Carolina Creations
April 2012 News and Upcoming Events |
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We are pleased to announce that we won this award from Constant Contact -
All due to you!! Thank You!
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Open 7 Days a Week
- Hours Mon-Sat 10-6, Fri 10-8, Sun 11-4
We ship! Always free gift wrapping.
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Have you been in to meet our new associates Irene and Shirley? We are thrilled to have them on our team!
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Home Tour Open House
Friday April 13 - 4-7 pm
The Spring Home Tour is just around the corner - April 13 & 14. And I (Jan Francoeur) am honored to have once again been chosen to create the artwork to announce the occasion.
On Friday of the Home tour, April 13 from 4-7 we will have an open house at Carolina Creations for the Home Tour Ticket holders and we're inviting you as well.
I will have prints of my artwork of the Foy Munger House used on the poster at Carolina Creations.
The prints sell for $15.
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Welcome Anna Balkan!  We were fortunate to meet Anna Balkan this year. Her uninhibited use of color and bold innovation come from a lifetime of seeing beyond limits and following the signs of her own journey. Anna grew up in the Chernobyl area of the Ukraine, she learned to knit and crochet, making the things that were needed from what ever was on hand. The circumstance proved to be the perfect training ground for an inspirational designer. "I've never had any preconceived notions of which colors did or did not go together. Because I lived in a world that was so drab, I thought all color was beautiful." Anna immigrated to the U.S. as a political refugee in 1992 at the age of 20 -- alone, unable to speak the language, and with barely enough money to survive.  Of this trying time, Anna recalls "It was an unexpected opportunity, but I knew from within that it was the right thing to do. I had to let myself be vulnerable and trust and then keep trusting no matter how difficult things were at times." Trust, tenacity, and constant renewal enabled Anna to transition from the streets of NY to the halls of a Top 5 consulting firm in just four years. Anna returned to school where she earned a B.S. in Economics from Michigan State University. She returned to her true passion and birthed Anna Balkan Jewelry shortly after having her daughter. It is her mission to honor, inspire, and celebrate feminine power and beauty. Today, she does that with a commitment to exquisite creations, designed especially for the exquisite beauty she sees in every woman and composed of the finest natural semi-precious gemstones and pearls from around the world.
We have a wonderful collection of her work.
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Carolina Creations Jan Francoeur Honored by AAUW
The Twin Rivers branch of American Association of University Women honored women of Craven County in its library display for Women's History Month in March.  The University Women is a national organization that is known for "breaking through barriers for women and girls," according to the group. The women highlighted in the display have demonstrated their qualifications for breaking through barriers as well as community service. Wendy Cutler and Ginny Mattern, put together the display, using personal interviews and written material as sources.
The 10 honored women - living and deceased - include Elinor Hawkins, Lois Jamison, Janet Francoeur, Kathleen Orringer, Tiffany Dove, Suzanne F. Gifford, Sarah Dudley Pettey, Monica Parker, Evan McPherson Clayton and Carol Totarski.
Twin Rivers AAUW helps women and girls break through educational barriers by awarding a scholarship to a non-traditional female student at Craven Community College. The recipient is a women who is returning to college after an interrruption of several years in her education.
For more information, call 252-636-6074. Last year honorees were Gwendolyn M. Bryan, Catherine Chew, Fern Cotton, Agnes Derda, Susan Moffat-Thomas, Gov. Bev Perdue, Ethel Sampson, Cheryl Spencer, Linda Staunch, Alice Graham Underhill.
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New Glass Fish by Rich Fizer
 Rich has a master's of fine arts, with a concentration in glass.
Rich manipulates the glass to form a wavelike motion around the edge of the bottom. Pieces include the imprint and texture of pliers' jaws where he has worked the glass. "Just to make it more ornamental," he says.
Common in his pieces is a feathered look for the colored body, achieved by rolling and blending the glass "just like you would make ribbon candy," he says.
