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Handmade Project Bags A friend gifted me a beautiful bag to keep my knitting in. I loved it and started looking for more bags for all my different projects. When I could not find what I wanted, I made it my mission to create bags that are expertly crafted, use high-quality fabrics, in modern, current designs.…
Mixed Media Art Prints & Cards I am a visual artist, living in Lansing, Michigan. Although drawing is my primary medium, the great variety of techniques and materials I use in my work meet in a fortunate way on interesting prepared surfaces, exploring the great resources of mixed media.
Handmade Jewelry Boxes Started professionally after 30 years of hobby woodworking. Began making furniture pieces on commission & gravitated towards making smaller pieces after being inspired at an art gallery on Kauai. In 2009 the shift was made to jewelry boxes and now jewelry chests & image boxes as well.
Hand Loomed Knitwear JAK Designs began in 1997 in a tiny rooftop studio apartment in San Francisco’s Mission District. After almost 2 decades of traveling the country and showing their work at juried art shows, Jen and Tanya opened their own shop in beautiful Kennebunkport, Maine in 2015. JAK knitwear is created manually, using a bed of 200 needles and an array of hand tools, with thorough attention to detail and quality, using natural, organic and sustainable yarns.…
Handmade Vintage Jewelry In 1968, Jan Palombo began creating jewelry in her home. Her passion for graceful design and beautiful materials created Great Falls Metalworks, one of the few remaining U.S. based jewelry design and production studios. Today, Great Falls continues its American artisan traditions. Jan has been making jewelry for over 45 years and most of these pieces were crafted between the 1960s and 1980s with a few exceptions.…
Janet Brum creates elegant hand fabricated jewelry with subtle surface textures, clean lines and contrasting finishes. Working in her Greensburg, Pennsylvania, studio, Janet incorporates both traditional and contemporary techniques. Janet Brum jewelry is fabricated from .935 Argentium Silver, a purer form of Sterling, that results in a longer lasting shine and is produced using only traceable recycled silver.…
Colorful Casual Jewelry I am a one woman show and wouldn't have it any other way. I love making all sorts of artwork. I have been creating for as long as I can remember. I got my BFA in ceramics from Indiana University and started making tiles. After having a handmade tile business for 7 years I moved into making ceramic beads.…
Colorful Cloth Bags Located in scenic central New York, Janine King Designs is owned and operated by husband and wife team Donald and Janine King. Upscale in design and construction, Janine King bags come in an amazing array of prints and patterns. You're sure to find something that's perfectly "You". Each and every bag is lovingly made by hand by us with great care and attention to detail.…
Handmade Pottery Tableware Jeanette Zeis Ceramics is a tiny pottery in Portland, Oregon. Having recently moved to the Pacific Northwest from Atlanta, Georgia- Jeanette is trying to balance long hikes in the woods with a productive pottery studio practice. Kenn Twofour provides the photography skills and the behind-the-scenes cheerleading. A full-time potter since 2008, Jeanette loves working with clay.…
Jenna Rose is an independent company that produces hand-made fashion and home accessories. It was founded by designer and maker Jenna Fenwick in 2006 and is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Each design is initially drawn by hand and each piece is screen-printed in house using water based pigments and natural materials. The printed colours are hand mixed in small quantities and colour combinations are limited to very small runs.…
One-of-a-Kind and Limited Edition Jewelry All of my jewelry is handmade one of a kind or limited edition art work. These aren't mass produced jewelry component pieces. Each piece is unique and comes packaged in a signature box with ribbon. Please contact me for preferences on color and size. etc.. Most earrings are customized and made upon order.…
Handmade Leather & Canvas Bags I'm Jenny Nemlekar. I design and make all the canvas and leather bags you see here in my shop! I make all of my bags in a smoke-free home studio with a pug named Hubert sleeping (snoring) at my feet during the process. All items are made with lots of love, care and great attention to detail.…
Silver, Gold & Gemstone Jewelry Jes MaHarry skillfully combines silver, gold, and colorful gemstones in her spirited jewelry creations. They reflect a love a nature and a love of life. And there is evidence of her inner child at play in her heartwarming pieces. And in addition her magical jewelry, this site also has some of her art and decor pieces for the home and garden.
