{"id":21134,"date":"2018-07-11T13:28:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=21134"},"modified":"2018-07-11T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:28:21","slug":"market-musings-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/market-musings-88\/","title":{"rendered":"MARKET MUSINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jan Freedman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t it be wonderful if the rest of the summer could be like it was on Saturday: sunny, warm with a slight breeze? Everyone at the Farmers\u2019 Market commented on how awesome the day was.
\nThe Market was busy since we were sharing the park with Kerry\u2019s Place and their clients and supporters.
\nAlso in the park was Deborah Campo\u2019s Art in the Park as well as Natalie Allan\u2019s Yoga classes. It was an exciting day topped off by the Therapy Seekers band.
\nOur next new vendor I\u2019d like to introduce is Keith Severs of Great Turnings. He grew up in small towns in Ontario until moving to Toronto in 1981 to attend Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, where he received his Diploma in Horticultural Landscape Technology. After graduation, he worked for a large Toronto landscape construction company. They built all manner of residential gardens in the GTA and beyond, with features ranging from natural stone walls and fine carpentry to water features. From there, he began selling plants at a North Toronto garden centre where he still works today.
\nIn 2001 he moved to Aurora with his wife, Caroline, and their two dogs, Fargo, a Lakeland Terrier and Sadie, a Yorkie\/Maltese cross.
\nHe remembers his grandfather on his dad\u2019s side always had an artistic flair. He painted, made jewellery and carved wood. That talent trickled down to Keith\u2019s father who carved birds, sometimes spending 200 hours on a bird, carving, painting and working on their features. It isn\u2019t surprising then that woodworking, especially wood turning, became Keith\u2019s passion.
\nAntiques were also part of Keith\u2019s life growing up. He attended auctions weekly and, as he refined his tastes, he narrowed his interests. Today his focus is on the everyday objects that the settlers used. Earthenware pottery of Ontario; Ontario, Quebec and East Coast furniture in original surfaces, and hand forged iron lighting are all of special interest.
\nHe likes objects which were used daily, were handmade and often decorated with paint or carving.
\nQuality hand crafted items from natural materials have always been attractive to Keith. He\u2019s not into mass produced or plastic things!
\nHis turnings are primarily from local wood – black walnut, maple, birch, cherry and ash. His bowls, pepper mills, platters and wine stoppers are turned using these woods. He also turns quality pens using wood from Africa, South and Central America-cocobolo, ebony, purpleheart, bicote, rosewood and ziricote are used.
\nKeith is delighted to be part of the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market and Artisan Fair. You can meet him at his booth in the park, admire his beautiful work and, maybe, talk antiques.
\nA new opportunity for the Farmers\u2019 Market this year is the invitation from the Town of Aurora to do pop up markets at the Wednesday Concerts in the Park. Each Wednesday evening between 5-9 pm, several of our vendors will be set up in the park with a range of items, including, of course, food.
\nAlthough the individual vendors may vary a little from week to week, there will always be a few offering food to eat while you enjoy the concerts.
\nOur next Special Event will take place on Saturday, July 21\u2014Family Day. As usual there will be music at the bandshell, crafts for the children and a draw for a Market bag full of goodies. It will be another exciting day.
\nSee you at the Market!<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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