The Best of YardEdge

31 December 2009 by Karin in General [ 3 comments ]

Firstly, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Thanks to all the loyal YardEdge supporters out there and here’s to a great 2010!

And now for the Best YardEdge Posts:

1. Flagstaff Heritage Tour and Trails Launched in Cockpit Country

2. The Area Youth Foundation Transforming Lives

3. The Top Dub Albums of All Time Part 1

4. The Top Dub Albums of All Time Part 2

5. Yardedge Talks to Joanna Francis, Jamaican Photographer

6. YardEdge talks to Loni Jones, Jamaican Makeup Artist to the Stars

7. Jamaican Photographer Monique Lai Talks About When Fashion Meets Construction

8. Yardedge Talks to Jamaican Poet, Tanya Shirley About her New Collection

9. Yardedge Talks to L’Antoinette Stines on L’Acadco’s 25th Anniversary Season

10. Berette Macaulay, Jamaican Artist Dancer Photographer Philosopher- Minding the Gap Part 1

11. Berette Macaulay – Minding the Gap Part 2

12. Hiking to Blue Mountain Peak

13. Yardedge Talks to Winsome Barrett of Winscents, Jamaican Candlemaker and Entrepreneur

14. Yardedge Talks to Jamaican Dancer/Choreographer Neila Ebanks

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28 May 2009 by Karin in Entrepreneurs [ 22 comments ]

Carol Wong talks about Cotta Craft, a community based business based in Bluefields, Westmoreland.

Clockwise Kirk, silkscreener, Lisa and Pauline, printers, Soissette, texiles expert and marketing representative and Maxine, seamstress.

YardEdge: Tell us about Cotta Craft?

Carol: Cotta Craft is the name given to the original sewing enterprise that started some years ago at the Bluefields Peoples’ Community Association in Belmont, Westmoreland. Cotta refers to the circle of cloth used on the head to carry heavy loads.

For various reasons the group disbanded and 3 years ago I came to revive it but with a twist. I have my Bachelors in Fine Arts from Emily Carr University in Vancouver. My main interest was printmaking – intaglio, lithography, silkscreen and I have produced some work at Malaspina Printmakers on Granville Island here in the city.

My plan was to teach simple printmaking and combine that with sewing to make items for the tourist trade.

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