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Artist Statement I have been working with leather for the past forty years and my focus has been on developing a line of soft leather bags. The leather I use is domestic cow which is tanned in the United States to my specifications. Techniques are pleating… Read more

Artist StatementWhere do we find happiness? We search for it we pursue it trying to find it when all the time it is just there it comes when you stop expecting it stopped hoping not afraid Ella Richards 2010 I call my art scissors drawings… Read more

Artist StatementEarthenware figures created from slump molded parts which are then assembled with coils and further sculpted. Slipped matte glazed then multi-fired to midrange. FestivalsPort Clinton Art Festival Media3D Non-Functional: Ceramics Booth NumbersPort Clinton Art Festival: TBA Read more

Artist StatementI use the lost wax technique to convert my clay sculptures into bronze. Sometimes I will fire the clay sculptures to create permanent terra-cotta sculptures. I use epoxy resin which I cast from moulds when I want a light- weight monumental sculpture. FestivalsPort Clinton Art… Read more

Artist Statement Having so much passion for arts sports and spiritual exercise I have always been fascinated by the inner feeling that provokes in me. It gives my being power to accomplish. I explore energy in motion through human figure and its purity to transmit emotions.… Read more

Artist StatementWater was everywhere in Suzhou China where I grew up with my grandmother. It was under stone bridges in dingy canals and in pre-summer rains offsetting the world of white walls and dark roofs where people napped in quiet afternoons. That water showed me… Read more

Artist StatementI create unique hand bags pins head bands wraps and kimonos utilizing velvets silk brocades wools and glass beads. My objective is to produce wearable works of art for the confident woman. FestivalsThe Art Center's Festival of Fine Craft Media3D Functional: Fiber Booth NumbersThe Art Center's Festival… Read more

Festivals: The Art Center’s Festival of Fine Craft Media: Jewelry: Metals Booth NumbersThe Art Center's Festival of Fine Craft: 146 Read more

Artist Statement My jewelry features glass with real leaves from my garden fused inside. As the glass melts the leaves burn and the carbon is permanently trapped within. The glass is adhered onto texturized fine silver pieces which Ive created out of Precious Metal Clay. Ive… Read more

Artist Statement My passion for fusing is the result of a life long fascination with glass that goes all the way back to when I was a kid collecting beach glass along the shores of Lake Michigan. I love the material the immediate attention it demands… Read more