Jamaican Wood Carving from Port Antonio artist, Rockbottom
Get Jamaican wood carving by Rockbottom in Port Antonio I love art & crafts, but in Jamaica it can be a challenge to find truly locally-made items. Meet my friend, Rockbottom (given name: Girvan Rhoofe). He's a talented wood carver with a very large stall in Port Antonio's Musgrave Market, the big market in the center of town on West Street between the Main Square (with the lovely NCB Bank in the old courthouse & the clock tower) and the Port Antonio Square. You can't miss Musgrave Market - there are always ladies sitting out front selling fruits, vegetables, shoes & other stuff....
Read MoreAssn of Jamaican Potters Hosts Arts & Craft Fair This Weekend
Jamaican Arts and Crafts on Sale This Weekend! This weekend (December 17th and 18th), you can find some excellent pottery and other beautiful Jamaican arts & crafts at the annual craft fair hosted by the Association of Jamaican Potters. The Craft Fair is held on the grounds of the Forestry Department, 173 Constant Spring Road, Kingston 8. (This is just below the Tax Office and Constant Spring Post Office.) Jamaican Arts & Crafts - Great Variety on Display Aside from the beautiful pottery on sale, many local artisans and craftspeople attend and offer paintings, prints, jewelry,...
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Look for Ecofarms' Honey Styx in Kingston at Craft Cottage, Lee's Food Fair, Carbys, Brooklyn Supermarket and Kingston 21 (Wyndam Hotel), or at Fontana Pharmacy and Body & Soul in Mandeville. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Interesting twist on honey Published: Saturday | August 13, 2011 Christopher Serju, Gleaner Writer BALACLAVA, St Elizabeth: WHEN THE Gleaner caught up with Grace Foster-Reid at her Mandeville home recently, she was comfortably dressed in faded jeans, T-shirt and water boots. After all, it was mid-afternoon and well into her workday, but she was able to take time to chat with our news...
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Ivelyn Harris - Maroon Artisan/Crafter/Healer Directly descended from heroine and first Maroon leader, Queen "Nanny of the Windward Maroons", Ivelyn Harris is a lady “bush doctor”, traditional healer, herbalist, and artisan/crafter extraordinaire!! Ivelyn Harris lives in Portland's Rio Grande Valley between the John Crow and Blue Mountain ranges, in Cornwall Barracks, a mile from the larger Windward Maroon capital of Moore Town and about 15 miles up the valley from Berridale. Ivey runs Nanny of the Maroons Traditional Craft, a cooperative that employs women in her community, with a...
Read MoreTrip Report: Port Antonio woodcarver, “Rock Bottom”
I love art & crafts, but in Jamaica it can be a challenge to find truly locally-made items. Meet my friend, Rock Bottom. He's a talented wood carver with a very large stall in Port Antonio's Musgrave Market, the big market in the center of town on West Street between the Main Square (with the lovely NCB Bank in the old courthouse & the clock tower) and the Port Antonio Square. You can't miss Musgrave Market - there are always ladies sitting out front selling fruits, vegetables, shoes & other stuff. To find Rock Bottom, walk inside and all the way back to the craft market section...
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