Artisan - Erica Dean-Crawford

 

 

"Glass, Chains and Charms" created by Erica Dean-Crawford, is jewelry that is re-purposed, restyled and designer-inspired.

 

Most of the line has been created by using glass beads, re-purposed chain and charms or vintage pieces for a modern take using up-cycling techniques.

 

Artisan - Tina Thomsen-Park

Tina Thomsen-Park’s Ewenique 4 You Creations offers a variety of handspun wool and wool blend yarns, one of a kind hand crocheted items and Shetland wool roving from the award winning fleeces at Marietta Shetlands. 

 

 Tina has been spinning wool into yarn for about six years and has won blue ribbons on her yarn and crocheted items at the NW Washington Fair! 

 Like many of us, she learned how to crochet sitting around the kitchen table with her grandmother.   She enjoys the feeling of accomplishment that comes from finishing an item that was crocheted from her handspun yarn.

 Some of the wool roving comes from her husband John’s small flock of Shetland sheep that live on their farm north of Belllingham.  






 





These crocheted rose pins will make a fun gift for a girlfriend or your mom. 


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Artisan - Shelley McIlroy

    Shelley loves silver jewelry & has "collected" it most of her adult life.  She began learning to make jewelry over 15 years ago and enjoys working with all types of metals and making glass beads, which is her special passion.  

  

She is currently working with resin and silver fusing & especially enjoys creating whimsical pieces that are fun to wear, and incorporate her love for animals.

All her work is handmade.  She hand forges and fuses her chains from silver, copper & bronze metal wire, then incorporates resin pieces and/or lamp work glass beads she has also made herself. 

 

If you asked Shelley how to describe her jewelry in a few words, she would say  whimsical,  resin & metal jewelry

Artisan - Pat Padden

Pat Padden retired from the gem industry and changed her focus to creating unusual jewelry using recycled materials. She also does Chinese calligraphy which she has studied for six years- 

Combined with her handmade books, Pat creates one-of-a-kind pieces of art.   Her jewelry has been sold at MONA in LaConner, New Jersey, Manhattan and several venues in Bellingham, including the Whatcom Museum gift shop. 

Artisan - Linda Scoboria

Revisit a nostalgic time, when technology was not part of everyday living and life full of opportunity.  

 Linda Scoboria lives in Whatcom County, Washington and is creating paper collage landscapes from memories during the 1960-70s, a time that seemed less complicated.

Linda will have prints of her collages as well as greeting cards for purchase.  

. Life is full of unexpected simple pleasures. Let these pictures bring that back home to you.

Artisan - Liane Redpath

 All of my jewelry is hand fabricated, starting with basic sheet metal goods. Using torches, anvils, hammers and other tools of the jewelry trade, the metals are bent, shaped, textured & polished.

 Most recently I've started working with enamels as a more colorful and painterly approach to my work.  

More of Liane's work can be seen on her website -  Redpath Studio