INTRODUCING NEW ARTISTS

Good Day friends, as always I wish you all the best for the higher good. I just spent time with a marvelous artist couple, Casi and Ron Berry. They have agreed to place some of their products in the Tornado Tavern Gallery and I am pleased to say the least.

Casi will be offering her woven wire necklaces, bracelets and earrings. They come in many colors and in addition to those in the galley she takes orders for other colors. Presently she focuses on jewelry she calls “Fan Maille” where she uses team colors to make her jewelry. She will have Packer colors or Badger colors or local High School teams and for those “mavericks” she will make jewelry with color from those other teams.

Ron is offering cast figurines from models that he has made. At the moment he is making frogs in several poses. The figurines are cast from non-lead metal and are usually painted to bring out the detail and personality of the frog. The figurines are available alone or mounted on a base of your choice.

We plan on having their work in place very soon; their work can also be seen on Etsy.

Please stop by we are normally open from Thursday through Sunday 10 to 5, watch for the OPEN flags to be sure. See us on FaceBook, search “tornado tavern gallery” for more information.

Greeting from the Tornado Tavern Gallery

The “warm” season is nearly over and the “colors” season is ramping up. We have started to cut back in our hours. We will be open Thursday through Sunday, 10 to 5 and a number of off-site events. We do apologize if you visit us and it is one of the times that we are away during our business hours. We encourage people to call, Tom at 920 915-3767 to confirm that the gallery will be open for your visit or to make an appointment outside of our business hours.

Looking forward to your visit and please drive safely.

DEMONSTRATION COMING UP

Mary Silver will be demonstrating her antique circular knitting machine on Saturday, August 23^rd. Mary has investigated the history of these machine, starting with Queen Elizabeth I. Mary will be answering questions about her demonstration.

Other demonstrations, dealing with fiber art and working with stone are being planned. Let us know what programs you would like to see, post on our FaceBook page. Search “Tornado Tavern Gallery” for our page OR

our blog, http://tornadotaverngallery.blogspot.com and post your request.

TORNADO TAVERN GALLERY will be at the SHAWANO FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL this weekend

Hello friends, Mary will open the gallery at the usual times. Friday might be a late opening as we will be setting up the “field gallery” Friday morning.

The Shawano event is actually a highly thought of events in the folk Wisconsin circles. They have good food vendors and quite a few craft and arts booths spread out in the Mielke Park and Mielke Arts Center at N5649  Airport Road, check out their FB page for directions.

I won’t be participating in the “open mic” sessions this year I used to join in with, my friend Dean “Jingles” Sauers and had a great time, maybe next year. The "buck-skinner camp" is fondly known as "Bullfrog Flats" and visitors will find some pretty interesting folks there. There may even be some impromptu music in the evening.

If you have time com'on down and visit, if you're not careful you'll end up having a good time!

Hello and Good Day to all from the Tornado Tavern Gallery in lovely Southern Door County

There is a lot to do “down peninsula” from Sturgeon Bay, stop by the gallery to get your FREE FUN MAP of Southern Door. It shows many of the attractions and things to do in Southern Door.

Rumor has it that starting August 4^th there will be lane closures for highway repair. The way it looks most of the closures will be closer to Sturgeon Bay so it’s a perfect time to take a look around friendly Southern Door. Check out the Tornado Tavern Gallery FB page to get up to speed on fun in the area.

News Flash!

The Tornado Tavern Gallery is doing it’s civic duty and has been designated as the official Lost Marbles Reclamation Center for Door County. Those who have lost their marbles in Door County or plan to loose their marbles in Door County can stop by the gallery to see if they were turned in. If your marbles have not been turned in there is no need to fret. We have marbles that have not been claimed and maybe it’s time for you to try out some new marbles, so select some strange marbles and “see what happens”.

See you when you get here!

What? too many references to Southern Door County? Can’t happen, check it out, you’ll see.

WHAT A GREAT DAY IN SOUTHERN DOOR COUNTY!

Hello all. what a great day in Southern Door County.

The Tornado Tavern Gallery Shibori demonstration, given by Mary Silver, was a success. Mary finished a number of scarves and even tried a few variations that she had not used before.

I spent some time in the studio finding ways to present the beautiful glass we have in inventory. I also spent some  preparing for my knapping demonstration tomorrow and in the process finished several new arrow heads. Well the green one needs a little work, I'll finish it tomorrow. I’ve selected a number of interesting chunks of glass that I will use to knapp some effigy pendants

We received complements on our new banners and even on our highway sign.

We hope to see some of you sometime this summer, good luck and talk to you later.

The Gallery is well into its 2014 season

We have increased  our products over the winter. We offer beautiful fabric art and creative products from across the state. We have doubled our inventory of minerals and semiprecious stone and shell. We have also increased our spiritual items and are waiting for even more to come.

Check out the new map of things to do in Southern Door County. You can get one from many of the local business, including our Gallery. Stop by and take a look!.

We are typically open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, from 10:00 to 5:00. We are also participating in a number of outdoor shows  so check for the banner along the west side of Hwy 57 just north of  Brussels. When the banner is out, we are open!