Ontario Community Newspapers

Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 20 Mar 2001, p. 12

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T TV I I ,Local siblings 'ail fired Up' for craft show Pair will be among about 450 artisans se/lin g their work By FANNIE SUNSMINE The Champion fliltorn sihlings Teresa BeaI ad Dave Cro wl e tWo of Canada's 450 premier artisans to clisplay iheir work ai the One of Kind Spring Crali Show and Sale ai the National Trade Centre ai Exhibition Place in Toronto March 28 to April 1. 'Ihe show wili femmne a unique-samipling of (anadiali nade horne and gaiden prod-s ucis. vsial artwork, l-ashion and hody and cie ioods. 'llie sihlings work nîosiiy wiih ceramic craits andti nosaic designs. Isiaried doing tis aboui 17 years ago, said Ms Beal, who lias owned Ail Fired Up on Nipissing Road for the pasi 15 years. -My sisier and 1 joined al cerainic class and we dabled wih craft shows on the weekends. The swiich plaies sold really well. 1! jusi iook oit irom tiiere." Ms Beal. who lias been pari ol lhc spring show ai the irade centre for the pas( 13 years. saîd shte ititroduces new designs ai ihis show and irom the way pîcces arc received, Jecides whether or noi io contin- ue wiih a certain design. Weput oui a new catalogue ai summer ijîne." she said. Wealso take pari in the Ottawa Craft Shîow, which is usually held around the saite finie as the Toronto one. More people conte ihroughi in Toronto, but being pari of bot shows is wonih i.- (;rowing design trend îîth the mosaic an designs, Mr. Carson ~ ae s ilawed pieces of unusahie maicrial, smashes (hem up, and ihen wîîh the small ot iorortables, he said. "lis a goigkn fdsg rn, said Mr. Carson, who has been designing mosale art for six years. " its the type ofi ant ihat was popular in the Vicionian era. Somc peuple had items ihai were passed on frtm generatioui to generation and picces would break off. Raiher ihan ihrowing ihcm oui, ihey would glue the picces on te oiher itemîs. 1 do eus- tomi designs as wcll.- Tt sec more of the pîcces offered ai Aill ht GAA AN Fired Up. visit their Web site ai Teresa Beel holds a moulec flower pot whlle brother 08ve Carson shows a moulie mirror - Just some of the Items the pair wlll sell at the www.nowthatsaswitch.com. One of a Kind Sprlng Crafi Show and Sale in Toronto. r3et ln. Be Moved. Achilles & lU D

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