Heart Rattle by Caroline Koons
Gallery Five has a collection of Caroline Koon’s one-of-a-kind porcelain heart rattles, each design is individually hand painted and is a wonderful gift item for all occasions. They are approximately 6″ x 5″ x 2 1/4″.
Caroline’s fanciful hearts contain small grains of porcelain that make whimsical sounds when handled. Hang your bisque finished rattle on the wall, or display it on a table. Each is decorated with motifs that include fern leaves, delightful animals, and butterflies.
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one-of-a-kind ceramics and so much more.
Jester by Jennifer Gould
Artist’s Statement
I grew up playing with fabric, thread, and yarn. I learned to sew at an early age and made clothes for dolls, hats and dresses for my mom, ties for my dad, and clothes for myself. Then in high school I taught myself to weave tapestries. As a junior in college, I spent a year in Japan and had the opportunity to study weaving at a kimono factory. I began designing dolls after spending years both hand-spinning wool and tapestry weaving.
I make a wide variety of dolls, both production pieces as well as one-of-a-kind dolls which have needle-sculpted faces, often including articulated hands which have all five fingers that are poseable and my own hand-printed and hand-painted fabrics.
Fine Crafts, Gallery Five
Art dolls by Jennifer Gould include her posable jesters which have many poses. when standing, approximately 21″ tall
Designed by Jennifer Gould, button jesters are whimsical acrobatic poseable figures. Covered with buttons from the top of their hats to their mittens and boots, they come with a needle-sculpted face.
Can be wallhung or posed seated.
Artist’s Statement
I grew up playing with fabric, thread, and yarn. I learned to sew at an early age and made clothes for dolls, hats and dresses for my mom, ties for my dad, and clothes for myself. Then in high school I taught myself to weave tapestries. As a junior in college, I spent a year in Japan and had the opportunity to study weaving at a kimono factory. I began designing dolls after spending years both hand-spinning wool and tapestry weaving.
I make a wide variety of dolls, both production pieces as well as one-of-a-kind dolls which have needle-sculpted faces, often including articulated hands which have all five fingers that are poseable and my own hand-printed and hand-painted fabrics.
Fine Crafts, Gallery Five
I grew up playing with fabric, thread, and yarn. I learned to sew at an early age and made clothes for dolls, hats and dresses for my mom, ties for my dad, and clothes for myself. Then in high school I taught myself to weave tapestries. As a junior in college, I spent a year in Japan and had the opportunity to study weaving at a kimono factory. I began designing dolls after spending years both hand-spinning wool and tapestry weaving.
I make a wide variety of dolls, both production pieces as well as one-of-a-kind dolls which have needle-sculpted faces, often including articulated hands which have all five fingers that are poseable and my own hand-printed and hand-painted fabrics.
Artist’s Statement
I grew up playing with fabric, thread, and yarn. I learned to sew at an early age and made clothes for dolls, hats and dresses for my mom, ties for my dad, and clothes for myself. Then in high school I taught myself to weave tapestries. As a junior in college, I spent a year in Japan and had the opportunity to study weaving at a kimono factory. I began designing dolls after spending years both hand-spinning wool and tapestry weaving.
I make a wide variety of dolls, both production pieces as well as one-of-a-kind dolls which have needle-sculpted faces, often including articulated hands which have all five fingers that are poseable and my own hand-printed and hand-painted fabrics.
Fine Crafts by Suzanne Donnazetti
About 20 years ago, Suzanne Donazetti began weaving and painting on metal. After learning to use chemical patinas, she experimented with different materials until she mastered the process of painting on copper. A collection of her wall art can be seen at Gallery Five in the Fine Crafts section.
After her unique process, she cuts and weaves the pieces in gentle curves. She says she is drawn to the play of light across the landscape … to create pieces which will bring a sense of healing and meditation to the viewer.
9" square hand painted and handwoven copper wall art
Suzanne does shows and commissions all over the country
Santa dolls by artist Jennifer Gould
Poseable Santas by doll artist Jennifer Gould will delight young and old. Santa comes with white hair and beard of mohair and his bag stuffed full. Santa’s clothing fits your mood and decorating style from bright red to subtle dark green.
Jennifer Gould
Artist’s Statement
Jennifer Gould began designing dolls after spending years both hand-spinning wool and tapestry weaving. She makes a wide variety of dolls, both production pieces as well as one-of-a-kind dolls which have needle-sculpted faces, often including articulated hands which have all five fingers that are poseable and she uses her own hand-printed and hand-painted fabrics.
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Earrings and Pin, Chickenscratch jewelry
Artist Statement by Lisa and Scott Cylinder
CHICKENSCRATCH is a Studio Jewelry Company founded in 1988 by the husband and wife team of Lisa and Scott Cylinder. We met while studying Jewelry and Metalsmithing at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. We decided to pool our respective knowledge and expertise to create a sophisticated, intelligent and fun line of Studio Multiples. We both design and create the work in our home studio and pride ourselves on our high degree of creativity and craftsmanship.
Most of our jewelry is made from base metals (brass, copper, nickel silver and sterling silver) sheet and wire that is hand cut and manipulated. Each piece of CHICKENSCRATCH has been joined with silver solder for strength and durability. Many pieces incorporate clever cold-joining techniques, as well. We often use various plastics, found objects and whatever other materials strike our fancy.
