 | Artist: Kimono Designs
As more people come to appreciate the beauty and history of vintage textiles, these treasured fabrics are becoming increasingly scarce. Even for Japanese women of today, kimonos and obis have become family heirlooms, not everyday wear.
I enjoy fashioning them into hand-crafted jackets, handbags, scarves and neckties. It's my pleasure not just to recycle, but to resurrect these vintage works of fiber art to create unique, contemporary clothing designs especially for you.
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Artist: Linda Mayes Art Photography
Linda is an award winning and published photographer who has a true passion for capturing her world through a camera lens and a dream of sharing those visions with others.
She says, "I photograph because the object in front of my lens begs to be photographed. I photograph because it brings me pleasure." She hopes it brings you pleasure, too.
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Artist: Mosswood, Inc.
Stephanie's are includes textile arts (art quilts and figurals) and gourds and the unique possibilities this sustainable/renewable medium is able to achieve. The bulk of her work is in mixed media sculptural gourd creations. Many pieces are large, sculptural assemblages, some over six feet tall. Stephanie has taken a common medium and raised it to uncommon standards.
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Artist: Original Art Sculptures
Barbara's original art figures are individually sculpted in polymer clay, and with each one she strives to create realistic detail. Each art sculpture is a work of quality in craftsmanship. All of her pieces are original and one-of-a-kind. Her figurative art sculptures are extensively researched and carefully sculpted to capture the subject's personality. All aspects of the piece, including the initial design, the armatures, the clothing, and the handmade accessories, are created by Barbara herself.
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Artist: Red Bee Designs
Tammy Kirks opened Red Bee Designs in the spring of 2000 offering handcrafted beaded jewelry. In 2002, she began silversmithing and expanded the line to include pieces fabricated from both sterling and fine silver. The beaded designs were eventually discontinued, allowing her to concentrate fully on honing her metalwork skills.
In the spring of 2004, enamels and granulation were added after Tammy began working with nationally known enamel artist Sarah Perkins. The current line includes pieces constructed using cloisonné, granulation, and high-carat gold.
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Artist: Silver Wings
In 1995 Silver Wings was established by Jimmy and Cheryl Jones. Their mutual love of art, rock hounding, and adventure led to a new part time business in silver jewelry fabrication and lapidary work.
During a visit to the desert southwest, they toured several galleries and were fascinated by some of the large kinetic metal sculptures they saw. Cheryl had recently inherited an array of welding equipment which provided an ideal opportunity for them to experment and progress from jewelry to larger indoor and outdoor mobile sculptures.
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Artist: Wildfowl Art
Don Brown was raised in St. Joseph, Mo., where he helped his father make and paint decoys to hunt with at an early age. Don began to make his own style of wood decoys in the mid-1950s. His first sale of mantle-quality decoys - a pair of mallards - was to a collector in 1957.
His decoys have been presented as awards and gifts to many individuals, including President George H.W. Bush when visiting the Springfield area. He has received national and state awards for his donations of decoys to fundraisers for Ducks Unlimited.
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