Dan Westfall Photography
Photos of off the beaten path sculpture and architecture in Texas and beyond. www.danwestfall.com
December 2, 2017
Flying Fish Beads
by Ginger Page
Fabric art dolls, jewelry using vintage beads, hand-embellished garments and hand dyed handbags.
www.flyingfishbeads.com 713-956-0265
Several years ago, I retired from the field of costume design. Finding myself at loose ends and needing a creative outlet, I turned my hobby of collecting beads into making jewelry. Combining my textile experience and my embellishing skills, I now make jewelry, art dolls, and other accessories.
I love to embellish with vintage and other beautiful beads and textiles. Dyeing is a skill I learned when I was a costume designer; I continue to employ this skill in my work. Natural materials also play a major role in the finished product.
Fiber Arts * OOAK Art Dolls * Unusual Jewelry * Custom Work Upon Request
Monique Weston Art Jewelry
I create remarkable jewelry from antique and vintage architectural elements, including hinges, keyholes, chandelier parts and doorbells. I also repurpose musical instruments, clock-parts, vintage tools and postage stamps. I search high and low for castoff pieces of the past, then reinvent them. I frame them in classical jewelry settings, to highlight their hidden and often unintended beauty. The result is a striking and adventurous synthesis of industrial strength, history and glamour.
Cultured Critter Collective
Valerie Gudell, 3D mixed media artist, was born in NYC. She currently works in Houston, TX, where she creates assemblage art as well as vinyl and clay creatures with unique and sometimes complex personalities. Her main artistic influences include the Steampunk genre, Asian culture, and street art.
Online Shop: https://culturedcrittercollective.bigcartel.com/
During the past few years, Valerie has shown her work at the Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, CA), Irving Arts Center (Irving, TX), ShockBoxx Gallery (Hermosa Beach, CA), CraftBoston, d’Art Center (Norfolk, VA), and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (San Angelo, TX). She has shown her work locally at the First Saturday Arts Market, Ardest Gallery, Texas Art Asylum, Winter Street Studios, and Art Museum TX. Her work has been featured in the Houston Press, Culturemap, The Leader, the LA Beat, and the OC Register, among others. Valerie is currently an artist at Hardy and Nance Studios (Houston, TX).
Toria Hill
I am a self-taught professional artist. I work in Krylon, Acrylic, Charcoal, and oil. My desire is to capture a moment in time and to allow the viewer to participate in that moment. www.toriahill.art
Houston Night-lights by Toria Hill 
by Toria Hill 
by Toria Hill 
Hero In Uniform by Toria Hill
tic Jewelry Designs
by Steve Sellers
Unique design in women’s jewelry using, the finest stone and pearls available, and .925 sterling silver. 713-385-0459
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I’m an old hippie whose jewelry making began 20 years ago when on a dare my wife signed me up for a beginner beading class at a local bead shop. I was hooked pretty quickly and began making women’s jewelry using silver, stone and crystal beads and constantly learning techniques to make better pieces. While beading is still a passion, most of my work now is with chain and wire wrap.
Five years ago on yet another dare, I began making rings from old silver coins. I don’t cut or solder the coins. One coin makes one ring and the detail from both sides of the coin is preserved and visible. I fell in love with working metal, and am constantly learning new techniques and exploring the boundaries of turning old coins into cool jewelry. Taking something like a 100-year-old coin and turning it into something it was never intended to be has been an unbelievably rewarding journey, and I love that the possibilities are endless.
Tomboy Pretty
Kimberly H. Irvin
Tomboy Pretty offers a unique mix of semiprecious stones necklaces, pearl pendants, glass bead jewelry and metal earrings. tomboy-pretty.com
Design Aesthetic: I prefer designs that highlight the natural beauty of stones using the classic elements of jewelry design with a modern interpretation to reflect a timeless statement of personal style.
Jefferson Woodruff
Jefferson Woodruff Art Research and Design – Austin – Houston
Sculpture, art metal and jewelry designed and fabricated by Jeff Woodruff. JWoodrff.com 512-496-4375
Diana Bourdier
Life Beneath the Pines
Hi, it’s Diana, aka. Life Beneath the Pines. I am inspired by the repetition, pattern, texture, rhythm, and yumminess, I find in nature, baking, literature, and textiles, and I practice translating that into photographs, mixed media paintings, and quilts.
My art is conceptual, accessible, quirky, and has been called “cute”. There’s a story behind each piece. I’d love to hear what story you find or to share my story with you.
Currently, I have a series of distorted portraits inspired by the challenged book In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak, a series of abstracted florals inspired by the three-song playlist: “I Can’t Stand the Rain” by Tina Turner, “Come to My Window” by Melissa Etheridge, and “Coming Home” by Ulali, a series of black and white photographs inspired by texture in nature, and old denim repurposed into crazy quilt(s).
Anahit Burke
Acrylic landscapes and abstract paintings. I get my inspiration from nature and process it through all my feelings and emotions. The result is shown in my art work as a way to express myself. If any of my art will make anybody happy for a moment, my mission is accomplished.
http://www.garzoyan.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anagarzoyan/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ana.garzoyan/
Virtual store: Garzoyan Art – Eventeny
