Mary Ellen Kutz

Mimi's Fiber Art

Plymouth, MN

2019 Booth #67B

@ Mary Ellen Kutz

I offer a selection of handwoven, handspun, handknit, & handsewn items. Shawls, scarves, ponchos, vests, bags, purses, table runners, hand dyed women's shirts & shawls, cell phone bags made from upcycled women's blue jeans. I sometimes offer pillows from my handwoven and hand dyed fabric. All products are of my own design and seldom are there two alike. I pride myself on making one-of-a-kind fiber art pieces in my own eclectic style. My handwoven items often have some or all of the yarn dyed and spun by my hand. I often dye all my own fiber and/or cloth for a project. I especially like working with Indigo dye.

Kevin Whetstone

Apple Valley, MN

http://www.wettrockco.com

© Kevin Whetsone

2020 Booth

Wettrock Co. creates expertly handcrafted furnishings. We pair foundry hand-poured iron with natural wood to create modern statement pieces with a vintage industrial aesthetic.

Brian Wagner

Minneapolis, MN

hedgebitch.com

© Brian Wagner

2023 Booth #66

Brian received their B.F.A. in Printmaking and Drawing and Art History in 2019. In 2020 they attended the world-renowned Tamarind Institute of Fine Art Lithography in Albuquerque, NM and are a trained Collaborative Printer and Lithographer. They are currently working and living in Minneapolis, MN.

They primarily work in Lithography, a printmaking process utilizing ancient bavarian limestone as a planographic method of printing based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The image is hand drawn, affixed by means of a chemical reaction, and then printed from the stone.

© Brian Wagner

Wagner's work currently focuses on queer existence and memory and their interest in queer domesticity and what it’s like living in and occupying these spaces. Their work serves as a selection of thoughts, imagery, and personal experience and often incorporates text and snippets of writing as connection to lived, day-to-day life as a queer person. Immersing the spaces we inhabit as no different than any other. They are meant to be reclaimed and lived in and are spaces of transition and are often temporary, ever-changing, and ever-growing, something that they find cohesive with their own sexuality, queerness, and identity.

Gina Nicolae Johnson

St. Louis Park, MN

www.sublimepaintings.com

2023 Booth # 99A

© Gina Nicolae Johnson

Romanian-american writer, journalist, novelist, poet and artist-painter and author of several books. I am in love with the canvas and creating with beautiful colors. It is so easy for me to 'write a poem’, but instead with a brush, colors. It makes me feel good about being able to share the gift of art with others. Inspiration is abundant, from love the flowers, delight at a beautiful sunset, or the ocean, a bird chirping and the sky. I enjoy being able to paint from images dreamt at night, from what I see with my mind, it makes me want more and to share with everyone the joy I have when a painting is finished. I mostly paint with acrylic, 2 D and 3D.

Samuel Hitchman

Cincinnati, OH

www.SamHCeramics.com

2019 Booth #120A

© Samuel Hitchman

Handmade, primarily wheel thrown & altered, utilitarian & decorative ceramics.Numerous, made in house, glazes and slips are dipped and sprayed to enhance the sculptural-traditional forms. All work is gas fired to either cone 10 reduction, or cone 12 oxidation depending on the finish. Prices range from $6 to over $850

Nancy Tome

Ft Myers, FL

www.NancyTome.com

© Nancy Tome

2020 Booth

Original acrylic painting on canvas.

Sky Kahmann

Harpstone

Brooklyn Center, MN

2021 Booth #1

www.harpstone.com

© Sky Kahmann

My art is free-form wirework jewelry, composed of sterling silver or 14K gold-filled wire and adorned with semi-precious stones and/or Swarovski crystals. The most popular items are earrings, but I’ve recently started selling matching necklaces that have been in high demand. I make spoon rings as well. The market for those is more saturated, so I usually wait until I can get a set of unique spoons to better stand out from the other artists. My bestsellers were a “presidential” set - each had a president’s face engraved on one, along with a fun fact and years served. 
Whatever I have in my booth, I aim to give all the pieces a modern contemporary style, and they are all original designs. They are handmade, using a variety of pliers, cutters, hammers, and mandrels to give them one-of-a-kind textures and shapes. I bring my tools and materials to art fairs to have demonstrations and to make customizations for patrons.

