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THREE RIVERS ARTIST GUILD GALLERY has finally obtained a permanent home!
The Gallery draws from our over 100 members to feature a wide variety of artistic works.
Three Rivers Gallery & Gifts
is located inside:
Singer Hill Café - Website
623 7th Street
Oregon City, OR 97045
Gallery & Gifts Hours:
Tues. - Sun. 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed Monday's
Phone: 503.656.5252
Three Rivers Artist Guild
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DREAM CATCHERS
Made with Care Honoring My Native Friends
Your Dream Catcher was specially made of Oregon native materials such as willow from Spruce Street in Waldport, Oregon. Wisteria, Concord Grape and Madrona came from Cascade Street in West Linn, Oregon. Sagebrush, Currant, Juniper and Ponderosa Pine came from near Sisters, Oregon on Stardust Lane. Some smoky snags survived the Sage Flat Fire of 1992. Twisted pieces of beach limbs were found on the Oregon beaches, mostly near Waldport and Newport. Artificial sinew is used for the webbing. Special embellishments were added as desired by the weaver. Shells were also gathered from Oregon beaches. Feathers dropped by native birds and chickens, were sanitized for re-use in these catchers, guiding good dreams to the sleeper.
Dream Catcher Artifacts
Originally, many early American natives made dream catchers to hang freely
near the head of the bed. The spider's web would catch the bad dreams and the
good dreams would work their way through the hole in the center. The purpose
of the feathers was to guide good dreams to the sleeper below. Today, many
dream catchers are placed where the heart desires, which may or may not be
near a bed, but often is a resting place such as a garden.
The Dream Catcher pictured on the right, is based on an Oregon Concord Grape adorned with white pony beads, feathers and shells from an Oregon beach. It is centered with a pure white "spider." Note the beautiful Trumpet Vine and Concord Grape in the background.
A Note of Construction
You Might Find of Interest
A favorite material of mine for a spider is a bead of hematite, a mineral
fe203 constituting an important iron ore and occurring in crystals or a red
earthy form. (Webster's 7th Collegiate Dictionary) It seems particularly fitting,
since the other parts are from the earth.
Prices
Dream Catcher Prices vary depending on the rarity of materials and the
number of webs woven onto the branch, and of course size. Sometimes more
delicate webs are much harder to weave than the larger. Catchers can range
from $5.00 and up.