And the award for #1 retailer in Atlantic Canada goes to...

David Hayashida, Linda Yates & Sandra Jamison tourism NB

.... the Newfoundland and Labrador company of....King's Point Pottery Gallery and Gifts. The hardware was handed out at the Atlantic Canada Craft and Trade Show gala event in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

"Coming from a tiny outport of under 650 people, it was particularly thrilling for us to win the highest award in Atlantic Canada. It is quite the contrast when you consider that last years winner was from a town of over 400 thousand. Linda is proud to point out, her home town is in fact the smallest to ever take home the award. And as it has been a decade since a Newfoundland and Labrador company has won this prestigious award, it is truly a provincial celebration for us.

We believe the "Outstanding Retailer Award" is a reflection of the 150 wonderful craft-artists we currently present. Our long term goal is to showcase 365 different craft-artists, in order to be able to celebrate a different producer each and every day of the year! As we are not even half way to our goal, there is much to look forward to in the coming years!

Linda and I wish to thank all our customers for making us an Atlantic destination. We invite you to stop by and discover for yourself the treasure trove of creativity that makes King's Point Pottery the 2013 top craft retailer in Atlantic Canada!"

Our sincere thanks,
Linda Yates, David Hayashida, Cal, Tracy, Victoria, Wallie and Biscuit.

PS: As we said at our acceptance speech ...thank you to the CCNL for nominating us and to the Craft Alliance for the award!!

Shaun's Majumder Manor & King's Point Pottery webisode

W network image of Shaun Majumder

For those living on the rock this might be old news but for those living under a rock....W Network has a whole new kinda "bay watch" series called "Majumder Manor" based in Burlington, Baie Verte Penninsula, Central Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...a.k.a. the home town of the oh so 'funderful' Shaun Majumder. Shaun's team visited us here at King's Point Pottery Gallery and Gifts and he has turned that visit into a webisode!
Pls check it out at the following link:

http://majumdermanor.wnetwork.com/kings-point-pottery/

Happy viewing! Go Shaun! (image from facebook majumder manor)

Nominated for #1 Retailer.

First happy new year to all!!

Next a very big thank you goes out from Linda and me, to the the nomination committee of the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. They have nominated King's Point Pottery Gallery and Gifts for the 2013 Outstanding Retailer for all of Atlantic Canada.

It is a great honour just to be nominated for this top award. So many wonderful craft shops, we have admired forever, from across the four Atlantic Provinces have previously won this coveted award. Places like Paula Cornec's Beavercraft in Stephenville, Barb Roberts' Bogside Gallery in Halifax and of course our very own Craft Council Shop in St John's are but a few to have been recipients of this prestigious honour.

The 16th annual gala ceremony will be held in Halifax, NS on Saturday the 2nd of February 2013 in conjunction with the Atlantic Craft Trade Show, ACTS.  Again our thanks to the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador for their very kind nomination and we have our fingers crossed!

Best David and Linda!!

Feast of Pottery, St John's NL Canada

The amazing "Feast of Pottery" will be back in St John's on October the 6th, 2012 running for just 3 days until the 8th. It is a wonderful show and sale of fine ceramic work from North American artists. The Feast is curated by well known entrepreneur Alexis Templeton. If you are in the capital area this weekend, be sure to drop by!

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Feast-of-Pottery-Oct-6-8-2012-at-Quidi-Vidi-Village-Plantation.html?soid=1102343283304&aid=QuSB0MbOmHc

Invited artist include the following persons:
David Hayashida, Linda Yates, Isabella St John, Laura Sheppard, Katrina Chaytor, Liz Proffetty, Careen Stoll, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Wendy Shirran, Janet Davis, Malley Weber and of course Alexis Templeton.

Temporary change in shop hours!

Dear Customers:
King's Point Pottery will have irregular hours from the 24th to the 28th of Sept. ie we will only be open from 11am to 4pm.  If you plan on visiting during those dates pls do call ahead to confirm opening hours.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Arts Quest profiles KPP

Corinne and Gary a.k.a. Arts Quest in NL

Arts Quest ( artsquest.ca) are travelling all across our great nation meeting a huge range of Canadian fine craft persons, fine artists ....and introducing them to the idea of selling their work on line via their (still under construction) e-commerce site/ full featured online marketing shop. Unlike etsy this will be an all and only Canadian site.

Arts Quest sounds like a very solid idea to us and we really encourage you to watch their videos of meeting new craftspeople from all across this diverse country of ours. We very much look forward to learning more about this project as it continues to develop and wish Arts Quest every possible success in their goal of creating the premier online craft/art market site for Canada.

Here is the link to the new Arts Quest blog/video entry on us:
http://artsquest.ca/2012/09/14/kings-point-pottery/ and do stay tuned to Arts Quest for more NL featured fine craft and art!!

Cheers
David and Linda

Question: 150 craft/artist equals how many kilometers?????

Question for the day!

Our new 2012 gallery shop space features the work of over 150 craft-artists. Question: What if you wanted (in one giant shopping trip) to visit each and every one of our 150+ Canadian craft persons studio's , "How far would you travel?"

Well, if you happened to (conveniently) start driving from the west coast of Canada, where coincidentally our newest crafts person lives and finished your shopping trip here in the gallery at King's Point, NL...how many kilometers would it all end up to be?

Start the drum roll please.........................the answer is ...............................about 24,000 kms. (Considering you could drive half way around the world with that kind of mileage..it really is a rather big distance.)

Sooo... why not make a very short journey down to our new craft gallery, just 12 km's off the TCH to King's Point  and see all 24,000 kilometers worth of fine Canadian Craft. (Just think, it'll be almost like saving 23, 988 kms!)
Happy travels to all.