ABC Wednesday: T is for Tamarack

Tamarack is located in Beckley, WV and includes a wide variety of works by West Virginia artists, crafts people and cooks.

Tourists tired of trekking on trails can toddle in for food to taste, a performance, or a little shopping. There is a theatre for music and other shows.

There are galleries which include works by WV artists. The driftwood sculpture above (Early Dawn) and below (Forest Guardian) are by Karen Sparks (Nicholas County)

I think the ladies sitting below look tipsy and they made me titter.

There are artisans in residence who work in studios at Tamarack.

If you are visiting Beckley, WV and torrential rains threaten to drive you indoors you can spend a long time looking around Tamarack and not see everything.

I could take a long time looking at pottery which I enjoy. There were traditional styles of pottery as shown below and also some very unusual styles too.

I also like the way some of the sections overlap with a mixture of types of products.

I would be tempted by the wooden bowls if I could afford the tags with the price.

I also enjoy mixes of glass which I bet would tinkle if tapped.

Try as I might I think I've worked all the T words I can into this post about Tamarack. Although come to think of it, the pieces of patchwork quilts could qualify as tiles of a type. Also, we did have a tasty lunch and although they had trout on the menu, I had something else but can't recall what it was.

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