Specialty
Decorate your patio or garden with
these lovely stone creations.
Cliff and Barbara Bliss — Louisiana,
MO
Gardening has always been one of my
hobbies. I started gardening at the age of ten,pulling weeds for my
mom. I still love weeding to this day! I now create handmade Thank You
cards that include my wildflower seeds, giving the person a "card
and gift all-in-one" and all my collected seeds won't be going
to waste!
Nancy Hayes — Arnold, MO
This is a marvelous medium in which to work. Basically, enameling is the fusing of powdered glass onto metal. My metal is copper. The combination of transparent colors of glass on this rich, warm metal is brilliant.
Bonnie Shopper — Clayton, MO
When developing a new design, he analyzes the shape and texture of the gourd and then designs the art to fit the gourd. Many times he uses different styles of design, like Celtic, basket weave, floral, nature, southwest and oriental.
James Dixon — Kansas City, MO
Bill draws his designs free hand on the gourds and especially enjoys wood burning. He also uses dyes, acrylics, and pen and ink to obtain the look he wants for the finished product.
Bill Decker — Greenwood, MO
My work features all or some of these
methods: woodburning details, cut outs, sculptural surface cuts, the
use of colored pencils, acrylic paint, leather dyes or cream shoe polish
used for color.
Pam Johnson — Waynesville, MO
We have painted, wood burned, carved, dyed.... we even decorated one gourd with upholstery tacks. They offer so many possibilities and each gourd has its own unique personality.
Ann Beninato & Lindy Hoffman — Ballwin, MO
Gourd sculptures and art by artist Janis Gates using different techniques & addtions of natural adornments.
Janis Gates — Eureka, MO
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LaRee DeFreece and Ken Gilberg — Kirkwood, MO
Gourds come to life with exquisite hand-painted
designs. Artistically professional with a touch of whimsey, these gourds
will add charm and wonder to any setting.
Melynda Lotven — Columbia, MO
I really liked the thought of having something useful and uniquely beautiful, not just something sitting on a shelf. So I started making lamps.
Joanna Helphrey — Odessa, MO
Suzette believes handcrafted soaps represent one of the true luxuries of life! After using Lizzie's Lather soaps, you'll love the way your skin feels. You'll no longer feel that dry itchy skin after a shower or bath. Your skin will feel pampered and refreshed!
Suzette Nesbitt — Excelsior Springs, MO
Marilyn uses the technique of pyrography to burn the design into the gourd. If she decides to do an inlay she will carve out the design to create a cavity to embellish with crushed turquoise, corral, lapis or malachite.
Marilyn Peterie — Springfield, MO
has taken a common medium and raised it to uncommon standards. She believes that art is quiet, challenging people to notice at all around them. Some of the most beautiful art is simple, and, to paraphrase Emerson, it's impressions is immediate and no less eloquent than literature..
Stephanie J. Witte — Springfield, MO
The faces are meticulously molded, baked and/or hand-painted to give proper expression. The body is completely custom-designed from the pose-able armature or mounted bases to the final shape of each figure; the clothes are also hand-sewn.
Linda & William Cowell — Wildwood, MO
ll of Pat's creations are hand painted and one of a kind original designs. You will be amazed at how detailed her paintings are on these miniature pieces of china.
Patricia Mehaffy — Branson, MO
Reviving the style that whalers used on ships at
sea, Michelle Ochonicky hand-engraves and the delicately carved lines
of her original designs.
Michelle Ochonicky — Eureka, MO
She loves detail, and delights in adding little surprises, inviting the viewer to stay awhile and look for nuances, stopping to study the piece and pondering the hints at a story in progress.
Suzy Meelhuysen — Wasola, MO
Nostalgic images and subjects serving as a ministry to the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ are what Deby Gilley focuses on for her linoleum and woodcut prints. Many of the people and places represented are very well known to the artist.
Deby Gilley — Aldrich, MO
Mosaic, Murals, Computer Art, Illustration, Drawing, Free-lance, Commercial Art, Basket-weaving, you name it; Carolyn may try it!
Carolyn Wallace — Ava, MO
I design and create functional works of art, utilizing
naturally shed deer and elk antlers. Every piece is unique and is constructed
to be a well-balanced, sturdy and eye-appealing work of art.
William "Bill" Talley — Cape
Girardeau, MO
Joyce can draw with either her right or left hand,
and do pastels with proficiency, but she is most widely known for her
silhouettes, which she cuts freehand with no preliminary drawing.
Joyce A. Yarbrough — St. Louis, MO
