The Artisan Fine Craft Market is an established event, showcasing the best in Fine Craft in Saskatchewan since 1979. This boutique craft sale is consistently rated as best quality, most enjoyable Christmas market by artists and customers alike.
Organized by a cooperative of craft artists, the event offers a variety of fine handmade objects in a variety of media and price ranges. Artisan returns to the German Cultural Club in Saskatoon, for its second year. The German Club is known to Saskatonians for easy access, ample free parking, and great food.
November 2 – 3:00pm-8:00pm
November 3 – 11:00am-6:00pm
November 4 – 11:00am-5:00pm
German Cultural Centre
160 Cartwright Ave
Saskatoon, SK
Adults $5
Children (12 & under) Free
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Judy Wood is a career artist who has worked in a variety of media. Current works are photo-based print images or mixed media wall pieces. Nature, birds and animals, prairie heritage and mystery/fantasy are all represented in her portfolio.
Heike Fink is a felting artist, originally from Germany, now living in Prud’Homme, SK. She is very fascinated by felting, since it seems almost magical how those loose fluffy wool fibres transform into a solid expressive figure. She mostly loves sculptural work and especially animal sculptures. She also creates abstract or human figures and a variety of functional craft items. Most of her inspiration is drawn from nature.
Jamie Russell has been working with wood all his life. He is best known for his furniture incorporating animal figures. Recently he has expanded his repertoire to include free formed sculptures and vessels.
Anita Rocamora is an award winning independent studio ceramicist since 1976, creating one-of-a-kind sculptural vessels and sculpture, in clay and mixed media. Her work is figurative, symbolic, or humorous, and draws inspiration from nature, culture, and social issues. “…I strive to create objects that “make sense” visually and physically, that present technical and artistic challenges, and carry a visual narrative” through the evolution from idea to object.
Paula Cooley is a ceramic artist, living and working in Saskatoon. She has had an active studio practice for the past 16 years and uses wheel-throwing, hand-building, and various glazing and firing techniques to create work that ranges from functional pottery to sculpture. Inspired by the natural world Paula’s work is elegant, sensuous and whimsical.
June Jacobs’ textile creations feature the incorporation of exotic natural and manmade fibres into wearable one of a kind creations…garments, shawls, hats and neck pieces. In her sculptural works, emphasis is on form, colour, textural elements with the addition of surface embellishments. Decor items such as wall hangings, blankets, and pillows incorporate all the techniques and fibres. June has also operated the Hand Wave Gallery of fine craft , located next door to her studio in Meacham, Sask. for 33 years.
Michael Hosaluk is recognized internationally and in Canada as one of the world’s most creative wood “turners”. Born in 1954, in Invernay, Saskatchewan, Hosaluk is self-taught. Hosaluk’s work covers a wide range of objects and materials including functional vessels, furniture and sculptural pieces. Michael Hosaluk lives and has his studio near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. and remains active locally and globally.
I grew up in Regina Saskatchewan went to Art School in the 60’s, taught ceramics for the University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan. After moving to the country in 1976 to establish North Star Pottery in a renovated brick church, I have been surviving solely from the sale of my functional porcelain and salt vapour glazed sculptural vessels. In my 48 year career I have shown nationally and internationally, conducted numerous workshops, juries, exhibitions and have pieces in collections worldwide. I continue to create my work from our renovated church/home/studio on an acreage near Humboldt with my wife Karen Holden, Painter.
Zane Wilcox is an award winning artist who creates a broad range of work from his studio in Regina. His sculpture is a distillation of rich elements of visual perception, where form, material, space, light and shadow become the subjects for perceptual play. Zane also makes a line of contemporary functional pottery that is built on strong forms and rich, minimal surfaces. His work has been exhibited across Canada and in the United States and Australia, and is included in several Canadian public collections.
I grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan and have always been interested in promoting the family farm. In 2009, with more health problems in the family due to chemicals, I started using and then selling local beeswax candles. In 2010 I offered to help the owner with her business and began my apprenticeship. After one year apprenticing, and finding I enjoyed the business I decided to purchase Joan’s Beeswax Candles. Although I do not raise bees myself, I do support our Saskatchewan Beekeepers by purchasing directly from them. I will only use 100% Saskatchewan beeswax, and all wicks used are pure cotton. There are no toxins emitted when burning a Joan’s Beeswax Candle.
Ba-Hung Tran has made his home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan since 1981, when he came to Canada from Vietnam. He began to fold paper again during the 1990’s – a passion from his childhood. His work now includes framed artworks, greeting cards, flowers, ornaments and origami jewelry.
Megan C Broner is an award-winning classically trained designer/goldsmith who has attracted worldwide clientele by creating fine jewellery to fit individual tastes. Executed primarily in gold, silver and platinum, often with colourful gemstones and enamel, her work echoes the line, form and textures of a diverse natural world. She lives and works in Saskatoon.
I’ve always found texture to be both intriguing and exciting. Creating with fiber has allowed me to explore an amazing variety of textures and it is this variety that I try to incorporate into all of my pieces.
My work is predominantly needle felted wall art with subjects that range from landscapes to abstracts, but there are always some pieces that are more sculptural and whimsical in nature. Whatever I’m making, it’s always a joy to create.
Rod specializes in wood turning, functional and artistic works with embellishments of pyrography, painting, staining, piercing and texturing the surfaces of his work. As an artist he is basically self-taught with help from seminars and workshops he has attended. He has been inspired by artists such as Frank Sudol, Binh Pho, Mike Kajafski, Mike Hosaluk, Marilyn Campbell and several other artists. Most of his wood comes from the Boreal forest in northern Saskatchewan.
