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Arts & Crafts Around the world - Vol. 3

by Venerina Conti Spa Manager, Writer, Life Coach

 

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Arts Exhibitions No.12


An on-line exhibition of work by Artist and Craftsmen from around the Globe
(A new exhibition every three weeks)


Exhibition no. 12

Featuring Knight (k.c.) Duerig

Knight has agreed to share his remarkable carvings with us. He takes a piece of antler and creates a thing of beauty.
Knight has been an Adlander since 2004. He is a good friend. If you are not his friend send him an invitation.



About the artist


Knight C Duerig (K.C. to his friends) lives with his wife Beverly in King Hill, Idaho.


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Knight started carving antlers in the late 80’s as a hobby but dropped it in ’90 when a new marriage and raising 2 boys took precedence. He started up again in 2004 and has been to numerous local art and craft shows.


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He is a member of the Mountain Home Arts Council’s Visual Arts Committee which holds monthly shows in conjunction with the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce called Arts After 5, an art walk through downtown Mountain Home.


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Knight is self-taught as a carver, but has had some formal training in painting, pottery and jewelry. He is also a free-lance writer and has been published in such varied magazines as Mother Earth News, BackHome and Computer Edge Magazine.

 


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All of the coloring on the carvings is done with a butane micro-torch. Almost all of these have been sold, but similar carvings can be ordered.


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http://www.knightscrafts.ws/




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Exhibition No. 11 - John Sokol

 

It is our pleasure to bring you the

 


Arts Exhibitions No.11


An on-line exhibition of work by Artist and Craftsmen from around the Globe
(A new exhibition every three weeks)

Featuring John Sokol


John has been a member of Adlandpro since January 2007. He is a remarkable talent. We are very pleased that he has agreed to let us show his work. John is a writer as well as an artist.
If you are not a friend of John please invite him to be your friend.



About the Artist

John Sokol is a writer and painter living in Akron, OH. He is a wellknown artist whose work has frequently appeared in exhibitions Hisdrawings and paintings are included in many public and private collections. including the Akron Art Museum and the Canton Museum of Art, both in his native State of Ohio. His drawings and paintings have been reproduced on more than thirty-five book covers.

His poems have appeared in America, Antigonish Review, The Berkeley Poetry Review, Georgetown Review, New Millennium Writings, The New York Quarterly, and Quarterly West, among others. His short stories have appeared in Akros, Descant, Mindscapes, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Redbook, and other journals. One of his stories has been translated into Danish, and, another, into Russian. His drawings and paintings are included in many public and private collections. His chapbook, “Kissing the Bees,” won the 1999 Redgreene Press Chapbook Competition. “In the Summer of Cancer,” a full collection of his poetry, is his latest book.

 


www.johnsokol-artist-author.com




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Exhibition No. 10 - Zornitsa Machanova

 

It is our pleasure to bring you the

 


Arts Exhibitions No.10

An on-line exhibition of work by Artist and Craftsmen from around the Globe ...
(A new exhibition every three weeks)


Featuring Zornitsa Machanova Oil on Canvas

Zornitsa Machanova is a very talented artist who has been a member of Adlandpro Since January 2006. Her work will give you a charming glimpse of Bulgaria.

If you are not a friend or Zornista send her an invitation.




About the artist

Zornitsa Machanova



Born in 1978 in the city of Vidin, Bulgaria loves to recreate images from the Bulgarian customs and culture, using oils and canvas. Some of her paintings created both in Bulgaria and abroad, are property of collectors from Bulgaria, Italy and the USA.



Her education is not artistic. She is a bachelor of International Economic Relations and has a masters degree in Business Administration, but her love for art has been following her ever since she was first able to hold a pencil with a steady hand. A number of private art-classes and the opportunities to escape the city and paint in different parts of Bulgaria, made her what she is - an artist with great love for history, strong colors and deep images.



Considering the power of the Internet and the necessity for promotion and presentation of talented Bulgarian artists, since 2005 she started an initiative, which gathered a number of painters, wood-carvers and icon-makers and joined them in a common virtual exhibition room. http://www.artsbg.net/.



Zornitsa's Galley on line
http://www.artsbg.net/nav/en/paintings/zornica_m/zornica_m_all.html



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Exhibition No. 9 - Joanne Martell

 


Joanne has been an active member of AdlandPro for some time but is better known to you for her network marketing activities. This week we are bringing you something different. Joanne has brought us a How To Exhibition. This way you can make your own versions of the work she shows us, following the instruction from her own Craft Site


Joanne's Work and How to do it yourself

I've been crafting since 2002, and have found it to be a very relaxing and satisfying hobby. I started out doing a lot of small projects such as Christmas ornaments, but I found myself gravitating toward the more complex crafts, such as knitting, crocheting, and sewing.



As you can see by the photos, I've tried a little bit of everything. I love using commonly found items and transforming them into something unusual and interesting.


This Christmas Teddy Bear was made from a rose bowl, along with some polar fleece in tan color, as well as some scraps of rick rack and felt. You can sew the pieces together manually, or if you have a sewing machine, it goes much faster. It makes a great Christmas candy jar. I sold quite a few of those at a Christmas craft fair we had locally.




This potpourri jar is also made from a rose bowl, and all it takes is some fabric, some cotton batting, elastic, a bit of lace, and some ribbon and artificial flowers. Again, this item is created much more quickly with a sewing machine.




This beautiful Poinsettia afghan was created from a free Red Heart pattern (#928-522). I used Hunter green, white and red Red HeartTM Comfort yarn for the project. I had some wool left over after the afghan was finished, so I made a couple of pillows to match (see photo).







I used a free pattern from Knit Addicted called Bulky Yarn Booties to create the cute slippers shown in the picture. They are knit using two strands of wool, and are very warm and durable. They knit up in very little time, and are extremely easy to make. I also used Red HeartTM Comfort yarn for these.

These socks and mitts are knitted using any basic mitt and sock patterns that you can find anywhere online for free. I like using the four-needle method for knitting the mittens, but there are also two-needle methods that are easier to learn for a beginning knitter. They are great sellers at craft fairs as well, although it is very hard to charge a price that reflects all of the time you put into knitting these items.





In September of last year (2006), I finally decided that it was time to start my own craft site! I had been thinking about it for quite some time, but I also have a few online marketing/webmaster sites as well, and this was already keeping me quite busy. And so Joanne's Crafts was born. I started off with just a few patterns , but was lucky enough that Patons, Bernat and Lily yarns allowed me to add their own free patterns to my site, and it's kind of exploded from there! Besides all the great free patterns, we now have a crafting reciprocal links directory, a great little crafts article directory, as well as crafts newsfeeds. In the future I intend to add a craft store to the site so that I can sell my handmade items.

I hope you'll come and visit us at our site, which features many knitting, crocheting and tatting patterns, as well as a wide range of crafts articles:



Blessings
Joanne

The Arts Exhibitions Team


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