Handmade Portraits: maryink
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (Music by Michael Chapman, Jukeboxer & Fred Wallace) Mary Helt and Chris Sittel of maryink met at a party while visiting their families in Nashville. At the time, Mary was living in New York City working as a photographer's stylist and Chris was working in Florida at a …
Handmade Portraits: Built by Wendy
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (Music by Jukeboxer & Lineland) Without role models to guide her, self-taught fashion designer Wendy Mullin of Built By Wendy went from selling her handmade dresses in her front yard to owning four stores across the U.S., running a successful clothing label …
Handmade Portraits: MV Knits
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes [Music by Barry London & Charlie Parr] After quitting her day job in Los Angeles and moving to Martha's Vineyard, a quiet island off the Massachusetts coast, Susan Gibbs aka MVKnits had a great idea. She started Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm and figured out how to make a …
Handmade Portraits: Topsy Turvy Design
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (Music credit Jon Brooder) Milliner Kim Dye of Topsy Turvy Design has always had a passion for history. From a young age she built elaborate sets and costumes, in an attempt to recreate the bygone eras she'd read about in books. Nowadays, her handmade hats channel this …
Handmade Portraits: Betty Turbo
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (music by Matt Hopper) East Nashville artist Agnes Barton-Sabo aka Betty Turbo is all about cupcakes and moustaches! Agnes grew up in Alaska with an artistic family. Mom was an incredible seamstress who made matching outfits for Agnes and her dolls. Dad was an art …
My Visit to a Luthier in Tennessee
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes In early May I went to Barren Plains, Tennessee to visit James Peters, a luthier and Etsy seller Armor Guitars. He plys a trade after my own heart, as a fellow woodworker, though I’ve yet to muster the patience required to build a fine instrument.I remember when James …
Handmade Portraits: Armor Guitars
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes James Peters enjoys what he does. Waking up every morning and working in his woodshop in the back of his house is the "bees knees" as James says. Once there, he makes custom acoustic guitars. He is, as it's called, a luthier based in Springfield, TN. After moving to Nashville …
Handmade Portraits: Elizaveta
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes [Music by Barry London] Canadian artist Elizaveta makes giant, playful, handmade necklaces using an odd assortment of items. From My Little Pony to hair rollers to Bubblicious bubble gum, her outrageous designs take people by surprise. Combining influences of …
Handmade Portraits: Reiter8
MP4 | Youtube | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (Music by Jukeboxer) Katherine Rasmussen of Reiter8 takes sailboat sails that would otherwise go to the dump and has created a line of bags and pillows that she makes out of the canvas. Watch the video to see her process. Check out her "Marketing Department!" Watch our …
