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Artist Statement I use fabric sourced from vintage drapes dresses or just about anywhere to create hand sewn one of a kind purses. Every item is designed cutting free hand with the fabric to highlight the best features of the fabric or working around typical vintage… Read more

Artist StatementI start with a sheet of 1/2 FestivalsLincolnshire Art Festival Media3D Non-Functional: Mixed Media Booth NumbersLincolnshire Art Festival: TBA Read more

Artist Statement My inspiration derives from an eternity of instinct and arrives at a sudden conclusion. I do not care whether it resides on the peak of a snow-capped mountain in the cup of a delicate flower or whether it gallops onward like the frothing waters… Read more

Artist StatementMy images integrate Architectural Drawing techniques with photographs (usually of Architecture sometimes nature). I use geometric proportioning systems and sacred numbers (Fibonacci series and the golden section). Images are printed on coated aluminum plates. As an Architect my art is an exploration of… Read more

Artist Statement STUDIO LAMP WORKED GLASS ELEMENTS WITH MIXED METALS Festivals Gold Coast Art Fair at Grant Park Media Jewelry: Glass Booth Numbers Barrington Art Festival: TBA Gold Coast Art Fair at Grant Park: TBA The Art Center's Festival of Fine Arts: TBA Third Ward Art Festival: TBA Read more

Artist Statement I take photographs at night because I love capturing a side of nature rarely seen as though Im illuminating some brief hidden gesture. What interests me is to take that gesture and to distill it onto paper in its most basic and aesthetically palatable… Read more

Artist StatementEach of my handbags is created by taking a recycled game board book playbill or record album cover and combining it with new and durable materials. Once I choose the base for a handbag I proceed to create it. I look at the material… Read more

Artist StatementI use nickel-free & hypoallergenic 950 sterling silver & 14k gold wire. After sketching my designs on paper I proceed on crafting it with standard jewelry pliers and some tools of which I craft on my own. Some designs include Swarovski crystals cubic zirconia… Read more

Artist Statement Ask a class of first graders if there are any artists in the room and they will all raise their hands. My hands still up. Kevin Lahvic Festivals Promenade of Art, Gold Coast Art Fair at Grant Park, Glencoe Festival of Art, Evanston Art & Big Fork… Read more

Artist StatementHand made pottery using wheel-thrown and handbuilding techniques. Various glazes and clays are used to achieve the desired outcomes of finished pieces. Jewelry is also another component of our work using handmade beads and pendants from clay. FestivalsDowntown Downers Grove Art Festival Media2D: Ceramics Booth NumbersDowntown Downers… Read more