Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Fine art & craft, art exhibitions, education and more
Company: Kitty Allen
Lakewood, FL
Heidi enjoys transforming ordinary materials, scraps and discarded objects into treasures to use and wear. Wool sweaters become Knitagains. T-shirts become Bagmen. Cotton cord and cloth, colorful rag baskets. In addition to making fun and lovely items, she enjoys teaching others to do the same. Many of her products are made from scrap materials left from folk art and craft classes or other group projects.
Artist: Wendy Patus
Schuylkill Haven, PA
Rough and Tumble Vintage started in 2010 making and selling their tie-dyed creations at shows across the country. 75% of the materials used are eco-friendly.
Mason, OH
Katie is a native Ohioan, who teaches high need students art who need lots of love and redirection in their life. She make things to make herself laugh and to make others smile.
Marysville, OH
Carol has explored many fiber techniques, including spinning, weaving, stitching, and papermaking. Her appreciation for nature, however, has drawn her to basketry. Carole’s baskets preserve much of nature’s plant life; vines, flax, beads, wire, porcupine quills, pine needles, broom sedge, willow, honeysuckle and bark. Each fiber suggests a form, and it challenges her to blend basketry and other fiber techniques into a functional and fanciful basket.
Newburg, PA
Jeanne has been creating fiber art pieces for over 40 years. Her cowl neck scarves are easy to wear and can be worn in multiple ways. Hand wash or machine wash in a nylon mesh bag and air dry.
Grand Rapids, MI
Sierra graduated from Michigan State University in 2000 with a bachelor of fine art degree. She started felting in 2001 and has participated in art shows throughout the midwest. Sierra’s felted-wool dryer balls are a natural alternative to dryer sheets.
Artist: Jenn Buddie
Findlay, OH
Jenn and her mother, Eileen, hand and machine sew fun hats, scarves, gloves and puppets using fleece.
Westerville, OH
Ming Mei considers her life path as zig-zag stitches, swing between art and craft.
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Ming Mei learned techniques and philosophies of sewing from her mother who was a professional seamstress and ran a business from their living room.
She came to the United States in 1985 and graduated from Clemson University with MFA in printing making. In 2016, her quilts were featured in a solo exhibition in Taipei, thanks to her three sisters’ support. She now works out of her studio in Columbus, designing brightly pattered accessories including bags, purses, and other cell phone holders.