Bug In The Box
by Ruben Salazar
We offer handmade butterfly shadow boxes with a hint of style. Our shadow boxes make great gifts for your friends, family or just for yourself.
1stSatArtMarket
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Dirigible Designs
One-of-a-kind sterling jewelry by Melanie Schlossberg. www.dirigibledesigns.com
Ann of Clayhearts
by Ann Feldmeir
I have been a potter for over 40 years, beginning as an apprentice in a professional studio in northern New Mexico before finishing my BFA at Northern Arizona University. After establishing Clay Hearts Pottery in Austin Texas, I moved my studio to Wimberley in the Texas Hill Country. My pottery reflects my long study of ceramic history, in particular work done by women. So I hand build my pieces, pinching coils, cutting slabs and reassembling using the techniques learned in the Southwest. My designs, done in glazes I developed, often pull from 19th century Art Pottery and china painting traditions.
All my work is lead-free, safe in the microwave and dish- washer and oven-safe at normal baking temperatures.
MATCLO
by Mathilde Clos
Inspiration, Patience, Experimentation.
I made my first ring here in Malaysia a few years ago. The first thing that I did was that I bought a torch for soldering silver and despite my husband fears, I jumped right in. Slowly, I started to really love soldering and working on different modern designs, creating simple objects that carry what make me happy. It’s hard work but it’s fulfilling, and there is nothing better than waking up the next day, happy to do it all over again!
I can confidently say: “I found my element!”
Now it’s time to enjoy it…
All jewelry is hand made with a lot of care and attention in my atelier.
VioArt
by Viorel Vaida
My work is decorative art on mixed surface and technique of painting. My colors are outside the normal range and styles that I have seen in my travels in the US.
Carolyn Bertrand Hodges
For art inquires, contact:
Mitch Cohen | 832-273-4798
Recently on view at Urban Eats (opens the artist archive, Carolyn is 1st)
www.CarolynBertrandHodges.art
Purchase Miss Carolyn’s book!
Exploring Contemporary Art
A formal essay on the exploration of contemporary art by Houston artist Carolyn Bertrand Hodges, with select paintings by the artist.
S E R R A N O G A L L E R Y
2000 Edwards St.
Houston, Texas 77007
713 724 0709
www.serranogallery.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
I wish it to be known why I use the medium of ink to create my art.
For many long years, I painted with oils. Focusing with intent on subject matter with a realism we are all familiar with and relate to in our personal experience. However, now, the pen is more handy for me than painting.
With a pen, there is a flow. With a pen, there is no clean-up as with paint, and there is certainly no tediousness … indeed there is a timelessness. With the fine point of a pen, multi-affects may be visualized. There can be surprise, discovery, and inventiveness. And, in my art, no monotonous design!
Now I approach my art in a different manner than I did in the past. Subject matter, or things which we are all familiar with remain and comes partly from memory.
However, as I draw, in a randomized sort of way, and like in a dream, unforeseen images appear consciously. Dependent on this unconsciousness, as with dreams, or imagination as some people call it, the artist is faced with the unpredictable until an image pops out. That’s it, this is what it means … and after all, much better than I could have thought up, and certainly a lot more fun!
Like in dreams, the images may be a mystery. The whole unconscious is a mystery to most of us. Like the unconscious, we can dream up images with our art. Also, as with meditation, we may transcend beyond the ordinary when we create art … making art as a whole; The great “I am that … I am.”
There is a ceaseless flow of imagery, and with such spirit, things don’t matter, for detail, memory, etc., are part of the whole, and all-embracing.
~ Carolyn Bertrand Hodges
ABOUT
“Miss Carolyn” is a longtime fan of First Saturday Arts Market. A few years ago, I interviewed her and found her personality to be spot on with the other artists at the market. After many conversations and artistic outings, I continue to include her random bits of knowledge in my arts column, Art Valet, in The Leader Newspaper.
Town in City Brewing Co.
Town in City Brewing Co. brings the neighborhood-style brewery to Houston Heights. You can enjoy our indoor taproom or outdoor patio and beer garden. Sample some at First Saturday Arts Market, then head over to the taproom!
IndieDirk | Houston Photographer
Landscape Photographer from the Houston Area. IndieDirk is known for big landscapes with strong foreground interest. indiedirk.com
I’ve always been inspired by nature and the outdoors. Even since I was a kid from taking road trips to National Parks or working on the farm down the dirt road from where I did some of my growing up. The visual memories I have of these places is compelling enough to want to go back time and time again. Photography was also something that always peaked my interest, but I didn’t really jump in until about 10 years ago. I was working in the foothills of California and taking weekend trips to places like Yosemite and Lake Tahoe. When back home in Texas I would try to convey the beauty of these places to friends and family, only to blank stares. Though the excitement in the storytelling of my West Coast adventures spoke volumes, there was no visual impact, the pictures that I had captured up in my mind didn’t translate into mere words. It was about 6 months later I found myself over in Australia and decided to buy my first camera to document the beauty of the place. From there my passion for the art has budded drastically. I dream of photographing beautiful places like our National Parks and look forward to those adventures when they come around next.
For now, though, I’ve assigned myself with capturing the beauty of our Texas Gulf Coast. I feel our coast gets overlooked since it is no Myrtle Beach or Cannon Beach. Since tasking myself with this assignment, I’ve found that we have unspeakable beauty all around. It may not jump out at you, but it’s all around, I promise. When people say: “Wow! Where did you shoot that?” and I can turn around and say in Kemah, Seabrook, Texas City, Galveston or wherever. They usually reply saying: “I had no idea ___________ looked like that! That’s a great feeling and the best reward as a photographer, to show people the beauty in their own backyard.
DeckerPair Creations Woodwork
by Keith Decker
We are the Decker’s (Keith & Rhonda) and operate our boutique woodworking business near Houston, TX. Take a look at our current offerings, look at our gallery, then come back soon to check out new products. Woodworking is a passion…we’re always looking for new product ideas and do custom work upon request. DeckerPair.com
