Hooked Rugs and Pillows

Enliven home or cottage with any of the wide selection of hooked rugs and pillows offered at Ravensara. Whether it be a Kaffe Fassett designer rug (shown here) or a herati kilim hooked pillow or whimsical checkerboard bunny hooked pillow by designer Warren Kimble (both shown here), adding these colourful items will rejuvenate everyone's home and cottage environment.

Hooked Rug Starter Kits

The Canadian maritimes have a long history of rug hooking, an art and craft where rugs are made by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a stiff woven base such as burlap and scottish linen. Ravensara offers a selection of starter kits, which include pattern, backing material and fabric ( sample of starter kit images are shown here).  

Environmentally Friendly Pine Furniture

Ravensara carries Canadian Pine Furniture -- simple, functional home furnishings and accent pieces using old-fashioned techniques and real wood. Pieces are hand-crafted in Canada by Springwater Woodcraft, an environmentally friendly company, using only water-based wood finishes, green waste disposal techniques, and wood sourced solely from sustainably-managed forests. Choose from a line of over 100 Early Canadian-style furniture and decorative items, all of which are made with solid white pine---no veneers, MDF, or particle boards are used. Visit Springwater's website (http://www.springwaterwoodcraft.com/) for their complete line-up and come to Ravensara to see our sampling of their line-up.

Angel Wing Wishes

Each collectible angel begins as a detailed wax carving and is cast in solid steel using the ancient art of Lost Wax. Every angel is dipped to acquire her antique-patina finish while her feathered wings are hand-rubbed with glimmering halo dust. Our collection includes the following angels: Destiny, Serenity, Gratitude, Mercy and Joy. And each angel is packaged with a flying wish paper on which to write your thought (be it a wish, a prayer, a blessing or gratitude) so you may light them and they may rise to the heavens.

Wall Art by Gordon Hare

Gordon Hare at his rural home in Rockwood, Ontario, creates sculptured art pieces in a range of colours and images. Each wall sculpture is ingeniously created, molded and individually painted.  His images range from seahorses, sea turtles, hummingbirds and cats to dragonflies, frogs and owls. A choice of colours including red, blue, sand and green make his spirited art even more vibrant. 

Rita Meyer's Finger Puppets

Local Ottawa artist Rita Meyer designs and hand-makes finger puppets and hand puppets that delight people of all ages. Each puppet is Rita's own design and is lovingly crafted from recycled yarn; each year she adds a new puppet to her extensive collection.

Phoenician Glass Art

According to the Roman historian Pliny, who wrote in Naturalis Historica in 77 A.D., glass was first produced by accident about the year 5000 B.C. Phoenician sailors feasting on a beach near Belus in Asia Minor, could find no stones on which to place their cooking pots; therefore, they set them on blocks of soda carried by their ship as cargo. As the fire's heat increased, the sand and soda turned to molten glass.

By year 1500 BC the making of glass had become a practical craft in Phoenicia. The Phoenicians had discovered how to make glass on a predictable basis (from sand, limestone and sodium carbonate) and they invented ways of shaping this difficult but magically appealing substance into small vessels. Further advancements have brought more colour into this glass art while still maintaining a unique hand-spun quality making each piece different with its own personality.

These glass art pieces (bowls, pitchers, stunning plates) have been skillfully created in the long tradition of Phoenician glass art. The aesthetic of each handmade piece, with its unique style and mixture of colours, will add beauty and light to every home.

Beadworks for the Garden + Beadworks for the Home

These colorful pieces are beaded onto a stainless steel frame and are thus weather-proofed for outdoor display. Besides a wide selection suitable for outdoor décor and garden accent , there are other glass beaded items that would brighten any room in the house (fun piggy banks, kitchen baskets, wall and table pieces).

Basic Spirit - Live Simply Basic Spirit designs and creates products that touch the heart and delight the spirit. All of Basic Spirit's pewter is handcrafted in their seaside studio in Pugwash, a small village on the north shore of Nova Scotia known for its heritage of pewtersmithing and peace. It is the birthplace of the internationally respected Pugwash Movement which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. Basic Spirit believes in supporting actions that are socially responsible, that help to sustain our planet and that enable the human spirit to thrive. 10% of their profits help to fund environmental and charitable organizations.

Ravensara carries a range of Basic Spirit products, including jewellery, pewter frames, photo/business card holders, ring holders, cutting boards and pate knives, clocks, sets of yoga sculptures, wish boxes with matching necklace and whimsical pet tags.

The Trail Of Painted Ponies began in Sante Fe as a public art exhibition that invited the very best artists in the Southwest to imaginatively transform life-size horses into original works of art.The stunning results enchanted thousands of people and at auction generated close to one million dollars for philanthropic organizations. Since the beginning, Ravensara has carried the limited collector's edition of Painted Ponies reproductions, inspired by the original works of art. They are one of our most popular collectibles, and over 90% of the Ponies we now sell have all been retired and are avidly sought after.