The ladies behind The Wild Bunch, our lovely neighbours at our sister store, hosted a spring floral workshop inside the 7e7 space. The sun peeked through the skylights and windows - welcome rays of light from an entire winter of ice, gloom, and grey.
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Santa Claus is coming to town!
GRAIN at 7e7
Our friends over at Grain are hosting a pop-up this weekend at our new concept space over at 7e7. They will be selling hand-cranked, kitchen-counter-friendly mills to help you mill your own flour at home. Come see them demonstrate the product in the space from noon to 4pm this Saturday!
GRAIN Pop-Up at 7e7
Saturday, December 10
12 pm to 4 pm
7 East 7th Avenue
7e7 and The Winter Shop
We are pleased to present our new concept space! Aptly named 7e7 (short for 7 East 7th Avenue), our Mount Pleasant studio has expanded to house Janaki Larsen Ceramics, Mandula, and is now also the home of The Wild Bunch Floral Studio headquarters. The official public opening of our concept space also happened to be the launch of this year's 'The Winter Shop'. What used to be an annual pop-up above Le Marché St. George has now grown into a bi-annual seasonal launch - and it's our largest one of the year!
We will be open every single day of The Winter Shop. We will be back to our regular hours after the holidays.
7e7
Janaki Larsen Ceramics + Mandula + The Wild Bunch
7 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
(northeast corner of 7th and Ontario,
kitty corner to the Mount Pleasant Elysian Coffee)
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The Winter Shop at 7e7
November 26 - December 24
Monday to Friday: 11 am to 6 pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 10 am to 6 pm
December 24: 10 am to 4 pm
Photographs: Issha Marie
Nature Studies: Day 2
The Prep
Meeting the Guests + The Tour of the Botanical Gardens
The Workshop
Student Work
Setting the Table + The Puglian-Inspired Dinner
Thank You / That's A Wrap!
Photographs: Issha Marie
Nature Studies: Day 1
Floral Mise-En-Place
The Workshop
Student Work
The Art of Setting a Table + The Japanese-Inspired Longtable Dinner
Photographs: Issha Marie
Janaki Larsen x Amy Merrick: Nature Studies
Nature Studies: Vancouver
Amy Merrick is thrilled to announce a new floral workshop and communal dinner hosted in collaboration with Janaki Larsen and Le Marché St George on Saturday August 27th 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 3pm-7pm.
Amy will teach both her techniques and philosophy for creating seasonal, effortless flower arrangements using wild and foraged materials found in Vancouver. She will share her experiences working alongside Japan's most celebrated ikebana masters and how those principles of natural floral design shaped how she now works with flowers. Students will gain a new understanding of composition, form, and appreciation of the flora of Vancouver and will have the privilege of arranging in Janaki Larsen’s highly sought-after ceramics, which will be available for purchase at the conclusion of the event.
Amy and Janaki will host a simple family-style meal to conclude the workshop, and attendees will help to decorate our shared table using Amy’s tips gleaned from years of creating magical environments through flowers, ceramics and food. Please join us for a day of creative inspiration, natural observation and celebration of the bounty of British Columbia’s golden days of summer.
The Details
WHERE: Vancouver, British Columbia. Exact location TBD and will be emailed to each registrant upon payment.
WHEN: August 27, 3 pm to 7 pm.
INVESTMENT: $165. Includes flowers and meal. Janaki Larsen ceramics will be available for purchase at the conclusion of the event. Payment by VISA, MC, or cash will be accepted.
PURCHASE TICKETS and MORE DETAILS AVAILABLE HERE.
ABOUT AMY MERRICK
AMY MERRICK is a floral designer, writer and stylist based in New York City. Her writings on design, flower arranging, and entrepreneurship have appeared in books, magazines and across the web. As a florist, she creates evocative tablescapes of flowers, foliage, fruits, and branches for weddings throughout the country, often gathering materials herself from the surrounding landscape. Her work as a stylist is botanically focused, and she has provided natural elements for magazine covers and national ad campaigns.
www.amymerrick.com
A Bread Pop-Up at Atelier St. George
Mark your calendars! For only two days this month, Atelier St. George is hosting a bread pop-up featuring Annabelle Choi's sourdough loaves, Joseph Ridos' cultured nut cheeses, and Cloth Studio's linen bread bags. You can pre-order your loaves by e-mailing info@annabellechoistudio.com, but hurry, as these pre-orders are going fast. Annabelle will be taking only 6 pre-orders per day.
