Wow, I just realized how long its been since I last posted! News from Dresden Mills Maine is good. We had a great December which included visiting Boston for the Society of Arts and Crafts Holiday show, and hosted a fundraiser for Maine Crafts Association that was very successful.

 Musicians Twisted Strings (a fiddle band) played music in the hot shop while we did demonstrations and local spirit makers Fiddler's Reach, Savage Oaks, and Lewiston's Baxter Brewery donated mead, beer and wine for the occasion. It's the first time we've done a fundraiser and we were able to donate 25% of our sales. We have plenty of time to plan next years fundraiser. In the meantime we have been fine tuning designs. The Whale ornament is a new design for me. I had a great library when I was a kid and the illustrations of whales really stayed with me. When we moved to Maine started seeing the folk art wooden whales and the expressions and simplicity again struck me. Of course whales as creatures are remarkable....So there is lots of inspirations here to delve into (I even have some barnacle murrini).

We are also back at our local Maine farmers market at Fort Andross This market is every Saturday from 9-12:30 It's not just a chance to display our work we do all our shopping there. Seriously! with the exception of paper products and......bananas. If your local you must check it out 50 vendors, music...Its awesome.
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