Thea are all involved in operating the farm business throughout the growing season as well as sorting and shipping storage crops throughout the winter months.
We are lucky enough to have them at our market with their incredible breads, pies, and preserves made from their own organic produce.
Barbora is joining us for the December markets to share her love of teaching and craft. Her approach to the holidays is all about fabric gift bags and less about paper, timeless pieces to be used over and over again. Her ornament kits are there for the DIY’ers or if you don’t have the time, she has them ready for you to hang on the tree!
Kate Rummery is the face behind one-woman print shop, Inkwood Studio. Originally from Australia, Kate started Inkwood Studio here in Whistler last December after making hand printed Christmas cards to send home to loved ones. This printing technique started off as an experiment but she quickly fell in love with the process.
Kate describes printmaking as a labor of love. It takes a lot of time and a high level of care but the feeling of creating something entirely with your own two hands she feels is incomparable.
David is a landscape & night sky photographer based in Whistler, BC. He has spent the past 10 years experiencing & photographing Whistler’s stunning and ever changing landscapes. David likes nothing more than to head off into the Whistler alpine to spend a night capturing the last light of the day and then the night sky in both photos as well as time lapses. In fact, he is probably as well recognized for his time lapse work as he is for his photos, especially after the release of the video “Whistler – Deep Sky” in 2013 followed by other videos from Whistler and elsewhere in the world.
Headbands by Elys Crocheted headbands and baskets to make your day more exceptional. Stay warm anytime or anywhere. Bright, pretty and functional.