He has been creating his fish for 17 years, adding, "I made enough to pay my way through college." The small and large creatures are quite colorful, such as a lime-green blowfish with orange spots. Eyes, lips, fins and tail are clear. Also clear are the foot - for placement on a surface - and a loop at the top of the body--for hanging on a wall. Although he often uses blue and aqua green, the hues of water bodies, Rich says red, orange and yellow pieces have become especially popular this past year. We have a wonderful selection!
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Just In! 
Kathleen Hubbard
JEWELRY THAT GETS NOTICED!
Whimsical interpretations of everyday life. Attention to detail, contrasts of textures and shapes, patinas and an interesting combination of materials make Kathleen's eclectic mixed metal jewelry fun and unique.
To see more click here! |
 Thomas Mann  Thomas Mann has been an active participant in the contemporary American craft movement for the past thirty years.
He describes himself as an artist working in the medium of jewelry and sculpture.
To view more of his work click here!
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Q Evon
 While attending Parsons School of Design Q discovered her greatest skill was in wax carving. With this skill, and a passion for medieval metalwork and architecture, Q Evon Design was born. In 1992, she began her design studio.
Her current body of work includes fabrication, granulation, acid etching, reticulation & casting of gold, silver, and argentium. During this exploration, she found that incorporating a variety of methods brings about a richness in texture that gives each piece the unique and timeless quality that she strives for in her work.
At one point Q and I went to the same College in Adrian, Michigan, Carol from the Arts Council went there too. The reason this is so odd is that it's a VERY small school! Jan Francoeur
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New cutting boards from Edward Wohl and Larchwood!
 
Edward creates his boards from birdseye Maple, the boards are silky smooth and the edges are beautifully tapered. The boards on the right are 'end grain' cutting boards handmade from Eastern Canadian Larch. The end grain construction of these boards provides a tough yet forgiving surface when it comes to your knife edges. To see more or to order Click Here! |
 Special "Hollywood"
ArtWalk
during Nicholas Sparks
Celebrity Family Weekend
Our featured artist -
Shirley Eriksson
Friday, April 20, 5-8 pm. We have added an additional ArtWalk this year for the Friday evening of the Nicholas Sparks Weekend.
Hope to see you! And we have many of Shirley's beautiful angels at the gallery NOW for Easter.
Our "angel" Shirley will be here with an angel Trunk Show for the Hollywood ArtWalk.
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Ideas for Easter
It's not too late to fill that Easter Basket!
Here are a few ideas, have LOTS more & Easter cards too!  | | Knee socks by Wendy Costa from her original paintings - anklets are on the way! |
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New soft sculpture from Susanne Coatta - angels, cats, dogs, bunnies!
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| New selection of Tender Mercies by NC artist Susan Crouch combining her beautiful paintings with scriptures.
5 x 7". |
 | | Emergency kit for Her purse! We've got a slim one in a small metal box for Him. CUTE! |
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 Bridal Registry Choose pieces you would like to receive for your new home and we'll create a page on our website so people can even shop online.
Elizabeth Robinson and Dustin Throckmorton - April 28 2012
Rachel Wilson and Josh Sawyer - May 26, 2012
To see their online registries click here!
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Carolina Creations Calendar
April 1 - April 30 - Dan Nelson Paints the Town! New paintings of New Bern by Raleigh artist Dan Nelson.
April 13 - Friday - 5-7 pm. Home Tour Open House open to the public.
April 20 - Friday - 5-8 pm Open until 8 (or later!) for the Hollywood ArtWalk!
May 11 - Friday - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk featuring Garden Art Show!
July 13 - Friday - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk featuring new paintings by Sally Sutton
September 14 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk
October 5-14, 2012 - Celebrate American Craft Week!
November 9 - 5-8 pm - ArtWalk featuring our Holiday Show with work from gallery artists We've been open 7 days a week for about 15 years and yet we still hear "we didn't know you were open on Sundays!" Our Sunday hours are 11-3 pm. |
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Enter to win a blown glass paper weight by Peter Muller
