sawatchdrums

2009-06-26T15:56:00.001-07:00

Oh ja before I forget: thank you Carl for the great tip for Carrying cases for the djembes. He bought a case for his Sawatch djembe from "thedrummerslounge.com" it is a TKL brand , model Dj 314.Cost is +- 70$. I highly recommend it! this is a very sturdy "bag" that will protect the drum for ever.

2009-06-26T15:50:00.000-07:00

O.K. here is the BIG news item: we will definitely be at the OREGON COUNTRY FAIR!! We scored #1 from all new applicants this year! and secured a great location. Booth # 181 come and see us!

2009-06-26T15:48:00.000-07:00

also thank you everybody from Folklife what a fun show to do!

2009-06-26T15:40:00.000-07:00

Thank you U-District! We had a record show! quite unexpected

2009-05-15T07:45:00.000-07:00

What can I say, I'm inspired! From now on all organic drums will feature a beautiful wooden jewelry label, making them even more beautiful

2009-04-25T10:53:00.000-07:00

Our new schedule for this year is shaping up just fine confirmed Shows are so far
@ April 25 Bellingham Farmer's Market
@ May 2 Bellingham Farmer's Market
@ May 9& 10 Olympia Wooden Boat Show
@ May 16& 17 Seattle University Dist. Street Fair
@ May 22, 23, 24, 25 Folklife Festival, Seattle Center
@ June 19, 20, 21 Edmonds Art show
@ June 27 Bellingham Farmer's Market
@ July 17, 18, 19 Sequim Lavender Festival
@ Aug 7, 8, 9 Anacortes Art Festival
I will bring all my cool drums and the occasional surprise with me!

2009-04-25T10:48:00.000-07:00

Back to work, April is here and the Bellingham Farmer's Market is open and we are part

2009-03-05T17:43:00.000-08:00

thanks everybody for checking us out . Your support made our stay here most injoyable

2009-03-05T17:40:00.000-08:00

Dazzling the unsuspecting tourists and locals with our great drums and jewelry in Hilo and Kailua Kona

2009-03-05T17:37:00.000-08:00

Aloha from beautiful Big Island Hawaii!!
We are here on a working vacation ..

2008-11-18T07:27:00.000-08:00

It has been a busy Summer and Christmas is approaching .... O.K we will be at the Phinney Neighborhood Center December 6 & 7 for already the last Seattle showing. So come and get a drum there!

2008-07-21T19:34:00.000-07:00

Before I forget .....we will not be at Port Gambles on July 25-27. We had very good sales and are running short on drums and jewelry. This gives us a few badly needed extra days to produce. See you all in Anacortes on Aug 1 2 and 3 .
So work work work it is .....

2008-07-21T19:21:00.001-07:00

check out the last friends we made in Eugene, on Mercer Island and in Sequim at the Lavender Festival. Never too young and never too old to drum! thank you all, you make my world go round!

2008-06-03T07:44:00.000-07:00

2008-06-03T07:35:00.000-07:00

Busy Folklife Weekend

2008-05-19T20:39:00.000-07:00

The rest of our summer is taking shape:
May 23...26 Folklife @ Seattle Center
June 13...15 Edmonds Art Fair
July 4..6 Eugene OR Art @ Vinyard
July 12&13 Mercer Island
July 18...20 Sequim Lavender Festival
July 25....27 Pt. Gambles
Aug 1...3 Anacortes Art Festival
Aug 9 Orcas Island
Come and see us at a show near you!

2008-05-19T20:37:00.000-07:00

Trust the Judge, he is not wrong

2008-05-19T10:00:00.000-07:00

Thank you U- District , what a perfect weather for the Fair! It was nice to see our regular fans and make many more new friends!

2008-03-29T15:52:00.000-07:00

I have also some other one-off drums here check this out:

2008-03-29T15:47:00.000-07:00

No new Post since November!!
Must have been away ...

