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How did your family come to start Vaillancourt Folk Art?
The abridged version is my mother, a formally trained artist, is also a Christmas and antiques enthusiast. My father, one Christmas, gave her three antique chocolate moulds, and my mother was amazed at the detail that went into a consumable. She first used beeswax to create figures but that was often messy, so she turned to the Victorian art medium of chalkware and adapted a new technique to create a three dimensional canvas. She would take these painted Santas to craft shows along with folk art she created and was quick to sell out. Seeing the opportunity, my dad quit his high-tech job, and they decided to give it a go.