Saving the Whales and Our Environment

Saving the Whales and Our Environment

Join Us for a Free Seminar
Saturday, April 27th @ 10:30 a.m.

Location: 627 Route 1, York, Maine (in the Eldredge Building)

Our speaker – Will Jones – is a senior at Kennebunk High School and passionate about protecting our whales and at the same time, our environment.

When Will was six years old he went on his first whale watch. He had broken his arm and his mother wanted to distract him and help him to forget that he couldn’t participate in his usual activities.

It was on this whale watch that he saw his first whale only 10’ away – just sitting in the water. Will looked right into the whale’s eye, it looked right back at him and the two formed a life-long connection. From that moment Will has been passionate about informing and educating young and old about what litter does to the whales and our environment.

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Will was named a junior intern for Blue Ocean Society for Maine Conservation in Portsmouth at just eight years old. He has been featured as a “Kid in Action” by the American Cetacean Society, and was awarded an International Eco Hero Award by ‘Action for Nature’ in San Francisco California in 2011. He has been an apprentice at the Landing School in Arundel and a volunteer with the Special Surfer Program in Kennebunk. He is also an avid surfer.

Will continues to take his message to camps, schools and libraries. Recently, he has been on a mission to stop balloon releases and educate the public about their harm to the environment.

We invite you to join in to listen to Will’s passionate message about how we all can work to save our whales and our environment.

Light refreshments will be served.

Magnificent Mosaics!

Magnificent Mosaics!

Hot & Trendy - an Atlantic Design Center bi-monthly newsletter

at Atlantic Design Center ~ A Bi-Monthly Newsletter

Magnificent Mosaics!

This is a re-publishing of our newsletter from January 2013 when we welcomed Mosaique Surface to our line of tile vendors

“Breathtaking” and “exquisite” are some of the words we hear in response to our line of mosaic tile at the Atlantic Design Center. We are constantly searching for cutting edge products to bring to our valued homeowners, architects and contractors here on the East Coast. This time, with the introduction of “Mosaique Surface’ we’ve outdone ourselves!

Welcome Mosaique Surface

Stone mosaics have been around for centuries. Glass mosaics, at first thought to be a fad, have been around more than ten years and still the appeal does not fade. “So what’s so special with this new line?” you might ask. It is truly indescribable…“seeing is believing”. Impossible curves, tiny circles, mixed medium in glass, stone and metal come together in the most unlikely arrangements. Check out the curvilinear pattern “Meadow” made of Vetro Glass in our contemporary kitchen vignette.

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More About Mosaique Surface

Mosaique Surface, founded in 1992, creates original murals, medallions and custom mosaics, offering over 80 choices of stone colors and endless combinations with glass and metal. Considered a leader in the industry, Mosaique Surface serves both the residential and commercial markets worldwide.

Celebrity clients include Celine Dion, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Beal amongst others. Michael S. Smith, designer to the White House has recently completed installations for the bathrooms at The Blair House in Washington DC.

Mosaique Surface is currently working on a project with the interior designer to Buckingham Palace in the U.K.

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New Technology in Mosaic Tiles

By implementing water-jet technology years ago, Mosaique Surface has perfected the production of highly complex shapes that were previously impossible to achieve with traditional stone cutting tools. This new technology, placed in the hands of a visionary mosaic artist such as Louis Fiset, founder and owner of Mosaique Surface, yields extraordinary results. Louis’ exacting standards are reflected in the work of his mosaic designers, a team comprised of only 12 artisans and 24 sheet designers. Handpicked from all over the globe, they continue to honor their families’ time-honored traditions and heritage in stone.

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flower design - mosaic tile

Get Inspired!

For photos and more, please visit mosaiquesurface.com to view the latest information and styles and to get inspiration for your next design project.

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Magnificent Mosaics!