Colorful Handmade Glass Jewelry I began as far from glass as anyone could. I studied Journalism and French and supposed I would become an foreign correspondent. Entering the working world at age 24, commuting to my job in the city from Brooklyn, it became a grind and I felt ground down to a stub. In order to change things up a bit, I began taking classes at a public glass studio close to my apartment called Urban Glass-it's still there.…
Custom Wood Inlay, Metal, and Precious Stone Rings Men's & Women's handmade Rings and Jewelry. Rings made and inlaid with Meteorite, Dinosaur Bone, Deer Antler, Wood, Titanium, Gold, Tungsten, Diamonds, Sterling Silver, Petrified Wood, Gemstones and many other types of inlays. These exotic materials can be inlaid in all of our metals such as yellow gold, white gold, platinum, palladium, tungsten and titanium.…
Hand Knit Accessories I love to knit and I love to shop handmade! I learned to knit 10 years ago when I was in the Peace Corps in Russia. I bought some yarn at the market and the little old lady who lived next door to me taught me to knit. I knit many scarves in Russia and when I returned I took a few classes and have been knitting ever since!…
Recycled Steel Firebowls I make sculpture from scrap industrial steel, cutting by hand with a plasma torch at 45,000° Farenheit. That’s 4.5 times as hot as the surface of the Sun or the Earth’s core. My Sculptural Firebowls are intended to have an immediate visual appeal as well as providing a story, meaning, and social interaction.…
Handmade Cherry Wood Spoons Wooden spoons are some of the simplest tools in our homes, yet have an unlimited variety of uses and designs to explore. My collection of handcrafted cherry wood utensils has evolved over 30 years of experimentation in the woodshop and kitchen. These spoons can serve anything, from soup to spaghetti, pudding to pie; they can spread, scoop, strain, whisk, ladle, grab, cut, peel, paddle, or pour.…
Handcrafted Reproduction Early American Furniture My name is Joseph Spinale, and together with my wife Ellen, we have been creating our line of18th and 19th century reproduction furniture. After 20 years I can say its good to work with your best friend! We love the smell of our sawdust laden shop, cough, cough. We start from scratch with pine.…
Functional Pottery Inspired by Nature I started selling my work online after being a potter for several years. It was a great way to reach a wider audience, displaying my work to the online world. I love that someone can find one of my bowls in California, or Alaska! Here people can read about my process and inspirations and hopefully purchase a piece that they will use and enjoy from years to come.…
Stained Glass Switch Plate Covers Judy Evans' Collection of Decorative Switch Plate Covers and Stained Glass Sun Catchers - Home to unique handcrafted pieces of art that are unusual and eclectic. These light switch covers are undoubtedly a decorative way to replace those boring white or ivory plastic light switch covers. And the one of a kind stained glass sun catchers are a way to add something special to your home.
Ceramic Spoon Rests & Pendants My leaves last forever! And I love nature & the outdoors. When I'm not making clay items or jewelry, I am in my gardens - I have several. The leaf spoon rests and pendants are handmade, hand formed out of clay, then pressed with a real leaf by me. Sometimes I use a Rubbermaid container or whatever I can find that looks good.…
Handmade Gemstone Jewelry in Sterling, Brass & Goldfill It all started when I worked at a jewelry store in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. In addition to the welcome bonus of escaping a cold Canadian winter (yay!), I fell in love with all the sparkly gems around me. I moved from Mexico to Texas in 2007 where I started to take some simple bead-stringing courses and became somewhat obsessed with collecting gems and beads.…
Fabric Handbags & Totes I started my handmade business in 2008, specializing in handbags uniquely made with quality fabrics and attention to detail. All my bags are made by me - no mass-manufacturing here! I source all my materials myself. I keep a sketchbook of all my designs, tweaking seams here and there as proto-types become finished bags.
Jewelry Inspired by the Natural World There is something innately satisfying about the mysterious structures and patterns that rust can make or the hidden croma that appears as once vivid paint is broken down by the sun. My concepts evolve in response to my ever changing environment. My work is informed by the interactions between the natural and artificial world.…
Hand Loomed Rugs & Knitted Socks Keeping with traditional methods of “making do” and plain old-fashioned recycling, KarenInTheWoods uses the skills & handcrafting of the Olde World, using vintage rug looms. Please note the quality and skill in the rugs & handwoven items that are lovingly turned out. Luscious wools and yarns are carefully selected and created into the one-of-a-kind woven items and cozy warm homemade knit socks.…
Handmade Stoneware for Everyday Use I'm a potter in Niagara Falls, NY. As a nature lover, clay is my favorite material to work with. My process is relatively simple. All my work is made on a kick wheel. That's old fashioned foot powered goodness! My pottery is durable cone 5 stoneware meant to be used every day.
Handmade Silver, Resin & Etched Jewelry I like classic lines but I am drawn towards statement jewelry, so many of my pieces are classic with the twist of being slightly larger than life. I also like to hide details that are only known by the wearer; such as etchings on the back of a ring. I believe it makes my jewelry feel a little more personal.…