Mississippi Moon
Minneapolis, MN
2023 Booth # 116
Like origami on fabric garments are pleated, scrunched, clamped and tied to create one of a kind designs on silk, cotton, rayon and velvet. I custom mix all fiber reactive dyes from primary colors to express the beautiful range of vibrant hues all around us. I draw inspiration from the subtle contrasts in nature and hope that my joy in my work resonates with people and speaks to the inner joy in all of us.
© Patti Echols
© Bill & Linda Sumner
Using wool, fiber, handmade paper, sticks, stones, metal, sea glass & beads, the dyed, needle-felted wool is layered into nature inspired 2D textured art.
© Guiteau Lanoue
2017 booth # 106
Cotton linter fibers are used to create dimensional architectural art using folding rolling and layering techniques.
© Nancy Hovland
2017 booth # 110
I machine piece and quilt a variety of sizes and styles of quilts myself using 100% cotton fabrics, usually a cotton batting, and cotton thread.
VVV Bag Co
Minneapolis, MN
2022 Booth #38
I make hand-crafted one-of-a-kind bags, totes, and wares made out of reclaimed, repurposed, and historical fabrics and textiles. These often include military canvas, denim, and leather, and are enhanced with beautiful materials like vintage kilim rugs, Kantha quilts, Native American weavings, and, many others. I strive to incorporate vintage style into useful, stylish and durable items for everyday life. I take great care in the design and construction of every piece I make, providing the most unique, authentic and useful product that I can.
© Joanna Hamberg
Wauwatosa, WI
2018 booth #125
All of my works are created using multiple colors of ink applied with pen and brush. I try to capture the contrasting shapes, colors and spaciousness of the world around us.
Wauwatosa, WI
© Stan Piepenburg
Brooklyn Park, MN
2017 booth # 67B
These “Circular Meditations” are a series of 54 pen & ink drawings completed in a three week drawing binge. The title of the series refers to the near meditative state that I found while working on these drawings. The drawings are numbered chronologically. I was exploring circular/ovate forms as an artistic exercise, adhering to several arbitrary “procedural rules.” With intention, I created variant drawings, exploring techniques and forms. Hundreds of thousands of “circles” drawn.
© David Montague
United Goods
Minneapolis, MN
2019 Booth #72
I make State Icons, which are digital illustrations of U.S. landmarks in handmade frames. I draw each one—at the small size that it's displayed—with a mouse. The archival-quality giclée prints are created in my studio, and finished in frames that are made by my parents. I also make other items that feature my State Icon illustrations, such as zip pouches, larger matted prints, candles, pot holders, and note cards.
© Christy Johnson
Gillman Studios
Cottage Grove, MN
2021 Booth #53
The medium I work in is graphite and colored pencil drawings on paper. I do still life drawings and genre drawings that show people in everyday situations and tell simple stories that are meaningful in a contemporary and timeless way; they are snapshots of everyday life.
Jon Loer and Sheryl Grassie
Minneapolis, MN
2017 booth # 67D
Uptown Clay is a collaborative of 15 ceramic artists working in clay on Harriet Ave. just off the Midtown Greenway. We represent a gamut of ages, genders, and viewpoints with the shared objective of creating work in the ceramic medium. Most of us create functional ceramics, using a variety of techniques to arrive at a finished product. All of us are part time artists, who live and work in the urban neighborhood. Our work is sold selectively at a handful of shows.
For the Loring Park Art Festival we will feature the work of two artists; Jon Loer and Sheryl Grassie. Sheryl creates stoneware ceramics on the pottery wheel, while Jon’s work is primarily hand built or cast ceramics. Both of these artists has been practicing their craft for over 20 years and have not sold at the Loring Park Art Festival before. Our price points range from $5.00- $60.00. Our modestly priced work is meant to be used and enjoyed by people in their daily lives.
© Jon Loer
© Sheryl Grassie
Genevieve Loso Pottery
Chaska, MN
2023 Booth #102
I create wheel-thrown functional pottery using primarily white stoneware. Experimenting with various forms and glazes keeps me enamored with the limitless possibilities of clay. I enjoy contrasting colors and textures within a piece. Recently, I have been inspired by building materials. I have been incorporating the patterns, textures, and repetition of tiles and flooring in my work. Sometimes this is accomplished by pressing a pattern into clay, painting, or spraying on glazes. My works have a finished quality to them; they are light, trimmed, and fired to cone 6.
