Five years ago as newcomer
Regina Marzlin walked the beautiful beaches in Nova Scotia, she began
collecting sea glass. Gradually her whole family joined her in this obsession!
As they collected, she began to see ways to combine her fibre art with the
glass they found. Some of Regina’s best selling articles are fabric postcards
and small wearable art and after some trial pieces, she successfully developed
a way to meld fabric and glass and began to sell her new designs locally.
2013 was the 5th
anniversary of the Mermaid’s Tears Sea glass Festival in Souris, PEI, a
charming little coastal town with great beaches. This three day event is held
on the fourth weekend in July at the Souris Lighthouse with vendors, lectures,
shard contests and demonstrations. This was Regina’s first year as a vendor and
knowing that most artists use sea glass in jewelry or decorative art pieces,
and knowing that what she was doing was new and different, she made a number of
larger pieces, some framed fabric collages and lots of postcards and pins.
The festival takes place in a
large tent so Regina hung some of her larger pieces from the tent
structure near her display table. She found festival goers were quite
interested in her work and she received a lot of great feedback. Over and over
she heard, “I have never seen anything like that!”
Regina really enjoyed talking
with the other vendors, getting to see the amazing sea glass finds and chatting
with all the visitors who were interested in her work. Solid media coverage
(including a piece by CTV for the local news) and strong attendance helped make
the show financially successful for Regina. She will definitely be returning to
next year’s festival with many new designs she is inspired to create!
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