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| Trilodeon by Niffer Desmond |
Trilodeon creates living arts for your everyday growth
and evolution. Find engaging creations that heal the body, enliven the
mind and stir the soul! We make high consciousness arts, learning toys, healing
tools, apparel, eco decor and more.
Niffer Desmond has crossed disciplines as an artist, activist, healer, and consciousness pioneer. In December 2012 Niffer created the 'Evolutionary Art Faire' - a cross pollination of brilliant creatives combining healing, spirit, music and art. With a flair for the fun and curious, Niffer continues to explore strange new worlds, uniting and igniting the imagination of Spaceship Earth. Also on Etsy.
Niffer Desmond has crossed disciplines as an artist, activist, healer, and consciousness pioneer. In December 2012 Niffer created the 'Evolutionary Art Faire' - a cross pollination of brilliant creatives combining healing, spirit, music and art. With a flair for the fun and curious, Niffer continues to explore strange new worlds, uniting and igniting the imagination of Spaceship Earth. Also on Etsy.
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| Kitsch Ditch by Sam Ditch |
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Kitsch, noun. Art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of
excessive garishness or sentimentality, but appreciated in an ironic way. -
The
work of Sam Ditch explores obsessive florals, googly eyes and glitter.
Sam’s work delves deep into the nostalgia of mid-century America and challenges
the notion of the uber feminine. 99.9% of materials used are second hand – so
not only is this work awesome, it’s very eco-friendly.
Sam Ditch is
a Bellevue resident, and a 2009 graduate of Slippery Rock University. Sam has
exhibited work in the Pittsburgh area and currently has work for sale at
Wildcard and on Etsy. She’s a collector of all things kitsch and an avid folk music
consumer.
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| Rose Duggan |
Rose Duggan is a painter living and working in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. Her work has focused on small-scale acrylic abstract paintings since 2009. In her work, she strives to create color intersections that are playful and engaging. She graduated from Allegheny College and most recently has been featured as one of Pittsburgh Arts Council's Emerging Artist at the annual Three Rivers Arts Festival as well as selected for Pittsburgh City Paper's 2013 ArtBox project.
As one of the oldest art forms, ceramics has a versatility shared with few other mediums. Vanessa's work is a conversation in form vs. function. Form, shape and surface decoration are combined to create objects that walk the line between usable and sculpture. Themes include the abstracted vase, drawings etched in clay (a technique she developed herself) and the never ceasing desire to push high-fired stoneware to its physical limits.
Vanessa
Kettering creates her ceramic work at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and
is a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. A trained art educator,
she works at an after school program in Regent Square and has led several art
classes for a variety of ages. She speaks some Italian and is studying Japanese
language and culture.
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| Lynne Kropinak |
Lynne Kropinak is a self-taught jewelry maker, flea market addict, and enthusiast of all things crafty. Her work is inspired and constructed with found and salvaged materials: pictures out of old books, gemstones and leaves, polymer clay, paint, recycled trinkets, conversations heard in line at the grocery store, and other things too good to throw away. She has been making and selling crafts for over 25 years and delights in sharing skills and inspiration with other crafters. charmed by nature wares can be seen at many local craft markets in Pittsburgh and also at Wildcard. Lynne is also mom to the 2 Pittsburgh Craft-O-Tron machines that roam the city spreading the joy of local handmade goodies in small boxes.
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| John the Craftist by Alethea Okonak |
John is actually Thea, a
true rustbelt gal who makes Pittsburgh greeting cards out of her century-old
apartment in Aspinwall. She believes in the importance of handcraft,
correspondence, regional culture, and -- perhaps most of all -- humor. Her
cards are printed on paper manufactured by a sixth-generation, hydropowered
Midwestern company, and she uses mostly vintage and distressed fonts based on
wood type and mid-century modern aesthetics. When she isn’t printing and
folding cards, she is most likely behind the counter at Wildcard, ordering a
vegan pizza from Spak Brothers, or spoiling her Mom’s three rescue cats.
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| The Urban Feltmaker by Karen Page (website currently under construction) |
Karen Page has been a practicing
artist and educator for more than three decades. She began her love of textiles
when sewing and knitting clothes for her Troll dolls and then advancing to
sewing her own clothes in high school to spinning and knitting one-of-kind
sweaters. Exhibitions and study have led her to
Denmark, Turkey, and Kyrgyzstan – where she conducted feltmaking workshops over
four summers to various women’s co-ops. Karen teaches the textile studies
classes (and occasionally costume) at CAPA. Her work has been recognized with
regional, national, and international awards including a PCA Individual Artistic Fellowship Grant and a NEA Individual Artistic Fellowship grant.
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| Devorah Naturals |
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| MakeWan |
Electronic Component Jewelry from MakeWan. Shanning Wan has a Web/graphic design background, and is interested in the intersection of traditional craftsmanship, media art and digital fabrication. MakeWan can be found on Etsy, and at makewan.com.
Edited 8/3/13 - Emily Walley will not be able to participate in this CraftFactory, but her earrings are for sale in the MF Shop. Her work can be purchased on Etsy.
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