Arts

MAKE BASKETS    NOT WAR    

The ‘Living Tree’ Healing Centre – www.livingtreehealing.com – located at Ray and Suzie's Cob House opposite Petes Lake – is a beautiful site now open for cultivating the healing arts.

Jewelry by Marc

 

Hand wrought jewelry

Ingo Dyrkton is a Lasqueti wood carver specializing in spoons, ladles, soup and salad bowls, as well as masks & sculpture.
Contact Ingo: 250-333-8627   toeclip2000 [at] yahoo [dot] ca

ABOUT THE BAND

Makeke Marimba is a vibrant, energetic dance band from Lasqueti Island, B.C..  Our music is inspired by the Shona tradition of Zimbabwe. The music is based on ancient melodies and poly-rhythms originally played on mbira (elaborate wood and metal thumb pianos).


Specialzing in using local, natural and recycled materials, we are a collective of builders that can be hired to build with you or for you, to create whatever your heart desires. We are experienced in building everything from cob cabins, ovens and benches to installing natural insulation, earthen wall plasters and cob...

Welding/fabrication...steel, stainless, aluminum, cast iron, whatever...

Plasma cutting

Tire repair

Ornamental iron and stainless work

Boat deliveries, local and international

Grain harvesting, cleaning, grinding, flour sales

Local maple syrup,

Nut busting (filberts,hazelnuts,walnuts,almonds)...

Lasqueti's Dance & Yoga Centre
Artistic Director: Denise Lieutaghi

dance [at] lasqueti [dot] ca
(250) 333-8698

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"Home of Contact Improv on Lasqueti Island."

Levianthan offers both Contact Improv Dance and Naturual Building workshops and retreats on Lasqueti Island.

Please visit us at leviathan.lasqueti.ca for more information.

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One of a Kind & Custom Beaded Jewels

by Jessica Hepper   250-240-4683
     hepperjessica [at] yahoo [dot] ca

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paintings , mosaics , collage , story-blocks,  glitter globes , shadow boxes...

valeriapainting [at] gmail [dot] com

250 - 333 -8691

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The Arts Centre is run by the Community Arts Council. It is a small gallery used for exhibitions, life drawing groups, creative projects, poetry classes, and film screenings.

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Jane MacKay
250-333-8821

You can see Jane's baskets at the Lasqueti Market.
Please call to enquire about what's in stock or to order a basket.

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"Each coin starts out as casting grains or ingots of silver or gold. The molten metal is poured, shimmering, from a crucible into a mould which shapes it into a long slender bar...."

So begins the elaborate process of minting coins by hand, in small batches, on a rural island.
For more...

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You can check out more of Colin's work, purchase his paintings, and watch videos of him creating his amazing "firecolour" portraits on his youtube chanell at  youtube.com/user/colinalexander777

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Wildwood Works has been creating and offering unique products here on Lasqueti Island since 1980. Our goal is to provide products which reflect the natural beauty of the forest around us.

For photos and more information, please see our website : www.wildwood.ca

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"The discerning alcohol enthusist's religion"

Alt-rock "home-grown" on Lasqueti Island!

  • Listen to tunes;
  • Get dates for upcoming shows;
  • Artwork and Videos;
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