**Disclaimer**
This is not a comprehensive list and is a working page in progress. Some members I have little to no information on and others I need to extract the information from former brochures. I apologize in advance for any discrepancies.
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Pop’s Old Forge – Founding Member
Hubert & Alice Smith
(Formerly Venue Site #9)
Hubert designs and makes tools in his well-equipped blacksmith shop. He makes chisels, punches, fire pokers, barbecue utensils, shoe horns, safety wiener forks, letter openers and doorknockers. He also enjoys making ornamental objects such as railings, plant hangers and dinner gongs. Un-serviced camping and picnic area is available.
Doreen Kalmakoff – Founding Member
(Formerly Venue #3)
Website insert from 2016 Brochure Bio
Colorful flowers, shady lawns and mosaic murals welcome visitors to this country studio. Doreen teaches and works in a variety of media. Her works range in size from miniature paintings to large-scale murals, which decorate the interior of her studio as well as the communities of Blaine Lake and Marcelin and Leask. While humor and narrative invite the viewer to enjoy the characters in her portraits, her still life and landscapes clearly establish a nostalgic mood. Functional artworks in the form of mosaic tables, painted art cards and art prints add to the colorful display.
Please refer to Blaine Lake Venue site #8 to view more information.
Prairie Leather and Art
Connie Leask
connieleask@hotmail.com
Instagram: prairieleatherandart
(Formerly Venue #8)
Connie’s leather creations – located in a 1917 Eaton’s catalogue home – include her signature Canadian moosehide slippers w/burnt on wheat designs, water buffalo leather house shoes, brown Bison moccasins, a variety of children’s moccasins, mitts made from various leathers & soft-shell fabric. You will also find cross-body bags, toiletry bags, totes and cases, leather cuffs/bracelets and even a few surprises.
nikihknan Crafts
Buck Lafond
nikihknan@xplornet.com
(Formerly Venue #14)
Buck uses his scroll saw skills to transform a variety of woods into many different useful and decorative items including scenes from nature, animals, native inspired designs and much more. Buck considered custom projects as well.
Woodworking By Ernie
Ernie Letendre
ernie.let@sasktel.net
(Formerly Venue #6)
My wife and I moved to Leask December 1, 2019. Before I retired , after being employed as a locksmith for the RCMP for 25 years, we built a residential log home at Whiteswan Lake Resort where we resided for 15 years. I have always had a passion for working with wood and took up wood turning with a wood lathe six years ago creating such treasures as wooden urns, boxes, bowls and cups of various sizes and design.
I have mentored many friends and enjoy sharing with them the love I have for wood turning. I have been experimented with wood in epoxy.
Carol Lafond
(Formerly Venue #3a)
I was given a camera on two occasions; one for Christmas when I was fourteen and the other when I turned 49! Using these gifts, I have been taking pictures, whether it is for family, friends or landscape for a great many years! I now use a digital camera! My favourite subject is capturing the beauty in nature; it is often inspirational and spiritual for me. Raised with the nehiyaw language but not speaking it, I can recall the words or phrases my community would use. I see these words, on occasion, in the sunrise, the land, the sky. I am all the richer by sharing these scenes.