• Benjamin McLaughlin builds furniture that’s beautiful, functional, and musical—it creates a resonating sound much like a xylophone.

  • Benjamin McLaughlin adds the finishing touches to an African Tongue Drum.

  • Finished African Tongue Drums at the Yew WoodShop.

  • The Yew WoodShop (formerly the House of Doors) is well worth a visit and, along with Benjamin McLaughlin,  includes artists Logan Gilday and Danielle Jasinski of OGA Design, Pat Christie of Daly Company, and Dave Mason of Blue Heron Wood Co.

  • Heather Konschuh at the Terminal City Glass Co-op working with molten glass in one of the facility’s glowing orange ovens.

  • Terminal City Glass Co-op is a non-profit co-operative glassblowing and flame-working studio offering artist work spaces and classes in glass.

  • Bowls by Heather Konschuh, who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction in Glass at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary.

  • Artist Heike Kapp working with a torch.

  • Lynn Falconer, sculptor, photographer and designer, is one of many artists opening her studio to the public at 1000 Parker Street during the Crawl.

  • From drawing to mold-making, see the process of creating bronze sculptures at Lynn Falconer Art Studio during the annual open house.

  • Bronze beauties at Lynn Falconer’s studio.

Eastside Culture Crawl

Studios open for business.

Make a list and check it twice, there may be a few artists with handmade goods knotty and nice. In time for the holidays, the Eastside Culture Crawl returns November 20 to 23, 2014 for its 18th run. When it began in 1997, the Crawl attracted several hundred visitors to 45 studios in three buildings. Today more than 300 artists—woodworkers, glass-blowers, painters, photographers, textile artists, sculptors, and jewellers—are participating in the annual three-day open house that draws thousands to the city’s creative hub. This is a rare chance to pick up a one-of-a-kind artwork from artists in their creative spaces. Here are three studios well worth a visit: Terminal City Glass Co-op, Lynn Falconer Art Studio, and the Yew WoodShop (formerly the House of Doors).

Photos by Joshua McVeity.

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November 13, 2013

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November 22, 2014