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November 13 & 14 * 11 am - 4 pm
Tacoma Is For Lovers is a community-based organization that annually produces Artist Craft Fairs and monthly Craft Nights in order to promote the visibility of local artists and encourages reuse, intentionality, sustainability and high craft.
Indie Tacoma Arts & Crafts strives to promote, create, and enhance artist communities for the greater good. We empower fellow crafters through an Artist Craft Fair as well as uniting craftspeople into a supportive community.
Below is a partial list of the artists participating. People will be added as they become confirmed. So check back for more details soon!
218 St. Helens Ave.
Tacoma, Washington 98402
253.272.8801
877.529.9525 (toll free)
253.272.2022 (fax)
Store Hours
Open Daily 10 am - 6 pm
except
Tuesdays 10 am - 5 pm
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Jessica
Bender (Seattle) - Nov. 13
hand-printed linens
Bender is an artist currently nursing a broken clavicle by feeding it horror movies, matzo ball soup and loving thoughts. You can see her latest installation work in the Wait...Where Am I? show at Tacoma Contemporary's Woolworth windows in Tacoma. Oct. 9 2010 - Jan. 5th. Her crafting adventures occur under the moniker Cabinet713.
Laurie Cinotto of La La Laurie (Tacoma) - Nov. 13 & 14
Flowers,
garlands, cards, birdcages - all from paper.
Cinotto is a co-founder of Soil. She has also
exhibited at the King County Art Gallery, at Tacoma Contemporary and at
the John Erickson Museum of Art, now located in Gainesville, Florida.
Kerry Cole of Kerry Cole Fine Art (Tacoma) - Nov. 14
original art, giclée prints, hand-crafted embellished greeting cards
while studying Fashion Design at Portland State
University.
Since then, a litany of exhibitions has followed where she has
developed her distinctive style and reputation. H
Jenny
Craig of
Notta
Pixie Press (Seattle) -
Nov. 13
letterpress broadsides, cards & artist books, pewter goods
Craig studied Book
Arts at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and in Seattle at Day Moon
Press on Beacon Hill. She is a Book
Artist and Librarian working out of Seattle. Her work
wavers between general amusement at the antics of household objects
and experiments with ink and
Maddy DuMont of Blue Cloud Design (Seattle) - Nov. 13
pewter
pendants and pins
DuMont works with the Pewterers Guild under the moniker Spike. She makes her pewter goods using Medieval methods and in imitation of Medieval finds. The cast designs are displayed as jewelry and ornaments. She will also have her molds (hand-carved soapstone) and tools on-display.
Krystal Kerr of DEVIANTdecor (Seattle) - Nov. 13 & 14
Victorian
framed objects, miniatures and oddities.
Ryan Loiselle of Loiselle Design (Tacoma) - Nov. 14
Lori Meyer
of Parisienne Girl Designs
(Federal Way) - Nov. 14
Posh vintage, estate style
and urban glam jewelry
Meyer focuses on upcycling vintage glass jewels from the 1930s, 40s and 50s. She's in love with the romance and history of vintage items and finds joy in re-imagining them in new creations for today.
illustration,
letterpress printing, artist books
jewelry,
steampunk jewelry, collage
Patrice started making
necklaces in 2007 after being intrigued by the jewelry a friend at work
was making. She took several classes at her
awesome
local store, The Bead Factory, and uses creating jewelry as a
counterpoint to her demanding job working with foster care youth at a
mental health agency. Because she is allergic to a lot of metals
and because she makes jewelry mostly with base metals and found objects,
she never knows which pieces of jewelry were ones she will be able to
wear until they were complete, leaving her with a lot of pieces to sell!
Sarah
Pea (Tacoma) - Nov. 14
pillows, wallets, shoulder bags
Pea makes her hand-crafted items mostly with recycled or vintage fabrics.
Scott & Jacqui Scoggin of Slide Sideways (Seattle) - Nov. 13 & 14
silk-screened posters, tea towels, zip pouches, sketchbooks, cards
Founded in Seattle in 2008, this creative studio
has a love for handmade objects, combining
Scott's
talent for illustration and typography with Jacqui's obsession with pattern, color
and design to create fun products for your home and office.
Every detail is always carefully considered and hand-crafted.
Everything they make comes out of a love of crafting; which means they take
no shortcuts. Every piece of fabric has been cut and screen printed by
hand, then is sewn together on Jacqui's trusty Singer. hey seek to
create a high quality product that you will proudly display in your
home, but they also want to keep their environmental footprint as small as
possible. But, mostly, they hope their designs make you feel good and bring a
smile to your face.
Jessica
Spring of Springtide
Press (Tacoma) - Nov. 13
letterpress broadsides and ephemera, unique artist books
Spring runs a letterpress studio that
designs, prints, and binds unique artist books, broadsides and ephemera incorporating handmade paper and letterpress printing. Small finely-crafted editions consider historical topics and popular culture with a twist. Jessica teaches book arts at Pacific Lutheran University.
Buttons, Magnets, and Magnetic jewelry.
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