Final Friday's at ES Lighting

ES Lighting is a locally owned and operated lighting showroom sandwiched between the Art District and Historic Downtown Lawrence.  2019 marks ES Lighting’s 55^th year serving NE Kansas.  We invite you to visit our showroom and enjoy local music, crafts, and food!  ESLightingShop.com
 
ES Lighting – Lighting the Way Since 1964
 
 1856 Bar & Grill is providing small bites for the Final Friday event this month showcasing their new menu, stop by for delicious samples by local chef using locally sourced ingredients.  Locally owned bar & grill that is chef driven featuring small plates, salads, thin crust pizzas house made pasta and an extensive selection of craft beer.  Private dining available and daily Happy Hour 3-6 pm.

Kyle Shirk – Metalsmith
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyleshirkmetalsmithing/
Kyle Shirk is a full time Artist Blacksmith located north of Lawrence. Growing up on the family dairy farm taught Kyle skills to build and fix anything and everything from a very young age.  Kyle developed an affinity for tools, and a love of video games and world history.  He found himself fascinated and drawn to the ancient art of Blacksmithing.  Kyle is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design. After graduating, an old farm workshop was renovated into his Blacksmithing studio allowing him to open his own business designing, creating and selling a variety of hand forged goods. Kyle’s specialty is custom work, but many items are available in his Etsy store. Kyle offers small-scale welding and fabrication for a flat hourly rate.  Follow him on Instagram to see what his currently working on at any given time. 
 
Clever Wood Craft – Wendi Norton 
Website - www.cleverwoodcraft.com
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Repurposing was a way of life for Wendi’s grandparents. Daily life encompassed taking used ordinary objects from their former use and repurposing into another useful item.  Wendi’s grandfather planted a seed teaching her basic carpentry skills that grew into Clever Wood Craft.  Building her first wine barrel sink in 2015 while planning & designing a custom home and wanting to avoid the cookie cutter items from the mainstream market place led Wendi to create a unique imprint on their home by honing her wood crafting skills.  Wood working allowed Wendi to develop, create and craft items for the house such as our powder bath wine barrel vanity, towel bar, toilet paper holder along with our dining room table and so much more.  By trade Wendi is a nurse, helping people has always been a passion for her, and taking peoples visions to a reality allows her to give others joy and happiness with an heirloom quality piece of wood.  Clever Wood Craft creates rustic home interior items and furniture.  Custom orders are approximately 4-6-week lead time and can be shipped anywhere in the continental US.  Collaboration with clients to create the piece they have in mind with no limitations, but the imagination Clever Wood Craft specializes in all things wood; wine barrel sinks, dining room tables, games, urns, benches, changing tables, bathroom accessories and more.  Clever Wood Craft…born on March 2018.
 
Glen Thomas local musician
Glen is the multi-talented guitarist/singer/songwriter of the Rock & Soul band E100, as well as the lead guitar/baritone guitar with the local group Cryin’ Out Loud honky-tonk band.  Glen enjoys blurring genre lines and entertaining people.  When playing acoustic solo shows he truly enjoys the intimacy of the crowd and the thrill of playing without the safety net of a supporting group.  Solo performances allow Glen to play songs he has written that do not translate as well to the bar stage’s and enables him to cover tunes by other artist he admires and has found inspiration from.  Join us for a rare solo performance by local artist Glen Thomas!