Santo Nicolas

sold

My reproduction of an early Santa figure, (whom I've nicknamed Santo Nicolas since I never found time to do the Santos that I have been wanting to do all year).

I love the detailing on this one. The wide set passive eyes, threadbare moustache, ratty, stained clothes, faded tree... No jolly old elf.

About 18 inches tall.

Legions

Getting together some music for what I expect to be a late night in the studio,

and thought I'd share what is one of my favorites on such an occasion.

Happy Halloween

Phew!

We've been beavering away, prepping for our upcoming sales. 

Chomping at the bit to post some pictures of new stuff, but almost everything we've been working on is for Christmas, and it's too early for that.

Or is it?

Only a week and a half until our Vintage Christmas Open House!

Hope you can make it,  November 9th - 11th.

(see previous post)

In the meantime, I'll get some pictures on here soon.

Promise.

Christmas Open House

Thanks...

 Just a note of thanks for a great show... especially to those of you who braved the cold wind, rain and drizzle. As usual, I didn't take many pictures, aside from these few during set-up.

Some of you may notice that I have replaced a few of the sold pieces... I'll be updating the "now available" page here on the blog shortly.

With only 4 weeks to go until the next sale, we had to hit the ground running.

Please stay tuned for info about that... I'll be posting that shortly too.

Again... Thanks!

Mora Clock

Sold.

I just finished this clock yesterday, and since our first show of the season starts tomorrow, I thought I'd give a quick preview.

About 79 inches tall, made from new pine with a heavily distressed white over grey paint finish. Convex glass, hand-painted face and quartz movement. 

All handmade moldings, and 3 interior shelves.

Though technically not a Mora clock, I had seen the original on a Swedish blog and fell in love with it.

(Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the blog, so if anyone recognizes it please let me know.)

Update... Found it. It was lillevildand.blogspot.it ...check it out, here.

Hope to see some of you at the show this weekend.

Consistently Awestruck

Yesterday I received the new Obsolete catalogue in my inbox...

"Obsolete COLLECTS: Touched by the Past."

I was so struck with both the contents and the fact that they manage to consistently raise the bar...

I had to share a few of my favorites.

Click here to see the full catalogue, or here for the Obsolete website.

(No, I don't own shares... just obsessed.)

Black Stone

(For Justin, who asked for "More music - something haunting"...)

by Chris Clark

Grey skies...

via

... clean air, clear head, 

 little blue deer via new victorian ruralist

... muted colours

... Good riddance, Summer.

Ball's Falls Thanksgiving Festival

 Our Next show...

The 38th Annual Ball's Falls Thanksgiving Festival

 October 5th - 8th,  2012

Ball's Falls Conservation Area

Jordan, Ontario

10 am to 5 pm daily.

for info, click here or here

or for a map and help getting there, click here.

Hope to see you there!

(Since a few of you asked... following that, our next scheduled show is our 

Christmas Open House

 on the weekend of November  9th-11th)

I will be posting info about that in October.