Thursday, April 18, 2013

Update to the Tornado Tavern Gallery



Our good news is that the Town of Brussels has, unanimously, approved our request for a Variance to the Agricultural zoning, allowing us to open a retail business. Everything that has been waiting for this approval can go forward. The biggest item is our roadside sign, the sign will be visible on the left, just past County Road H for North bound traffic and, just past Stevenson Pier Road, to the right for South bound traffic. The sign will look like this;


The building looks like this from Highway 57


We are also receiving commitments from artists who want to have their work in the gallery. So far we will have wearable art (shawls, socks, scarves), fiber decorations, blown glass items, lampwork items (beads, icicles) lithic cutting tools (antiquities, repaired antiquities and new points), prints of original paintings, jewelry (silver, wire wrap, amulets, etc.), polished stones, garden glass, garden decorations, geode art, tarot cards, talismans, rune stones and casting, wood and stone art, and more coming.

Watch for the OPEN flags on Memorial Day!

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Welcome to the Tornado Tavern Gallery

The physical gallery is scheduled to open around Memorial Day of 2013. We plan on providing quality handcrafted items primarily from Wisconsin artists but will also include artists from Iowa and Northern Illinois.

 Prior to starting the gallery we have participated in Wisconsin arts and craft shows, Renaissance fairs, Rendezvous and other specialty events for about 30 years.



We sold various types of handcrafted items appropriate for the theme of the show.














We have also given classes in the skills that we developed over the years, including fiber spinning, natural dyes, knapping and stained glass.

This site is currently under construction but is growing, look around and comment on what you see.