Here is a newer piece that will be turned into an Encaustic Original Greeting Card. These cards are not only original pieces of work, they can be framed as a gift for a special someone in your life or for your lovely home & sanctuary. There will be many more to come and they will be added to my etsy shop during the week of Oct. 6th.
"Every Morning a new arrival", quote from a Rumi poem....This morning I am thinking about how each day there are so many possibilities ...so many new arrivals, new ideas, new moments to be treasured and savoured...all of which can bring harmony.
It has been a gloriously full two days...been busying myself with tidying the studio...it is amazing how unruly, messy and cluttered a space can get after doing nothing but creating...So in the last two days, we stripped the one side of the studio, painted the wall a nice new fresh colour of white. Installed a new hanging system. Decluttered the space, hung up pieces for the upcoming tour...and on top of that taught a second week out of five Encaustic Course...and loving it..it is magical watching others get as much joy out of a medium you love....and I felt that magical presence today...it has been a great group and I am so looking forward to our time together the next few weeks. I am honoured that they want to delve into the process of encaustic painting with me and to be able to teach it..what is even more lovely, I believe that the group all came through what I solemnly believe to be due to the "law of attraction".
David Wilcox is new to the Elora- Fergus Studio Tour this year..but is a well established artist in town. David photographs the local landscape with passion and authenticity. 
This is the work of Staci Barron, who calls herself an "orphan of Canada" having lived on both coasts and in between. After moving locations 22 times, she is pleased that her 23rd move to the Elora has found her established with both studio and retail shop. Staci works in stoneware clay encompassing glazes that are both warm, comfortable and colourful; very different lines to satisfy aesthetics of her clientele. 
This piece from Dorothy Collin's body of work can be seen in her lovely country setting studio. Dorothy is a self directed potter, and has been influenced by many workshops and courses taken over the years. Her focus is on functional pottery; garden pieces, bird baths, toad houses and planters. These are a combination of wheel and hand built pieces to give interest and are her inspiration.
Grayce Perry is an Elora artist, she sculpts in clay at the Studio Elora and paints at her home studio. She is a self taught artist who has pursued her artist development with a passion over the last few years. She brings to her work a rich background of world travel and a childhood spent in India. Her sculptures and acrylic paintings explore form, texture and colour to express the complexity of feelings that are the human experience. Most recently Grayce has received the sculpture award at the Insight Juried Art Show in 2007.
This whimsical sculpture is a piece created by Shirley Al. Her pieces are both whimsical and sophisticated. Shirley enjoys creating sculptures as it allows her free expression, creating from her own imagination without any limits. Her wistful, poet-like heads with colourful hats and turbans, horses blessed by the fire-god, and the uncertainties and mysteries of sculpture have opened new paths of creativity for her.
The Elora-Fergus Studio Tour 2008 group show opening is taking place this Thurs. Sept. 18th, 7:30 p.m. at the Elora Centre for the Arts, Minarovich Gallery.
Mandy Deskur is a new artist on the Elora - Fergus Studio Tour this year. The new store front, studio space called Macadi Jewellery was opened on September 1st 2007. Having the workshop on site gives the customers an opportunity to see the design process from start to the finished piece. Mandy says that she is "inspired by nature's impressions. ...I study very closely the unique lines in a leaf, the elaborate patterns in a butterfly wing, or the silhouette of an orchid...and then takes these characteristics and abstract them, zoom in on interesting features and add my own vision. Simplifying a very intricate pattern often makes a design more appealing. I often incorporate semi-precious and precious stones into my pieces. Completing my studies in Gemology has helped me to understand the properties of each unique gem." Add Macadi Jewellery Studio onto your route during the studio tour weekends, and meet Mandy in person.
