Tinsel and Treasures

Announcing our 2011 Show Date: Sept. 10

Looking toward the new year, the date has been set for the Fourth Annual Tinsel and Treasures Folk Art Show on Saturday, September 10, 2011. And it will be yet another shopping event of the year in Northern California!

Visit often for important news and exciting announcements being planned for this year's show! Or better yet, join our email/mailing list for all the news delivered to your inbox and/or doorstep. Mark your calendar now for this magical event full of one-of-a-kind art.

 

Sylvia Anderson joins us for a third year!

With her wonderful artistic style, Sylvia brings her charming art to Tinsel and Treasures.

Sylvia Anderson

Sylvia Anderson remembers her early childhood days as ones being filled with drawing, painting and creating make believe places filled with interesting characters.  This was to be the foundation for her life as an artist.

With a love of all things vintage, old, and just plain rusty, she enjoys playing with a variety of materials to create unique and one of a kind words to include jewelry, collage, and three-dimensional mixed media pieces.  Her style is eclectic with a vintage flair, and her creations show a love of the past yet have  distinct timeless appeal.

 

Most recently, she has become enamored with metal, and also creates contemporary jewelry designs in sterling silver and gemstones in addition to her mixed media jewelry.

Being born and raised in California, she is always inspired by the beauty of the landscape around her.  Frequenting the local antique shows and flea markets, she often recycles items that she finds there into her art, giving them a new life and purpose.  Her work has been featured in several magazines, a book, and on many blogs and websites.  She lives in Sacramento California with her husband, son, three cats, and a dog, and enjoys spending time with her family when she is not in her studio creating.

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!

Did you know?

We have a wonderful artist that will be joining us at Tinsel & Treasures this year.  Her work was featured on THE COVER of Somerset Studio January/February 2010. 

 

In addition to being a cover girl, Dede Warren's Marie Antoinette collaboration project was one of the driving factors to the creation of the Marie publication by Stampington.  Dede is a wonderful artist and teacher and has the most vivacious personality.  We are over the moon that Dede will be spending the day at Tinsel and Treasures, teaching 4 fantastic make and take projects.  You won't want to miss learning from this Southern California artist. 

More details and sneak peeks to follow, so be sure to check back.

New Artists Joining the Show

 
New artists will be joining us for our 2010 show! In the coming months, stop by to read about the exciting artists who will be sharing their hand made, original art at our third annual show, Sept. 18, in Danville Ca. The mix of artisans is amazing with the addition of Christy Meyers, Arbutus Hunter, Katherine Webber, Nancy Jamar of Gilding the Lily, Lisa Super and Dede Warren, who will be teaching our Make and Takes! Other artists will be announced shortly. Look forward to seeing you in the fall for another spectacular event!