A new craftsman has joined America Creates. Jake Balcom is an amazing blacksmith from Lincoln, Nebraska.
I had the great fortune to visit Jake about 3 weeks ago in his studio and work on a video for him about his work and process. You can view it by following the link below.
http://blip.tv/file/1386157/
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We have some fun artists on America creates. I thought I would focus on animal lovers.
If you would like something fun for your home or office check out the following new artists.
JoAnne Kollman in Portland, OR. Her illistrations are fun and whimsical.
Flinn Designs in Glasgow, MO does mixed media pieces with dogs, cats, rabbits and [...]
As we roll out of summer and into fall the cities are alive with all the artist opening there studios to the public. So what is an Open Studios Tour? Open Studios began 30 years ago in San Francisco when a group of artist got together and opened their studios to the public for the [...]
May 14
The first stop on our swing through the southeast is Columbia, Missouri. Self-described as, “The smart, innovative, artsy, eclectic, clever, savvy, vibrant, too-dynamic-to-fit-into-a-short tagline city.” And it is a very cool and attractive town, filled with wonderful art, galleries, artists and craftsmen.
We drove straight in and parked in front of the [...]
Friday - January 19, 2007
K and K Forgeworks
About 20 degrees and icy here, in the old industrial section of North Portland.
"It’ll warm up as soon as we get the forges going," says our host, Fergus Galway. Fergus and his biz partner, Arnon Kartmazov began K&K in 2001, soon after they saw each [...]
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