Featured ArtistsFeatured Artistshttp://www.bogsidegallery.com/featured-artists/2012-01-25T19:34:13ZSquarespaceBrent Rourkehttp://www.bogsidegallery.com/featured-artists/2012/1/25/brent-rourke.htmlBogside2012-01-25T18:34:18Z2012-01-25T18:34:18ZBrent Rourke

Bloomfield, New Brunswick

 

Brent Rourke's Story

Many boys learn woodworking at the hands of their father. Dad's large hands, cradling small hands, guiding them as they plane wood. The smell of sawdust in the air. The family dog wagging and watching.

My fascination with wood began when I was a teenager. I couldn't wait for the next high school woodworking class to come around. I'd open the shop door and immediately smell the scent of pine. Taking that first shaving from a piece of pine was better than holding hands with a girl.

During high school, my interest in wood (and girls) grew. After graduating from high school, I took classes in woodworking at the local college. And that's when I discovered Shaker boxes and carriers. I loved their classic lines, how they blend the elegant and practical, functional and decorative, traditional and contemporary at the same time.

Today, I work with the finest woods available: cherry, birds eye maple and unusual, specialty woods. I'm proud that each Brent Rourke fine wood product is created naturally right here in North America. I'm proud of our high standards ensuring high quality that lasts. And I'm proud that we're growing our economy by keeping our manufacturing here instead of shipping it abroad.

Brent Rourke - we craft contemporary family heirlooms for discriminating individuals.

 

 

 

 

]]>Kiln Arthttp://www.bogsidegallery.com/featured-artists/2011/6/6/kiln-art.htmlBogside2011-06-06T20:39:21Z2011-06-06T20:39:21ZKiln Art

Chester, Nova Scotia

 

 Nova Scotia is very proud of award winning Kiln Art fused glass.  Since the formation of the company in 2000 Sharon McNamara and Paul Palango have been awarded Best New Product at the New York Restaurant and Foodservices Show in 2002.  In 2005 Sharon was honoured with the Deloitte Touche Award for best start-up business in Canada in the annual Royal Bank Women’s Entrepreneur Awards.  The next year she was a regional finalist in the Ernst, Young Awards.

 Sharon,  a self-taught glass artist, has developed the business from its beginning in Ontario in 1989.  Her first wholesale order was for 900 picture frames for Bowrings that had to be delivered in 6 weeks.  She met Paul in 1997 and through their work together they have experimented with new techniques and have developed hundreds of new products.  Their business operated out of their 1,800 square foot studio on their two acre property in Chester Basin, NS. until 2004 when they expanded their working space to 6000 square feet and 28 kilns.   Their 3,000 square foot retail outlet in beautiful Chester , Chez Glass Lass, has become an attraction for both consumers and tourists from around the world.  Their customer base reads like a who’s who of Canada and many other countries in the world.

 

 

 

 

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