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Tessa Clogs
A Daughter’s Tribute to Her Mother’s Homegrown Art Business by Amalia Manning
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Being the middle daughter of Tessa rom early on in her life, Tessa Manning, I have had my share of colorManning knew she wanted to ful clogs from as early as I can remembe an artist when she grew up. ber and consider myself to be an expe“An artist, a skier and a milrienced clog wearer, whether that be lionaire,” she laughs. while hiking, after skiing or anywhere While she hasn’t exactly achieved around the town. Based out of the Vail all her childhood dreams, Manning has Valley, Tessa Clogs offers distinctive come close, with years of telemark shoes, clothing and other gifts from the skiing under her belt along with her heart of Minturn. own artistic business, Tessa Clogs. The However, clog-making was not the company combines Manning’s pasfirst thing on her mind when coming sion for creating and painting with her to the area. As with most people who Swedish heritage to provide carefully moved to Vail, Manning left her home in crafted, one-of-a-kind clogs to all her WolfSweden People to visit and explore Colorado’s customers, myself included.
