Armix Craft
Glendale, CA
2019 Booth #2
Contemporary Oil & Acrylic, Vivid color, bold texture, Rough Brush strokes, Motion and Movement.
© Armik Malekian
Kate Whisler
Eagan, MN
2018 booth #68A
Computer designed.
Laser cut matboard, wood, etc.
Layered with screws and spacers.
Dimensional images!
© Kate Whisler
Kaitlyn Birk
Northern Bound Books
Minneapolis, MN
2018 booth #75B
Northern Bound Books creates unique hand bound books and notepads. Each of the books uses quality leather and 80lb linen paper. Designs on the covers and notepads are created with hand carved stamps and ink. Some books are made in miniature to be worn as jewelry - earrings and necklaces.
© Kaitlyn Birk
Judith Edenstorm
Artifacts
Sioux Falls, SD
2020 Booth
My art tends to be impressionistic and/or abstract created on a non-porous surface such as Yupo or tile using a variety of inks. When I am satisfied with the colors and design, the art is sprayed with a protective UV coating and then finished with a two-part epoxy resin. The final step is finishing the edges, adding hangers and small felt pieces to prevent marks on the wall while hanging.
© Judith Edenstorm
Collette Gesinger
Artifacts
Sioux Falls, SD
2020 Booth
The art work I create is made by using fluid mediums such as inks and paints. The substrates I use are non-absorbent plastic sheeting (Yupo) and glazed tile. When I have completed the designs, I spray an ultra-violet protection on the art work, before embedding it in two-part epoxy resin. My designs are impressionistic florals and landscapes, or non-objective abstracts.
Emily Sames
Minneapolis, MN
2018 booth #58
I create finely-detailed scientific/nature illustrations using pen and ink and a pointillist/stippling technique. I sell original drawings as well as high-quality prints and greeting cards.
© Emily Sames
Diane Merten
The Pretty Palette
Loretto, MN
2018 booth #128
I do landscape paintings in oils on canvas panels which I hand make. My paintings are done in plein air or from photos of my travels. All paintings are then professionally and uniquely framed.
© Diane Merten
Nicholas Bowers
Mequon, WI
2018 booth #74A
Hand-made, mouth-blown fine art glass. Designed and intended for indoors as well as out.
© Nicholas Bowers
Laura Burlis
Minneapolis, MN
2020 booth
I work with polymer clay, making both flat wall images and 3-D sculptures. I am known for my polymer clay switc hplates. Most viewers assume that the works are painted, but all are colors of polymer clay that I have manipulated with many techniques, including millefiori cane work; which I then cure so it becomes hard plastic. Some work is over blown out eggshells or recycled glass and metal object armatures; others incorporate found objects like driftwood and recycled materials such as 3-D formed cardboard packing inserts.
© Laura Burlis
Greg Dinauer
Madison, WI
2018 booth #35
2 and 3D laminated glass sculpture using flat colored glass, glued with adhesive
© Greg Dinauer
Sandra Lien
Hopkins, MN
2021 Booth #147
I paint with acrylics on high-quality canvases using brushes and palette knives. Listening to music while painting allows me to stay in the creative/right side of my brain. My paintings depict the peacefulness I feel when looking at a vast horizon whether it land of a body of water.
© Sandra Lien
Yvonne Asp-Grahn
Prior Lake, MN
2022 Booth #99B
White stoneware / thrown and altered / interior colored with slip and mason stain / cut, carved, and sanded
© Yvonne Asp-Grahn
Greta Sandquist
St. Paul, MN
2019 Booth #118
My jewelry is made from tiny prints of my paintings. I create the print to fit into the metal base and adhere it. Then I cover it with a thick layer of crystal clear resin. Beads and findings are added.
© Greta Sandquist
Lynn Schultz
Mahtomedi, MN
2020 Booth
I create unique one of kind open-spine hand made journals using fine quality beautiful hand made papers & vintage fabrics. I use linen hinge tape inside the spine for added strength, acid free binder's board (cut to size & sanded) for the covers & spine pieces and good quality writing paper for the book block. I hand sew each book with sinew or ribbon. I also incorporate found objects, antique keys, original geometric designs in paper, antique post cards or other objects as a part of the book cover by gluing or sewing them into place. Each hand made book that I construct is a wonderful expression of color, design, paper and reclaimed items that are put together to form a tangible, touchable work of art that can be completed by the writer or artist who chooses the journal for their very own. I never create the same book twice, so they are as unique & individual as their owners.
© Lynn Schultz
Elaine Palmer
Minneapolis, MN
2018 booth #67A
I make wheel thrown functional ceramics. I use a white stoneware clay body and fire mid-range temperature glazes. The wares I create are influenced by Japanese Zen traditions that focus on mindful eating.
© Elaine Palmer
Kristin Wornson
Skipping Lilies
Minneapolis, MN
2020 Booth
I have a love of wild things & wild places & a desire to exhibit the beauty that exists there. With a background in biology, that involves fieldwork in remote regions such as the Amazon rainforest & Antarctica, I bring my love of science & conservation to my work & process. Using foraged natural specimens (plants, seeds, botanicals, marine algae), as my primary design material & glass/sterling silver as the other components, my focus is on illuminating the captivating beauty of the natural world, inspiring people to look closer at it. I hope my jewelry can serve as a unique representation of the beauty inherent in wild places & an homage to the tiny plants & wonders that inhabit them.
© Kristin Wornson
Ketaki Poyekar
Elkader, IA
2018 booth #
www.k8ki.com
My subject matter is nature, whether it is a traditional landscape or a bird and flower painting. I use acrylic paints, ink and brush on gallery stretched canvas, to capture movement and life in abstraction and let the viewer fill in the blanks to bring the painting to life. I love using bold, vibrant colors and forms. My goal is to inspire those who see my work to look more carefully at the world around them, to discover beauty in unusual places and things.
© Ketaki Poyekar
Mary Miller
Columbus, OH
2019 Booth #79
https://www.facebook.com/Mary-Gaye-Miller-mixed-media-assemblages-1692409970989853/
After assembling soulfully worn found objects, I layer patterns under stained glass. Then I add tiles created from etched tarpaper & acrylic paint. I tie all the elements together with grout & paint.
© Mary Miller
Chester Allen
New Orleans, LA
2018 booth #36
Thru Geometric Symbolism, revealing positive & negative space & kinetics balance sought. Forge, create tools, Silver, enameling, annealed planished, vector tightening, cold cut techniques employed.
© Chester Allen
Emily Lavalier
Minneapolis, MN
2023 Booth #135
Textured, collaged artwork created by using smaller & smaller pieces of paper over hundreds of hours. Papers are hand cut from donated magazines with string, tissue paper, fine papers & embellishments. High Density collage can be used as a metaphor for all of us, as we layer our experiences in life.
© Emily Lavalier