B6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, July 28, 1999 Oakville Beaver Entertainm ent Editor: Cara Baldwin 845-3624 (Extension 254) Fax: 337-5567 haltonsearch. cominq soon! Royal Bank Festival of Classics presents Love's Labour's Lost by W illiam Shakespeare July 21 to August 14, Monday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. Theatre at the Lake, Coronation Park AKVILLE Th e S eventh Sp h ere T h ea tre C o. presents Office Hours by Norm Foster D irected by Scott Zab ie lski A ugust 4-6 & 12-14 at 8:00 p.m . Tickets: $10.00 FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS B ecome a B ig T icket Member and $ave! 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Summer Camps *99 Boys & Girls Kinder Camps (2-5 years) I /2 Day Camps (5 years & over) G Y M N A S T I C S C E N T R E 220 Wyecroft Rd. Unit 52 8 4 2 - E L F S (8 4 2 - 3 5 3 7) lining the history of eye-glass holders. This his tory reveals that in the late 1830s when two armed glasses came into being, "Victorian gentry wore their specs on their clothing as a means of protecting and preserving these very fragile wire-framed glasses...The arm of the glasses actually went through a looped chain extending from the bottom of a brooch which was made from either sterling or bone." Marilyn's circular brooches are not made of sterling or bone, of course, but they are gold plated and the bottom half of the circle will securely hold any pair of glasses. The top half is usually decorated with something of the buyer's choice. She even has a gambler's brooch with a one-armed bandit proudly displayed on the top half. Other more masculine designs include commemorative toonies, horse heads, saddles, and so on, decorating the top half. Dogs and cats are the most sought after adornments, but ferrets and even skunks have been requested. And when the couple was in a show in Haliburton recently, the two could bare ly keep up with the demand for the ever popular butterfly. "Each night we would go back to our hotel and make them," says Marilyn, adding that she does make some custom items on the spot or modify brooches or earrings to please a cus tomer. If that isn't possible, she will take orders and send the finished product by mail. "We do quite a bit of mail order.. .1 don't think we've ever had any returned. It's not paid for when I send it out. It's easier that way. There's less pres sure to make something when it's not paid for." "Marilyn has a policy - if you don't like it, send it back," adds Alan. "One of the reasons we keep this (business) a size that just-the two of us can handle is that we want to concentrate on customer service, make sure they get what they want." And one of the items that many customers seem to want is Marilyn's family pin. Similar to the traditional family ring, these brooches, usual ly centering around a bow, have the recipient's birthstone in the middle of the bow with their children's, and even grandchildren's, birthstones in the ribbons that stream down. "We can per sonalize most things that we do," she says. "We make tennis, hockey, soccer 'angels'." The Oakville Art Society's 34th annual Art in the Park will feature original works by Ontario artists on Monday, Aug. 2nd in Bronte's Waterfront Heritage Park. "This is the biggest Art in the Park show the art society has ever organized," said Mar guerite Broten, president of the OAS. "There will be over 110 exhibitors offering a variety of different art forms including painting, pot- #tery, photography, stained glass and sculpture. "Perhaps the biggest change has been in the quality of work the artists are putting for ward," Broten continued. "Not only has the level of creativity increased dramatically but so has the way in which the artists are present ing themselves.. Joe Smith, vice-president of events for the OAS, said another change in this juried art show is the focus of the art itself. "Over the past three years we have been focusing more Marilyn's brooches are so popular that they were even photographed and used on the cover of a recent Kingsmill's catalogue. The couple, now in their early fifties, specu late on turning this craft into a full-time job when they retire from their teaching positions. However, says Marilyn, "I want to have a life." Prices for her one-of-a-kind creations range from $9 to $50. These dual purpose jewelry items and fashion accessories will be on display at Art in the Park on Monday (Aug. 2nd). and more on painting, pottery and sculpture, and this year we have achieved one of our goals of having nearly 70% of the show devoted to these art forms," he said, noting the high cali bre of workmanship in the other items, such as stained glass, jewelry, and wood creations. This year's art show, which is the oldest and one of the biggest outdoor shows in Ontario, will also feature musical