Mahone Bay pewter experts Amos Pewter, owned by Don Sheehan, have opened a new location on the Halifax waterfront, which Shoptalk disappointingly missed in our waterfront Go Local special last week. No matter, here’s the scoop: Located at 1751 Lower Water Street (the toll-free number is 800-565-3369), Amos Pewter offers jewellery, home décor and tableware. “At Amos Pewter, designers and craftspeople put the spotlight on the skills and techniques that have been used by pewter makers for decades,” writes Natasha Stargratt in an email. “In the Amos workshop, honoured traditions of the craft are practiced alongside technologies of the modern world. Today, the workshop within the store is designed so that customers can interact with craftspeople.”
This article appears in Jul 1-7, 2010.
my wife and i were to visit this new waterfront store and we were very pleased with a woman didnt get her name anyway she was so very friendly and explained and seemed to have very good communication skills as to what exactly the business did and how the moulds are done and the life of the moulds and we also got talking about that more folks in halifax should support local and buy local instead of buying just anything and we need to appreciate talents and buy the products that folks have to offer instead of sending for something from another country we really need to appreciate this in all forms and believe me there is some awesome talent out there and i will give a thumbs up to a local photographer i will just call Dave who also has his work on sale and you can find Dave in and around the halifax area with his few suitcases he manages to carry with him and it looks like he is going on a holiday and when seen this man also has some of the very best work i have ever seen and the best part is it is all forsale and his photos of cape breton are out of this world and i had asked this gentleman how come he doesnt have his work in a shop and his reply was he is trying to get a name for himself so Dave my vote is not alone for this new shop but for you as well awesome pieces in both so folks lets support local it really is priceless .
may god bless