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Friday 27 July 2018

Made in Aruba, Unique Gifts from Local Artisans

elry in different materials,
art with driftwood, soap
and skin care, small paint-
ings and so on. There is the
jewelry made of the tail
fin of lion fish by Lionfintas-
tic. Lionfish are an invasive
species from the Pacific
and Indian Ocean, vora-
cious eaters with no known
predators. The handmade
soap and skin care from
olive oil and shea butter by
CC Bath & Body is another
unique gift as well as the
wonderful jewelry made
by recycled materials of
Miljenou Tromp. Gloria Fi-
liciana creates awesome
artisan jewelry from among
others genuine Aruban sea
glass and what to think of
a necklace of driftwood,
created by Wise Wood.
Turning a discarded mate-
rial into a unique art craft is
what Cemu offers you. But
there is much more. You
really need to check it out
for yourselves as this is your
ORANJESTAD — They are Wendy Op De Weegh, one We were occasionally or- on it really took off. More change to bring home a
right at the hotels and of- of the board members of ganizing events at home, and more artisans were real piece of Aruba. The
fer unique, locally manu- the foundation. but we were looking for engaged and the govern- best vacation memory or
factured artisan products. more public.” That is how ment also initiated the na- genuine gift. The artisans
Foundation Aruba is orga- Wendy Op De Weegh, the three came to the idea tional seal for artisan prod- market is on Mondays at
nizing an art market that Tia Hurkmans and Gabri- to find more local artisans ucts at that time and pro- Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort
gives you the opportunity ella Gonzalez are the three and encountered a foun- vided us with a list of arti- between 4.30 and 6.30 PM,
to admire and/or purchase board members of Foun- dation that was in a kind sans that were registered.” at Tuesdays and Thursdays
some genuine products, all dation Aruba, all artisans of non-active state. They between 6 and 9 PM at the
locally produced by local themselves. Wendy: “I start- decided to take over and Your Vacation Memory Marriott Resort & Stellaris
artisans. “This is not your ed making my own beads that is how it all started. The aim of the foundation is Casino and at Fridays be-
regular souvenir that you of glass and that triggered “2013 our first organized to engage the artisans that tween 7 and 10 PM at the
may encounter in various Tia and Gaby to join. We event happened at Fort create smaller pieces, lo- Renaissance Marketplace
Caribbean destinations, were friends and we no- Zoutman in Oranjestad with cally produced and linked in Oranjestad. Check their
this is made in Aruba and ticed that we needed a Christmas time. It was a big to Aruba. The perfect gift Facebook Foundation ArU-
only offered here”, says platform to present our art. success and from that time or souvenir. Think of jew- BA for more information.q