© Genevieve Loso
St Louis, MO
© Gregg Rasmusson
2018 booth #13
Wheel thrown pottery in which I draw patterns onto each piece, then carve the patterns into the clay. After they have been glazed and fired I fill in the carved lines with grout.
Ceramicsow
Hopkins, MN
2023 Booth # 146
Adama Sow is a ceramist who originates from Senegal (West Africa). This master on the potter's wheel has been working with clay for more than twenty years now. After finishing high school and already inspired by his big brother Alpha Sow who also was a ceramist, Adama decided to go the Fine Art School of Dakar (Senegal) where he obtained his diploma in ceramics in 1987. As a rookie in the art world, Mr. Sow astonished everyone by the quality of his first exhibition at the Historic Museum of Goree in Dakar in 1989. During the next five years, he worked in Soumbedioune Ceramics and in his workshop in the capital city of Senegal. Also, he offered classes to both adults and children. In 1995, his thirst for Art took him to Germany where he attended the ceramics school in Horgrenzhausen.
© Adama Sow
Fergus Falls, MN
2018 booth #
I use porcelain to create a variety of handmade artwork. Some of my artwork includes fine relief carving.
© Blayze Buseth
PotterSmiths
Minneapolis, MN
2017 booth #.
I create an imaginarium, a place where a user or viewer can go, to experience a different time, and, place. I create a forum for personal improvisation. Memory and imagination provide us a perspective of reality, and of the complexity of our lives. I am stimulated by an ever growing body of knowledge of man’s innate abilities and the effect of color on our emotions.
My process includes the use of stoneware and porcelain clays. My work is formed on a wheel and altered, as well as hand formed. I use slips, stains, and glaze for my color palette. I fire in a soda atmosphere to “cone 10” or 2300 F. My work is vitreous and durable.
© Phillip Smith
Shino pottery
Edina, MN
2017 booth # 114
I have always found comfort and enjoyment when working with my hands. When I discovered pottery in college, it became a match and I found myself being able to create work that was transpiring and satisfying. Pottery has always been what centers me. I have been drawn to Japanese and Korean pottery.
About half of my work is wheel thrown, carved and altered and the other half of my work is handbuilt textured pottery that is highly tactile.
I work with both high fire stoneware and raku. I really enjoy working with raku and am doing more and more with that process.
Upon a lot of research I started to make my own glazes and create my pieces from my own perspective with an Asian influence. Over the years I have been inspired to create work that has a strong sculptural feel to it as well as a strong tactile feel to the piece at the same time.
I try to only make work that I like myself and hopefully still find a market for my work that also enjoy what I do.
© Paul Hofrenning
Edsware
Kalamazoo, MI
2023 Booth #2
Functional stoneware art with brightly glazed folk imagery referencing animation and art history
© Ed Brownlee
Shafer, MN
2018 booth #87
Functional Stoneware Pottery. Shapes are wheel thrown, altered, carved, glazed and fired in a gas reduction kiln. My goal is to create sturdy shapes that focus on texture, gesture, and a sculptural presence.
© Peter Jadoonath
Marshalltown, IA
2023 Booth #82
I create wheel thrown and hand built pottery that are functional stoneware or Raku fired ceramics. The functional pottery is made with stoneware clay. My Raku pieces are either traditional American Raku and Horse Hair Raku. The Raku pieces are made from a white Raku clay that after being fired once is then glazed and refired then at 1800 degrees removed from the kiln place in barrels full of leaves. Once the leaves are on fire, lids are placed on the can smothering the fire burning up the air in the can creating coppers and other colors on the surface of the pots.
The horse hair pots are made from a mix of porcelain and Raku clay. After being fired once the pieces are fired again to 1400 degrees, at that point they are removed hot from the kiln. The hair from the horses tail is laid on the pots. The hair burns on the hot pottery creating a black design of lines on the surface of the pot.
© Kirk Niehouse
Holmquist Pottery
Northfield, MN
2022 Booth #132
Holmquist pottery is a husband/wife collaboration between Sue and Chris Holmquist. They create pottery with original whimsical imagery. The pots are made by Chris and the images are painted in ceramic underglazes by Sue. Both Sue and Chris draw up the designs that are painted. Their goal is to create well designed pots that make you smile!
Creator of the Loring Park Art Festival 2016 Postcard
© Chris Holmquist
© Chris Holmquist