Melissa Bloom (Blooming Enamels) is a self-taught, torch fire enamel jewelry artist living and working in Cleveland Heights. She has a master’s degree in Social Work and works full time in that field, but loves the magical nature of combining fire and…
Sarah Bullington is a jewelry artist from Medina Ohio. Sarah lost her sight from a brain tumor at the age of three, but this has not stopped her from achieving her dreams. Sarah was first introduced to art by her grandpa as…
Reverse Glass Painting (Acrylic) Reverse Glass Painting is a highly regarded art form with so many varieties. Reverse glass painting is where an image is painted onto the glass to be viewed from the other side. It originated as a technique used…
Rima Tessman’s work is inspired by nature and traditional folk motifs. She is especially drawn to vintage textiles because of the stories they hold and for the way they evoke a distant time and place. Many of her Birch + Loon pieces…
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…
Sydney Givens is a sculptor of wearable art. Her jewelry career began when she was 15 and working for Diane Wilson, a porcelain jeweler living in Pittsburgh. Continuing her education, she enrolled in the Jewelry + Metals BFA program at the Cleveland…
Natalie is a Cleveland native who attended Notre Dame College (South Euclid) majoring in Art Education. Natalie’s early work centered around nature and realistic charcoal drawings. In the mid 2000’s, moved to begin painting, Natalie utilized acrylic and watercolors for her spirit…
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…
I’ve always been artsy and creative. After becoming a cancer survivor 16 ago I wanted to do something more creative to keep myself “sustainable”, and now work with sheet metal which are pure non refined, sustainable environmentally conscious “green” metals, which are…
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…
