The 11th annual 12-40 and Beyond tour takes place in the Blaine Lake, Hafford, Marcelin and Leask areas July 27 and 28.
You are invited to meet the friendly group ofartists, artisans, fabric artists and photographers in their homes and studios as you follow the bright red elevator signs that mark the trail. Each venue is unique and welcoming, most have picnic tables and washroom facilities.
Site No. 4 , the Petrofka Bridge Orchard, is home to Mike and Anne Noel who specialize in apples, dehydrated apple slices and their famous apple soft cider and apple cider vinegar. Make sure you shake hands with Anne, the lady who bakes more than 400 delicious apple pies each season.!
Step back in time with a visit to Site No. 10, General Store Memories and Antique Museum where Bill Nemish will show you through a two-storey building housing a huge variety of nicely displayed collectibles .
Harder's Traditional Crafts are situated at Lac Le Peche, Site No. 12, just a few minutes from the antique museum. Demonstrations of the century old art of weaving will be held both days. A variety of items from the loom as well as hand quilted and embroidered products will be available.
Site No. 9, Hubert and Alice Smith at Pop's Old Forge near Marcelin, is a well known venue where Hubert teaches blacksmithing in the winter and designs and makes functional and ornamental objects for sale.
Connie Leask's Prairie Leather and Art Site No. 8 is situated near Marcelin in a unique farmhouse/studio. She handcrafts many leather items as well as designing fancy pillow cases, altered art and articles made using sashika and felting machines.
Site No. 3, Spirit of the Prairie Art Studio near Blaine Lake, home to well known, portrait and mural artist, Doreen Kalmakoff, will have a full display of paintings, prints, mugs and t-shirts .You can also sign up for art classes and workshops . Guests are invited to take part in an art project and will be entertained with classical and modern guitar selections by local musician, Ed Bajak. Flowers, lawns and shade trees welcome picnickers. Fabric artist, Florence Cheveldayoff, also situated at this site will display handmade bags, batiks and seasonal pieces and a variety of art work.
Karen Wudrick-Mattock is a welcome newcomer to the group. She is an experienced photographer whose most influential photography experience was her involvement in a photographers' safari in Kenya. She loves to capture images of local flora and wildlife as well as doing commissioned photo shoots including special events. She will also display her work at Site No. 3.
Christine Watson of Pagangel Productions in Hafford has been capturing the world around her with her camera for many years. Her unique pictures will be on display at Site No. 2 in Hafford.
Joan Balla's Blue Heron gallery, site No. 13, is a scenic treasure overlooking a small private lake west of Leask. The gallery is filled with brilliant winter landscapes and paintings of old buildings and local area wildlife. Les Balla creates handmade frames to suit Joan's paintings and custom needs.
Nikihknan Crafts, site No. 14, is another unique home studio where Sandy and Buck Lafond transform a variety of woods into decorative and functional items. Buck's items include scenes from nature, native inspired designs, angel tree ornaments and much more. Sandy specializes in soft tanned deer hide jewellery as well as the finishing sanding of Buck's many projects.
Tour dates are Saturday, July 27 and Sunday July 28 with adventurers welcomed from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day.
For more information call: Doreen 306-497-2801
