Author: bnahwegahbow

  • Liberty Village Art Crawl

    Two days! Two locations! Blue Dawn Jewellery will be at both! Look for my banner. Unique. Original. Aboriginal. Friday September 13, 2013 – from 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. – at Linear Park, Liberty Street & Jefferson Avenue Saturday September 14 2013 – from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. – at Liberty Village Park, Liberty Street…

  • Enjoyer Market on Queen Street West

     ENJOYER MARKET Come and visit me at the Enjoyer Market in the Norman Felix Art Gallery at 627 Queen Street West, just east of Bathurst on the south side. Saturday August 17th, 2013 from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm will find me there. My recently-designed collection of bracelets, earrings and necklaces will be available!

  • Entertainment District Urban Arts Exhibit

    There’s an exciting show happening this week and Blue Dawn Jewellery with designs by Barb Nahwegahbow will be part of it. The market will be at David Pecaut Square on King Street in Toronto right beside Roy Thomson Hall and across the street from the Royal Alex Theatre. What could be more convenient! The show…

  • Six Nations Champion of Champions Pow Wow

    Blue Dawn Jewellery will be at the Six Nations Pow Wow the weekend of July 27 & 28, 2013. The 34th Annual Pow Wow is at Chiefswood Park, Brant County Rd. 54 in Ohsweken, Ontario. Gates and vendor booths are open at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. I look forward to seeing you there!…

  • The Prize and the Winner

    The Prize I had an absolutely free draw for shoppers – no obligation to buy – when I did the Aboriginal Week show at the federal government buildings in Gatineau in May. The prize – shown below – was a necklace with wire-wrapped Smoky Topaz, brass hardware and leather. The necklace, valued at $185. is adjustable. So many women commented that…

  • Wing Ding Festival in Jordan, Ontario

    Where passion meets poultry and the blues leave you breathless! AND where you can shop for fine and fun jewellery designed by Barb Nahwegahbow of Blue Dawn Jewellery. Come and see me at the Rotary Club of Lincoln Wing Ding Chicken Wings and Blues Fest at Charles Daley Park in Jordan in the beautiful and…

  • Random Shots

    Indigenous & Ingenious A great show – once again! – last week at The Gladstone Hotel. The Gladstone was buzzing thanks to Indigenous & Ingenious, Contact International Photography Fesitival and several other events that seemed to draw in half of Toronto. Meegwetch, thank you to everyone who stopped in to Studio 207 to shop, chat,…

  • Something Different

    I’m known for creating big, beautiful, original and innovative jewellery – necklaces and bracelets. When people started telling me they really wanted one of my pieces but preferred something a bit smaller, I created some smaller but still unique and beautiful pieces like the ones below. If you’re feeling creatively blocked or want to tap…

  • Indigenous & Ingenious Spring Show 2013

    We – Jason, Jay, Naomi and I – are getting ready for Indigenous & Ingenious. Save the May 4th & 5th weekend and come out and visit us at The Gladstone Hotel on Queen Street in Toronto. We’d love to see you and there’ll be lots of gorgeous new stuff – paintings, photos, jewellery and beadwork…

  • Unique. Original. Aboriginal.

    My New Banner Unique. Original. Aboriginal. That’s the tag line on the Blue Dawn Jewellery banner that I unveiled at the week-long show I did in Gatineau in December. Unique and original are words I hear a lot when people see my designs. I think those two words along with Aboriginal describe my work succinctly and…