Tico Art un negocio espíritual

Tico Art es una asociación de cooperación mutua entre Los Estados Unidos y Costa Rica creada para compartir el espíritu y la belleza de los Ticos y su cultura con el resto del mundo. Ticos y Estadounidenses trabajando juntos en el diseño y la producción artesanal de piezas decorativas y funcionales a partir de maderas finas cultivadas Centro América. Estas piezas son terminadas y traídas a Los Estados Unidos por medio de Tico Art en Nueva Inglaterra.

Okay, now a translation for our Gringo friends:

Tico Art a spiritual business

Tico Art is an American/Costa Rican cooperative partnership created to share the spirit and beauty of the Ticos and their country with the rest of the world. Ticos and Americans work side by side designing and producing handcrafted decorative and functional items from Central American farm grown hardwoods. These are finished and channeled through Tico Art's New England facility.

This is our Mission Statement and has been added to our website. After five years we have grown into a cooperative of three American and four Costa Rican families plus loads of others that provide help, labor and services. Here are a few of them.

Although the Mission Statement doesn't address it, the spirit, joy and enthusiasm of our American customers is the third component of our "Spiritual Business". Each day that we sell, there are at least two or three heart warming stories or special customers. I hope to share some of these in future blogs.

For today I will share portions of a thank you letter from a lovely lady:

"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Drew,

I am xxxxxxxxx. So happy to meet you at Boston Summer Street Market in June.

This is my first time to see the puzzle boxes. They are so beautiful and amazing!

Thanks Mrs. Drew for introducing me the "secret" of the puzzle boxes!

Also thank you for designing those wonderful and beautiful products!"

Even though "Mrs. Drew" was my business partner Pat that day, we appreciated the thought and the photos that she enclosed.

We hope to share the Tico "Pura Vida" with all we meet.

 

Pura Vida, Don Federico y familia

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Poor Pat P. ponders puzzle boxes

Poor Pat P. ponders puzzle boxes.

After a perfectly positive puzzle box presentation in Wells, ME yesterday; my partner Pat woke at 2:00 AM perturbed over the possibility that we lacked plentiful product to peddle today.

When I awoke at 6:20, I had an email time stamped at 3:43 AM asking for me to bring some Masonic boxes in addition to her other sold out items. It was a joyous Sunday morning so I opted for a motorcycle ride and delivered in time for our 10:00 AM opening.

And what was our first sale of the day?

A large Masonic of course!


It was great to see Darr, Laurie and lots of other crafter friends today. Pat and George are doing a great job taking over events but we miss our friends when we're not there.

Pura Vida, Don Federico

Greenway Openmarket

If you haven't visited Boston lately, you should this summer. There are a number of organizations that have worked hard to make our city a composite of historical, cosmopolitan, hip, entertaining and relaxing.

Last year the Boston Improvement District invited us to be part of their Art Fridays Market. They continue to add Music, Markets & More to downtown Boston. The twice-weekly Summer Street Markets continue all summer on Wednesdays and Fridays.

In addition to the Summer Street Market, we were accepted as part of the Greenway Open Market. The Greenway Open Market is an expansion of the successful and nationally recognized SoWa Open Market in conjunction with the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.

We have been there five Saturdays thus far and in addition to receiving a wonderful reception, we have enjoyed the beauty and atmosphere that the Greenway has added to Boston. Of course! it is a stark contrast to the old Expressway that loomed over that area.

Boston’s ribbon of contem

 

We are off to Wells, ME this weekend but will return on July 14th for the last of our original scheduled dates.

 

Having applied for additional dates this week, we have been accepted and confirmed that we can display there through the first weekend in August.

 

Come explore the parks, take in the city sights from the comfort of tree-lined promenades, soak up sunshine, play in the Rings Fountain, eat at a food truck, and of course shop a variety of other market vendors for something truly original!

We hope to see you there.

Pura Vida, the TicoArt.com cooperative family

 

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