Ohio Designer Craftsmen
Fine art & craft, art exhibitions, education and more
Artist: Beverly Burke Eichenlaub
Essex, NY
Beautiful ESSEX GLASS Jewelry is handcrafted using kiln-forming glass techniques. Colorful sheet glasses are layered with glass frit and stringer; each color is individually cut and placed to create the vibrant designs. Glass “beads” are fused, then cleaned and polished. Pieces are assembled with Sterling Silver compontents.
Artist: Beth Weingroff
Athens, OH
Beth’s studio is in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains just outside of Athens, Ohio. She loves to work on the potter’s wheel and consider what might emerge from a ball of wedged clay.
Columbus, OH
Jan is a member of the Ohio Plein Air Society and the German Village Art League. Her paintings and cards capture nature’s beauty.
Company: Conaky’s Quilting Company
Portsmouth, RI
Veronica designs and creates art quilts that reflect her heritage. She learned to quilt while living in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 2004. Through her quilts, she works to preserve African-American heritage and history, as well as her family’s history.
Company: Agape Quilts
Beavercreek, OH
A fiber artist, Cynthia is inspired by lots of color and ethnic textiles. She combines many techniques such as patchwork, embroidery, appliqué, painting, quilting and beading to create functional pieces and wall art.
Euclid, OH
Linda, a calligrapher and fiber artist, designs elegant notecards and soft sculpture dolls.
Gahanna, OH
A 2010 visit to the East African country of Tanzania as a US delegate for a women’s artist exchange greatly impacted Weny’s life and art. Tanzania’s Tingatinga art style and brazen mixing of patterns in women’s clothing continues to influence her work.
Dublin, OH
Born in Taiwan, raised in Belize and educated in Canada, Yani has recently taken root in Columbus, Ohio. An active instructor at McConnell Arts Center, in Worthington, and Mansfield Art Center, she is also an artist-in-residence at High Road Gallery, in Worthington, where she works and teaches private art lessons.