Mark Wells has been making jewellery for over a decade and was recently juried into the Saskatchewan Craft Council. He currently specializes in pierce-work, especially designs incorporating multiple layers to depict landscapes. He is interested in exploring new techniques and loves creating wearable pieces of art.
Arbie Kepler is a Saskatoon artist who creates works of art by using a kaleidoscope of styles, and a diverse and complex array of mediums. His creativity ranges from wildlife painting to handcrafted tiles and mosaics. As the recipient of several wildlife and people’s choice awards, Arbie’s paintings and mosaics have been displayed in various galleries, and sold both locally and internationally. He has produced commissioned works for homebuilders, and in doing so, has worked closely with architects and designers to ensure that the essence of each piece has been precisely and meticulously captured.
Arbie enrolled in the University of Saskatchewan’s USCAD Sculpting classes, where he ultimately realized that sculpture was merely an extension of his paintings. Each one of his sculptures has been inspired not only by the subject, but also by the complimenting characteristics of the medium he chooses, whether it be steel, wood, stone, glass or ceramics.
“My creative process isn’t really a journey – it’s an adventure.” – Arbie Kepler
Discovering fused glass opened up a whole new world for me. I like the combination of the technical skills needed to produce the artistic finished product and the freedom from traditional copper foil or lead lines. One of my goals is to produce beautiful functional pieces, such as bowls and platters, that make people smile. A second goal is experimenting with glass as a canvas, brush, and paint to produce the emotion and feel of a painting using glass as a medium.
Unlike working with other mediums where ideas are manipulated and imposed upon, carving stone can be not only a challenging technical process but an exciting addictive journey unearthing the hidden image within; ‘experiencing the unknown’ provides a satisfaction, for me, not found working with other mediums.
I mostly work in high-fired translucent porcelain. I was raised in Calgary and have transplanted to the small prairie town of Maple Creek Saskatchewan which has greatly influenced my work. I use iconic and simple imagery such as children’s story book images, (possibly from reading many stories to my eight year old year old and four year old daughters ) to explore these themes. Lately my work has taken a turn to intricately carved porcelain with a focus on plant leaves. My influences are as diverse as ceramic traditions such as Japanese tea bowls and lino. print transfers.
Shirley is inspired by organic elements and fossilized objects which she translates into delicately detailed hand-built ceramic pieces. As an lifelong awarded painter she feels this transition from 2 to 3D creates a tantalizing shift in consciousness. A shift from the picture plain to world in the round.
Sarah Marvellous Marvin has been a Stained and Fused glass artist for 4 years. She is inspired greatly by nature and pop culture. Sarah lives in Humboldt Saskatchewan and also works at the local glass studio Prairie Glass.
Our pillows are truly “one-of-a-kind”; we gather clothes, scarves and other fabrics that are no longer useable; to re-purpose them into gorgeous pillows. Once you purchase your pillow from Zeera & Meeps, there will never be another like it!
Cassie Danielle Designs concept is creating wearable art, hand crafting each piece and focusing on upcycled materials, eco-textiles and leathers. Her style is rebellious and edgy; Clothing and accessories for those who don’t conform and strive for individuality.
I love to draw. Usually animals. Most often dogs.
I was born on the Canadian prairies and have lived here my whole life. I enjoy interpreting my native surroundings into life-like images, using only thread and cotton fabric. I particularly like coaxing my needle and my sewing machine to alter existing stitches so that the final result is one of maximum texture and realism – both in hand and machine embroidery. Although I have only been showing and selling my work since 2013 and am still considered to be an emerging artist, it has found places in many private collections, both throughout Canada and Internationally.
Viewing natural objects through perspectives of speech and sound, Saskatoon-based Art Jeweller & Goldsmith Mary Lynn Podiluk explores the relationship between communication and artistic interpretation. She represents aspects of language through organic forms, linguistic textures and acoustic visualizations creating conceptual jewellery and holloware that is sensual and graceful. Blending precious metals, gemstones and resilient yet glass-like resin, she creates an interplay of light and colour between lustrous surfaces and vibrant transparency, resulting in sculptural, expressive work that speaks to the viewer, whether on the body or on display.
Ron Cooley is a lifelong photographic enthusiast. After a rewarding academic career, he now devotes himself full time to the art and craft of photography. Raised in Southern Ontario, he moved to Saskatchewan in 1989 and fell in love with prairie landscape and prairie light. His favourite images highlight the glorious accidents of pattern, colour, and texture found in our urban and natural environments.
Elisabeth and Robert Miller are fused glass artists that work together to create fine and functional glass art. Both are fascinated with stained glass and its ability to transmit light and emotion. They like the combination of the technical skills needed to produce the artistic finished product and the freedom from traditional copper foil or lead lines. Although they pursue their individual projects and work, they often work together on larger projects or on new and experimental projects that require more brainstorming and collaboration. Both Elisabeth and Robert were born and raised on the prairies and draw their inspiration from the prairie landscapes and the urban environment. They have travelled extensively, in North America and abroad, and look for other inspiration in landscapes and built environments that are very different from Saskatchewan. All of these experiences combine to produce unique, one of a kind fine and functional glass art.
Shannon Welch began making jewelry while living in Victoria sixteen years ago. She remains passionate about constantly refining and growing her skills, as well as her art. Her work can be found on her Facebook Page: Shannon R Welch Jewellery.