Introducing Tiny Finery........

In an earlier post I shared my experience from my first Society of North American Goldsmith's conference that I attended in Seattle at the end of May. Coming back from the conference I knew that my life would change I just didn't know exactly how.....until something big and exciting presented itself to me.

In a whirlwind of a few weeks I have formed a business partnership with two other artists, Stephanie Menard and Jade Pellerin and we will very soon be taking over a retail space called Tiny in River Market located in the New Westminster Quay. River Market has recently been completely renovated and has a new vision and new energy. It looks beautiful. It's vision is about offering the community a way to connect - with local organic food, with local artists and artisans and with enriching events.

The space we are taking over isn't just about retail. Essentially we are the artist's in residence.

Mark Shieh, the Director of River Market describes Tiny by saying "We believe small is beautiful. We believe an ecosystem buzzing with a large number of small ventures at the local human scale is more interesting and more enriching than one with only a small number of giant companies. In TINY’s 200sf space, we support the creative energy and entrepreneurial projects of local artisans, crafters, and designers."

This is where we come in - Three local artists painting the space with our own brush and own creative vision.
What we are creating is: Tiny Finery


Tiny Finery will sell local BC made art with a focus on jewellery. We will introduce our customers to new work, to new artists and to the stories that drive us to create. We will make some of our pieces from a work bench in the store, showing customers that our work is truly handmade. We will offer lower mainland jewellery artists an opportunity to showcase one of a kind art pieces in some upcoming exhibition style shows.