Adding Mosaique Surface to its line of tile vendors brought an array of detailed, exquisite and creative mosaic tiles to the offerings at Atlantic Design Center. Read more →

Mary Kavanagh

Mary is our consultant specializing in bathroom design. Irish born, she holds honors degrees in both Hotel Mgt. & PR. Years living in Switzerland and the UK fueled her interest in hotel architecture, planning and design. Exposure to both contemporary & classic resorts and properties are reflected in her European sense of style. Her love of art & architecture brought her to Endicott College in Beverly, MA where she pursued her career in Interior Design. She has extensive residential experience working in soft furnishings, drapes & wall coverings, in addition to the bath and tile design she did in Boston and Acton, MA. Mary is now settled in York, Maine with her husband & children. She enjoys sewing & gardening and “dabbles in paint.” Combining her passion for art & color with the skills of drafting & interior design, Mary creates lasting impressions for her clients in tile and stone.

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Learning the Language of Birds

Learning the Language of Birds

Dan Gardoqui - our presenter

Join Us for a Free Seminar
Thursday, March 28th @ 10:30 a.m.

Location: 627 Route 1, York, Maine (in the Eldredge Building)

Dan Gardoqui – our presenter – has been a bird whisperer since his teen years in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Since then he has taught people of all ages how to tune in to the language of nature. He served as science faculty at Granite State College for over a decade.

In 1999 he founded White Pine Programs in York, Maine which reaches nearly 2,000 youth and teens annually with deep nature connection programs. Dan is a registered Maine Guide and certified wildlife tracker living near Mount Agamenticus with his family.

You will learn that birds are talking to us…every day. You can easily understand them with just a few tips. Come and learn how to detect owls, foxes and other wildlife and birds. Dan will be happy to share what he can to help you better understand the world of wildlife.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Chocolate Lover’s Delight

Chocolate Lover’s Delight

Join Us for a Free Seminar

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019
10:30 a.m.

Sandra Freeman of Divine Chocolates

Location: 627 Route 1, York, Maine (in the Eldredge Building)

We are inviting you to the delightful world of chocolatier, Sandra Freeman.

Sandra owns Divine Chocolate of Cape Neddick. She will share the
essential skills of tempering and demonstrating techniques and tools unique to fine chocolate making. Her skills and talents will inspire your own chocolate making aspirations and indulgence. She will reveal some little known secrets about tempering and creating delicious chocolates.

Sandra opened the doors for business at Divine Chocolate in 2006. With eighteen years of experience and having created thousands of pounds of chocolate, she has accumulated much knowledge about the delicate process of chocolate making. Her popular products include a wide variety of turtles made with caramel, nuts and fruits, as well as almond butter crunch, specialty bars and chocolate truffles formed in European molds.

Sandra will bring and share cocoa pods and beans and discuss her enthusiasm for selecting Belgian coverture for her customers. Your chocolate appetite will be enticed with samples provided for all.

Light refreshments will be served.

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circular assortment of chocolates from Divine Chocolate

Holiday Entertaining Ideas with Chef Leffler

Holiday Entertaining Ideas with Chef Leffler

Join Us for a Free Seminar

Wednesday, November 14th at 10:30 a.m.

Whether it’s on The Food Network or CNBC or in the pages of The New York Times, Food Arts or Art Culinaire Magazine, the name and face of Celebrity Chef Walter Leffler has shown up in the hottest food media in the nation.

Leffler is the founder of Five-Diamond Culinary Consultants and currently does restaurant consulting and catering in southern Maine. He is known for preparing outstanding cuisine that has delighted royalty as well as every United States President since Richard M. Nixon.

Chef Walter is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University as well as extended studies at the University of Houston for Hotel/Restaurant management and the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park for Asian food and culture. He is a true veteran from the worlds of both Forbes-Star and AAA- diamond programs.

celebrity chef, Walter Leffler
Chef Leffler with Julia Child
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His passion for educating others on the finer points of cuisine, service, and sanitation is apparent in his extensive list of credentials and in his dynamic hands-on teaching style. He has served as an adjunct culinary professor at Middlesex County College in Edison, NJ, for more than a decade, and been on the advisory boards of several others.

Chef Walter has also been a trailblazer in bringing exciting, flavorful vegetarian cuisine into the mainstream of restaurants.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to entertain for the Holidays from the truly experienced and professional celebrity Chef Walter Leffler.