From Hot Pads to Rag Rugs: Crochet Basics (February)

Vintage Inspired is pleased to announce we’re once again offering From Hot Pads to Rag Rugs: Crochet Basics
This fun and easy class is a lesson on using old materials to make anything from a hot pad to a rag rug. We will learn the basics of crochet, while creating fun and functional items! We will provide materials, all you need is a large crochet hook (we will have some for sale for those in need) and an imagination to create.
Cost: $20.00 for 2 Classes (2 hrs. each). 1st Class info lesson and questions; 2nd Class crochet circle and questions!
When: Sun Feb 12th 4pm; Sun Feb 19th 4pm
Registration: Registration for this class ends Saturday, February 11. To sign up for this class, please email mary[at]vintageinspired[dot]net for more info.

Stanley Ballard’s VT Pottery – Wed. Feb 8th 6:30pm

In this engaging and informative lecture, Vintage Inspired Marketplace vendor, Tom Jiamachello, offers insights into the extraordinary work of Vermont potter, Stanley Ballard.
Vermont studio potter Stanley Ballard (1917-1960) produced a body of work that has attracted national attention from collectors of Mid-century pottery.
Stanley Ballard graduated from Alfred University’s highly respected Ceramic Program in 1939, having studied there while these influential teachers were part of the faculty: Marion Fosdick, Charles Harder, Clarence Merritt, and C. Katherine Nelson.
Ballard’s first studio was in Burlington’s Old North End. By the early 1950s, he had progressed to a store on Shelburne Road near Holmes Raod. At age 43, Ballard’s career ended with his untimely tragic death in February 1960. He was featured in the Summer 1953 issue of Vermont Life.
His work is most widely available here in Vermont, particularly in the Burlington area. Come see a selection of Ballard’s work–from early studio ware to later production pieces–from Tom Jiamachello’s collection of 750 pieces.
Cost: Free!
When: Wed Feb 8th 6:30pm
Registration: To sign up for this class, please email mary[at]vintageinspired[dot]net for more info.

Frozen Charlottes

One unique item that you can always find at Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace is Frozen Charlottes.

Origin : Germany Limbach ca. 1850 – ca. 1920

Dug up from the destroyed doll factories.

The Frozen Charlottes are made of bisque in one piece & are a naked figure.  They range in size & the smallest are sometimes sed asa charms in Christmas puddings. The male version is called Frozen Charlie.

They are named after a poem written by Seba Smith in 1840 named “Young Charlotte”.  He was inspired to write it after reading in the N.Y. Observer on Feb 8th, 184o….”A young woman was frozen to death while riding to a ball on Jan. 1st, 1840″.

Available for sale from $6.50 for small to $8.50 for large.

From Hot Pads to Rag Rugs: Crochet Basics

Vintage Inspired is pleased to announce the first in our soon to be regular series of fun and informative classes offered on a variety of subjects! From Hot Pads to Rag Rugs: Crochet Basics

This fun, and easy, class is a lesson on using old materials to make anything from a hot pad to a rag rug. We will learn the basics of crochet, while creating fun and functional items! We will provide materials, all you need is a large crochet hook (we will have some for sale for those in need) and an imagination to create.
Cost: $20.00 for 2 Classes (2 hrs. each). 1st Class info lesson and questions; 2nd Class crochet circle and questions!
When: Wed Jan 18th 6:30pm; Wed Jan 25th 6:30pm
Registration: Registration for this class ends Tuesday, January 17. To sign up for this class, please email mary[at]vintageinspired[dot]net for more info.

We Art Women

“Vintage Inspired; We Art Women,”
January 4-31, 2012

“Vintage Inspired; We Art Women,” at Vintage Inspired January 4-31, 2012, showcases the collected talent of several Vermont women artists. (For additional info, please click here) Our focus for this exhibition is emphasis on vintage and reused materials for our artworks. We also have several pieces reflecting our own feelings regarding our pasts, recycling today, and the role of “reuse” and “vintage” in the not so distant future. The exhibition includes paintings and mixed-media works by Lauren Brownell, Ida Ludlow, Marni McKitrick, Polly Raine, and Katherine Taylor McBroom. Vintage Inspired is a designated First Friday Artwalk Space and the opening reception will take place on January 6, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. For more information on We Art Women, please click here…