Product Spotlight

Hermit Cove Cups have been greeting customers at Norton’s Cove Café all summer!

Hermit Cove Cup Series

• Three editions of 100 prints + 1 Trial Proof
• Available matted to fit a 10 x 10″ frame
• Available in a professional metallic wooden frame
• Janet Davis 2020
• Printed on Canson Edition 250g Antique White paper
• As seen at Norton’s Cove Café
• $60 each matted
• $104 each framed as shown

“These cups were created during COVID-19 restricted times.  While choosing books to read or listen to over the winter and spring, I found that the old stories of Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters were where comfort was found.  This translated to my artwork in that I found myself going back to old images, old ideas from my own work.  These teacups were originally used in my imagery in 1996 up until about 1999.  My series of work then, called teastory, was all about appreciating the little things in life, and realizing how good things are compared to the experiences of our ancestors.”

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Squid bookmarks are available in the studio, in the online shop, and in the Café’s giftshop too!

• 2 x 4″ bookmark
• Printed on antique white 100% cotton fibre paper
• With an ivory tassel
• Original lino-cut relief print by Janet Davis
• $5.50
• Normal colours available (as seen from left to right in the photo above) Red, Red-Yellow, Orange, Blue, Red-Blue, Blue-Green, Green, and Black.
• One of my favourite things about these bookmarks, is that I can fit it in a birthday or Christmas card without costing more in postage.
• Other images available as bookmarks: Capelin, Shamrock, Salt Fish, Store Path, Dad’s Guitar

This Week at Norton’s Cove Café

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Mick Davis is playing LIVE @ Norton’s Cove Café’s Lower Deck on June 18th!

Get your tickets in the ONLINE SHOP or at Norton’s Cove Studio in person or by phone 536-2533!

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We have new products in our café gift shop, and a new face in our staff too! I’m pleased to welcome Marcus Waterman to Team Norton’s Cove! He’ll be working with Ted (The Kitchen Magician) for supper service Wednesday to Sundays this year.

Stuffed Pork, anyone?

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Our new hours at Norton’s Cove Café, starting TOMORROW (16th June) are:

Sunday

10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

Closed

Wednesday

10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Thursday

10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Friday

10:00 am – 8:00 pm

Saturday

10:00 am – 8:00 pm

To make a reservation, please call 536-2633.
Our first reservation of the day is at 10am, and our last is at 8pm.
We don’t actually ‘close’ at 8pm- we just stop taking new customers then!

This Weekend at Norton’s Cove

I am STILL printing, signing, packaging, shipping Norton’s Cove Cards, Mini-Prints, and Bookmarks all over the place.

It’s gonna be a busy weekend! I’m in the studio working away today and Saturday, and Sunday is dedicated to training at the Café, meeting up with new employees, and getting the Café back to her sparkling self, ready to reopen on Thursday. I can hardly believe that summer is about to start! And we’re going to start it off with a bang!

Mick Davis is playing LIVE @ Norton’s Cove Café’s Lower Deck on June 18th! Get your tickets in the online shop or at the studio.

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Norton’s Cove Bookmarks: Squid, in packaging mode! This snap shows the 8 colours in a regular print run.

I’m still packaging up product to send out to shops, and I’ve got a few more prints to pull before my orders are all full. We’ve also been updating our own displays, moved the coffee machine out of the studio, and we’re getting things ready to open up the café on the 16th! Lots to do! I can’t wait to order my first cappuccino and a hand-pie for elevenses two weeks from now! But for now, back to packaging squid!

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This Week at Norton’s Cove

Norton’s Cove Bookmarks drying on window screens

We are printing and packaging Norton’s Cove Cards, Mini-prints, and Bookmarks this week at the studio. Order due dates are passing us by and we’re printing into the night to get it all done! We’re working on about half of the spring orders now, and will start printing all over again once these are sent out. This year is different than most because orders were taken in April at the Craft & Gift Wholesale Show instead of in February as usual, so I normally have an extra two months to work on those orders.

Packaging all those pieces: folding cards, stamping their backs, stuffing them into bags, adding tassels to bookmarks, putting mats on mini-prints & etc., can be tedious work sometimes. I love having visitors while I’m doing that kind of work to keep me company. Please do stop in for a chat. We’re open 10-6 Wednesday to Saturday.

