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Insta-boost from Mraz When Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Jason Mraz posted a photo of Nelson textile artist Kate Moran’s work on Instagram, a social media storm helped fuel hype for her fabulous creations and give her motivation to stick with her passion
KIRSTEN HILDEBRAND Nelson Star Reporter
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hen a Grammy winning musician gave a social media nod to a local textile artist last month, the ensuing frenzy was fun and fulfilling. On Instagram and Twitter, Jason Mraz posted a photo taken of one of Kate Moran’s macramé necklaces featuring knots of silver and blues around a stunning glass bead made by her partner Ty West. “My friend @bykatemoran is riding an epic wave of micromacrame with her new work. This one is a collab w @tywestmusic. #shealsomakesdopehats!” read the Instagram comment by jason_mraz. When they found out about the share by Mraz who has 938,000 Instagram followers, West and Moran took to the couch, staring at the screen that seemed to come alive — the power of social media and fame combined. “It was so exciting,” said Moran. “It was an internet frenzy. We sat
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hours, almost 18,000 people liked the photo and over 500 people started following the textile artist online. There were comments totaling 203. “It was awesome,” said Moran. “If nothing else, we had the
Interior Health says water samples taken from the Slocan and Kootenay rivers following last month’s jet fuel spill into Lemon Creek have borne out their expectations that most of the fuel would disappear within seven to ten days. “We expected the material would largely evaporate and the majority of the rest would mix with river water and move downstream,” Dr. Andrew Larder, senior medical health officer, told a media conference call Monday. “We thought the risk of groundwater contamination would be very low with this product. The results released today [Monday] confirm those assumptions.” No surface water samples have tested positive for fuel contamination since August 1, Larder added, and samples collected from at-risk shallow wells downstream of the spill site have not detected any fuel product either. A do-not-use order was issued for the three waterways on July 26,
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Nelson’s Kate Moran (above) is a regular at the Nelson downtown market and other markets around the area where she sells her creations. Her necklace recently received a big shoutout from rock star Jason Mraz on Instagram (left).
there refreshing…” Within five seconds, over 1,000 people followed Mraz’s lead, liking the necklace, not for sale. It’s one of Moran’s own pieces. Within 24
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