Tinsel and Treasures

All the way from Seattle...

We are thrilled that the extremely talented Katherine Webber will be joining us.  Her papier mache work is unique, whimsical and delightful. 

Katherine Webber

Katherine was born in Everett Washington and comes from an artistic family.  Her Austrian ancestors were fabric manufacturers in Vienna.  Her Danish great grandfather painted murals and faux finishes when he came to the United States.  Other relatives were fine artists and musicians.  Katherine's Irish great grandmother was a respected psychic who consulted a crystal ball, helped solve police crimes and even had a radio program in Seattle. 

Katherine studied at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.  During that time she worked for Neat and Tidy, a catalog company in New York creating dolls and woodcarvings.

Katherine restores antique statuary.  Her art has been show at Nordstrom and is currently in some local shops.  She has participated in nationally recognized art shows since 2005.

The handwork queen....

Returning artist Sally Case knows no boundaries when it comes to vintage and antique buttons, ribbon and trim.  Her handwork is second to none.  Her unique style and quality workmanship is not to be missed.

Sally Case

Sally Case is a button lover.  Her first love has always been buttons, old, new, big or small.  From this love a fondness for beads and trim, lace, and just about anything she can hand sew.

    Sally and the sewing machine are always at odds it seems.  She has been embroidering since high school, so it was natural that all these wonderful things came together in her art.

Her beaded and embroidered pictures are one of a kind.  

The process of hand designing and stitching each one is very gratifying, and is closely followed by her love of collecting of all the glorious bits and pieces she uses in each one.
    You can visit her blog at Bubbling Cauldron.blogspot.com, or you can contact Sally at [email protected].

Please welcome...

Please welcome another wonderful new addition to the show!

Sue Smith ~ Fox and Hare

 
  

She was born in Minnesota ~ one of seven children.

She spent many happy hours in the greenhouses of her grandparents flower farm, along with a multitude of black cats.  She always enjoyed making paper dolls from the Sears catalogue and drawing fashions from the newspaper.  Since the early 90's Sue has been a folk art doll artist, selling her wares at shows and shops across the country.  Her most recent endeavor has been with shadow boxes, scrap art and spun cotton characters.  She enjoys collected old postcards, china dolls, and everything with four paws and a tail!

Sue resides in beautiful Laguna Hills, Ca. and can be reached at [email protected]

The Whimsies are coming!!

We are thrilled that the whimsie's are flying in to join the Tinsel and Treasures gang!

Christy Meyers - CC's Whimsies

Once called the female version of "Willy Wonka", Christy Meyers has made her dreams come true by believing in the impossible. 

A folk art painter for over 20 years, Christy began sculpting with paper clay 10 years ago and has pushed the envelope of "Whimsie" ever since. 

Christy has been somewhat absent for the past 3 years due to the sudden death of her father and care taking of her Mom, however the "green light" from the heavens has put her Wings firmly on her back and she is ready to fly back to her dreams of Whimsies.

Some of Christy's noteworthy accomplishments:

Art Doll Quarterly - Winter 2008

Handmade by Stampington - July 2010

Licensed by Ashton Drake/Bradford Exchange and produced the "Whimsical Wizard of Oz" 12 piece ornament collection in 2009.

Upcoming Workshops/Teaching

July 11, 2010 @Terri Brush's studio, Chehalis, WA

ART CAMP at the beach, October 2010 and April 2011

Visit Christy's blog

Very Exciting !!!!!

We are so very excited and super pleased that this collector of all things beautiful and artist extraordinaire will be joining Tinsel and Treaures.  Nancy Jamar, owner of Gilding the Lily in Fullerton, CA will be traveling to join our show.  She will be bringing a variety of jewelry kits, which will include all the bits and pieces needed to make your own gorgeous jewelry!  She will also have vintage ribbon, millinery and other fascinating and luscious things.  Take a peek at some of the jewelry kits she will have available to you.

Nancy Jamar - Gilding the Lily

Gilding the Lily is a store in Southern California that specializes in vintage bits and bobs to inspire the artist in us all.  Visitors will find everything from millinery flowers and veiling, to ribbon, laces, buttons and papers.  The store also has a specialty in vintage jewelry findings and chain, and designs and produces kits that include vintage components.  Gilding the Lily hosts artists from all over the country, who teach intimate workshops in the store's wonderful 1920s Spanish Colonial revival venue at Fullerton's history Villa del Sol.

