The Show runs September 24-25. Saturday 10-6, Sunday 11-5 at Don Montgomery Community Centre – 2467 Eglinton Ave. East, between Midland and Kennedy . It has convenient access from Kennedy Subway Station
Meet the Artist – Laurie Poirier.
Laurie Poirier is a Toronto Artisan who has been crafting in various forms since childhood. As an adult, she began teaching paper crafting and through that found her passion for teaching jewellery to all ages.
Laurie has taught children in schools to seniors in Church groups. Her classes range from Jewellery 101 to more advanced Chainmaille and Wire working.
Laurie has been selling at craft shows since 2010 and teaching since 2012 at Michael’s, John Bead Outlet, Gem Expo, Craftandian, GoBoomerang, Scarborough Arts and her own private home studio.
You can view Laurie’s classes at www.facebook.com/lauriescraftclass and www.instagram.com/lauries_craft_classes.
What to do and see at the Gem Show:
- Six silent auctions
- Live auction on Saturday at 3 pm
- Hourly door prizes
- Fluorescence room
- Kids Quarry
- Kids “Make and Take” stretch bracelets making -station
- Kids “3 Types of Rocks” activity station
- The Learning Centre for kids of all ages
- Wire wrapping -jewellery creation station
- Soap stone Carving demonstration
- “Gem Stone Donut wrapping” – jewellery creation station
- FREE Gem Identification station
- North York Faceters Guild demonstrations
- Royal Ontario Museum Display
- Displays from Gem and Mineral Club of Scarborough members
The answer to the previous Quiz: Saturate salt solution test. In glass of water dissolve salt. So much salt that you can’t dissolve anymore. Drop your stone into this saturated salt solution. Amber will float, everything else will sink.
(Question was: You traveled to the Baltic sea and found yellowish stone on the beach. You go back to your AirBnB and want to test this stone to see if it is an Amber. What test you can do determine if this stone is Amber?)
Quiz for today:
On the photo you can see pendants made from Black Tourmaline or Iron Tourmaline. What other name for this mineral and what is it origin (for both mineral and the name)?