Barb is a retired high school teacher of the deaf and multiple handicapped. Tom is a, former Speech Therapist and retired National Catastrophe Team Manager for a major insurance company. He took only one class in wood sculpture which developed his skill and passion for wood art. After a few painting classes, Barb found hidden natural skills and passion for painting and drawing. During the 30 years in Wichita, KS, they raising two sons and created many sculptures as gifts for family and friends. They often received custom orders for various items and were invited to place their work in Gallery XII in Wichita, KS; unfortunately Toms travel and Barbs Carpel Tunnel interfered. After their retirement 9 years ago, they moved to beautiful Evergreen, CO, where once again family and friends encouraged them to publicly offer their art work.
Gil is a retired welder/fabricater. He has been working with wood for over 25 years, both building furniture and turning art pieces on the lathe. Gil enjoys not only working with wood, but also finding specimens that he can turn into bowls, vases and so much more. Gil tries to use wood from the Denver area whenever possible. He fills very strongly about recycling locally cut trees and he gets most of the wood that he uses from local tree trimmers. Gil starts every project with an idea about what he wants to create, but he has a philosophy that the wood determines the outcome of the work and that he is really there to facilitate the process.
Terry was born in Phoenix, but has lived in the Colorado mountains since 1974, in Idaho Springs from 1982 till 2010, and now resides in Lawson, Colorado. She is of Navajo descent and has been making jewelry off and on since 1972. She started Thunderbird Creations in 1995 and has been selling locally and off her website since 1998. She specializes in turquoise and silver, but works with many different gemstones.
All jewelry is made of genuine stones and sterling silver and/or 12K gold filled beads. She makes most of the clasps, earring wires, and wire wrapping herself. If you dont find something you like, we can direct you to her website.
In 1962, Mr. Cannon received a BS degree in Mathematics and Art from Southeastern State University in Oklahoma. He has had a successful career using his mathematics background which included teaching, computer programming, and entrepreneurial activities. Mr. Cannon has never lost his passion for creating art and has experimented with a number of mediums through the years. He is now combining his lifelong fascination with wildlife with his knack for visualizing objects in three dimensions to produce striking bronze sculptures.
Art, for me, is the embodiment of joy: bright jolts of color, fleeting memories, and dreams captured in tangible forms. It is my prescription for a restless, yearning spirit.
I come to it unconventionally, perhaps, and humbly with little formal background. An erstwhile musician, vocalist, seamstress, and doll maker, I now dabble in rainbows of woven bead jewelry and painted and carved gourds. I have nervous hands aching to give ephemeral things substance. I am an accidental artist and perpetual seeker stumbling towards that joyful light.
Vanita Cosper has a life-long interest in fabric. Her mother taught her to sew at an early age and sewing has been an integral part of her life since. For the past 10 years Vanita has designed and created one-of-a-kind decorative throws, table runners, pillows, and purses of every shape and size. Her primary interest is finding and using beautiful and interesting fabrics in her designs.
Her work has been displayed in the gift shop at Foothills Art Center, Golden, Co, in the Holiday Show at the Center for the Arts Evergreen, and at the historic Post Office Gallery in Graham, TX.
Building and firing hand-built and wheel-thrown pottery and sculpture for more than twenty five years, I have shared my visions with many art lovers. My palette of environmental textures and rich color attracts students willing to try the mastery of modified Raku work. I am at home in the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest. I know these beautiful surroundings have had a profound influence on my visual vocabulary. Leaves, feathers and shells are constant textures, while the human female torso, wings, seedpods, aspens, among other natural presences, currently influence my organic-shaped forms. My Denver Studio is overseen by my 2 beautiful Doberman friends, Tulo & Blake. In addition, I teach silver PMC & drawing in the Metro-Denver
area and am the President of the Gilpin County Arts Association, located in Central City.
Sandi was born in Texas, grew up in New York, has called ten different states home and finally
settled in Evergreen, Colorado 23 years ago. She is a self taught metal and jewelry artist.