Gilding the Lily is the inspiration of Nancy Jamar, who has long loved vintage, and is an aspiring jewelry maker when she finds time. 

Gilding the Lily's Make & Take kits are designed and produced by Nancy, as well as a line of vintage inspired rosary and specialty chains.

Gilding the Lily
305 N. Harbor Blvd.
Suite 101
Fullerton, CA 92832
(714) 680-8893
www.gildingthelilyv intage.blogspot. com
gildingthelilyvinta ge@yahoo. com

Do not miss them !

We are thrilled that these two ladies are returning for their second year at Tinsel and Treasures.   The beauty and whimsy of their work is not to be missed.

Sue Bartolucci of Tinsell and Whimsy

Susan lives on her family vineyard in Napa Valley, where she has a small studio near her home.  For inspiration, she has a view of grapevines and rolling hills surrounding her.  She has had many re-inventions of herself, that have all contributed to her current artistic endeavors.  She has been a teacher, partner in a children's theatre company, event decorator, and an artistic consultant at her family winery, in which capacity she still serves. 

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Having first created art as a water colorist, but desiring a more three-dimensional feel for her work, she became a figurative sculpture folk artist.  In addition to sculpture, however, she also creates ornamentation/wearable art, collage, assemblage, and torched tin.

Her work is one-of-a-kind, and always with a pun...

....so, please read the titles, and ask for the stories.

She likes to say that you can see her fingerprints on everything she makes, even literally sometimes.  For her, the journey of creating art is often more a focus, and source of satisfaction than the art that results.  She has her own distinctive style, which often defies conventional descriptions.  She is always on a new artistic journey somewhere without a preconceived plan.  She creates works for all seasons, but the art of Halloween is her passion, and she does that year round  You can read more about Susan on her blog www.TinsellAndWhimsy.Blogspot.com , or email her at [email protected].  You can catch her working in her studio from about 10pm until 3am.

Anna Corba

Anna has been a working artist for twenty five years.  She began as a painter and moved into collage when her collections refused to lay tame amongst the shelves of her studio. 

She created a vintage themed product line ten years ago which has sold to specialty shops across the country and she has recently added teaching to her repertoire.  Her workshops are given in her own Sonoma County studio as well as at nationwide venues including Where Women Create, Art and Soul and Silver Bella. 

Anna's work has been featured in Country Living, Romantic Homes, Victoria and Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion magazines.  She is also the author of two books describing various collage methods and projects with a vintage feel.

New artists join Tinsel and Treasures

We are so excited to tell you that we have a number of new artists joining the show this year.  Some of them come from outside of the Northern California area so this is a great opportunity to experience their art in your own back yard.  You won't want to miss it.Here are just two of them...

Lori Gutierrez

From the time she was a little girl, she knew she was going to be an artist. She spent as much time as she could drawing and painting, expressing herself through art. In her early teens, she began her formal education, taking drawing and painting classes from several instructors, learning all different styles, from realism to the masters. She further developed her skills through high school and in to college, venturing into many different crafts, media, genres.

 

After college, she worked painting murals in both residential and commercial settings. She worked for a sign company, initially doing sign art, eventually learning the fine art of lettering in all different styles.

Today, she paints with oil and acrylics on canvas, wood, metal, any material - if it sits still long enough, she will paint something on it!  She also sculpts, and creates artwork with soldering.  She also really enjoys making things look time-worn and vintage.

She loves to create - it's her passion and her life!

Judy Mackey

Judy resides in Fullerton, CA. She and her husband have raised three girls and have loved every minute of it. The girls are now in their 20s, so they now have more time to pursue many of their own interests. Having grown up by the sea, Judy has a deep love for the salt air, the treasures on the sand, the crashing waves and the incredible sunsets. For Judy, the most wonderful aspect of the ocean is the majestic sense of a creator and all the gifts He gives to those who journey across the sand. Combining her love of the sea with her need to create, Judy has found an art form from which she is very passionate.  She loves to create shell art.

Over the past five years, she has researched shell art throughout history and in particular the 17th and 18th centuries. Women with the same aesthetic were creating amazing shell art and no idea was too big or too difficult. Judy's goal is to think outside of the box and flavor her work with all that she loves, such as magical, whimsical, beautiful, natural, vintage, spiritual, authentic and sentimental qualities. Judy is very excited to be a part of Tinsel and Treasures and is looking forward to meeting new people!