Selling Gold or Silver?

Vintage Inspired is pleased to announce that Jim Nichols will be here buying gold and silver, Sunday Feb 19th from 12 – 2pm. Stop by, learn about purchasing precious metals, and see what your valuables are worth!

Jude Bond and Michelle Saffran

“Jude Bond and Michelle Saffran”
February 3-29, 2012

Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace on Flynn Avenue in Burlington is pleased to announce an exhibition in February of work from Vermont artists and photographers Jude Bond and Michelle Saffran. This exhibition featuring black and white and color photography will open on First Friday, February 3rd with a reception from 5-8pm, and runs through February 29th. Also in the month of February, Vintage Inspired will feature art work from the community at The Lodge at Shelburne Bay. Vintage Inspired, A vibrant new marketplace for antique dealers, artists and craftspeople, is located at 180 Flynn Avenue, and is open Tuesday – Saturday from 10am to 5pm, Sunday from 12pm to 4pm and closed Mondays.
Jude Bond Artist Jude Bond’s silver gelatin prints entitled Yours Till Niagara Falls; Brides and Grooms and Honeymoons are a photographic celebration of love, marriage, honeymoons, waterfalls, smooches, pools, geysers, rocks, rivers, caves, carnivals, and attractions – both tourist and otherwise. The series is an ode to both the vernacular candid snapshot and the vintage cabinet card, a posed studio-style portrait genre with atmospheric hand-painted backdrops. Taking something old and something new — in this case old and new photographs, and old and new technology — Jude has created faux snapshots of happy couples as they traverse the USA visiting such familiar locales as The Carlsbad Caverns, Mount Rushmore, and Marine World. These silver gelatin prints are intimate little treasures presented to accentuate their object-ness. They provide a glimpse of romance that is tender yet archly amusing. Jude has exhibited her work all over Vermont for over 15 years, and facilitates the Early Arts program at Burlington City Arts. www.judebond.net
Michelle Saffran Michelle Saffran creates photographs that deal with issues of gender identity, loss of innocence, passage of time and our temporal existence. In her artist statement, Saffran states that she “looks to the tradition of still life painting for inspiration, and is particularly provoked by the dark moodiness and heavy symbolism of the Dutch and Spanish still life paintings of the early 16th Century.” Michelle holds a BFA in photography from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and exhibits her work throughout the area. She is a photography and design teacher at Burlington City Arts and is currently pursuing an MFA in Visual Arts from the Art Institute of Boston. www.michellesaffranphotography.com

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…

We’re Open!

Vintage Inspired is proud to announce the opening of our brand new marketplace at 180 Flynn Ave. Featuring numerous local vendors and artists, there’s tons of great treasures waiting for you to discover! Enjoy the pictures below, and be sure to stop by for our Grand Opening on Friday, December 2nd – including First Friday Art Walk activities from 5pm-8pm.

Shop ‘Green’ for the Holidays!

Looking for good ways to shop ‘green’ for the holidays? Check out this great article from NECN for eco-conscious holiday shopping ideas – including a visit to Vintage Inspired!

“Another way to have a green holiday is by giving gifts that don’t require much manufacturing: something homemade, maybe, or something made a long time ago. So try checking out a vintage shop or antique store.

Businesswoman Mary Heinrich Aloi just opened her Vintage Inspired Marketplace in Burlington giving a second or third life to objects that are fashionable but were just sitting in someone’s attic or barn until she salvaged them.

“It’s something that you picked out that’s unique, that’s one of a kind without question,” she beamed. “And it’s ‘green!’” Click here to read more…