{"id":934,"date":"2022-09-26T08:50:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/?p=934"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:09:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:09:52","slug":"zenfire-pottery-mercantile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/26\/zenfire-pottery-mercantile\/","title":{"rendered":"Zenfire Pottery &#038; Mercantile"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"934\" class=\"elementor elementor-934\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0f7e54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0f7e54\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d69641\" data-id=\"3d69641\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cc2ede elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cc2ede\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2efe64f\" data-id=\"2efe64f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee40a13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee40a13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenfirepottery.ca\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Zenfire Pottery and Mercantile<\/span><\/a><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">St. Mary&#8217;s Ontario<\/span><\/h4><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Selling memory boxes in St. Mary\u2019s fits perfectly with my notions of nostalgia and looking back. The town has a beautifully well-preserved 19<sup>th<\/sup> century downtown: its nickname is \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofstmarys.com\">The Stone Town<\/a>.\u201d There was a broad industrial base in and near the town, making for a connection between industrial Found Objects and the area. I visited <a href=\"https:\/\/zenfirepottery.ca\/\">Zenfire<\/a> to look at the owner, Angela\u2019s, pottery, and other retail selections. While not a gallery, all the items for sale are handmade by local artists. The Memory Boxes I chose to sell at <a href=\"https:\/\/zenfirepottery.ca\/\">Zenfire<\/a> were custom made to reflect not only the town, but also to correspond in style and size to what was already in the store.<\/span><\/p><h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Round and Yellow Tin<\/span><\/h5><figure id=\"attachment_160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-160 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20-Round-w-yellow-tin-cover-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20-Round-w-yellow-tin-cover-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20-Round-w-yellow-tin-cover-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20-Round-w-yellow-tin-cover-768x1003.jpg 768w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20-Round-w-yellow-tin-cover-1177x1536.jpg 1177w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20-Round-w-yellow-tin-cover-1569x2048.jpg 1569w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20-Round-w-yellow-tin-cover-scaled.jpg 1961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 85vw, 230px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Round and Yellow Tin<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cRound with Yellow Tin\u201d is a study in circles. The colour focal point is the bright yellow lid from Dr. W.A Chase\u2019s Ointment, touted as \u201cantiseptic, soothing and healing.\u201d The lid features a solemn bearded gentleman with glasses, meant to look both trustworthy and knowledgeable. In 1904, Dr. Chase also sold <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhc.andornot.com\">Nerve Food, Liver Cure, Backache Plasters and Syrup of Linseed<\/a>. The tin\u2019s bright colour would have made it stand out from other boxes and vials, which would have had had darker colouring and black ink. The tin dates from 1923-1943 and was made by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanhistory.si.edu\">Chase Medicine Company in Canada<\/a>. Pocket watch parts, gaskets and other round objects complete the design.<\/span><\/p><h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Saint Mary&#8217;s Bottle Cap<\/span><\/h5><figure id=\"attachment_615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-615\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-615 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mack-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mack-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mack-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mack.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 85vw, 298px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Mary&#8217;s Bottle Cap<\/figcaption><\/figure><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I was sure that the memory box titled \u201cSt. Mary\u2019s Bottle Cap\u201d would generate local interest. I placed a green and white bottle cap from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecbw.ca\">Hooper\u2019s Dairy of St. Mary\u2019s<\/a> in a key spot. The dairy seems to have been large and prosperous industry in the area, open as late as 1966. Angela told me that two groups of people had noticed the bottle cap and a discussion had started about local businesses. I added more colour with the addition of a Shirriff food coloring box and a Club House Alum box. Other small industrial tools bring a warm glow of wood to complete the piece.<\/span><\/p><h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Toronto Artist&#8217;s Alliance<\/span><\/h5><figure id=\"attachment_609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-609\" src=\"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/34-Toronto-Artists-Alliance-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/34-Toronto-Artists-Alliance-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/34-Toronto-Artists-Alliance-1002x1024.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/34-Toronto-Artists-Alliance-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/34-Toronto-Artists-Alliance-1503x1536.jpg 1503w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/34-Toronto-Artists-Alliance-1200x1227.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/34-Toronto-Artists-Alliance.jpg 1527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 85vw, 293px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toronto Artist&#8217;s Alliance<\/figcaption><\/figure><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I conceived of combining objects that are green and metal pieces of various shapes and sizes for \u201cToronto Artist\u2019s Alliance.\u201d The title derives from a black and white postcard which has an unusual photographic angle of the building which housed the Alliance. I used the reverse of another postcard to highlight the penmanship of the era. The green items naturally form a tonal overlay, with the greens all in the same range.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zenfire Pottery and MercantileSt. Mary&#8217;s Ontario Selling memory boxes in St. Mary\u2019s fits perfectly with my notions of nostalgia and looking back. The town has a beautifully well-preserved 19th century downtown: its nickname is \u201cThe Stone Town.\u201d There was a broad industrial base in and near the town, making for a connection between industrial Found &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/26\/zenfire-pottery-mercantile\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Zenfire Pottery &#038; Mercantile&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoryboxart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}