Prescott House Gathering of Artists and Craftspeople

Have you ever seen an ironsmith at work? Or Easter eggs artfully decorated? Bring the family to Prescott House Museum at Starrs Point this weekend and visit with a variety of artists demonstrating their historical crafts.

On Saturday, Sept. 12, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., come for tea and take time to talk with craftspeople in the tent. Featured is the iron forge work of Ian Hope-Simpson, cross-stitch with Debbie Vermeullen, paper tole by Astrid Muise, decorative arts by Christine Maxner, millinery by Sandra Dennis, and shoemaking by Barbara Holtzmark. You can also watch Andrea Rondeau applying delicate designs to Ukrainian Easter eggs.

On Sunday, Sept. 13, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., six Nova Scotian folk artists from South Mountain, North Mountain, Lakeville and Centreville will gather at the museum to show their wonderful creations. See the paintings of Ken Brewster, the giant wooden cows made by Wallace Hiltz, Russell Saunders' political caricatures in wood, carvings by Peter Rafuse, and Garnett McPhail and Ambrose Trahan's whirly gigs.

Admission is free.

Prescott House Museum, a part of the Nova Scotia Museum family, was the home of Charles Ramage Prescott in the early 1800s. Prescott's great-granddaughter, Mary Allison, who returned the house to its early grandeur in the 1930s, also enjoyed craft work. The crewel curtains she hand-stitched still hangs in the Prescott library.