CoastalArtisans Blog Posts

• Alabama Craft: Tradition and Innovation
  on Apr 5, 2009 in documentary mobile tradition potter apt charles smith alabama innovation film coastal artisans alabama craft
  All this month Alabama Public Television (APT) will finally be airing their original documentary film Alabama Craft: Tradition and Innovation, which will feature one of our members, potter Charles Smith.The first airing will be this Thursday, April 9...
• Thank you
  on Jan 28, 2009
  Thank you to everyone who came out to make our show a success. Look for more info in the coming months for our next event. All the best for the New Year from the Coastal Artisans!
• Won't You Join Us on Dec 6th?
  on Nov 30, 2008 in mobile botanical gardens the village of springhill show mississippi opening alabama annual events coastal artisans craft springhill art mobile self-representing artists 2008 fine craft
  We are pleased to be presenting our Third Annual Christmas Art Show and Sale, where we will be showcasing our eclectic mix of fine art and fine craft at the Mobile Botanical Gardens located at 5151 Museum Drive, Saturday, December 6, from 9 am to 4 p...
• Lillie Mack & Marilyn Gordon, Fiber & Design Arts:Fashion - Blackbelt Designs, York AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in alabama design fashion craft lillie mack coastal artisan art african-american fiber blackbelt designs marilyn gordon arts self-representing artist
  In the heart of the black belt of the Deep South, on the western edge of Alabama and just a few miles from Mississippi, sits the small town of York. York, population 2,854, is in Sumter County, population under 15,000 and listed as one of the poorest...
• Maria Spies, Pottery - Silverhill AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in coastal artisan art silverhill gulf coast alabama pottery stoneware arts maria spiers self-representing artist fine craft
  Maria Spies has worked as an independent ceramic artist since 1973. Originally from Mobile, she has studied with many national and international artists but most of her time has been spent in her own studio working and developing her own styles and...
• Jaclyn Benedict, Unique Handcrafted Fine Jewelry - Mobile AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in lapidary coastal artisan art self-representing artists mobile jaclyn benedict jewelry alabama design arts
  In 1974, when Jaclyn was in her sophomore year at the University of South Alabama, she happened to look through a doorway into a new art class being offered by Lloyd Patton. The class was metal smithing. She dropped her handful of clay and never look...
• Lowell Webb, Pottery - Magnolia Springs AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in coastal artisan art artisans lowell webb alabama webb pottery magnolia springs pottery arts craft self-representing artist raku
  Working with clay has been a love of Lowell's since his childhood. He first discovered clay on his own when he was about 5, while playing near his family's home in Fort Walton, Florida. When he was about 11, he happened to see a folk potter givi
• Celia Dionne, Fiber / Weaving - Foley AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in art weaving foley Clara's loom Celia Dionne alabama fashion craft coastal artisans self-representing artist artisan fine craft
  Handwoven Trans-Seasonal Wraps & ScarvesOriginally known for rag weaving and hand spinning in Tennessee, Celia Dionne has been exhibiting prize winning “Fun Wraps” since moving to Alabama in 1994.She weaves these shawls and triangle-based gar.
• Frank Ledbetter, Sculpture - AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in art metal alabama sculpture frank ledbetter coastal artisans fine craft
  Metal Artist Frank Ledbetter creates functional metal art using stainless steel, carbon steel and aluminum. Because his Dad always had a metal shop in the backyard, he grew up around steel fabrication and welding. After serving in the Marine Corps...
• Scott A. Blackwell, Cajun Art & Design - Waveland MS
  on Oct 12, 2008 in scott blackwell mississippi mombo company mombo graphics humor mombo designs design art gulf coast graphic arts cajun art self-representing artist
  "When i ate my first crayon as a kid, I knew I wanted to be an artist."Scott Blackwell... A Contemporary Humorist, with a Cajun and Carribean Twist, who takes art seriously, but with a big dose of humor and color.Scott takes his work to another
• Bethany Metzger, Decorative Floorcloths - Mobile AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in coastal artisan floorcloths art mobile alabama arts Bethany Metzger self-representing artist fine craft
  Degree in Art from the University of Alabama during the Paleolithic Period.In 1990, began an art partnership with Lucy Clark and created punched metal luminaries on mosaic bases. This proved too difficult to continue due to weight and sharp edges. Co...
• Charles Smith, Pottery - Mobile AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in art mobile african-american charles smith alabama pottery stoneware coastal artisans self-representing artist raku
  Charles Smith is a well-known and well-liked Mobile, AL, potter who began his career in the early 1970’s: “I began studying art after a tour of duty in Vietnam, the trauma surrounding the war made me want to pursue the arts.”Smith matured his i...
• Janet Hinton, Photography, Drawing, Printmaking - Ozark AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in printmaking art photography ozark janet hinton alabama painting fine art
  Janet Helene Hinton grew up in Attalla, Alabama and earned her MFA degree from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, majoring in printmaking with minor concentrations in painting and ceramics. She is on the art faculty at Wallace Community College...
• Robert "Spike" Cloninger, Fine Lathe Turned Vessels - Fairhope AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in coastal artisan art mobile alabama arts fairhope woodturning self-representing artist
  I am making wooden vessels - bowls, urns, vases, goblets - hand turned on a lathe, or hand carved, or both. My medium is wood that I harvest directly from tree or stump.The wood that I work with is of no value to more conventional woodworkers. The tw...
• Anne Webb, Pottery - Magnolia Springs AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in alabama magnolia springs webb pottery pottery stoneware raku coastal artisan art anne webb gulf coast arts self-representing artist fine craft
  A native of Canada, Anne relocated in 2000 from Ontario to coastal Alabama, where she currently shares a studio with Lowell Webb.She discovered the joy of working with clay in 1993 when she signed up for a pottery introduction class as a diversion fr...
• Kurtis N Thomas, Serigraphy (Fine Art Screenprinting) - Mobile AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in printmaking art mobile serigraphy kurtis thomas alabama silkscreen coastal artisans fine art self-representing artist
  "When I was in college, earning a BFA degree in art, I asked one of the professors why he made art. Waiting in anticipation of his answer, I was expecting some deep philosophical reasons. I will never forget his answer. He said, “I make art because
• William Colburn, Sculpture - Fairhope AL
  on Oct 12, 2008 in forge alabama william colburn sculpture fairhope coastal artisan art metal gulf coast sculptor arts iron steel
  William F Colburn, Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and currently resides and works in Fairhope. Following in his father's footsteps, he began welding at a very young age and over the last 15 years has successfully worked at establishing a busin