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SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - A new art studio and gallery is opening in Old Town tomorrow.

Idumea Fine Crafts will feature the work of multi-disciplinary artist and studio owner Efrain Perdomo.

Efrain Perdomo will open his new Old Town studio Idumea Fine Crafts tomorrow at 2 p.m. - Daron Letts/NNSL photo

Perdomo, who was born in Uruguay and raised in Brazil, worked for eight years as a diamond polisher in Yellowknife before embarking on artistic entrepreneurship.

He graduated from art studies at the University of Escuela de Bellas Artes in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1980.

In the past, this versatile artist has focused on furniture design, acrylic landscape painting and other media.

His new business showcases his original jewelry, which can best be described as high folk art.

"It's not traditional jewelry, it's craft jewelry," he said. "I use any kind of element that can be attractive to me."

His intricate and colourful creations feature materials as diverse as dried orange peel, Brazilian coconut shell, leather, seal fur, wood, a variety of South American seeds along with gems, brass, gold and silver.

Much of his collection uses rich earthy and organic shades accented with bright colour. The shapes twist and flow, communicating a sense of natural movement and growth.

Idumea Fine Crafts is located in the newly renovated green shack at 3802 Bredzlaff Drive.

The entrance fronts on McDonald Drive. A workshop at the back of the cozy and elegant studio allows visitors to watch the artist at work.

The space opens tomorrow at 2 p.m.