Fruitful Pin by Chickenscratch Jewelry
We have developed a unique patination process that enables us to achieve our rich colors. These are the finishes we use on the majority of the work. We also incorporate a beautiful verdigris (green) patina that has a classical appeal. The jewelry that is not finished in a patina color is often silver or 24K gold plated.
We use silver and gold leaf to accent and detail many of our pieces, as well as colored silver leafs and luminous mica powders. We also use bright, semi-transparent enamel paints over metal elements. The paint adds bold accents of color to the more earthy tones of the patinas and metallics.
The careful choices made in finishing each piece also includes the selection of the findings. Our pin back is of our own design, made of stainless steel, and is hand-sharpened and sprung. This is a far superior mechanism than most we have seen. It is quite strong and should not come open without assistance. Our ear posts are surgical steel and our ear wires are either sterling silver or gold-filled.
Each piece of CHICKENSCRATCH comes on its own card and is individually bagged. We recommend strongly that when you’re not wearing your piece(s), that they be kept on the card and in their bag to protect them from damage. Although the surfaces are durable, they are not indestructible.
The most important aspect of our jewelry is the imagery. It has narrative themes based upon fables, play on words and our observations. Within most of these tales are movable elements; Free swinging legs, tongues and tails… It is this kinetic facet that gives our jewelry its charm and character. We believe our work is very accesible due to this humorous, narrative nature and the viewers need to interact with the piece for “The Story” to be told.
doll art by Louise Casselman
Louise Casselman, award-winning graphic designer and artist, has given the kachina doll a new expression. Out of respect for the kachina tradition, she has dressed her dolls to reflect no particular tribe or culture. Instead, her collection, entitled Other People’s Ancestors, reflects a rich variety of materials, clay, wood, stone, metal, fur and textiles collected on her travels around the world.
Visit Gallery Five’s collection of Doll Art which includes artists Louise Casselman, Brenna Busse, Alice Watterson, Jennifer Gould.
Louise Casselman
The common element in each doll by Louise Casselman is the depiction of hair, representing thoughts and dreams embodied in each creation. Each face has a unique expression and each doll becomes a spirit on its own with a distinct personality. All embody the aesthetic of finding beauty in texture, color and pattern which are the inspiration for Other People’s Ancestors. Every work has become part of a growing family to the artist. Please enjoy them; perhaps one will speak to you.
Louise Casselman’s works are in collections in San Francisco, Sante Fe, Washington, and New York City. Louise has a BA in fine arts from Stanford University and an MFA from Yale University.
One-of-a-kinds by Julie Shaw, fine silver bezels and enamel pendants, rings, and pins
New Jewelry by Julie Shaw featured at Gallery Five
Julie Shaw has been designing and crafting exquisite jewelry for over thirty years. Inspiration for Julie’s original designs comes from many sources, including her spiritual connection to nature and travels to ancient and sacred places around the world. This tantalizing jewelry may be found at galleries and stores nationwide.
Gallery Collection of art jewelry.
Hand-fabricated cuff of sterling silver with 22K gold accents
The shapes of Lisa Ceccorulli’s contemporary art jewelry take the forms of stepping stones used to make walkways through ancient Japanese gardens. The stones (as well as some of the plants) were arranged in groups of threes, fives, and sevens. Today, Buddhist temples still have gardens based on the 3-5-7 design. The numbers have many spiritual meanings, including balance and harmony, and are believed to be positive omens.
Hand-fabricated earrings of brushed sterling silver with 14k accents. Posts.
Gallery Five features a collection by Lisa Ceccorulli.
ceramic mugs by Siegele and Haley
Gallery Five features ceramic artists Susy Siegele and Mike Haley. Their work is made from a common material used in an uncommon way, and they are constantly pushing the limits of what is possible in their colored clay patterns. They make their pottery to be special, but at the same time, it is made to be used. It is okay to put these dishes in the dishwasher and the microwave.
Artists Statement
Mike Haley and Susy Siegele have been working together since 1975, making distinctive colored porcelain pieces. Their technique involves layering different colors of porcelain together into loaves, which when sliced like bread, reveal the carefully constructed patterns in the clay. Each of the slices from a loaf is shaped into a piece of pottery such as a teapot or a bowl.
The colors they use come from naturally occurring oxides, but depend on the firing technique for their richness. At around 1600° F, they begin stoking their propane and wood kiln with ceder splits, and continue firing with both gas and wood for another six or eight hours until the temperature in the kiln reaches 2380° F.
The inspiration for our work comes from many sources; aboriginal rock art, old quilt patterns, M.C. Escher’s drawings,the landscapes and natural wonders of the world.
Here is a beautiful Asian Mantle Clock by Girardini Designs. This is just one of many exquisitely handcrafted metal art clocks designed and crafted by the husband and wife team, Julie and Ken Girardini, who have been working together since 1990.
The clock is constructed of cold finished steel and copper and has a swinging pendulum.
Girardini Designs include several variations of beautiful clocks, vases and candle holders, lighting, mirrors, furniture and fire places. Fine craftsmanship at its finest.
The Girardinis strongly feel that objects which people interact with daily need to be well designed and functional in addition to being beautiful.
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