Meet Carol Barber from Trammelink...
Hi, my name is Carol Barber. After many years in the corporate world, I now have a chance to pursue a creative endeavor! Some of my former colleagues (as well as family members) have been able to provide knowledge or assistance to my new business. And a few of the skills from my prior career have also come in handy, even though the businesses are quite different.
I made my first Trammelink® about 15 years ago, and over the years, made several more for myself, friends, and family. I started working to set up Trammelinks as a business about a year ago.
It was my pleasure to participate in two Avant-Garde Art & Craft Shows in 2022 in the Cincinnati and Columbus areas. Due to schedule conflicts, Trammelink will only be able to attend the 2023 Columbus Winter Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show. However, we are looking forward to Avant-Garde #3!
What inspires me to create is the fulfillment of finding out what people like and then creating trammelinks that resonate with them. Hopefully, people attending the shows will provide me with their thoughts and feedback, even if they do not purchase one right away. Listening to comments from others is the key to creating an exciting and diverse collection of trammelinks.
I started crafting as a hobby because an early retirement offer came my way last year. I always wanted to make trammelinks into a business, but I did not have time. So now I have a new career and purpose:
The discovery of Trammelinks was truly born out of the “necessity is the mother of invention” phrase! The button-down-shirt-over-a-shirt style has always been a favorite of mine. But I found that wind, purse straps, and backpacks would make that style look messy very quickly. So I made the first trammelink to keep the outer shirt from flying open and to keep it somewhat aligned. The name really describes it once you know the word “trammel” means to tether or restrain. Then “link,” in this case, refers to connecting both the left and right sides of the clothing. Put it together, and you have a trammelink!
The way I would describe my process is a pendant, charm, or button will catch my eye, and then I find the appropriate other parts that look right with it. That might happen quickly, or it can take weeks! Buttons can be difficult because of the different sizes needed for different types of clothing. That must be considered, too, when matching up a pendant with a button. The chain and other “findings” are a different situation. For those, I want the strongest options available so the trammelinks will be sturdy.
In five years, It would be great if the business would grow and remain stable, so I can keep making trammelinks for many years to come.
The Trammelink slogan is: Helping you keep it together. Fashionably.
“Keep yourself together” is a good daily goal through good and bad times (although the “fashionably” part can be questionable at times for me). Helping others keep it together is also a goal, so a portion of the proceeds from Trammelinks is being donated to a breast cancer charity. Being able to do that is very meaningful as breast cancer has affected many of our friends and family members, and we were grateful to be able to donate $186.00 last year.
Meet Katy Mowery from Resonate by Katy...
My name is Katy Mowery; I am 17 years old and an inspiring artist and entrepreneur. I am a high school senior at Westerville South, and other than making bracelets, I enjoy theatre, running, dancing, and videography.
I've been running my business for about 3 years now, but these bracelets specifically for around 2 years. This is my first ever Avant-Garde show!
What inspires me to create new jewelry is seeing what other people are loving and wearing around me. I love to take inspiration from what I see in stores, on people's wrists, and online that is doing well.
I've loved crafting for years, especially when I was younger, because my grandma loved to craft and would let me help her with crafts.
I discovered my talent when I realized how much this style of bracelet worked for me and my business.
I would describe my creative process as messy but exciting because when I finally have a new design that I love, it is all so worth it.
In 5 years, I will graduate from college and hopefully sell my bracelets in more stores nearby or have 1K sales on Etsy.
The message behind my work is that everyone can express themselves through jewelry, even in the daintiest of ways.
Meet Barb Whiskey from Artsy Ape...
My name is Barb Gibbon, and I have a BFA from CCAD (Columbus College of Art & Design). My focus has been creating large abstract oil paintings and drawing charcoal pencil portraits of my children. A few years ago, I illustrated and published a children's book, Animal Homes ZXA: an Out of Order Alphabet Book, using colored pencils. I recently purchased a pottery wheel thanks to a supply grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council. While at CCAD, I took pottery for a few years but didn't go in depth, as painting was my major.
I am really having fun honing in on my skills and throwing bowls, mugs, vases, teapots, and other items on my new pottery wheel. I've been creating art professionally for the past 33 years, but I've been drawing since I was 3 years old.
I discovered I was good at art in kindergarten when my classmates asked me to help them paint their pictures after seeing the farmyard I painted. (My mom still has that childhood painting hanging on her wall.) Ever since then, I was always told that I could draw and paint very well, and that I had a natural sense of design.
This is my first Avant-Garde Show. I am excited to participate and look forward to selling my work.
I enjoy the tactile experience of working with clay, and I'm glad to have an additional creative outlet. My abstract paintings are inspired by emotions, and the colors and gestures directly correlate to how I'm feeling. My charcoal and colored pencil drawings are motivated by the technical challenge of replicating or representing the realistic nature of a person or animal. I am especially intrigued by drawing eyes. When working in clay, making something successfully spurs me to create more.
I look forward to seeing the results of glazed items after they are fired in the kiln. I'm never sure how they are going to turn out, so it's like a Christmas present to myself to see the end product. This further inspires me to create more. I usually have an idea of what I want to throw, but many times, something else might form in my hands, and I go with it.
My five year goal.. In 5 years, I will be retiring from the library, where I currently work in youth programming, and I will be able to delve deeply into the arts full-time.
2023 Columbus Winter Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show
Sunday December 10, 2023 - 10:00am-4:00pm
Makoy Event Center
5461 Center St.
Hilliard, OH
For more information, contact Becki Silverstein, Event Coordinator at Becki@ag-shows.com
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