Poster reads:
Magical Yule Sale
Buy gifts, save taxes, support local artists
Nov 27, 2021
10am-5pm
Dubleve Wands
142 Waterloo St
Right Side Entrance
Waterloo
www.dublevewands.com
Current vendors include: Jazz Baby Vintage & Crafts (jewelry), Debbie Bourgeois (macramé), Twilight Rabbit Creations (Tarot, paintings, prints, greeting cards), Katherine Burt (hot/cold packs, mouse ears), Shan Powell (ceramics, jewelry), Spell Caster Designs (jewelry, boxes), Krisina Kocyła (ornaments, décor), Millionaire Maiden (dolls, stuffies), Dunraven Designs (jewelry, quills, dragon heads), Stayce Webber (watercolour, prints), Crafted Wand Magic (semi-precious stone practical wands), Dubleve Wands (toys, props, jewelry, scarves, hats, décor).
Information will be updated as it becomes available.
Shop sign on the right side of the building. Building parking is for tenants only (zoned business and residential). Street parking is available. Corner of Waterloo St and Graham St in Waterloo.
How to get into the shop video.
Image reads: Alternative Artists’ Paradise—Waterloo 10/11/21
Dubleve Wands (named after how the letter ‘w’ is pronounced in French) is the brainchild of Jessie Clayman of Kitchener. Mx Clayman operates an artist gallery and store featuring local talent from Kitchener-Waterloo. It first opened to the public in late 2019. Despite the pressures starting a small business presents, no one is prepared for a global pandemic.
“Opportunity presented itself,” explains the proprietor, “and then the unthinkable happens and you’re suddenly on your toes.”
Mx Clayman and their husband, Jonathan Clayman, agreed to keep renting out the shop; but the doors remained closed. Until October 2021.
“We’re both double vaccinated now, and it’s time to get the shop doors open to the public. Cases are going down; it feels like the right time.”
The shop was going to be part workspace and part showcase for Jessie Clayman’s art. Dubleve Wands has been reworked into fostering the arts community in Kitchener-Waterloo. It specifically
focuses on more fantastical and macabre subjects. It’s become a magical sundry emporium.
“I thought about the space and the arts community and all of the local makers. How festivals are only now starting to open; but this time of year, many of them will be indoors at limited capacity. I have this space, and I wanted to open it up to local artists who missed out on festivals and conventions this year, like I did.”
The shop carries a range of items including: fantasy animal toys, magic wands, witch hats, mouse ears, Tarot decks, original paintings, prints, jewelry, charms, pins, ceramics, figurines, ornaments, macramé, cards, quills, and mounted dragon heads. Mx Clayman chimes, “There’s more interested artists all the time now. I don’t know what we’ll be carrying next!”
If you’re looking for unique gifts, something for your growing collection, or you’re an artist in search of a place to sell your wares; check out Dubleve Wands at 142 Waterloo St, Right Side Entrance, Waterloo ON N2J 1Y2 at the corner of Graham St.