I am a retired Mammography Technologist and have been crafting for most of my life. I've been doing art & craft shows for approx. 20 yrs. starting in AZ and now around Ohio. This will be my first Avant-Garde Art & Crafts Show and I'm very excited!
I have been sewing since I was 12 yrs. old and used to make all my clothes and then when my daughter was born, I made her clothes. I see something in a store and just have to create it with my own ideas. I hope to be doing art shows 5 yrs. from now and still creating. I just want to make everyone's home beautiful.
Meet Nancy Pavkov from Nancys'Knotties...
I am a retired registered nurse with a lot of free time to do what I enjoy. I have been involved with doing craft shows for over 20 years now. This will be my first Avant-Garde show and I am looking forward to it!
Meet Angi Beck from All That Glitters...
I was born and raised in the Akron, OH area. I have a wonderful husband, 2 children—Amanda-age 20 and Drew age 17. I also have 3 step-children Andrew age 30, Tina age 28, and Ashley age 27. Additionally, I have 2 grandsons—Kaiden age 5 and Kameron age 6 months. My family also includes 2 dogs—Napoleon and Pepper and 2 cats—Allie and Graycie. All of them are rescues—the animals not the kids.
I just began my craft in the fall of 2014 because I wanted to create my own wreaths for each season. Since then, I discovered that I LOVE creating them. I take great pride in designing each and every one. This is my very first Avant-Garde Art and Craft Show and I am very excited and love the concept of the Avant-Garde shows.
I just began my craft in the fall of 2014 because I wanted to create my own wreaths for each season. Since then, I discovered that I LOVE creating them. I take great pride in designing each and every one. This is my very first Avant-Garde Art and Craft Show and I am very excited and love the concept of the Avant-Garde shows.
The message behind my work and my mission is to add sparkle, shimmer, and seasonal glitter to life one beautiful creation at a time. The name of my business is All That Glitters. I am in the process of developing a website and hope to have an internet business within the next 2 years. Within the next 5 years I hope to open a small local shop and continue with art and craft shows!
Meet Janie Stephen and Mary Lou DiCamillo from Gratitude Bracelet...
Janie Stephen and Mary Lou DiCamillo are the designers and
creators of the Gratitude Bracelet. We started our "Forever Friends"
Gratitude Bracelet business adventure in April of 2014. Our friendship began in
high school which only grew fonder and stronger throughout the years.
With that, being Grateful for our friendship and our passion
for design gave us the inspiration to create our Gratitude Bracelets!! The
Gratitude bracelets are all designed with four beads. As you slip on your
uniquely handcrafted bracelet each bead on the bracelet should give you a
gentle daily reminder to acknowledge a blessing in your life. "The more
Gratitude you acknowledge the more blessings you will find!"
Our bracelet will make a simple but unique gift to share with
someone special in your life! All bracelets are packaged with a beautiful
Gratitude verse to personalize your gift. Over the past year we have participated in approximately 10
very successful craft fairs in the Cleveland area. We are Grateful to have the
opportunity to join the Avant-Garde shows this year!
Lastly, our goals for years to come is simple...To grow into
a manageable and rewarding level but above most to acknowledge
"Gratitude" and be "Grateful... For the Blessings in our
lives."
Meet Kaley Foster from Urban Buzz...
I am 27 years old, born and raised in Portage
Lakes, OH. I'm a 2005 graduate of Manchester High School and 2010 graduate
of Walsh University where I played on the women's golf team. I am a member
of the Rotary Club of Akron and in the 2015 class of Torchbearers Akron. Civic
engagement, connecting people to places, and keeping folks in Akron is a huge
passion of mine. In my spare time I can be found golfing, boating, or
creating things out of beeswax! I have been doing this since November of 2014
and this will be my very first Avant-Garde Art & Craft show!
The art of creating something yourself is very
rewarding. Sharing it with the world is an even greater experience. I
love finding local treasures that people have created. I want to be able
to share mine as well! I've always loved art and crafting things. My
mom is extremely creative and loves doing crafts, so I'm sure a little bit is
because of her! After getting away from arts and crafts for a few years due to
being in the fast paced business world, I told myself I'll never lose my crafty
side again and here I am!
My goal in five years... I would love to have my product available in
gift shops, have an international online presence, educating others about the
benefits of beeswax, and also have my own store/workshop in Akron. I am very passionate
about all natural products, so I would say my message is to spread the word
about beeswax and the benefits of burning beeswax candles. Burning beeswax candles
produces negative ions, which cleanse the air of dust, odors, toxins and
pollen, as well as harmonizing and balancing the human spirit.
Meet Lilla Ryan from The Mighty Jungle...
I'm English, so I have a fun accent that makes
people want to talk to me, which is always interesting. I have a degree in
Zoology from Oxford University in England - animals have always been a big
interest of mine. I moved to Africa in 1998, and lived there for 12 years, so I
had plenty of chances to get up close and personal with a lot of exotic
wildlife. I advised and then became friends with the founder of a non-profit
cheetah conservation project, Riana, who oversees www.cheetahexperence.com.
She is a widely acknowledged expert in the rearing of big cats, and I was
privileged to get up close and personal with cubs of all types, and many of
them now feature in my art. I'm also a science fiction fan, and it was
through this that I met my husband through online limericks, of all things,
about a TV show set in space, called Firefly. Sadly cancelled, too
soon...I married my incredibly clever and talented husband just over five
years ago, and moved to Ohio, leaving behind the hot African sun!
I've always drawn and taken photos as long as
I can remember. My father always had a camera, and my mother always sketched,
so it seemed natural. I started earning money at it about 15 years ago, but
until now, it's been through local outlets and online, but I thought it was
time to get out there and enter some art and craft shows. This is my very first
Avant-Garde Art & Craft show!
I base my art on elements from photographs
that I take, but always liked the idea of making them into something more. I'm
currently planning a series of pictures of big cats wandering in historic sites
from around the world. My first project is going to be two (or possibly three)
lions in Roman ruins in the desert. I love nature in all its forms, and
much of my work ends up featuring animals in some way. Even my landscapes often
have some hidden in there if you look carefully! I've been lucky enough to
travel to many countries around the world, and have so many memories of places that
I'm looking forward to capturing. Of course, artistic license means I don't
have to reproduce them faithfully, and I'll often put elements from different
places together because I want to see them that way!
I started playing around with the different
mediums I could use to display my pictures, and now I do note cards,
traditional prints and gallery wraps, as well as hand making my own hardwood
frames for larger canvases. I also have a T-shirt press, and take selected
portions of some artworks and offer them on T-shirts. Why not wear some art if
you like it? People seemed to like what I photographed or drew, not that
you could have stopped me anyway. I take note of what people like most, but I
have to enjoy or like it to spend my time on it.
A scene in a film, or a phrase in a book will
often bring an image to mind, and I fill it out in my head. Sometimes it will
be a beautiful setting, and I think of an animal I'd like to put there, or
something else I'd like to include to make it something I'd like to capture.
Other times I will picture an animal doing something, and then come up with a
background I'd like to set it against. Of course, it all changes once I
actually start, but that's part of the fun! In 5 years I see myself being
able to spend more time creating and selling art, and less time on more mundane
employment. The message I hope to convey through my art is that the world is
beautiful. See it and smile.
2015 Fairlawn Spring Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show
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