Meet Tamra Pfeffer of P6 Studio…
Party of 6 Studio is a small business in Pickerington specializing in handmade home decor and gifts. My husband and I have four daughters. Early on, our family found crafting to be an integral part of our lives and sanity. Our daughters make many of the items in our store - with guidance and quality control. We put a lot of love and careful attention in each item we make.We began crafting in 2017 when our oldest needed to save money for a school camping trip.
We love teaching our daughters the joy of struggling through to the end, of seeing what they can accomplish, and that moment of pride that shines through their eyes when they look at their finished product.
Our crafting started as a way to create items for ourselves, things we saw and wanted, but couldn't afford at the time. It has grown into exploring that light within ourselves that is fueled by the process.My husband and I discovered our talents at different points - I've always been creating in some way, but my husband discovered his talents when life forced him to learn to work with his hands. Our daughters have been creating for so long, they likely don't remember not doing it.
Our creative process varies per person in the family. For our daughters, they see things in the world, the stores, online, that they want to try their hand at. For me, it's a combination of Muse and relaxation fueling my crafts. My husband is fueled more by man grunts and sawdust.
In the future, we would like to expand our business into more vendor based stores as crafting is a family event that inspires creativity, joy, and pride in our household.
Meet Kailie Mallett of Broken Arrow Studios…
My name is Kailie Mallett. I have been running my small business since June 2020 (almost one year!). I love being my own boss and getting to have a creative outlet! My business name, Broken Arrow Studios, is inspired by the canyon where I spent a lot of time growing up. I was born and raised in Arizona and moved to Ohio for college. I attended Columbus State Community College and graduated from the American Sign Language Interpreter Program. I've been an interpreter since 2017.
I will have been doing this for almost one year now, this is my first show and I am beyond excited! Creating makes me happy and has definitely become my happy place when the world is all kinds of crazy! Due to COVID-19, I became unemployed (due to no interpreting work being unavailable) so I found myself longing for something to fill all of my extra time. I picked up a couple random blocks of clay and fell in love with making jewelry.
I discovered my talent completely by accident! I was just messing around with a couple blocks of clay one day and made some earrings. My skills have evolved and improved so much over the last year. I would like to say that I plan things in advance but I usually just pull out some clay and play around. Sometimes that works out and sometimes it doesn't!
As for the company’s future, I am hoping to keep growing and improving my craft. This is my first craft show and I also just started consigning with a local business. I am hoping to continue doing shows and having displays in more stores around the country.
Meet Courtney Scott of Morgan & Scott Apothecary…
My products are all about self-care and treating yourself. They range from essential oil roller blends, facial oil, smudges, candles/wax melts and reclaimed pottery in the form of Kintsugi. Kintsugi is a Japanese expression of mending broken pottery with gold. The idea is that beauty can be found even in the broken or becomes more beautiful after being broken.
I've been working with Essential Oils and Smudges for 2 years. I fell in love with the art and meaning behind Kintsugi in 2020 and started creating pieces in the fall of 2020 and this is my first show with Avant-Garde Art & Craft
It's sharing with the world what makes me happy or inspires me to create. I also enjoy processes and love creating things that require steps for completion where I can physically see the transformation. I actually used to hate the smell of essential oils. Lavender especially. There came a time in my life that stress was reaching its peak so I turned to them in desperation. It was almost as if I craved them, including lavender. I think our bodies have a way of telling us what we want and need and it was like a switch flipped. With Kintsugi I not only was attracted to the visual but really drawn to the meaning behind it.
I started making a sleep essential oil roller and gave a few when I first started creating. The reactions I got from family and friends were positive so I started creating other blends and started selling through Instagram DM. With the Kintsugi, I really created a few pieces for myself. I then added them to my vendor show sale list where I sold all pieces available. They were a hit!
I put a lot of research into each oil and herb and crystal used to create a blend to help with specific feelings and outcomes. The other, I have to let all of that go. I let fate take hold because I can't predict how Kintsugi will break, what the pattern will be, how the paint will hold, or the form it takes when pieced back together.
In five years, I would love to own a storefront. Full of essential oils and essential oil products, walls of dried herbs for smudges, teas, and more.
2021 COLUMBUS SUMMER AVANT-GARDE ART & CRAFT SHOW
Sunday, June 13th 2021
10:00am-4:00pm
Makoy Event Center
5462 Center St.
Hilliard, Ohio 43026For more information, contact Becki Silverstein, Event Coordinator at becki@ag-shows.com
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