Tamara Fountain

GeminiDragonfly

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Oregon, United States

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GeminiDragonfly is the online source for creations by Fountain Family Artists.

The story of how the Fountain family started creating recycled art began years ago, when Tamara was helping her late husband restore a classic car. They had rented a plasma cutter to cut out some rusted panels and when Tamara saw how it sliced through the metal like butter, her imagination started to run wild. She dragged a salvaged hood from the scrap pile into the shop and started experimenting. Before long, the whole family was working side by side, salvaging and upcycling metals and other materials into inspired works of art.

When GeminiDragonfly, the online shop for Fountain Family Artists, began, Tamara's son Luke worked side by side with her. He's since moved on with his own career, but a new evolution has begun. McKenzie, Tamara's youngest daughter, now contributes her own beautiful designs in jewelry, as well as collaborates with her mom on clothing designs featuring upcycled fabrics.

The rest of the family are off pursuing their own adventures, but Fountain Family Artists lives on through GeminiDragonfly. Tamara is still upcycling abandoned items and creating art. Whether it's a car hood that becomes the thigh of a fire-breathing Dragon or an Arizona Tea can that transforms into stylish earrings, Tamara's inventive vision can always see something new in something old. The challenge is what spurs her passion. The bonus of saving discarded and forsaken objects from the landfill makes it even more rewarding.

Family. Mother Earth. Upcycling. Laughter. Nature. Child-like imagination. Beauty. The creations you will find at GeminiDragonfly reflect all these things.

Check http://www.GeminiDragonfly.com/ often to see where Tamara's passion for recycling and tireless need to create art will lead.