Chris Christenson

© Chris Christenson

CJC Woodworking

Brodhead WI

2020 Booth

Combine highly figured wood and fused glass using intricate, visible joinery for aesthetic appeal. Influenced by C R Mackintosh and the Craftsman School.

Chris Cumbie

Mobile, AL

https://www.ChrisCumbieArt.com

© Chris Cumbie

2021 Booth

Broken tape measures. Animal bones. Rusted metal and tin. Piano keys. Spindles from broken chairs. Any and all old wood I can get my hands on. I turn these discarded objects into art. My mixed-media art is created using the techniques of hand carving, painting, welding, assemblage, sculpting and pyrography. I attempt to bring different genres and mediums into one piece, by recycling, recreating, refinishing and redesigning ordinary objects and old materials to give them new life as art. By rescuing other people’s “junk,” I try not to just make art, but also to preserve little pieces of history.
Detailed sketching gives me the structure and motion I need to get started.
I find inspiration in objects and build ideas from shape, design, form and color. I study art history, anatomy and the historical treatment of the materials that I use. Always experimenting with better ways to enhance definition and texture, I try to give personality and purpose to anything I work with.

Katie Faragher

© Katie Faragher

Scandia, MN
www.etsy.com/shop/TwoOaksTrading

2019 Booth #11

I create bags and totes out of waxed canvas and leather. My aesthetic is classic, simple, with emphasis on durability and functionality. I strive to source my materials from companies and manufacturers based in the US. I love to work with waxed canvas because it is so versatile. I also love how it develops a patina with use - the more wear and tear placed on it, the better it looks. It gets better with age! 

Constance Guerra

Constance Guerra Art

Midland, VA

Constanceguerraart.com

© Constance Guerra

2019 Booth #143

Watercolors, liquid acrylics,alcohol inks on archival paper/canvas, layers create a sense of texture & depth reflecting perspective of fur, fin and feathered subjects. 
My style is bright, loose,drippy and gestural with realistically rendered pockets of detail that breathe life into my creations. A variety of multilayered techniques where each layers a story and texture peeks through to accentuate the final image. For me, the process of creating art is a whole body experience. It draws me in, the world quietens away and I pour everything into the creation coming to life in front of me.

Jeff Shawhan

© Jeff Shawhan

Out of fire pottery

Racine, WI

2019 Booth #122

Raku fired ceramics

Cheryl Shohet

Cheryl Shohet Designs

Waconia, MN

2019 Booth #31

© Cheryl Shohet

I am a full time studio artist. I create small sculpture and jewelry in nonferrous metals complimented by various materials including: gems and minerals, wood, enamel and paint. I utilize various techniques available to me including: fabrication, lost wax casting, etching, electroforming, anodizing and painting, I approach each piece as art first irregardless of function. No two are alike and no duplications are ever present in my inventory. 

Last year I received honors at Edina and Powderhorn. I have been fortunate to both participate and jury many shows over the years.  

I have previously opened two art galleries and have both a BFA in Painting and MFA in Metalsmithing. I attended the University of Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago and both attended and taught at Northern Illinois University.

Kristen Treuting

Kristen's Creations

Minneapolis MN

www.kristensgourdcreations.com

2023 Booth #94

© Kristen Treuting

I have always been drawn to the natural world for inspiration.
My fascination with gourds has been my most recent passion.
Gourds, with their earthiness and almost infinite variety of shape
and form, communicate to me and I listen…
I use a variety of techniques when making my gourd creations to include wood burning, carving, staining and embellishing them with natural objects and fibers.

Natasha Poppe

Natasha Poppe Ceramic Works

© Natasha Poppe

Saint Paul MN

www.natasharts.com

2019 Booth #

Hand built ceramics, functional and decorative, exploring gestural forms and surfaces. 
primarily porcelain and raku.

