Mixed Media Artists

Amelia Kieras is a Pittsburgh based illustrator and paper artist. She uses her love of fairy tales, monsters, and exploring to bring stories to life inside pop up cards, picture books, and other paper creations. To create her illustrations, Amelia starts with a sketch, scans it, and then builds the final images with digital painting techniques. She prints, cuts, and assembles the final pieces in her home studio.

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www.ameliakieras.com        

I am blacksmith who forges kitchen tools inspired by medieval European archaeology. I hand forge cooking knives from carbon steel, Damascus steel I make in my shop, and my own steel that I smelt from stone (ore) and charcoal in a medieval-style clay bloomery furnace. The ancient Damascus and bloomery steelmaking processes create unique organic, woodgrain-patterned metals whose appearance I enhance with traditional forging techniques and hand-carved maple and fruitwood handles. My finished designs translate the visual language of medieval weaponry I studied in museums to the kitchen, for example what would a spearhead look like if it were a hand-forged spatula? Everything I create is made by hand using my collection of restored antique forging tools in Mars, PA.

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www.andrewjwelton.com

Cheri Newcomb is a mosaic artist creating scenes and still lifes inspired by nature. Her work uses the textures and shapes of tiles in a non-traditional way to “paint” a picture. The majority of her work is framed to imitate a fine art painting. The scene comes to life as each piece of tile is placed to create the final work. Cheri designs custom artwork from her home in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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http://artworkbycheri.com

At age 4 Don’s, father introduced him to welding, wood working along with basic fabrication. After years of practice combined with a love for art, nature and science fiction, he was inspired to create a large variety of sculptures. Don attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and worked 20 years as a production artist, photography assistant and art director where he was responsible for designing displays, brochures, catalogs, instruction manuals, corporate identity material, packaging, billboards and ads. After leaving the advertising field for the fine arts, Don created corporate sculptures commissions, furniture, contemporary, indoor outdoor pieces, insect and and robot sculptures. Now under the Jones Robo-Works banner, his creations are mainly up cycled, recycled steampunk assemblage robot sculptures which can be found and purchased online and from several galleries, shows and various artist markets.

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www.jonesrobo-works.com              

Emily Krill is a Pittsburgh native who makes large-scale collages out of paper ephemera. Blueprints, player piano paper, love letters, calligraphy practice, ledgers from the 1800s: it all goes into the artwork. Her aim is for the viewer to look at the interplay of the past and the present and feel a sense of delight.

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Emily Krill – Artist    

Kathryn Carr is a hand-cut paper artist whose intricate work brings a whimsical, storybook quality to life. Combining precision craftsmanship with imaginative design, she creates delicately layered pieces that feel both nostalgic and enchanting. Her work often explores narrative through form, transforming simple paper into detailed scenes that invite viewers into quiet, dreamlike worlds. In addition to her storytelling pieces, Kathryn also creates striking interpretations of iconic buildings, capturing their character through her signature cut-paper style. Kathryn has illustrated two children’s books, further extending her love of visual storytelling and her ability to connect with audiences through playful yet thoughtful imagery. Through her art, she continues to explore the balance between structure and imagination, crafting pieces that are as technically refined as they are emotionally engaging.

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www.gocarrgo.com    

I am a mosaic art that transforms ordinary objects in to works of art with application of stained glass, vintage china, chain work, vintage jewelry, found objects and exciting ephemera

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Mitzi Hall    

Rachael DiRenna is a Pittsburgh-based self-taught artist working primarily in paper mâché sculpture. Her work blends human figures, nature, folklore, and imagined worlds through layered textures and hand-built forms. Drawing inspiration from nature, people, memory, decay, story, and everyday life, she creates pieces that feel both grounded and slightly otherworldly.

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https://www.etsy.com/shop/rdirenna  

Robert Burns, the founder of Wilderness Ironworks, has been working in the field for 15 years. He is constantly pushing the envelope of innovation in design and materials in each piece that we produce. Everything that I make is hand-forged and all woodwork is done by hand. I believe that the pieces I produce should look as if they have been grown and not merely made. All of our designs are designed to be not only functional, but also beautiful. All work is done in house at his workshop in Pittsburgh.

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Wilderness Ironworks    

Husk Brooms offers handcrafted brooms and brushes for home, studio and outdoor sanctuaries. Husk Brooms aims to bring the traditional craft of broom making into contemporary spaces. Each broom is crafted with intention and made functional for years of use. Husk Brooms embraces sustainability through mindful material sourcing and honoring a minimal waste system. Handcrafted in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Husk Brooms      

We gather different experiences: As a child: Mother and I spend hours removing paint from the old rocker.  A friend teaches us to cane; we weave a seat. As a teenager: Pottery demonstrations at the Three Rivers Arts Festival fascinate.  The clay rises like magic from the wheel and transforms into a graceful vase. As a college student: Take any course.  But registering for ceramics demands permission from the professor.  In the basement of Fine Arts I explain, graduation comes but Physics offers no jobs.  I need to learn a trade.  Smiling at the exaggeration, he accepts me. Learn photography from a friend in graphics.   What appears when you are close, when you eliminate grays leaving just black and white? As a parent: Jennifer likes pottery and asks for a wheel.  We build one and make some pots.  Not unexpectedly, I do most of the building and make most of the pots. Stephan makes a mixed media clay figure with a stick as a staff.  What media can I mix?  I try childhood caning, student photography and pottery.  The combination works. As an unemployed: Consider the unreasonable, making a living as a potter.  Yes, it is unreasonable.

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www.potteryandcane.weebly.com        

Performance, precision, detail, design, and depth are a few words I’d use to describe what I strive for when making a knife. I use a variety of materials in my work such as multiple types of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, woods, stones, and bones and employ a variety of skill sets such as forging, welding, machining, carving, and sculpting to bring my ideas into reality. Much of my work is influenced by Japanese and European design and I use various types of finishing techniques and methods, from patination, inlay, and texturing to different polishing methods to create one-of-a-kind unique pieces of cutlery, as well as other forged metal art and tools.

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www.enso-forge.com