We’re making plans for the Café: opening dates and booking bands and that sort of thing. There’s just three weeks left until the Café is in full swing- I can hardly believe it’s almost summer already! And yes, we are taking reservations for the full season already!

This Week at Norton’s Cove Studio & Café

Two new card/mini-print images ready to proof:
Mixed Tape and Smudge Herring.

I am also working on a piece of art and statement based on the letters written from the people of Bonavista North to Joey Smallwood in during the time that Confederation with Canada was taking place. My work will be focused on a letter from Eunice (nee: Burton) Kelloway of Greenspond, and the struggles that she and many others at that time were experiencing. I am thankful for help with my research from Linda White and the Greenspond Historic Society‘s followers- thank you! The letters are available for viewing at the MUN Archives in the Joey Smallwood Collection. This painting is a very rough work-in-progress that is stressing me out at the moment- it’s very frustrating when the image I have in my head does not look like the image I am making in reality.

I have applied for a restaurant/lounge license from the Newfoundland Liquor Corporation. Right now, we are only allowed to serve alcoholic beverages with food. With the change in license, we’ll be allowed to serve just drinks after 9pm when our Live @ Norton’s Cove events take place. If you’re in the New-Wes-Valley area and have seen public notices about a new liquor license for Norton’s Cove, that’s the reason!

The studio is open 10-6 on Saturdays this month, and any other time by chance or appointment. I have accepted a short term position working at the local museum & gallery, but will be back in the studio evenings and weekends to fill online orders and to print spring orders. Duke will be spending some time at the studio too, while I’m away, making a ton of rope mats! You know he likes a chat- please do stop in and say hello when you see the open sign out!

This Week at Norton’s Cove Studio & Café

We’re now booking professional performers at the Lower Deck for the 2022 season! Interested? Introduce yourself to Janet via email. Send website and video links!

I’m working up some new Norton’s Cove Card & Mini-Print images to introduce this spring. Have any suggestions for me? The studio is open 10 to 6 Wednesday through Saturday.

I am also working on a piece of art and statement based on the letters written from the people of Bonavista North to Joey Smallwood in during the time that Confederation with Canada was taking place. My work will be focused on the woman in this picture, Eunice (nee: Burton) Kelloway, and the struggles that she and many others at that time were experiencing. I got some help with my research from Linda White and the Greenspond Historic Society‘s followers- thank you! The letters are available for viewing at the MUN Archives in the Joey Smallwood Collection.

Anyone else’s mouth watering? I can’t wait for the Café to reopen in June! All events and activities, including opening and closing dates can be found in the calendar section of our website.

This Week at Norton’s Cove Café

We had an overwhelmingly successful Feast of Saint Valentine event at the Café on the 13th & 14th. In the fall and early winter, it’s easy to feel a bit tuckered out when it comes to thinking about the café and all the work involved trying to make everything run smoothly. We want the business to provide what our customers want, but also it needs to make enough money to pay the bills and enable us to keep going. That can be pretty stressful! But this event in mid-February, when we’ve been feeling refreshed and almost ready for spring to arrive again, reminds us of how much we love what we’re doing, and how much this venue means to the people around us. Honestly, the comments coming back have been very heart-warming. And I thank you from the bottom of my heart. It really is the nourishment our business needs!

Now that we have completed the downstairs space at the Café, which we call the Lower Deck, and some of the COVID restrictions look like they’ll be relaxing soon all across the country, I’m hoping to line up a new series of Live @ the Lower Deck events. I am looking for professional performers to stand in this spotlight and entertain us. Interested artists should introduce themselves via email and include links to examples of their work.

This Week at Norton’s Cove Café

The Feast of Saint Valentine is almost sold out! Thank you so much for such a wonderful response! Click HERE to read the menu and order your event tickets! We’ll have a full staff in house to make your evening meal a pleasure, and I will be trying out the new Lower Deck space for the first time- please do come hang with me there for a drink or two in a relaxing atmosphere with your bubble before or after your meal. We’ll be funnelling everyone through the upstairs entry- don’t forget to bring your VaxPass QR code!

I am collecting love songs for the special Valentine’s playlist- what is your favourite love song?

Mussel Heart Norton’s Cove Cards and Mini-Prints are available in the studio, the online shop, and in the Café gift-shop! Cards are $7.25 each, Minis are $14.50, and Framed Minis go for $50.