Artists
Listed alphabetically by first name.
Click on their name to go the Artist's Individual Page
with more info, images & directions.
Artist/Sponsor deadline is fast approaching: March 19, 2012
Click on their name to go the Artist's Individual Page
with more info, images & directions.
Artist/Sponsor deadline is fast approaching: March 19, 2012
Amy Ragsdale: Jewelry
One of the co-founders of the Turtle Tour, Amy's forged gold and sterling designs, fashioned by hand; and with respect for the environment, rarely requires soldering. This respect also motivates her to use reclaimed & recycled metals with eco-friendly techniques in her sustainable studio.
www.AmyRagsdale.com
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Denise Shardlow: Fashion & Fibers
Denise, the other co-founder of the Turtle Tour, creates elegant, wearable fashion from sustainable bamboo & soy.
She is known in the area for her unique clothing design & dramatic show stopping coats.
She's expert at fitting & flattering women of all body types.
www.ernstdottir.com
www.ShardlowDesigns.com
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Bonnie Mettler: Fine Arts
I am a realist painter. I paint in watercolor and oil.
After graduating from Moore College of Art, I had learned a love of watercolor. I had not, however, mastered technique nor did I have a grasp of content - what I would want to say with the painting. I honed my watercolor painting skills by painting on the train everyday for 9 years. I discovered the content by realizing that we live on an extraordinarily robust and fecund planet (not at all like any other we have explored). My painting life has been about painting the fullness and robustness of existence here on earth. I am profoundly in appreciation mode.
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Bruce Starr: Painter
Bruce works in Casein, the traditional media for theatrical scenery. Having honed his technical skills over many years as a set designer and professional scenic artist, Bruce now creates landscapes and other scenes as a fine arts painter.
www.brucestarrpaintings.blogspot.com
Charles Adams: Furniture Art
"I create “art” furniture combining a whimsical aesthetic sensibility with extensive woodworking experience. Striving for a complicated, rich surface, I often use the end grains of wood, which is rarely used in exhibit cabinetry. I carefully choose my wood for grain pattern and strive for interesting variations and color. In shaping the wood I enjoy finding natural surprises."
www.charlesadamsartfurniture.com
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Claudia McGill: Collage and Clay
Claudia McGill is a self-taught artist working in collage/mixed media and in hand built clay.
In all her work she tries to express a feeling of optimism and an enjoyment of everyday life.
www.claudiamcgill.com
In all her work she tries to express a feeling of optimism and an enjoyment of everyday life.
www.claudiamcgill.com
Debbie Weinstock: Ceramics
As a ceramic artist Debbie Weinstock-McCurdy’s emphasis is wheel thrown porcelain and stoneware pottery for functional use as well as raku for decorative enjoyment. She is a member of the Cheltenham Clay Guild where she served as president for 10 years and is an associate potter at the Clay Studio. She has been a participant artist at Arts in the Park for several years as well as other art festivals throughout the Philadelphia area.
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Donna Faye: Jewelry & Bead Work
Donna Faye is a bead artist who came to the media after years as a knitter. Knitting and beadwork use texture, pattern and color to create beautiful handwork, that evolves slowly. As in all art there is surprise and wonder, because what evolves is not what was imagined.
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Gwyneth MacArthur: Jewelry
Tookany’s Silver Lining came about as a result of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in the fall of 2011. These storms created much havoc in my community with floods and property damage. I am always one to find the silver lining in adversity. In this case, it was the wonderful china, glass and pottery shards, 150 years worth, that were revealed on the creek banks in the aftermath. After weeks of wandering the water ways and collecting the abundance, this jewelry line emerged. My hope is that you will enjoy the unexpected beauty you find here and feel renewed.
Hohenstein Pottery: Pottery & Fine Arts
Frank and Lisa Hohenstein make functional stoneware pottery that is gas fired. Frank has developed a
unique glaze palette using recycled granite.
Lisa also draws and paints. Her favorite media are pencil and ink.
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Joanne Karpowitz: Ceramic Sculptor
Ceramic Sculptor
Joanne works primarily in clay with the occasional use of wood, shell, and paper.
Her forms are sculptural and abstract, evoking human forms and emotions, as well
as natural landscapes.
The functional work consists of vessels, planters, and plates. She uses an electric kiln or saw-dust fire to harden the clay. Sometimes color is applied.
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Joanne works primarily in clay with the occasional use of wood, shell, and paper.
Her forms are sculptural and abstract, evoking human forms and emotions, as well
as natural landscapes.
The functional work consists of vessels, planters, and plates. She uses an electric kiln or saw-dust fire to harden the clay. Sometimes color is applied.
