Northern bazaar – Thompson Citizen

December 1, 2016

The Thompson Regional Community Centre was the scene of the 2016 Artist, Crafter, and Small Business Expo Nov. 6, featuring photographers, artists, knitters, service providers and distributors from Thompson and across Northern Manitoba.

Many attendees were veterans of both the expo and their craft: Doreen Asplund has sold her sewn, knitted and baked crafts at the expo since its inception in 2012, but she has been making and selling crafts for the better part of 50 years. A first-time participant was local artist Bronte Hendren, who has been producing art for little more than a year, and was using the expo to jump-start her selling platform, Canvas Beauty by Bronte

Rodney Forbes came all the way from The Pas for the third year as Forbes Forest Finds, carrying medicinal plants such as chaga to natural lip balms and wild rice products harvested from deep in the province’s backcountry.

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