This year’s Makers Market will be on Saturday, November 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Monterey Community Center. The Market is a truly home-grown event. Monterey is home to many extraordinary artists and this is an opportunity to purchase hand-crafted items made right here. Stop by, sip a cup of hot cider, and enjoy delicious comestibles from Gould Farm. Gould Farm will also be selling items that make great gifts like pancake mixes, maple syrup, granola, and a lot more.
Del Martin, the blacksmith of Knox Trail Forge, offers hand-constructed ironwork including kitchen and hunting cutlery, hardware, candle stands, and fireplace equipment, and specializes in custom architectural ironwork. Ellen Grenadier will have her natureinspired tableware with leaves. Her new work has a satin matte white-speckled glaze. Her many glazing techniques add depth and natural beauty to the plates, bowls, and mugs that will grace any table anytime.
Maureen Banner, an award-winning silversmith, will be selling many of her choice cloisonné pendants along with stunning silver earrings that make exceptional gifts or to treat yourself. Wendy Jensen’s hand-woven baskets of rattan and homegrown willow will get you thinking of all the places you need baskets or putting together a gift basket starting with one of Wendy’s baskets and filled with lots of Monterey products. Woven wheat ornaments will also be on sale.
Gail Heath paints delightful New England and holiday scenes on old ice skates, rolling pins, saws, shovels; just about anything she can find and repurpose. Something that was left at the Swap Shop has now become a work of art.
Susan Cain, a fine fabric artist, designs and stitches truly unique decorative pillows using an unusual technique. She utilizes a wide range of colorful fabrics that conjure up the sky, the sea, the sun and the earth, with something for any decor.
Annie Shatis’ Berkshire Sting honey—you can’t get more local than this. Harvested from hives located around Monterey, including at the community center, it is unfiltered, tasty, and very good for you.
We will miss artist Frank D’Amato who passed this summer. His scenes of downtown Monterey are recreated in greeting cards that you will want to send to friends and family as well as frame for your home.
Please put Monterey: A Local History on your shopping list. Written and edited by a group of Monterey townspeople to celebrate Monterey’s sesquicentennial, it tells stories of our town from incorporation in 1847 to 1997.
Most artists will take credit cards, however, some can only take cash or checks.
If you have any questions please call the Community Center at 413-528-3600, or email calendar@ccmonterey.org. — Wendy Germain
Wendy Jensen’s carry-all basket.
Maureen Banner’s earings.