Melissa Highfill from A Tree Huggar’s Wife Yarns creates these beautiful skeins of hand dyed, hand spun yarns and hand dyed merino wool roving for spinners and felters. Soft, natural and beautiful!
Cheryl Novak creates these wonderful concrete stepping stones. The weather is warming and it will soon be time to be working out in the yard. These will make a great highlight to your outdoor space.
Anthony Lingner
I’ve been interested in woodworking for many years. Until recently my projects have either been for personal use or intended as presents for friends and family. With a small garage as my main work space I’ve learned to build large projects in several stages. When making multiple items, I like to set up my saw or other tools to cut as many as possible at one time without having to re-measure. I also like to build jigs to simplify the layout and construction of my projects.
My favorite medium is rustic log furniture. Projects for our home have included: entertainment center, couch, end tables, hutches, curio cabinets, and clocks. I really enjoy working with locally harvested Alder that I season in my shop for up to several years. I also enjoy using recycled lumber in my projects. It takes a lot of pallets to glue up panels of any size. Not to mention pulling nails and milling the wood through a small planer.
The addition of a small personal saw mill to my father’s tool collection has allowed us to harvest and make use of Black Spruce from the interior near his home. He concentrated on harvesting burl wood, that we use in our projects. The biggest project being a poster bed utilizing burl slabs for the head and footboards. Making the slabs for the bed has left me with smaller pieces for making my clocks and end tables.
Here is one of Anthony’s lamps – alder with burl wood base:
This clock is made from black spruce burl wood – there are Alaska quarters inset marking the quarter hours.
At the shop you can also see his rustic candle holders as well as his core samples from the historic Juneau mining district – perfect for a special gift!
Some of the newest items in the shop are from glass artists Tasha Walen and Lincoln Farabee from Basement Studios who specialize in handmade lampwork beads and jewelry. Here are a couple pictures from the shop. Visit their website for more, or better yet, come into the shop and see their work for yourself!
Elegant Silks
Fashionable. Affordable. One-of-a-kind.
Fran Roberts’ interest in scarf making began in 1988 when she received a silk scarf from her five-year-old son. Instantly drawn to the art, Fran took a course at the University of Alaska Southeast. After mastering the art and various techniques, she began to sell her one-of-a-kind scarves at local craft fairs in the Alaskan and Washington regions.
Each Elegant Silks scarf is hand-painted using on the highest quality of dyes on 100% pure silk. Similar to the art of oil and acrylic painting, every scarf is stretched onto a frame before wet dyes and salts are applied. Each scarf carries an element of uncertainty before they are steamed and rinsed, settling in the vibrant colors and wonderful softness of the silk for years of enjoyment.
Elegant Silks scarves can be worn around one’s neck and make an elegant accessory to any formal and casual event. They can also be worn as a belt or as a headband.
Affordable, fashionable, and one-of-a-kind. Custom-made orders are welcome.
About Fran Roberts
Fran Roberts is a long-time local of Juneau, Alaska. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Fran move to Juneau in 1976. After marrying in 1982, she and her husband raised three children while working in the local Southeastern community. She now currently spends her time between Juneau, Alaska and the Southwest.
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