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Contemporary Crafts Market Brings Distinctive Holiday Gifts to Santa Monica

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Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) October 27, 2012

The Contemporary Crafts Market will be returning as the West Coasts premiere event for one-of-a-kind functional and decorative crafts November 2-4, 2012. Just in time for the holidays, this years market will feature the distinctive works of over 240 of the nations finest artists, ranging from intricate jewelry, unique glassware and ceramics to hand-painted textiles, custom furniture, mixed-media creations and much more. All items on display and for sale have been jury-selected for their exceptional quality.

The Contemporary Crafts Market has been a showcase for burgeoning and established talent since its inception 27 years ago. Year after year, the market brings together an eclectic mix of artisans, while also allowing visitors to meet the artists behind some of the nations finest crafts.

Roy Helms, founder of the Contemporary Crafts Market, has continually sought to raise awareness of fine crafts as a serious art form by highlighting talented artists who have created a name for themselves and whose works can be found in national and international museums or galleries.

Each year, the Contemporary Crafts Market provides shoppers and collectors with some of the finest craft pieces from across the United States, Helms explains. This year will be no exception, as these artists have provided visitors with a truly extraordinary array of pieces that are perfect gifts for friends and family.

This years market will feature a number of artists who take novel approach to the art of craft, including:

Joseph Gatto has been making jewelry for over 60 years. He reuses or recycles precious metals, gold, silver and platinum together with antiques, or antiquities up to 3000 years old. He is a proud environmentalist and an advocate of objects made by hand by local crafts persons. http://www.wearartnow.com

Amy Faust creates finely crafted jewelry designs with an ecological consciousness, using transformed materials that are colorful, beautiful, and earth friendly. All of the pieces are fabricated from recycled sterling and fine silver and bezel set vintage glass that she hand cuts in her Oakland CA studio. http://www.amyfaust.com

Marne Ryan launched her career as a metal-smith and jeweler with this show 27 years ago, and its a pleasure to welcome her back to the market. Since 1976, Marne has been exploring, developing and teaching the process of making textures through heat. Patterns are created by fusing thin layers of silver, high karat gold, and platinum together in sheets to form fabrics of metal. This material is then made into hollowware, vessels and jewelry. http://www.marneryan.com

Susan Eastman’s evolving collection of wearable art scarves and wraps are handmade one at a time. A mixed media artist, Eastman incorporates numerous influences–from street art to graphic design to nature–expressed through techniques such as hand dyeing, painting, block printing, collage, and free motion sewing. Eastman currently lives and works in a converted warehouse loft in Oakland, CA. http://www.susaneastman.com

With a successful career in Interior Design, Bette Hornstein (Betty Lynn) never lost her love for crafts. At age 8 she learned to knit and has now perfected her talent into hand knitted/felted ladies’ handbags. Her passion to create inspires unique designs, from whimsical to sophisticated. http://www.bettylynnbags.com

The Contemporary Crafts Market is held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica, California, 90401.

Show hours are November 2, 3 and 4, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Admission is $ 8.00 for adults and children under 12 are free.

For additional information, please call 310.285.3655 or visit

http://www.craftsource.org; http://www.facebook.com/contemporarycraftsmarket; http://pinterest.com/totwotoo/contemporary-crafts-market-november/







Jewelry Designer Jenne Rayburn To Join The Winchester Cultural Council Fine Arts And Crafts Festival

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 31, 2012

The Fall 2012 Art At The Market event will be held on September 15th, 2012 from 9:30 AM 2:00 PM, at the Winchester Common farmers market, providing attendees the opportunity to purchase exquisite hand-made collections from Jenne Rayburn, a studio craft artist who will offer one-of-a-kind jewelry and accessories. Jenne will be highlighting her Ark Jewelry Collection. Combining traditional metalsmithing techniques like piercing, stamping, and etching, Ark is a collection of iconic-silhouetted images designed as earrings, necklaces and charm bracelets. These timeless shapes are inspired by the animal characters found in cultural mythologies the world over, and tell stories of how hope, strength and virtue tie us to a greater universal purpose. Expressing big ideas, aspirations, and values, through deeply rooted symbolism, Ark combines ornament with storytelling.

