News release

This Old Craft: Works Created Traditionally

Tourism and Culture (Aug. 1999 - Dec. 2003)

A display titled This Old Craft, opening next week at the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, will showcase works by craftspeople using traditional techniques in the creation of their products.

The display, open from Sept. 22 to Nov. 17, is part of the centre's Production Crafts Display Program. The program allows the public to look at the work of Nova Scotia producers without the pressure to buy. Information is made available for who wish to know where the products can be bought. The program also provides good samples of the range and quality of crafts available in this province.

This Old Craft promotes a variety of handmade products such as functional and decorative pottery, candles, unique tapestry bags and pouches, handcrafted hats, carved stoneware, woollen hand-knit garments, a wooden yoke and buckets, handcrafted Windsor chairs, a Christmas village, and leather fire buckets.

The display includes works from throughout Nova Scotia: Annapolis Thatching Co., Annapolis Royal; Birdsall Worthington Pottery Ltd., Mahone Bay; Chester Candles, Chester; Custom Footwear, Petite Riviere; Leather Works by John C Roberts, Englishtown; Melanson Mountain Chairworks, Wolfville; Out of Wool, Bridgetown; Pine Log Pottery, Caledonia; Return of the Toymaker, Digby; Sandra Dennis Milliner, Canning; Spirit of the Wheel Pottery, Halifax; and Tapestry Tangents, Chester.

The Centre for Craft and Design, at 1683 Barrington St., Halifax, is dedicated to developing and promoting the craft and design sectors of Nova Scotia. The centre is part of the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Tourism and Culture.

This Old Craft may be viewed Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is no charge for admission.


kjd 13 September 1999 3:58 p.m.