Barbara Downey
Livonia, MI www.earringholders.com Barbara’s jewelry organizers can be used to display all types of pierced earrings. They are hand made from an incredibly strong fiberglass mesh that is guaranteed to never tear, rust, or tarnish. She is currently based out of her home studio in Livonia, MI.
Lisa Kovatch
Harpers Ferry, WV www.Lisakovatch.bigcartel.com The pandemic afforded Lisa the time to discover, develop and expand projects that focus on treading lighter on the earth. Her CHESTNUT’S line of eco-friendly Beeswax Food Wraps has grown to include small-batch, plant-based soap & lip balms. Her studio is tucked into the rolling Appalachian foothills near the Shenandoah River…
Heather Moore
Company: The Firebird’s Daughter Columbus, OH facebook.com/firebirdsdaughter/ A pysanka (plural: pysanky) is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated using beeswax and dyes. The designs are not painted on, but written with beeswax. Pysanka specifically refers to an egg created by the written-wax method and utilizing traditional Slavic folk motifs and designs. Heather creates beautiful Pysanky ornaments using traditional…
Kristin Morris
Columbus, OH www.Klmorrisstudios.com Kristin is a 3D mixed media artist who makes found object sculptures, as well as working with ceramics and Apoxie Sculpt. She is drawn to minute details in painting and sculpture, and is especially inspired by edgy, thought-provoking and “dark” art that borders on creepy. Halloween, Pop Art, Day of the Dead, carnivals…
Chris Rush
Berlin, MD www.Chrisrush.com For nearly 40 years, Chris has been designing and producing unique note cards featuring her hand-drawn original designs embellished with tatted lace, which is also made by hand. The tatted lace as an integral part of the design and represents a key element of the overall artwork. Tatting is the age-old art of making…
Village Designs
Artist: Jenny Turner Daisy, MO www.Villagedesigns.com Dodie Eisenhauer, has been making her wire mesh and springy wire designs since 1989. Her daughter, Jenny Turner brought new and fresh energy to the business in 2010 with the introduction of jewelry and has taken over the business since her Dodie’s passing in 2020. Her pieces are created…
Passion Works
Athens, OH www.passionworks.org Passion Works began as a collaborative community studio in 1998 where people with and without developmental differences made art together. The non-profit studio remains a trailblazer in creating integrated settings where people investigate their own talents and interests while participating in community-based programming and creative employment opportunities.
Mary Ann Crago
Columbus, OH Mary Ann Crago’s favorite thing about making art is the making. It’s the creative process that she loves most and the discoveries that happen along the way. Inspired by nature, her work explores the beauty of objects whose histories are muddled, hidden and lost. The bird-like figures who appear throughout her work are…
Jean Schnell
Company: Jean Schnell Photography Cleveland Heights, OH www.jeanschnellphotography.com Jean Schnell is a Cleveland-based professional and fine art portrait and wedding photographer. In her personal work, Jean approaches her art the same way she does her life; to challenge herself to have the faith to let go, to explore, to trust, to give, to receive-…
Columbus Crayon Company
Artist: Ashley Summerlin Indianapolis, IN Facebook.com/ColumbusCrayonCo.com Columbus Crayon Company is a small business that takes old broken crayons and recycles them into new, fun shapes that make learning fun! My making crayons into shapes, they become more durable and easier to grip for small hands.
Kidd Emersen
Company: The Beading Kidd Columbus, OH Facebook.com/people/The-Beading-Kidd
SoapRocks
Artist: Todd Pink Oneonta, NY tspink.com Combining his interest in conceptual art, geology, cooking, gardening, and chemistry, Todd Pink creates SoapRocks. Each SoapRock soap bar lights up underwater, and over many uses, slowly weathers away. The soap bars are endowed with extracts of earth: aloe, calendula, chamomile, comfrey, lavender, vitamin E, jojoba oil, olive oil…