The Details
When: July 23 & July 24, 11 am to 5 pm
Where: Atelier St. George, 11 East 7th Avenue (kitty corner from the Mount Pleasant Elysian Coffee)
There will be a limited number of extra loaves that will be sold in the shop, so come early, as we expect they will sell fast. Currently, we accept only cash, VISA, and Mastercard.
Hope to see you all there!
Activated Charcoal Loaves by Annabelle Choi.
Linen Bread Bags by Cloth Studio.
Linen bread bags help keep your bread from spoiling too soon by absorbing any moisture that can cause mould to develop.
Loaves on offer (1 kg):
Kamut Black Charcoal Sourdough Pan Loaf: $12
Green Olive, Lemon, Thyme Sourdough Pan Loaf: $12
Red Fife Oat Porridge Sourdough Pan Loaf: $11
L'Atelier St. George Spring Launch
Many of you are likely aware of the showroom we have opened up in Mount Pleasant back in March. Atelier St. George is a permanent pop-up space of sorts, all set up as showroom, office, and a space that houses Janaki's ceramics, textiles, and housewares from all over the world, and a rotating selection of local artists' works and wares. So while we will no longer be doing our bi-annual pop-ups at the apartment above Le Marché St. George, the showroom will exist all year round, with periodical product updates announced via our Instagram account. Make sure to give us a follow there if you haven't already!
So mark your calendars! We invite you all to shop the spring collection at L'Atelier St. George this Saturday, the 23rd, from 11 am to 5 pm. The showroom will feature all the usual suspects, including lots of new Janaki Larsen ceramics and new Mandula spring/summer pieces!
The 23rd will also mark our official L'Atelier St. George 'Opening Celebration'. Yes, we have been open for a few months already, but we never did get a chance to have an opening, so we have made the spring launch our official opening day!
We cannot wait to see you all there!
A Messors Summer
I've always thought that if I had to freeze a moment in life and relive it, over and over again, it would be a dinner party - a dinner party outside. One of my favourite alfresco dinner scenes is in Federico Fellini's Amarcord. The long rambling table, the quirky overhead sunshade, the accordion player, the copious bottles of wine, the wind, and the sentiments expressed by the drunken guests have always struck a chord with me. I think it's the unpretentiousness, the un-conrtrived, and un-self-conscious beauty of it that I love so much.
A couple of years ago we held an olive oil tasting and dinner that had some of those qualities. It was an evening organized with our friends Tonio and Jennifer, who run a series of workshops in Puglia, Italy named Messors. I don't think I can begin to explain the depth of knowledge, passion, and love Tonio has for his "home" and his willingness to share it with everyone. He is committed to preserving the history of food, art, and culture in this area. I've been fortunate enough to have been invited to join them for the past 4 years but it has never been "the right time". I've learned that there is no such thing as "the right time", so this is the year! We will be joining Tonio, Francesco, Julie Marr of Kitchen Culinaire and Nicole Kilburn for 10 days of intensive learning, cooking, eating, and beauty. I can' t think of any better way of learning to cook authentic, rustic food than from the people who know it best: a shepherd, a baker, a historian, an anthropologist, a Nonna, and a friend. These workshops take the popular concepts of "knowing the maker" and "knowing where and how it's made" and push it even further into a deep and unforgettable experience.
If you are a chef, a cook, a visual junkie, a lover of history or just curious about the culinary traditions of Southern Italy, we hope to see you there. As the photos attest, there will certainly be dinners eaten outside on long rambling tables!
Check out their website because in addition to the Culinary and Shepherding Workshop there is an Art Restoration Workshop, The Fornello Project and a Decorative Art Restoration workshop at the stunning Chateau Gudanes in France.
For more information contact Tonio at messors.tonio@gmail.com
photo | Andrea Reed
photo | Andrea Reed
Photographs provided by Messsors and Andrea Reed
Sentiments: Janaki Larsen