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A Alibi Ale Works

Alibi Ale Works

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Craft Brewery

Truckee's hometown brewery on the historic downtown strip. Small-batch ales brewed at 6,000 feet with Sierra snowmelt. Their taproom is where ski bums, bikers, and locals collide after a day in the mountains. Opened in 2014 and immediately became the town's living room.

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S Sara L Smith

Sara L Smith

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Painting & Murals

Truckee/Tahoe painter and muralist — large-scale installations in public spaces and private homes, featured in galleries across the North Shore. Co-founder of the Women's Art Tribe (WAT?!) live-painting collaborations.

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S Sara Zimmerman

Sara Zimmerman

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Painting & Mixed Media

Truckee/Tahoe contemporary painter, illustrator, and graphic designer — expressive landscape and spiritual work, plus the live-painting Women's Art Tribe collaborations with Sara L Smith.

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Sarah Manning

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Painting & Mixed Media

Truckee multimedia artist, graphic designer, and ski coach — gouache, acrylic, and digital work capturing Sierra scenery in saturated psychedelic color, swirling textures, and sharp geometric shapes. Featured at Chickadee Art Collective in Kings Beach.

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Tahoe Mill Collective

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Art & Craft

Creative coworking space and maker collective in Truckee's historic lumber mill. Artists, designers, and craftspeople share studio space in a building that once processed the timber that built the Transcontinental Railroad. Gallery shows and pop-up markets throughout the year.

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T Truckee Roundhouse Makerspace

Truckee Roundhouse Makerspace

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Maker Space & Craft

Community makerspace in Truckee with woodshops, metalworking, 3D printing, textiles, and ceramics studios. A nonprofit where mountain-town tinkerers, artists, and builders share tools and teach each other. The garage every maker wishes they had.

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Anemone Ceramics

Big Sur / CA / Ceramics

Handbuilt and thrown ceramics — vases, bottles, vessels — from a home studio in Big Sur. Belgian-born Anemone Delvoie moved to California in 2011. Her work is carried at General Store and Phloem Studio.

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Antrese Wood

Mammoth Lakes / CA / Painting & Plein Air

Plein air and alla prima oil painter working out of Mammoth Lakes. Glacier studies, eastern Sierra peaks, and small-format pochade pieces. Hosts the long-running Savvy Painter podcast.

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Big Sur Bakery

Big Sur / CA / Food & Craft

Wood-fired bakery and restaurant tucked into the redwoods along Highway 1. Artisan breads, pastries, and seasonal dishes made from local and foraged ingredients. A Big Sur institution since 2003 — part bakery, part gathering place, entirely unforgettable.

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Big Sur Goldsmiths

Big Sur / CA / Jewelry

Handmade fine jewelry since 1964, when Karl Lee began working gold at Esalen Institute. Now in its third generation — son Ali Lee and daughter-in-law Carrie Armstrong carry on the tradition with high-karat gold, platinum, and gemstones.

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Big Sur Jade Company

Big Sur / CA / Jewelry & Gemstones

Nephrite jade hand-collected from the Big Sur coastline and crafted into jewelry and polished stones. Kirk Brock has been diving and hunting jade in the Sur since the 1990s. Each piece comes from a specific beach or underwater reef along the wildest coast in California.

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Birdwell Beach Britches

Santa Ana / CA / Surf & Swimwear

Boardshorts handmade in Santa Ana since 1961. Founded by Carrie Birdwell Mann, every pair is double-stitched with SurfNyl fabric and a brass buckle that was designed before Velcro existed. Three generations later, they're still sewn in the same factory.

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Carmel Dish Co.

Carmel / CA / Ceramics

Handmade ceramic vessels and tableware by Michelle Johnston. Born in Quebec City, trained at Sheridan School of Craft and Design, moved to Carmel in 2013 and never left.

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Carmel Woodcraft

Carmel / CA / Woodworking

Handcrafted solid wood putters, cutting boards, and serving pieces by Larry Shattuck — a retired Army colonel and former West Point professor who traded the classroom for a wood shop.

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