Artist Showcase

Annual South Nevada County Fine Art, Wine and Food Festival


Acid Etching on Copper	Ceramics	Drawing/Pastels	Glass
Jewelry	Leather Journals	Metal	Mixed Media
Painting	Painting/Printmaking	Photography	Photography on Silk
Sculpture	Stone	Textiles	Xray Photography

Julia Kennedy, Jewelry, Bend, Oregon

jkennedy@bendnet.com

Julia Kennedy, who hails from Bend, OR, has been selling her bead-woven jewelry at juried arts and crafts shows and in galleries in Oregon and Washington for several years under the name of Julia’s Jewels. Julia uses many different bead weaving techniques to make her jewelry. Many of her necklaces and bracelets combine natural semi-precious stones, cabochons, and dichroic or Venetian glass pieces with glass seed beads, pearls, sterling silver and gold vermeil. Julia also teaches beading at Central Oregon Community College (part of Oregon State University) and has taught at retail stores in Seattle and Bend. She also does custom orders and repairs.

Fireworks Necklace by Julia Kennedy

Bonny Leer, Jewelry, Pocatello, Idaho

www.beadsbybonny.com

I had worked a lot of jobs but had never really found my calling until I met a glass artist at a local art festival. I walked into her booth, touched every bead in there and begged to be taught. The obsession began then. The process of melting glass, forming beads and creating little works of art everyday is very rewarding. The best part about what I am doing is that I am always learning. Sometimes the glass behaves just like it should and sometimes I get happy accidents. As long as I have the ability, I will continue creating beautiful pieces of wearable art for you to enjoy.

Wearable Spring by Bonny Leer

Jennifer Pott, Jewelry, Laguna Beach, California

www.plyeffects.etsy.com

I fabricate jewelry that is minimal and modern for both men and women. I use sterling silver to create all of my work. Many of my designs feature cabochon or faceted stones. My sterling silver chains are hand fabricated. I start by taking round and square wire and wrapping it around wooden dowels and mandrels of varying sizes to create a coil. After I cut a seam in the coil, I join the jump rings into different designs. Once assembled, I solder each seam to create a sturdy chain. Many of these chains are treated with liver of sulfur to create an antique finish. Pendants are either carved from wax and then cast, or hand fabricated from sheet metal. Cast pendants are limited, with an edition of 99 pieces. Some designs feature faceted or cabochon stones. Earrings are often fabricated using more than one process. I employ casting, piercing, forging, and stone setting to create a diverse variety of earrings. All of my sterling silver scrap is recycled back into a custom series of rings called Garbage, which are large and chunky. I use casting and stretching to create spinner style rings. My combination of sweat soldering and piercing produces wide, layered bands with geometric shapes. My metalsmithing career began at the age of 16 while I was in high school. I continued my education in college at Old Dominion University in Virginia. I graduated with my BFA in metalsmithing in 2003. Two years later I created Ply Effects, my studio jewelry line.

Moon Print by Jennifer Pott

Marjorie Shachnow, Jewelry, Angwin, California

www.marlynndesigns.com

"I design and make jewelry that is a blend of the modern and traditional. My inspiration is drawn from nature, which I enjoy putting on a personal level. I find that designing jewelry is not only a wonderful way to use all of my skills, but also a great way to express my thoughts. "The incorporation of natural elements into my pieces was first inspired by Rene Lalique's work. Since I find it almost impossible to improve on nature, I decided to have real branches and leaves cast in 18kt gold and sterling, once it is in metal I can then fabricate it into the shape and form I'm looking for. Then my challenge is to put them together to form a piece that is not only beautiful, but wearable."

Waterfall necklace by Majorie Shachnow

Carolanne Stalteri, Jewelry, Ladeside, Montana

cstalteri@bresnan.net

Carolanne Stalteri is largely a self taught artist who is driven and inspired by color, form and texture. Born in Northern California, art is no stranger to her family. Her great Grandmother was a mural painter in French Belgium, her father a cellist, mother a musician and painter, grandmother a painter, sister a hot glass artist, and her son is a prototype machinist attending UC, pursuing a degree in engineering. “Working with our hands seems to be a family trait.” Carolanne currently resides in North West Montana, but has lived and worked in Taos New Mexico, Jackson Hole, Wyoming and the Mountains of Colorado. “I feel very lucky to live and work in some of the most beautiful places in the world.” “It seems to me that I receive a lot of my artistic energy from the landscape around me. I continually try to combine mixed metals and semi precious stones in forms that convey nature’s artistry.” Each piece Carolanne makes is a one of a kind, hand fabricated piece of functional art, using traditional metalsmithing methods. She recently took a class in Seattle from an artist from Japan, learning to make Shibuichi, the very metal that the Samurai Swordsmen made their armor out of. “It’s a beautiful color, and so unique in its texture, as I combine the different combinations of metals to create a completely new metal, each batch is exciting and it gives my work that very uniqueness you see constantly in nature.” Combining bold color, form and texture along with ancient techniques including scrimshaw on fossilized ivory, Carolanne’s work truly sets a style all its own.

Selected pieces by Carolanne Stalteri