2008-03-29T15:29:00.000-07:00

Here we go another season is upon us and we will be busy once again
so far confirmed dates of our A$C shows are:
May 10 & 11 : Olympia
May 17 & 18 : Seattle U- District
May 23--26 : Seattle Center Folklife Festival
June 14 & 15 : Edmonds Art Fest
July 12 & 13 : Langley
July 18--20 : Sequim Lavender Festival
Aug 1---3 : Anacortes Art Festival
Aug 9 : Eastsound, Orcas Island
Sep 27 & 28 : Corvallis OR
These are the shows so far, in between we will of course be at the Bellingham Farmers Market on and off

2007-11-07T10:43:00.000-08:00

O.K. next one up will be at the Warren G. Magnuson Park November 16, 17, and 18. This will be our first time with the Best of the N.W. so we'll see how it goes.....

2007-11-07T10:40:00.000-08:00

Thank you John and good luck with the classes!

2007-11-07T10:37:00.000-08:00

Thank you Michelle for the nice note, glad you enjoy the drum!

2007-10-11T06:54:00.000-07:00

This is what it looks like this year, hope you can come by our open house this weekend Oct. 13 and 14 2633 Grant St. Bellingham

2007-10-11T06:47:00.000-07:00

Thank you everybody for making our first WAST weekend a great success, we even ran out of cookies! Special thanks to Holly (the drum looks great in you living room), Michelle and Denny for supporting us again and again!

2007-09-30T11:56:00.000-07:00

Of course, our open house oct.6+7 and oct.13+14 is part of the Whatcom Artists Studio Tour. You can win our fabulous door prize. Read all about it in the brochure that was mailed out to many of you, or go to : www.studiotour.net

2007-09-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder our open house is coming up, some of you received this postcard remember to bring it for your discount

2007-09-11T07:04:00.000-07:00

So what is this cryptic message: HOMESHOW
Well as part of the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour,
www.studiotour.net
we will have an open house October 6 & 7 and October 13 & 14
at out home on 2633 Grant St. in Bellingham.

2007-09-11T06:56:00.000-07:00

Next Stop: Corvallis, Oregon
We had a great turnout last year, our first time
in Corvallis.......now we will be back!
September 22 and 23

2007-08-02T06:43:00.000-07:00

Come and just do it buy a drum! Thank you so much!!

2007-08-02T06:29:00.000-07:00

This is what a fistfull of extra $$ can buy you----> a custom Drum!! made to your order with your choices of woods, very unique and only yours.
Our next Streetfair will be in beautiful Anacortes WA this weekend, Aug 3,4&5.
After that we will spend a few days on even beautifuller Orcas Island and also set up on Saturday Aug 11 in the heart of Eastsound village

2007-07-17T14:33:00.000-07:00

Our next show will be in Stanwood WA (Camano Island), July 21 and 22. This is an new area for us so we will see how it goes

2007-07-17T14:23:00.000-07:00

And of course there is always that inspiration making house calls whenever it feels like it.....
How about these new stands for the mother drum. Three legs never wiggle and it folds up too.
Or my cabin furniture drums..... 36" top and 24" bottom
360 671 6872 call me for your order

2007-07-17T14:20:00.000-07:00

Some of you might wonder what does this guy do in his spare time?
Well it's Summer and I do a little of this .........
and a little of that........

2007-07-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

Thank you Langley, as always it has been a great show. Nice to see all my friends and make new ones too!

2007-06-24T11:56:00.000-07:00

Thank everyone who made Folklife a great success!!
The awesome olive wood drums---->gone
The beautiful castleated djembes ---->gone
and many others ------>sold sold sold

So now its on to a small 4th of July celebration on Lopez Island
and July 14 and 15 we will be at Langley on Whidby Island

2007-05-17T09:32:00.000-07:00

Just finished these most spectacular drums. They are made from a 100 year old olive tree from Leguria Italy. I brought the wood home last year after a visit to the region. The bottom part is rosewood

2007-05-17T09:24:00.000-07:00

Thank you for great show at the Wooden Boat Show in Olympia especially Barb and Cathy ( sorry forgot to take a picture) Come see us at the U-DISTRICT STREET FAIR in Seattle this weekend.

