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Show A-8 The Park Record Marketplace Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, June 9-12, 2018 Nightly Lodging Tally Artist’s creativity ablaze in new studio Founder of studio has been blowing glass for 10 years Occupancy Report for week of June 10-16, 2018 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% CAROLYN WEBBER 10% The Park Record Daniel Bell’s plan was to spend six months touring Alaska with a friend, but when they arrived in Skagway, they decided to get jobs and stick around for a few more months. Bell found work at a place that made handblown glass without any experience in the trade. When he saw someone blow glass for the first time, he said he was “bitten.” “I was immediately infected with it and knew that it was all I ever wanted to do,” he said. Ten years later, he and Micah Goddard, a Park City native, opened the glassblowing and creative workshop Red Flower Studios in Park City. Bell first moved to Park City 15 years ago after living in Winter Park, Colorado. It was in Park City that he met Goddard, who would later become his business partner. Goddard was working at the restaurant Davanza’s when they met, and Bell started working there soon after. Bell left to work in Alaska and go to school in Tennessee, but he always returned to Park City when he could. He spent the last five years traveling around the country to pursue his passion of glassblowing, working in various shops on different projects. About four years ago, a project led him back to Park City. He and Goddard helped build a 30foot Yeti sculpture out of old skis for the ski equipment company Ramp Sports. It was then that Goddard learned to weld. He, like Bell, knew right away that it was what he wanted to do with his life. “The first time I did it I was like, ‘Here it is. This is what I want to do,’” Goddard said. He and Bell started to consider opening a studio for glassblowing and metalworking in Park City. Sun Mon Tues 2018 - As of 5/15/18 2017 - As of 5/15/17 2016 - Historic Actuals Wed Thurs Fri Sat Week High 2018 ....... Tues 61% Week High 2017 ........Wed 43% Weekly Average 2018 ....... 48% Weekly Average 2017 ....... 34% NOTE: This is not a forecast of bookings. Data presented in this report represents occupancy on the books as of the report date. Source: DestiMetrics & Park City Chamber/Bureau © 2018 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Daniel Bell, left, and Alok Narlikar use a blowpipe to integrate multi-colored shards of glass to make a glass ornament. Bell co-founded Red Flower Studios with Micah Goddard, who does metalworking. After the Yeti project, Bell ended up in Mississippi to help a friend open a glassblowing studio. A couple of years passed, and Bell felt like he was spending too much time away from Park City and his dream of opening his own shop. “I wanted to be home,” he said. Bell and Goddard decided that it was finally time to open a shop. Bell said it was a challenge to find a location that could fit their needs and was inside city boundaries. Being located in the heart of Park City was important to them because they felt that it was the best way to give back to the community. “This is the community that we wanted to be involved in,” Bell said. Goddard said when he was a kid growing up in Park City, there were few places to go to be creative. He wanted to make a place where youth could go to release their energy through art. They found a location and, with the help of a $15,000 grant from the city for tools and materials, opened Red Flower Studios. The name came from the word for fire in “The Jungle Book,” which Bell was watching when he got the inspiration. At the studio, he blows glass and Goddard focuses on metalworking. Bell said that he has enjoyed creating objects with his hands his whole life, but he found something unique in glassblowing. For starters, he works with a furnace that reaches 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit. Plus, he said the way that the glass moves and contracts is “intense and addictive.” “It’s an insane medium, there are endless possibilities,” he said. “I love all mediums, but glass is special.” Bell and Goddard spend their time working on their projects, but they also offer classes and events where people can create their own glass objects. Bell said that he has been surprised by how much he enjoys teaching his trade to others. “The teaching thing caught me off guard,” he said. “I didn’t realize teaching was a passion of mine until I started doing it.” Bell is happy to finally have his dream be a reality, but he said that there is still more he wants to do. One day, he hopes to turn the studio into a makerspace where creators can design or make art with different mediums. He has already had people come in to weave, edit video and even hold yoga classes. “We want to make it a space where we are not defined by one thing,” he said. “We are not just a gallery, we’re not just a hot shop, we are all of that and so much more.” Red Flower Studios 1755 Bonanza Dr. Unit C info@redflowerstudios.com redflowerstudios.com Recognized for outstanding wealth management Chocolate shop gets a golden ticket Ritual Chocolate won nine awards in global contest CAROLYN WEBBER The Park Record When Robbie Stout and Anna Davies started Ritual Chocolate in 2010, they hoped to create a product that was well received by many people. After receiving multiple awards from an international chocolate tasting competition, they are positive they have achieved that goal. Park City-based Ritual Chocolate was recently recognized by the Academy of Chocolate in England for nine of its chocolate bars. Stout said that the company has been honored before, but this is the most awards that it has received at one time. Ritual Chocolate was one of the most decorated chocolate companies at this year’s competition, which included 1,200 entries from around the globe. Stout said one of the awards he was most proud of was in the “bean to bar, above 80 percent cocoa solids” category. Ritual’s 100 percent cacao bar won silver in the group. “That goes to show that we are not using any other ingredients to mask flavors,” he said. “It’s just pure cacao. There’s nothing else going into it.” Stout was also proud because the bar was only released last year. In fact, Ritual Chocolate released four bars last year and each of them was recognized by the Academy. Ritual Chocolate also walked away with four silver placements in the “bean to bar, under 80 percent cocoa solids” category, as well as two bronze honors. Ritual won two awards in the flavored dark chocolate bar with its bourbon barrel aged, 75 percent cacao bar and the vanilla bar, which contains 70 percent cacao. Davies and Stout spent about Please see Ritual, A-9 Coming Soon to a new LOcation! June 13th in the Silver King Resort Parking Lot (And pretty decent selfies) The Mogul Financial Group and UBS are proud to congratulate Greg Golding for being recognized by Barron’s. For the fourth time, Greg was chosen as one of Barron’s Top 1,200 Advisors in the U.S. (2010, 2011, 2015 and 2018). This significant achievement is a testament to Greg’s passion for helping clients pursue what matters most to them. Greg Golding, CIMA®, CWS®, CFS® Senior Vice President– Wealth Management Senior Managed Accounts Consultant Glen Mintz Managing Director– Wealth Management Senior Portfolio Manager Noah Levine Senior Vice President– Wealth Management The Mogul Financial Group UBS Financial Services Inc. 255 Heber Avenue, 1st Floor Park City, UT 84060 435-615-7169 888-219-4914 mogul@ubs.com The Mogul Financial Group has 60 years of combined experience. Greg Golding is also recognized as one of the Top 40 Advisors under the age of 40, by Wall Street Magazine in 2006. ubs.com/team/mogul Questions? Call Volker at 435.671.1455 OPEN FOR LUNCH CELEBRATING OVER 56 YEARS OF BUSINESS IN PARK CITY RED BANJO 50% OFF ANY SINGLE Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors for 2018 is based on assets under management, revenue and quality of practices. Investment performance isn’t an explicit component because not all advisors have audited results. Neither UBS Financial Services Inc. or its employees pay a fee in exchange for these rankings. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Co. As a firm providing wealth management services to clients, UBS Financial Services Inc. offers both investment advisory services and brokerage services. Investment advisory services and brokerage services are separate and distinct, differ in material ways and are governed by different laws and separate arrangements. It is important that clients understand the ways in which we conduct business and that they carefully read the agreements and disclosures that we provide to them about the products or services we offer. © UBS 2018. All rights reserved. UBS Financial Services Inc. is a subsidiary of UBS AG. Member FINRA/SIPC. . CIMA® is a registered certification mark of the Investment Management Consultants Association®. in the United States of America and worldwide. 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