Meet Tracie Bayer from Blessed Beginnings…
My name is Tracie Bayer. I have a wonderfully
supportive family. I was a pediatric nurse for 7 years until I was
diagnosed with 2 major illnesses that caused me to have to stop practicing
nursing.
So about 5 years ago my grandmother taught me how to
sew, and I found out that I loved it, just as she always had! I sewed with my
grandmother until she passed away a couple of months ago, when I inherited her
sewing machine, and I have since taken on quilting. This will be my first
Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show.
I am most inspired by my 7 year old son. He has an amazing eye
for color and fabric combinations, and he loves picking out decorative stitches
on my machine for my projects. I especially enjoy creating children's items and
fun blankets for kids.
I love looking through fabric remnants and finding
pieces that match that I can quilt together in fun designs. In the future, I
would like to spend more time learning and practicing new sewing and
quilting techniques.
Meet Amy Piel-Glass from Out of the Moon…
I'm Amy, and I'm 55 going on nine. Married 28 years, husband very
patient. And intelligent. And funny. 3 cats, 1 dog, 4 fish.
Figure like the Venus - of Willendorf. Ex-amateur Middle-Eastern dancer,
current amateur mycologist. Vegetarian, cookbook collector, and lover of
travel, camping, and canoeing. I've been crafting for about 19 years. This is my first Avant-Garde Show, and I'm looking forward to it!
Meet Carol Wass from Studio Wass…
I have always loved arts and crafts. After attending a prestigious art college
straight out of high school for a year or so, I got a job in real estate and
somehow became lost in time.
Every now
and then my artistic side would pop out.
A few years ago our daughter asked me if I would help design her wedding
invitations!! WOW. I did many sketches
and finally created a pen and ink illustration that she loved. I felt so honored. Now, I can't keep ideas from popping out of
my head.
I only have a chance to dabble
in this around my full time job but hope that someday I
can spend more time creating new things.
I have expanded into jewelry making and continue to learn new techniques
and design.
As any artist will tell you
it's about passion and creating things that you love and hope that others love
them too. I've been doing this for about five years and this will be my 3rd Avant-Garde Show.
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Sometimes I just get ideas in my head and have to get them out. I have always been an artists in some form since middle school. I would describe my creative process as a work in progress. I will start on a design and it will change during the process.
I love what I do and hope to have more time in the future to create and sell. Generally I make what I like to wear or use and figure someone else may like it too.
Meet Carmencita from Gracelle Jewelry…
I’m Carmencita and originally from
the Philippines. I have 4
children and the youngest is in 7th grade. I have been a homemaker for
more than 20 years now. As my children are getting older I began to find ways
to fill up my time whether it was working out more or attending more seminars
for improving myself.
Since I had more time up in my schedule I wanted to try
new hobbies. The question that was constantly wandering through my mind was
“what do I want to do now? Should I try something new?” I ventured out and
continued to look for something that might be my passion. I realized it was
never about looking. Once you know what your passion is you will feel it in
your gut and that is when I realized jewelry making was my passion.
I founded and created the company
Gracelle Jewelry a year and a half ago. At first I created jewelry as a hobby.
I experimented on different media, including leather, glass, metal, acrylics.
Through growth and experience my inspiration truly comes from my customers.
Their stories and experiences really impact my jewelry making. That’s why there
is always a story behind a piece of jewelry I create.
Jewelry making all started when my
daughter Isabelle wanted to go to a jewelry lesson at Joann’s Fabrics. She
needed to be accompanied by an adult. So I decided to go with her to the
lesson. After that first lesson, I started creating jewelry. I made many
fumbles and mistakes as created my jewelry, but that’s the art of learning. I
started to create more complicated pieces to the point where even my friends
and family kept asking me where I got my jewelry. They would always be
surprised when I told them I created this piece. They would contact me and they
would ask me to create this type of necklace for them. That is how my company
started to slowly grow.
My creative process is through
inspiration. Everywhere I go and experience I am inspired by. Its not only the
place, but it could also be the people that sparks my creativity. I also started to fundraise for
different non-profit organizations since May 2012. Today Gracelle
Jewelry was able to donate over $3,000.00 to different charities and non-profit
organizations including the American Red Cross for the typhoon Haiyan victims
in Philippines.
This is my first time participating
in the Avant-Garde Art & Craft Shows, I’m excited to be part of their
events because of their goal
of helping organizations raise funds too.
For more information on our handmade
products visit our website atwww.gracellejewelry.com and for up-to-date news and new items visit our Facebook
page: Gracelle Jewelry.
2014 Columbus February Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show
Saturday, February 8, 2014, 10:00am-4:00pm
St. Agatha's Parish Hall
1860 Northam Rd
Columbus, OH 43221
For more information, contact Becki Cooper, Event Coordinator at info@avantgardeshows.com
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