2007-05-08T08:30:00.000-07:00

How about this one! Just finished 12" head X 25" tall, Organic spalted Elm from Rockport WA with sunray pattern of Locust from Everson WA. The tuning blocks are made from an old wine barrel. The tops of the blocks were on the inside and got the red stain from the wine.

2007-05-02T13:34:00.000-07:00

I just got hold of some beautiful quarter sawn Maple with red/white transitions from my local sawer in Skagit Valley ....... and look how those drums come out..... Gorgeous !!
They sell for my regular Western Maple price too!

2007-04-16T13:45:00.000-07:00

This season is taking shape; we are confirmed at these shows + a few Bellingham Farmer's Market days
Olympia Wooden Boat Fest May 12, 13
Seattle University Dist. Street Fair May 19, 20
NW Folklife Festival @ Seattle Center May 25- 28
Chochokam in Langley July 14, 15
Anacortes August 3,4, 5
Seattle's Best of the NorthWest November 16, 17, 18

2007-03-16T14:12:00.000-07:00

but now its back to work work work and ready for a new season

2007-03-16T13:47:00.000-07:00

No updates? because I was on .....vacations...in Bolivia

2006-12-20T08:34:00.000-08:00

Sebastian,

I just wanted to let you know that my new Sawatch conga had its coming out party today at
the Seattle Women's Drumming Circle. We were at Jamtown John's and had our own drums
at hand, as well as the endless supply that John has at his warehouse. Just to get lots of good vibes
infused into my drum, I had everyone cycle around the circle to play it during our drumming. It was
everyone's favorite drum and BY FAR was the best sounding drum there. Through nearly every
rhythm, people would yell out for me to solo, or they would back away to let your wonderful conga's
sound rise up above all of the others. It was great fun and was such a sweet first date for me.

Just thought you would like to know. You're spreading the joy around.

Thanks again. I'll be happy to tell everyone about your talents and your wonderful drums.

Peace to you and happy holidays,

Patty Hieb

2006-12-04T08:14:00.000-08:00

Phinney Ridge Winter Festival. THANK YOU ! for everyone who showed up and visited and made this a great success

2006-11-26T07:35:00.000-08:00

Oh, what did I do in Germany?! Well....visit .....eat ..........drink!

2006-11-26T07:32:00.000-08:00

........and join our happy customers' family

2006-11-26T07:25:00.000-08:00

All right....... I'm back from my vacation in Germany.....if you missed us At the Unitarian Church in Edmonds please come and visit us at the Phinney Neighborhood Center on December 2 and 3 for the Winter Festival. 6532 Phinney Ave. N, Seattle WA

2006-10-25T09:05:00.000-07:00

On November 4th and 5th we will be at the Unitarian Church in Edmonds for their annual fundraiser. I will offer some demo snare drums for real good deals!

2006-10-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

O. K. for all of you who missed the OPEN House we hosted the last two weekends here a few pictures

2006-10-19T19:19:00.000-07:00

Why Drums?

2006-10-18T17:45:00.000-07:00

Every culture on Earth has used drums in some form or another. It is not always easy to take one drum out of its cultural context,(to the American consumer) and expect to repeat that cultural experience. Some drums simply sound different in a different climate zone, some actually break or become unusable.Other drums have a caretaker; a person whose sole responsibility it is to maintain the drum.
This drum would wither away, break and lose its sound without regular maintenance.
In that sense all of my designs are very valid; they are not attempts to copy some culture's popular instrument, or westernize it! They simply are the drums that I was looking for but could not find. I go to someone's house, pull up a chair and drum. I want the drum to work. It is a hand drum so my drums feel comfortable - smooth edge , no metal crown. I want my arms level and the bass to come out. Want my legs free so I can shake them rather than holding a drum. I also want to make the drum, not assemble it from industrially made pieces. So I invented the block tuning system, and I make thousands of these blocks! I also strongly believe in using close-to-home materials. My favorite woods to work with are unwanted backyard trees! They have great character and are never predictable or boring! Sometimes a real pain in the butt and always rewarding. The maple is from the local sawmill the ash is domestic and the exotics are plantation grown