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Artist Statement3D wearable freehand formed sculptures. Hard gauge wire threads the glass metal clay and stone pieces to sculpt components into representational elements. The metal grids galleries vessels and lapel pin/necklace elements are cut forged pierced soldered burnished with patina applied. The lapel pin/necklace component… Read more

Artist Statement Our pieces are split between functional handcrafted wood pieces and combined glass pieces. All are food safe and functional. This is a collaboration between two artists: Harry Kurtz and Sharon Davis Festivals Buffalo Grove Art Festival, Evanston Art & Big Fork Festival Media 3D Functional: Mixed Media Booth Numbers Buffalo Grove… Read more

Artist StatementI delight in pleasing and inspiring others through life's visual surprises and my unique perspectives on our surroundings. Whether people find something in my photography that amuses and brings a smile or one that provides a fond or poignant moment remembered or a sense… Read more

Artist StatementColor is the foundation for expression in my work. Solid bright and sometimes unexpected combinations of color are used to create stylized and simplified images free of overworked or complicated motifs. Form is influenced by deconstructed natural imagery resulting in straightforward sculptural elements that… Read more

Artist StatementI work with colored stoneware and inlays of porcelain and use a combination of hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. Throughout the process I am open to opportunities to improvise with materials and techniques to create one-of-a-kind sculpted pottery. My pottery embodies influences that shaped me… Read more

Artist Statement All my Garden Fables are inspired by the Aesop's fables and other stories my Mom and Dad read to me when I was little. When I started looking for something unique to carve the pictures from my childhood were an obvious choice. After I've… Read more

Artist Statement Colored glass has been a lifelong passion. Custom mosaic designs originate from memory and imagination. Large glass sheets are handcut to small shapes and combined w/semiprecious gemstones vintage objects. All pieces are grouted and the outcome is the production of vibrant combinations of many… Read more

Artist Statement Large scale work. Hand cut from heavy steel plate shaped over a coal fired forge and weld fabricated. My work embodies the whimsy of the natural world around me in gigantic purportions Festivals Art at the Glen Town Center Media 3D Non-Functional: Metals Booth Numbers Art at the Glen Town… Read more

Artist Statement I have been working with jewelry for the past 12 years.i work mostly with sterling silver very rearly with the combination of semi-precious stones. i am very much drawn to organic shapes and my jewelry reflect that.my work evolve and changes i like to… Read more

Artist Statement The inspiration for Smashing Jewels emanates from a passion where science and design intersect. Combining a traditional Graduate Gemological education with experience in auction and estate jewelry I have created a delicate intricately detailed original one-of-a kind line. Each piece is designed with the… Read more