Fashion Show at Sooke Harbour House
This is a new beginning, this fashion show drew nearly 200 people and helped raise money for the Sooke Transition House. This event has sparked new ideas. Frederique Philip will once again gather local talent, designers, models, friends for an even bigger and greater event coming in May 2010 that will feature more fashion, art, [...]
Farida Mawji
Born in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania, I came to Canada over thirty years ago, meandering my way through various countries with my family before settling in Vancouver.
My first brief exposure to clay a few years ago, turned into passion. Over the years I have tried different firings and techniques, challenging the clay and myself. Exploring form, texture [...]
Lyn Stoffels
Pottery
Lyn has been working with clay for over 20 years and uses handbuilt, wheel-thrown and altered form techniques. She makes a wide range of pottery from pendants to bowls and platters to wall art. The common theme in all her pieces is a touch of the coast. She uses stamped and rolled impressions of shells [...]
Barb Sinclair
Wallhanging
My main studies have been to know various structures within the basic weaving theories so I can expand in those areas with non-conventional combinations of colours and setts (how one puts the threads through the reed, on a loom). From here the main structures are expounded upon, stretching them to a higher number of harnesses [...]
Directions and best transportation options from Seattle to Victoria and Vancouver Island
Clipper Vacations
Victoria Clipper is one of the best ways to get here. Clipper is passenger only but if you book a Clipper package that includes a car rental in Victoria, it will make your travel to and getting around Victoria easy and free of customs delays. Victoria customs is friendly and has fairly low volume [...]
