Metal Motion Art
MARINE LIFE COMES ALIVE WITH METAL MOTION ART ... SWIM WITH THE WIND
Artist Rick Hammer is best known for his three-dimensional motion sculptures and wall art made from scrap metal. Each sculpture is formed by hand with great attention to detail. Motion sculptures are meticulously balanced and assembled to create a fluid movement.
Northwoods Art & Book Festival 2021 Best of Show Winner
Pretty Dirt Pottery
Kate Hammer is the maker and dreamer of all things pretty while getting dirty in the process. I am the lucky mom of 3 mostly great kids and married to her handsome and handy hubby. She lives in rural northern MN on the Canadian border.
Tortuga Baskets
Jo Guttormson has been weaving beautiful, handcrafted baskets for over 20 years. She is a member of several guilds and attends national workshops and conventions where she hones her craft. She loves the basket-weaving community for all they have given her… skills, support, encouragement, road trips, and lots of laughs. Also, she LOVES sharing her craft with others.
Grucalla Rosetti Pottery - Raku Fired Pottery
Richard Gruchalla and Carrin Rosetti are a collaborative team working in the ceramic medium of raku. Each of them bring their individual skills to the studio to complete the work being made. Carrin is a fiber artist whose abilities in the use of color and detailed application of glazes enhance the thrown work that Richard produces on the potter’s wheel. Richard is a ceramic artist with over fifty years of experience working with clay.
Hand Knit & Felted
Women’s Hats
Watercolor, acrylic and pencil artist.
My woodcarving skills have evolved from a life of hunting, fishing, and a wildlife career roaming rural Minnesota. Starting in high school shop class, working with wood satisfied a need to create from scratch pieces enhanced by varied wood grains. My goal for each piece is to show off the beauty of the natural wood grain. Colors are achieved using stains, bleach, and minimal painting. The finish is hand-rubbed in 5-8 coats. Decoys vary 40 to 60 hours to complete. My father said, “If you do something, do it right.” I strive to do that to create a one-of-a-kind piece any customer would enjoy having.
Andy Fiore
Photography is capturing a moment forever, ideally moments that hold great beauty or emotion. For me, that focuses on nature, wildlife, and landscapes. I started off doing it just for myself, and although it has grown into being in others’ homes as well, in the end, I still do this for myself because it is what I truly enjoy doing.
I started attending this festival in 2018, and it keeps bringing me back every year. The staff and volunteers are some of the most hard-working and kind people around. This results in an incredible show both for the artists and the community. It has been incredible to see how it develops and grows each year, and I am excited to see what the future holds for it as well.
Designs by Delora
Delora Fiers cast handmade paper pulp on a mold to create a sculptural piece of paper art. Each piece is one of a kind. Her favorite pulp source are fibers from cattail leaves. She also recycles commercial papers.
Delora has always enjoyed working with paper and is drawn to three-dimensional art because it is tactile. When she learned she could sculpt with paper pulp, she was able to combine her two favorite things.
My work includes Pottery, Fused and stainglass and a new medium of wire art with chipped stones.
Susan Cross
Unique art for you by you. Our motto tells our goal. We offer a chance to create art using pure silk and nontoxic dyes. Choose a silk item, pick your colors and in a few minutes’ Ta Da! You have a unique piece of art. Join us for some fun and a hands-on experience.
Sue Brown Chapin
Sue grew up right next door to Jay Cooke State Park, through which the St. Louis River winds its way between rocky gorges, and just a short drive from Lake Superior's North Shore. Her watercolor and mixed media paintings reflect the rugged beauty of the region and her love for the area she still calls home.
Hi! I try to distill a lifetime of observing nature into miniature works of art to grace your home & life.
I've made art since I was a child, and my favorite mediums currently are polymer clay and found object mosaics.
Gardens, plants, wild animals, my land, other lands, biospheres, the physical & spiritual wheel of the year- all of these inspire me, and then I make my quirky art in response.
I love making original art switch plates so you have a work of art to delight you when you step up to the switch- plus, they don't take up any counter space and don't require dusting!
I've made decorative egg sculptures since I was a child, and I now covers eggshells with polymer clay....most of them turn into owls...and unlike eggshells, they're very, very strong.
The polymer clay works are made of hundreds of little pieces of colored clay, put together in different ways. There's no paint on anything- the clay itself is colored.
After making the pieces, I cure them by baking to become strong like PVC piping.
For larger wall pieces, I'm often inspired by recycled cardboard packing material base. Cardboard shoe inserts? They become owls.
Fluorescent lightbulb packing? They become doorways.
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Jackie Brouse - Share the Joy in Watercolor
The wood-fired pottery pieces of Jeff Burger stand out for their talent and skill. Burger began his pottery career creating pieces he would use himself. In addition to mugs, mixing bowls, and canisters, Burger's stoneware is known for its bright colors. Burger's work goes far beyond just tableware-he also uses metal, wood, and clay to make home items such as ukuleles, stoves, and more. Various art shows throughout the state feature Burger's work.
jeffburgerpottery.com
The Lakeside Concert Series is a family-friendly FREE concert organized by Northwoods Arts Council at the beautiful Birch Lake Park Pavilion next to the children's playground in Hackensack, MN.
Acoustofiddle - These guys will get your Friday night going with some - Funky Folk, Punky Polka, Caffeinated Celtic, Cool Classical, Grassy Blues & Gypsy Jazz… along with original and cover songs. Unexpect what you're expecting and you'll probably really like us.
Northshore Images Photography - David Barthel
David enjoys being a part of the Northwoods Art & Book Festival each year due to their commitment to presenting quality artwork to buyers who value handmade one-of-a-kind work, and it is one of the few that he exhibits his work every year since he began doing festivals.
Jim Ayers
The beauty of birds is the inspiration for the art of the bird carver. Jim creates works of art that evoke the feeling of that bird, a portrait of its spirit. These amazing carvings are not so much painted as they are dyed. These popular carvings are colorful and life-like and not to be missed.
