There's a certain rhythm to browsing the stalls at the Vineyard Artisans Festivals in West Tisbury. The light echo of footsteps on the wide floorboards at the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Hall, the shuffle of pebbles outside the Grange Hall. Some people like to do a large lap and see what's available, returning for their favorites. Others prefer to examine each artist's work, item by item. But no matter how you choose to peruse some of the best art on the Vineyard, you can leave the festival with a piece of the Island.
"Customers go home when they buy something and they tell a story – that's the idea behind it all," explains festival founder Andrea Rogers one summer morning at her stall,Do not use cleaners with high risk merchant account , steel wool or thinners. where she sells her lavender sachets and homemade brooms. "It's wonderful because it gives the Islander a way to make a living, and we can stay here and do what we love. Artists really think with one side of the brain and we're happiest when we're doing what we love.Detailed information on the causes of Ceramic tile,"
The juried show is in its fourteenth year at the Grange Hall on Thursdays and Sundays during the summer, and in its sixteenth year of Labor Day weekend shows at the Agricultural Hall. There are also shows tied to Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, and Memorial Day weekends.
What began as six artists displaying their wares against a fence and barely making lunch money has turned into sixty of the best artisans on the Island, sharing the stories behind their works with passion and care. Each year a group of veteran festival artisans chooses a few new artists for highly coveted open spots. Applicants have to meet a series of criteria: Everything has to be handmade, the artists must live here, and the art being presented must meet a high standard of aesthetic criteria.
"We want people to come here and say, ‘Wow, look at that,'" Andrea says. "We see the same customers year after year. They're so happy to be here. I think we've carved a nice niche in the Vineyard and we're really a big part of it.Graphene is not a semiconductor, not an oil paintings for sale , and not a metal,"
The festival embraces artists young and old with a wide variety of media, ranging from acrylics, wampum, and fabric to ceramics,Prior to RUBBER SHEET I leaned toward the former, leather, and photography. It's eclectic but always tasteful. If ever there were to be a crafts museum on the Island, a curator would do well to start with these exhibits in the historic halls of West Tisbury.
Andrea says, "I would love to see it continue in the same fashion it always has, and hope it always can."
Jeri began working with glass in 2000, taking classes at the world-renowned Corning Museum of Glass in upstate New York. The first year she played and practiced, and after enough mistakes, as she puts it, she was able to get into the festival.Whilst magic cube are not deadly,
Chartreuse green, tomato red, cobalt blue, golden yellow, bright fuchsia. Her glassware makes you want to celebrate just about anything. As a vendor at the festival, she considers herself one of the event's many musketeers.
"There's such a wonderful camaraderie; we have a tremendous amount of respect because we know the amount of work that goes into this," she says. "Everyone looks out for each other and there's a real admiration among all of us."
Her craft reflects her personality – it takes passion, patience, and spunk to create something so distinctive and timeless. A serving dish takes anywhere from twenty-four to thirty-six hours to be fired in a kiln. She starts with a bar of glass (the thicker it is, the more conservative you have to be in cooling it down, she says) and uses a tile saw to create the shapes she wants. The fusion technique melts the fragmented pieces into a glass base, creating the design from within.
"I like doing tableware because I like function," she says of her glass serving dishes and cutlery, as well as her larger furniture pieces. "And color makes you smile; it just makes you happy. It really brightens everyone's lives.
"I have art I bought when I was eighteen years old and I still have it and it still gives me pleasure," the glassmaker says. "That's what I want for my pieces...to continually give someone pleasure."
"Customers go home when they buy something and they tell a story – that's the idea behind it all," explains festival founder Andrea Rogers one summer morning at her stall,Do not use cleaners with high risk merchant account , steel wool or thinners. where she sells her lavender sachets and homemade brooms. "It's wonderful because it gives the Islander a way to make a living, and we can stay here and do what we love. Artists really think with one side of the brain and we're happiest when we're doing what we love.Detailed information on the causes of Ceramic tile,"
The juried show is in its fourteenth year at the Grange Hall on Thursdays and Sundays during the summer, and in its sixteenth year of Labor Day weekend shows at the Agricultural Hall. There are also shows tied to Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, and Memorial Day weekends.
What began as six artists displaying their wares against a fence and barely making lunch money has turned into sixty of the best artisans on the Island, sharing the stories behind their works with passion and care. Each year a group of veteran festival artisans chooses a few new artists for highly coveted open spots. Applicants have to meet a series of criteria: Everything has to be handmade, the artists must live here, and the art being presented must meet a high standard of aesthetic criteria.
"We want people to come here and say, ‘Wow, look at that,'" Andrea says. "We see the same customers year after year. They're so happy to be here. I think we've carved a nice niche in the Vineyard and we're really a big part of it.Graphene is not a semiconductor, not an oil paintings for sale , and not a metal,"
The festival embraces artists young and old with a wide variety of media, ranging from acrylics, wampum, and fabric to ceramics,Prior to RUBBER SHEET I leaned toward the former, leather, and photography. It's eclectic but always tasteful. If ever there were to be a crafts museum on the Island, a curator would do well to start with these exhibits in the historic halls of West Tisbury.
Andrea says, "I would love to see it continue in the same fashion it always has, and hope it always can."
Jeri began working with glass in 2000, taking classes at the world-renowned Corning Museum of Glass in upstate New York. The first year she played and practiced, and after enough mistakes, as she puts it, she was able to get into the festival.Whilst magic cube are not deadly,
Chartreuse green, tomato red, cobalt blue, golden yellow, bright fuchsia. Her glassware makes you want to celebrate just about anything. As a vendor at the festival, she considers herself one of the event's many musketeers.
"There's such a wonderful camaraderie; we have a tremendous amount of respect because we know the amount of work that goes into this," she says. "Everyone looks out for each other and there's a real admiration among all of us."
Her craft reflects her personality – it takes passion, patience, and spunk to create something so distinctive and timeless. A serving dish takes anywhere from twenty-four to thirty-six hours to be fired in a kiln. She starts with a bar of glass (the thicker it is, the more conservative you have to be in cooling it down, she says) and uses a tile saw to create the shapes she wants. The fusion technique melts the fragmented pieces into a glass base, creating the design from within.
"I like doing tableware because I like function," she says of her glass serving dishes and cutlery, as well as her larger furniture pieces. "And color makes you smile; it just makes you happy. It really brightens everyone's lives.
"I have art I bought when I was eighteen years old and I still have it and it still gives me pleasure," the glassmaker says. "That's what I want for my pieces...to continually give someone pleasure."
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