LOCALLY MADE PRODUCTS
- Bear Boxes by Bob- http://tahoebearbox.com/custom_made_bear_boxes.html – The artist, formally known as BOB, was born and raised in Kings Beach, located on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. He has been fascinated by “junk” for all of his adult life. (Some would argue that “Bob’s adult life” is an oxymoron, but that’s another story altogether). If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then rusted metal, scraps of driftwood, and broken down old cars are beholden by Bob’s eyes. Bits and pieces of the past are discarded and sadly forgotten, but Bob thinks there is something beautiful about giving them new life in a foreign context. That is the essence of Bob’s bear boxes.The boxes are an amalgam of the past, a multi-layered quilt of metal that lived a former life in a completely different context. Today they are reborn to serve a particularly important function; to keep trash away from our bears. Bob’s bear boxes combine form and function in an industrial style of art that makes Bob smile on a regular basis. And in today’s world of falling stock markets, skyrocketing oil prices, melting glaciers, and rampant social inequality, smiles are in short supply.
- Lola’s Loom – At Forster Herb Garden, Doug & BJ raise herbs, lavenders and alpacas. Our lavender field has five varieties of lavender. Blooming begins in May with the peak in late June or early July. We have UPICK events where visitors can pick their own bouquet, make lavender wands or an herbal wreath. BJ’s interest in spinning and weaving led to the addition of alpacas in 2002. The fiber endeavors evolved into Lola’s Loom (named after our local legend, Lola Montez). Lola’s Loom is open Thursday through Saturday where you can pick up alpaca fiber, rovings, yarn, handcrafted items as well as spinning wheels and looms. BJ is at Meadow Farm Yarn Studio on Mondays and Thursdays.
We sell Ashford spinning and weaving equipment and Schacht Spindle Company small looms and spinning wheels. They also have workshops. 1900 Summerland Court. Grass Valley Ca 95945-9051, 1.800.702.3123
- Michelle Murdock Art – www.michellemurdock.com – My prints are hand-pulled relief prints, printed on 100% cotton fiber paper. My aim is to make prints about the environment that do not hurt the environment. I produce my prints using a a small rotary press in my studio on Quail Lane on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. A lot of my prints come out of my daily life in Tahoe-Taking walks with the dogs and looking around the forest at the trees and birds. I use the reduction method which allows me to create multiple color editions with a single linoleum plate.