Jenne Rayburn is a metalsmith, enamellist, and seasoned designer who creates lovely, original jewelry and textile designs intended to compliment the vision of the woman who wears them. Jennes approach is rooted in the timeless elements and reflections of nature and natural formations, geometries and juxtapositions. She is inspired by the structure and ornamentation in architecture. She gravitates toward layering and contrasting texture and color. Her work embraces simplicity of form and intricacy of pattern. My wearable pieces are a contemporary distillation of ancient handcrafts and jewelry, the ornament of indigenous peoples, and interpretations of nature, said Rayburn. I love to blend art and history with form and function, combining traditional and innovative contemporary techniques to achieve dynamic color, texture and pattern effects. Jenne is fascinated with myths and folk stories that recount heroic adventures and strive to express the mystery and complexity of the human experience. Grounded by study and admiration of formal and classical design and traditional techniques, yet not constrained by them, Jenne is continually experimenting and seeking out innovative materials and methods that enable her to express her ideas.

The annual Art at the Market, presented by the Winchester Cultural Council, is a juried art fair. The jury is comprised of WCC members, practicing artists, art teachers, and committee members who annually judge original artwork of professional quality in any medium for acceptance. The Winchester Cultural Council is a group of volunteers, appointed by the Board of Selectmen, who work to serve the artistic and cultural life of Winchester, MA.

Art at the Market will be held at the Farmers Market on the Common

Waterfield and Church Streets, Winchester, MA

Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:30 AM 2:00 PM

Visit Jenne Rayburns collections http://www.jennerayburn.com

Visit Jenne Rayburn on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Jenne.Rayburn

About:

Jenne Rayburn is a Boston-based jewelry/textile artist who also studied interior design and architecture, and her work explores the convergence of architecture, design, technique and identity. Jenne is known for her work that combines vintage textiles, findings and components, with contemporary jewelry and accessory designs. A graduate of the University of Washington where she studied metalsmithing and fiber arts, and of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a MS in Design, Jenne has been designing jewelry and accessories for over 20 years. Perpetual curiosity and a passion for experimentation resulted in her first jewelry collection made from etched copper and brilliantly colored enamel. Since then, Jenne has created six unique collections of jewelry and fashion accessories that combine careful workmanship with unique materials and designs. It is her hope that the wearers of her pieces will find joy in a delightful artistic statement, and also something that enhances their individuality and confidence. Her work is carried in local galleries and online. Please visit http://www.jennerayburn.com for Jenne Rayburns online flagship store. For wholesale information, please visit jennerayburn.com/wholesale.com







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New Antler Homes Arts & Crafts Home in Berskhire Launched

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Berkshire (PRWEB UK) 20 June 2012

Roebuck Grange is in a unique setting as it stands in 5.25 acres of mature grounds with a natural pond and lawns, several mature specimen trees and a paddock. This sylvan setting is on the edge of the hamlet of Maidens Green close to Windsor, Ascot, Maidenhead, Reading with swift access to the M4 or the M3.

The electric gates to Roebuck Grange swing open to reveal an imposing property. The eye is immediately drawn to the baronial arched timber front door that gives a tantalising foretaste of the luxurious interios. All 5,500 sq ft of Roebuck Grange have been meticulously planned, refined and honed to create a modern English manor house and, from the soaring double storey hall that is dominated by a bespoke white oak staircase, there is a synergy in the Arts and Crafts architecture here that creates a fusion of space, taste, balance and style.

The windows and French doors in the drawing room are almost 8 tall giving access to the terrace and make the most of the views through the trees and over the pond and lawn towards the greenbelt paddocks. The reception rooms in Roebuck Grange have been designed for elegant living and, with ceilings just over 3 metres high, they are light, bright and well proportioned.

The house lends itself just as easily to large parties as informal, intimate gatherings because there is so much space and many features to make entertaining easier. However, the heart of this property is the 40 feet long kitchen/family room. The hand crafted cabinetry has been designed and made by Charles Yorke and includes European oak units with sleek granite worktops that were carved by a team of craftsman. The kitchen appliances include a range cooker, two fridges, coffee machine, microwave and dishwasher.

All five bedrooms are large doubles with ceilings just a shade under 3 metres high. The bathrooms and en suites are all different and fitted with Villeroy and Boch sanitary ware and bespoke coloured vanitory units.

Chris Warner, Antler Homes sales and marketing director, says: Roebuck Grange epitomes our ability to design new homes where light, space and character are combined with modern efficiency and luxury but Roebuck Grange also includes all the traditional qualities that people cherish in period properties high ceilings, elegant proportions, large windows, sloping ceilings in the bedrooms, solid wood floors and doors and timber lead-light windows.

Chris adds: Having said all of that, what makes Roebuck Grange so special is its setting. The grounds attract an abundant range of wildlife and the natural pond, tall trees and the hedgerows along the paddock boundary are home to many ducks, small birds and deer. This property is large and exclusive and so much more – it is uniquely secluded, private, quiet and idyllic.

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