Gregory Macdonald

Greg Macdonald Studios

Council Bluffs IA

© Gregory Macdonald

www.santaman2000.com/

2023 Booth #83

Original hand carved Folk Art figures and designs from Cottonwood Bark using traditional tools and techniques which we continuously demonstrate during our shows.
Pieces are hand finished in oil stains and/or Acrylics.

Mike Denney

Good Wolf Bowls

Byron MN

goodwolfbowls.com

2019 Booth #53

© Mike Denney

I use a lathe to hand-turn bowls, vases, tops, bottle openers, bottle stoppers, baseball bats, and Christmas ornaments. My basic design is to simply bring out the beauty of the wood as best I can. Shapely curves without much complexity seems to be the best bet. Occasionally, there are holes and cracks that look better filled, and I normally use a turquoise or brass inlay, which adds a nice touch without overpowering the beauty of the wood.

All the wood we use is from already downed trees. I get a 
lot of wood from the leftovers of logging activity, and have a logger friend who brings me 'interesting' pieces such as burls and crotches. A brush dump down the road that lets me dig through their pile of stumps. Friends and neighbors also keep us well supplied with storm-damaged trees. 

For a finish, I use shellac on everything since it's so natural (made from insects and alcohol), easy to use, and is even edible. I waterproof the inside of vases with a double layer of epoxy.

Andre LaSalle

New Orleans LA

© Andre LaSalle

2019 Booth #101

Each sculpture is handmade from a vast assortment of discarded metals that have been salvaged and repurposed. The metal is gathered, assembled, cut, shaped, welded and forged.

Jonathan & Allison Metzger

Des Moines IA

Midnight Oil Studio & Workshop

www.midnightoilstudioworkshop.com

2021 Booth #13

© Jonathan & Allison Metzger

Traditional hand-pulled, multilayer serigraph prints. All layers and textures are hand created by the artists using rubylith film, India ink, and grease crayons.

Working in both additive and subtractive techniques within the stencil process, the collaborative couple explore the visual rhythms of nature. They create their limited editions using 140 lbs. archival paper and water-based inks.

Artist influences include the great masters of American Modernism such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, and Aaron Douglas.
Jonathan & Allison Metzger are a husband and wife team that create traditional silkscreen images without any use of digital technology or manipulation. Compelled to create work that is inspired by their own experiences with nature, they visually explore the vast and diverse American Landscape.  Jonathan creates the initial drawing, Allison and Jonathan perfect the composition and then hand cut each rubylith layer, Allison chooses and mixes all the colors, Allison and Jonathan hand print each color layer.

Artist influences include the great masters of American Modernism such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, and Aaron Douglas.

Both Allison and Jonathan received their Master of Fine Art Degrees from University of Kansas in 2013. During the summer of 2015, while participating in an Artist Residency held at the prestigious Red Barn in Lindsborg, Kansas, they decided to pursue something they always dreamed of doing; opening their own studio where they could create their original work and build a platform to interact with the public and art collectors alike. In the last three years, they have slowly built their studio to reflect their passion for nature and local community. In the summer of 2018 alone, they participated in over 20 juried art fairs in the upper Midwest.

Josh Driver

White Bear Lake, MN

joshdriverphotography.com

© Josh Driver

2021 Booth #86

In a competitive landscape photography world, I aim to photograph images rarely or never captured at familiar and unfamiliar places.

I’m a self-taught photographer from White Bear Lake who simply used two tools, passion and practice, to photograph the fascinating natural world and it’s immense and detailed beauty. I’ve been privileged to have a photography mentor since 2018 pouring into my craft. I’ve never considered myself an artist but I am excited and humbled every time a photograph brings delight to another.

My goal is to spend as much time in the field photographing as I can. This means I limit my time in the post-processing stage. I’m not a digital artist, not a photoshop guru, and not a post processor. While those can also be good things, I’m a photographer and will travel as many times as it takes to get the right lighting, sky or desired composition. My successes are printed primarily on aluminum metal and slate stone for others to enjoy.