Joshy Soul and the Cool: Craft Lake City Performer

Joshy Soul and the Cool: Craft Lake City Performer
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Even on a hot day in late June, Joshy Soul sticks to his vintage aesthetic with a suit and a hat, his mustache neatly curled at the ends. It’s this throwback style that sets Joshy Soul and the Cool apart in the local music scene. … read more

Desert Rose: Craft Lake City Artisan

Desert Rose: Craft Lake City Artisan
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Desert Rose Jewelry desertroseshop.com Malinda Fisher’s favorite piece of jewelry that she’s ever made is also her very first metal work—a bold bracelet of hammered wire that wraps around her forearm. Fisher made the piece when she enrolled in a metal-smithing class in an effort to teach herself how to work with the raw material.

Rest 30 Records: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer

Rest 30 Records: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer
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Rest 30 Records rest30.com When it comes to music, Dave Payne is a jack of all trades. As the founder and owner of local label Rest 30 Records, Payne works with local musicians to create material that is cohesive to both live and recorded settings by creating his own technology and instruments. For the 2015

Queen Farina: Craft Lake City Craft Food

Queen Farina: Craft Lake City Craft Food
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Queen Farina queenfarina.com Queen Farina, purveyors of raw honey and honey-based products, began as a scheme to keep Aubrey Johnson’s kids busy. “My sister called me up one day and said that she was trying to think of something to get her kids involved with to teach them the value of work,” says Gina Nielson,

Amy Falls & Amy Fry: Craft Lake City Performer

Amy Falls & Amy Fry: Craft Lake City Performer
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  Amy Falls & Amy Fry amyfalls.com • mdcslc.com As longtime contributors to the local dance community in Salt Lake City, choreographers/performers Amy Falls and Amy Fry are collaborating together for the first time. Falls has an academic background in modern dance from the University of Utah and is currently serving in a managerial position for

Sunzeecar: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer

Sunzeecar: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer
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Sunzeecar sunzeecar.com With the ever-worsening inversion looming over our heads daily, the need for sustainable energy is increasing tenfold. About 15 years ago, Utah local Dr. Andy Schoenberg took the initiative to design a vehicle that had the potential to be completely sustainable. The Sunzeecar EcoTrike is a small, three-wheeled vehicle that is powered by

Mama Africa: Food Speaks All Languages

Mama Africa: Food Speaks All Languages
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  It’s just past 11 a.m., and the sun’s already starting to beat down on the crowd that has converged in Tooele City Park for the city’s annual arts festival. It’s a humble gathering of local artists and craftspeople, but the excitement for one of the city’s favorite traditions has already started to crackle and

Nick James: Craft Lake City Performer

Nick James: Craft Lake City Performer
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  Nick James facebook.com/SirNickJames Nick James is a DJ, writer, hairdresser and entrepreneur from Salt Lake City. As the current owner of both The People’s Coffee and its neighboring salon, Nick James Hair, James’ live performances have become rarer in the past few years. However, the Craft Lake City DIY Festival will be getting the

Candace Jean: Victorian Grace

Candace Jean: Victorian Grace
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Looking at the illustrations of local artist Candace Jean is a way to transport us to a magical realm where creatures take on human characteristics, where botanical fauna morph into faces or where bugs are crowned as royalty. Her work touches on the creepy and strange, but not in a horrific way: Think gothic classicism

Little Teeth Marks: Craft Lake City Artisan

Little Teeth Marks: Craft Lake City Artisan
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Little Teeth Marks etsy.com/shop/LittleTeethMarks Stacie Van Arsdale has created art—and stories—since elementary school. “I would bring materials from home and make these little pompom people,” she says. “I’d build a house for their sitcom lives.” Since then, the Davis County–based Van Arsdale has taken her wild imagination to run her Etsy shop, Little Teeth Marks,