While creating a new piece, she loves to let the metal tell a story as it takes shape and then
adds warm earthy Gemstones to complete the design.
Each hand shaped and hammered design has an organic look and feel that reflect her love of
Colorado's magnificent mountains, the deep shadowy canyons, the muted colors of the rushing
rivers and creeks, the sun drenched high alpine meadows and the rugged landscapes.
With a studio located in beautiful Colorado, Jean is on a wonderful journey with art glass. Her creations include functional glass art, wearable glass art, and glass art simply to please the soul. After a 26 year career as a CPA specializing in taxation, Jean took a class in stained glass and immediately discovered her passion. Jeans stained glass passion quickly evolved to also include an obsession with fused and mosaic glass. The beautiful colors, textures and possibilities with art glass are endless and she feels she has only scratched the surface of what it has to offer.
I love working in a variety of mediums including oil painting, pastel painting, and jewelry making. It's fun to constantly push myself to learn new techniques and art forms. Whether working on a painting or creating a piece of jewelry, I am always inspired by our mountain environment and my work often reflects the landscape and its elements.
The medium is clay and metal. Michaela creates in clay both functional and sculptural works of art. Randy transforms metal as he welds his pieces. At times both clay and metal are combined to create interesting objects of art.
The functional pottery is food, dishwasher, oven and microwave safe. The glazes used are lead free. Objects are designed to be artful as well as functional.
The artists' goal is to stimulate the imagination and to create a synergy between the artist and the art collector.
Barbara Schwartzberg has been fascinated by clay since first taking pottery classes in 1975 while living in West Lafayette, Indiana. She moved to Denver, Colorado in 1985 and joined the Colorado Potters Guild in 1999. She enjoys making functional pottery using either porcelain or white stoneware clay. She often views the clay as a canvas which she decorates in a whimsical, ironical fashion. She also enjoys making ceramic buttons which complement her felting and knitting projects. During the day, Barbara leads another life as a general surgeon at Rose Medical Center where she specializes in the treatment and cure of breast cancer.
The unique jewelry designs of Nancy Tzeng are hand crafted using fused glass techniques in a glass kiln that reaches temperatures of up to 1800 degrees. Nancy mainly works in her studio located in Evergreen, CO. She creates a variety of wearable art pieces from rings to earrings to necklace sets. First, designs are drawn out in a sketchbook. Each piece is then carefully cut, layered and fused in the kiln. Afterwards, the jewelry is cold worked and the pieces are placed back in the kiln to fire polish. All of Nancys work attempts to capture the changing colors and play of light that are part of the essence of fused glass.
I create and design my "Woolies" from 100% felted wool. I find beautiful patterned wool sweaters and fabric in thrift stores. My craft gives new life to the sweaters and fabric that I use. It is also satisfying that I can make comforting products such as pillows, purses, Christmas stockings, ornaments and tea cozies.
Several years ago, I read a newspaper article about this craft. Since then, I have formed my own company. I sell my Woolies at craft shows that feature handmade products. I am a member of The Colorado Crafters Guild and TACtile Textile Art Center and the Center for the Arts in Evergreen.
Janet Williamson is a silversmith who creates distinctive works in her Evergreen studio. Her inspiration comes from the mythologies and art of ancient civilizations. The symbolisms and spiritual messages of these indigenous people are interpreted in many of her works of art.
Her mixture of beadwork and silver has been recognized for her uniqueness in design and selection of beads. Silversmithing has been a joy for Janet, allowing her to take her dream imagery and translate it into works of art.
A desire to create something with my hands and the complete immersion into an art form that diffuses the concerns of the daily business world were what first attracted me to ceramics.
My work is diverse, mostly functional, and at times, purely decorative in nature reflecting the aesthetic influences of the many talented potter/artists I have studied under through the past 36 years. My media is clay, a material of the earth, which I manipulate with my hands and a bit of soul. The fashioning of individual, functional and decorative clay vessels and forms requires dedication, commitment and discipline along with a joy and love for the entire creative process.
