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Blog Archives

Jane Peterson

I have been creating jewelry using off-loom beading techniques since 1996 and began creating Kumihimo Braids with beads in 2010. After studying with Makiko Tada, a Master Braider in Japan, I added Japanese silks and other fibers to my braids. I’ve also…

Wayne Niemi

Wayne is a sculptor, painter and mixed media artist trained and educated in Ohio. His artistic expression represents a journey from the mind to the finished composition. Each journey represents a unique and separate experience and emotional relationship that is put on…

Stephanie Miller-Davis

Stephanie Miller-Davis is a ceramic artist/educator who works in her home studio in Orange Village, OH. She focuses on making functional pottery with decorative textural surfaces and colorful glazes. For her, the eventual use of the object and its relationship with the…

Tanya Long

Tanya Long is the Cleveland based visual artist behind Inisona jewelry. She received her MFA in ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan and her BFA from Pratt Institute in New York. She has spent over a decade working in ceramics…

Scott Kraynak

Born in the great city of Cleveland, Ohio, Scott has loved art and nature since going camping and canoeing and taking art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art as a kid. Today Scott is a Park Ranger and professional artist, who…

Rachel Kabelitz

Rachel Kabelitz is a self-taught collage artist. Combining her dedication to environmentalism with her love of creating, she uses recycled materials to create layered, texture-rich, two-dimensional artwork. Her primary ‘medium’ is recycled magazines, but she also incorporates a variety of repurposed materials…

Lari Jacobsen

Art has always been my passion. Even as a child, I sensed that art would always be a central influence upon my life. I am inspired by nature-based textures, colors and patterns.

Pat Isenstadt

What started out as a hobby became a passion. I have a line of handmade greeting cards called, It’s Another Precious Greeting by Pat Isenstadt. I use stamps, dies, various inks and wet and dry and embossing techniques. I have also combined…

Hope Hickman

Hope Hickman is a multimedia artist, originally born in Northeast Ohio. Her artistic training was received through informal mentorships in folk-art both in and around Asheville, N.C. Currently, Hope’s work investigates the mundane and the ironic, with particular attention to contemporary life…

Thomas Hanger

Since retiring in 2007, I’ve been repurposing wood such as drawers and bed slats, that I’ve found to make boxes. It keeps me busy during the winter. I also like to rescue and refurbish furniture that I find on tree lawns when…