Rainforest Arts
9781 Willow Street V0R 1K0 Chemainus, BC, Canada

Rainforest Arts, in Chemainus, BC, has its Christmas show up for you to peruse. Find great gifts, enjoy some unique local art, and support the local arts community, Cowichan Women Against Violence (CWAV) all at the same time. Find out more at http://rainforestarts.ca/have-an-artful-christmas-2/

Today we are highlighting these wonderful earrings created by Robert Cerins Designs. The images on these ‘Art in Miniature To Wear’ earrings are all reproductions of Robert’s original paintings. Truly a unique gift idea. . Rainforest Arts is open Wednesday - Sunday 11am-4pm.

‘A quiet forest’, ‘a tropical sea’, ‘a rush of water’ a few of the names you will find for the delicate glass art pieces and jewellery created by Diane Brinton of Flow Studio Designs. Diane uses a torch mixing oxygen with gas to produce an intense heat that melts glass onto a steel rod, mandrel, for flame sculpting or onto an Italian hollow steel pipe, canello, for blowing. This process creates images that reflect a connection to nature and capture a sense of stillness, taking the observer momentarily away.

We carry this wonderful limited edition print by the late Coast Salish First Nations artist Gus Modeste. . The story behind the inspiration for the piece is a heart wrenching tale. In July 2018, an endangered southern resident orca gave birth to a calf that died the same day. The grieving mother carried her calf for an unprecedented 16 days of mourning through the Salish Sea. Gus Modeste honoured the apparent mourning ritual in ‘Mother’s Love’. . In a hopeful turn of events the Orca, J35, became a mother again when she gave birth to a healthy calf in September 2020.

This #givingtuesday we would love to inspire you to donate this week to our fundraising campaign to benefit Cowichan Women Against Violence (CWAV). Rainforest Arts is open to accept donations Wednesday to Sunday 11am-4pm. . For every donation received you can enter into a draw for a Ray Sapergia wood bowl or vase. Ray, a local artist based out of Victoria, gains his inspiration from the beauty of nature. It is not my goal to make perfect pieces of turned wood, but rather to find the most unique, misshapen, unusual pieces and turn them into one-of-a-kind works of art. Thank you you Ray for generously donating these pieces so that we can raise funds and essential items for an organization that does such important work.

Canada Post is advising us all to get our cards and parcels in the mail extra early this year. . We have a fantastic collection of holiday greeting cards from our talented local artists. Here is a sampling of 3 such cards, come into Rainforest Arts to see the entire collection. . I feel safe By Astrid Notte... . A December Winter Day By Julie Nygaard . Zoomerious Christmas By Daphne Carlyle See more

So pleased to support this very worth while cause. Please come in with your donation, shop for that special Christmas gift and get two entries in our free draw for a local artpiece! Win - win - win!