A Beaufort Spring

April 2012

The View from Our Porch

The Handscapes Gallery Newsletter

Greetings!

Linda Werthwein - Tree Series

Spring is here! Hooray!

"I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene."

Grandma Moses

Butterfly Wings

This butterfly wing jewelry is made by Bob and Navi Natali

Butterfly Wing Earrings

in their Pennsylvania studio. The butterflies come from butterfly farming projects and rain forest sustainable use systems. The butterflies live out their natural lives and are then harvested. By the marketing of these and similar sustainable use products, rainforests gain economic viability, creating a strong incentive to leave them in their natural state, while at the same time providing needed income for local peoples.

In This Issue

Butterfly Artworks

Campbell Pottery

What's New!

Beaufort Wine & Food

All Star Award!

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Campbell Pottery

Bill Campbell

Bill Campbell has been a potter for over 30 years. Across the country his porcelain is admired for its spectacular color and elegant, crisp forms...each piece maintaining some of the energy of its creator. The glazes dance with surprising vibrancy in unexpected patterns. From beautifully carved vases to full sets of dinnerware, Campbell pottery is the epitome of functional beauty.

High Tea Teapot

"My motive in making pottery is not terribly noble. I am merely trying to cause a little celebration in everyday living. I am always aware of the possibilities and limitations of the wonderful/dreadful layered glaze I employ.

Carved Round Vase

This means that everything must be technically perfect in order to achieve its full potential.

Because I refuse to compromise in these processes, I have had to learn clay production and firing techniques that are not used in most studio potteries"

See more of Bill's pottery by clicking on any image.

What's New!

Spring is a time for new beginnings, and we have fun new things coming in every single day! Here are a few of our newest! Click on each photo to see more by that artist.

Vessel Pendant

Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg continue to create wonderful jewelry based on microscopic cellular structures. This three dimensional Vessel pendant is crafted in black nylon.

Turquoise, Pearl, and Sterling Necklace

Rebecca McNerny loves to explore the textural differences of pearls, turquoise, and sterling silver. She likes simplicity of design, focusing the attention on the beauty of the materials. We have many beautiful new designs by Rebecca.

Branch Jewelry Round Ruffle Necklace

Michelle Scholnick of Branch Jewelry has added some new designs to her classic sterling silver and diamond collection. This delicately beautiful "round ruffle" necklace is simple and contemporary and shows off three small diamonds.

Sally Hobbib Rumman

Sally Hobbib Rumman uses high grade acrylic and lacquers to create these beautiful bracelets. She applies the acrylic in very thin coats to allow for transmission of light through the acrylic. The bracelets come in xsmall, small, medium, and large.

Flambeaux Cut Flower Vase

Flambeaux pottery is the fusion of the creative energy, talent, and imagination of two very good friends, Bill Campbell (whom we profiled in the above article) and Kent Follette. It also helps that they are both really great potters. The idea was hatched on a warm summer day, in a gently rocking boat with fishing lines trailing out into the calm water. The beer was cold, but the fish weren't bitin'. Flambeaux pottery was born and the adventure began there.

Pastel MultiStone Earrings

Susan Rifkin's beautiful designs just get better and better. She creates delicate necklaces and earrings, using natural stones and either sterling silver or 14k gold fill. Be sure to click on the picture to see more.

DConstruct bangle

DConstruct designs and manufactures unique, eco-friendly jewelry in Canada. Every piece contains a minimum of 40% pre-consumer recycled materials. The jewelry also contains organics and textiles sourced from artisan communities in developing countries around the world.

Beaufort Wine and Food Weekend

The 2012 Beaufort Wine & Food Weekend has been chosen as one of the Southeast Tourism Society's TOP 20 EVENTS FOR APRIL 2012.

For more information click on the picture below.

All Star Award!

Handscapes Gallery has once again received the 2011 All Star Award from Const 2011 AllStar logo ant Contact, the trusted marketing advisor to more than half a million small organizations worldwide. Each year, a select group of Constant Contact customers are honored with the All Star Award for their exemplary marketing results. Handscapes Gallery's results ranked among the top 10% of Constant Contact's customer base for the third year in a row.

"We are delighted to be recognized by Constant Contact. We feel that our newsletters are a valuable way to stay connected to all the people who visit us at Handscapes Gallery, and we are grateful for any opportunity to promote American Craft. Thank you."

We hope you have enjoyed our newsletter and we would love for you to come see us!

All the Best,
Alison, Jill, and Kate

Handscapes Gallery
410 Front Street
Beaufort, NC
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