Holiday Arts & Crafts at the Market

December 14th!! This Weekend!! At the incredible Greensboro Farmers Curb Market on Yanceyville Street, across from the old War Memorial Ball Park. This market, which can trace it's roots back to 1874, continues to serve the area well with locally grown fruits and vegetables on Saturday and Wednesday mornings. Come by for some good coffee or tea and pick up something there for breakfast too, while you browse the great selection of goods. This Sunday is one of their many special events and I'll have some of my latest creations there. I'm excited about my transformation of Mokume Gane to cuffs and earrings. The billets I made from Copper and German Silver turned out great. Come by and check them out! I'll also have a selection of enamels there in the form of trinket dish's and Beggars Bowls. See you there!

Mark Holder Jeweller

What a friendly bunch! At the GBH Festival Buffy from Mark Holder Jeweller came by the booth and told me I should stop by the store. Being one who usually takes advantage of invitations, I did. I met Robyn and Mark Holder, owners who were so friendly. What a pleasure it was. Mark is a very talented and accomplished jeweller, gemologist, and master engraver among other things. With that caliber of folks and shops I can see why the State Street area is booming. If you're looking for beautiful and unique jewelry from wedding rings to estate jewelery or repair, they can do it all. Mark gave me a tour of his extensive shop. They have the latest in tools and equipment for all facets of the jewelery craft and the skill and knowledge to carry it through. Robyn also bought some of my Beggars Bowls....Thanks Robyn.

The Beggar's Bowl

“Now there are different ways by which the ego can be crushed. Among the yogis, even today, there is a custom that when the chela comes to the guru his first lesson is to take the beggars bowl and go from house to house, bringing that which he gathers to the other chelas sitting there. The youngest chela brings the food that he has begged to the others, and he does not even beg for himself. In his heart he is already a monk who has taken up the bowl for others, for those who are meditating and learning the truth. Although the beggar's bowl is in his hand he may perhaps be greater than a king, for he is with out greed; he is crushing his ego; he is not thinking about what people will say when they see that he has taken up the beggar's bowl. “ -Hazrat Inayat Khan, 1882-1927.