interludes performed by a quartet playing light classical music. These musicians were hired by the Bronte BIA merchants, who actively support the art show in their neighbourhood. Art in the Park will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Waterfront Heritage Park at the foot of Bronte Road. Admission is $2, which will go to help defray the costs of organizing the show, and will help the OAS maintain its independence and subsidize art education programs. Original art work only at Art in the Park -Arts & Entertainment____CENTRE OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR OF THE OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS YOU WOULDN'T TRUST JUST ANYONE TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, SO WHY TRUST JUST ANY COMPANY TO INSURE IT? Wayne M cG ill 2345 Wycaoh Rd #21. Oakville 847-5671 Art in the Original jew elry is also functional By Carol Baldwin ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Marilyn Winarski and her husband Alan are into double dipping. Their particular kind of double dipping may not be what most people think of when the hear the term, but it's double dipping nonetheless; and what they dip is metal, twice, to gold plate it. Marilyn creates one-of-a-kind jewelry and fashion accessories, and she and Alan travel the craft show circuit during the summer. Their next stop will be Bronte's Waterfront Heritage Park on Monday where they will display and sell Marilyn's work at Art in the Park. As a jewelry designer who once provided . accessories fqr Leigh Morgan Fashions and Weekenders, Marilyn is trying to phase-out the wholesale end of her part-time business and con centrate on craft shows and festivals. Most of the materials the full-time teacher uses are light weight and recycled or natural. And they have more than one use. They are also fashioned from a variety of media including, copper, gold plate, antiqued metal, coated fabric and mica. 'This is mica, it comes out of the ground," she says of a clear acrylic-looking brooch with an image stamped into it. She explains that the material was used for window panes in the 1800s. "When you put something behind it that isn't white, it will pick up the colour and will accentuate the colour that I put in the centre. I'm really excited about that one." In fact, Marilyn talks with excitement about each unique fashion accessory she creates. Her dual purpose jewelry is always unique and often custom made on the spot to meet a customer's needs. And for people who have accidentally broken a cherished piece of pottery or lost a favourite earring, Marilyn will create a brooch from the remains. "I'm learning different techniques with the pottery. It's a shame to have a piece of some thing that you really like that broke. Why can't you wear it? There are lots of things you can do with broken pottery," she says, explaining that she will often make a piece of jewelry for pot ters in exchange for some of their broken pieces. The Oakville artist will also create pins from wrapping paper and Japanese rice paper as well as from commemorative stamps and coins. And she is working on her computer scanner to create antiqued pins and earrings from photographs. Right now she is using available photos for her Victorian style brooches. However, her most popular items, she says, are her Noah's ark brooches. Each one is differ ent. Although they all centre around the ark, each sports different animals; some are attached to the ark, others dangle loosely from it. "No two of them are the same," she says, noting that their popularity may be due to the religious con notation they have as well as being a noted chil dren's theme. "Everything I do is theme orient ed." And most of Marilyn's brooches double as eye-glass holders or key keepers. "I never thought a piece of jewelry should be for one pur pose only," she says. "You can clip an identifica tion or access card to the key keeper. Senior citi zens use it quite a bit. I have one customer whose mother pins it to her pillow, so she can find her glasses in the morning." And everyone who purchases a brooch/eye- glass holder also receives a piece of paper out- Photo by Peter J. Thompson Alan and Marilyn Winarski will be displaying and selling Marilyn's one-of-a-kind jewelry and fashion accessories at the Oakville Art Society's Art in the Park in Bronte's Heritage Park on the holiday Monday. http://www.oc4pa.coni haltonsearch. cominq soon! Royal Bank Festival of Classics presents Love's Labour's Lost Office Hours 905 815-2021 Patricia O Callaghan www.oc4pa.coni Don't forget about our Fall Registration '99 Only 4 weeks left in our Summer Camps! Summer Camps *99 Boys & Girls Kinder Camps (2-5 years) I /2 Day Camps (5 years & over) (8 4 2- 3 5 3 7) CENTRE YOU WOULDN'T TRUST JUST ANYONE TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, Art in the