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Kristen Stein: Fine Arts
Kristen Stein is an award-winning Contemporary Artist living in Suburban Philadelphia. Kristen's works are currently available on a variety of online venues and boutiques and galleries throughout the US.
studioartworks.com
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studioartworks.com
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Kylin Mettler: Renaissance Person
Kylin Mettler was with a mythical animal's namesake. Kylin followed in the footsteps of the mythological creature: caring for the natural world's living things and creating conglomerate beings that could spring up from or slink off of the table at any moment.
www.kylin-arts.com
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Linda Nesvisky: Printmaking
Linda does graphic work. Her favorite type of printmaking is etching. She also
likes to draw and do collages. The work is usually abstract, though she also does
figurative work. She works in pastel, pencil, and ink.
www.cheltenhamprintmakersquild.com
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Margaret Barth: Green Designer & Product Developer
Margaret Barth is a self taught Designer, Artist and Product Developer working with reclaimed sweaters and mill ends. Driven to reduce post-consumerism and leave a softer footprint while creating individual "green" style.
www.greenbleez.com
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Marsha Ray: Jewelry / Bead Work
Marsha Ray is the Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Community College of Philadelphia. She majored in Fine Arts at Ohio Wesleyan University, where she focused on Graphic Art studies. Though her career has taken her in another direction, Marsha continues to explore art and design through various media. For the past five years her work has focused primarily on beaded jewelry. Her pieces are described as bold and intricate, with exceptional use of color and texture.
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Meei Ling Ng: Sculpture & Installation
Mission driven, Singapore-born artist, Meei-Ling Ng is both a multi-media installation artist and a graphic designer. Art with a purpose is her focus when selecting her venue for art installation and exhibition. Her main goal is to use her art installations as a tool to learn about preserving nature, sustainable living and organic urban farming. These are the factors that inspire and motivate her to continue creating art. Besides painting, Meei-Ling mainly uses found, recycled and reclaimed materials to create her art.
Meei-Ling Ng has recently been selected by the Barnes Foundation to be featured in "Artist Spotlight: Fairmount Arts Crawl" program.
www.meeiling.com
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Meei-Ling Ng has recently been selected by the Barnes Foundation to be featured in "Artist Spotlight: Fairmount Arts Crawl" program.
www.meeiling.com
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Michelle Ciarlo-Hayes: Photography
Michelle uses a combination of vintage lenses and modern cameras to create her whimsical artwork, and she can often be found climbing a tree or laying in the grass to get that perfect shot. Michelle's work is currently on display in City Hall (Philadelphia) and at the University of Oxford (UK).
www.mkcphotography.com
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Paul Miller: Ceramic Arts - Passion in Porcelain
My art flows from Buddhist training and view. The complexity and chaos in our lives shapes my art. I attempt to deal with the world’s outer chaos by creating
work that echoes my inner struggle between peace and turmoil. It’s flowing graceful lines and simple structures are signposts along a path to inner peace.
I work in porcelain clay to fashion functional and sculptural art. Over the past two years I have focused on Chinese and Japanese art forms. I have created Sake Sets,
wabi-sabi tea and salad bowls sushi plates as well as western forms. My newest work includes a series of wall mounted porcelain sculpture. At times I am inspired to create very personal porcelain jewelry.
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Rina & Newt Malerman: OMG Glass!
We love the reaction that we get to our work (OMG!)
Artisans with a background in the Fine Arts, it is a badge of honor that we make no two pieces alike.
Come see our unique work, including belts, bowls, pendants and sculptures. Other artists, critics and collectors have told us that no one is making glass quite like ours.
www.omg-glass.com
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Artisans with a background in the Fine Arts, it is a badge of honor that we make no two pieces alike.
Come see our unique work, including belts, bowls, pendants and sculptures. Other artists, critics and collectors have told us that no one is making glass quite like ours.
www.omg-glass.com
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Rochelle Dinkin: Painter
Rochelle has been a working artist since graduation from Penna. Academy of Fine Arts in 1972.
She's a member of Highwire Gallery.
www.grimmsistersart.com
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Susan Dubrunfaut: Water-Based Print Maker
I am an artist who loves the versatility of water-based printmaking. I work primarily in monotype and collagraph. My art is an exploration of subject, mood, and materials.
http://sdubrunfaut.weebly.com
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Tom Steigerwald: Fine Arts
The late Tom Steigerwald graduated from Temple University’s Tyler School of Fine Arts in 1968. He received his B.F.A.
Throughout his over 40 years as an artist, his paintings were included in numerous exhibitions, The Whitney Annual, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia Art Alliance,
TheAldrich Museum, Kling Gallery, Noel Butcher Gallery, the Noyes Museum,
just to name a few.
His paintings are in many private collections throughout the United States.
We our honored that Tom's wife, Patrice, is graciously opening her home during the Turtle Tour to share his life and work with the community.
tomsteigerwald.com
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Throughout his over 40 years as an artist, his paintings were included in numerous exhibitions, The Whitney Annual, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia Art Alliance,
TheAldrich Museum, Kling Gallery, Noel Butcher Gallery, the Noyes Museum,
just to name a few.
His paintings are in many private collections throughout the United States.
We our honored that Tom's wife, Patrice, is graciously opening her home during the Turtle Tour to share his life and work with the community.
tomsteigerwald.com
click here for more info & directions
