Harvest Hues - Seventh Artist is EllJay Design

EllJay Design by Laura Steadman

I have been involved in arts and crafts of all sorts for most of my life.  I love working with my hands and have done cross stitch, Hardanger embroidery, crochet, Origami, designed and made teddy bears, painting, and other things too.

Years ago, my step-father took a jewellery class and I was impressed by the things he made.  I wanted to take the class too but put it off for a long long time.  When I finally took the class I was instantly hooked!  I am continually fascinated by the way a piece of metal can be transformed through many different techniques into something beautiful and wearable.  I have spent the last few years setting up my own studio and taking classes.  I work primarily with Sterling silver but will sometimes use copper and semi-precious stones and beads.  I was born and raised in Regina where I will continue to take classes and work on designing and creating new and unique pieces of jewellery.

Harvest Hues - Sixth Artist is Prairie Sky Creations

I love colours and rocks and things that are different! I try to create pieces that bring out the best of the materials I use. I find the prairie sky so inspiring because it can be so colourful and HUGE.

I am an artist who currently specializes handmade jewelry, silverwork, lampwork beads, and other accessories. The materials I use are Sterling silver, copper, my own lampwork glass beads, semi-precious stones, crystals and other metals.

My jewellery can be purchased on-line at www.prairieskycreations.ca and my lampwork beads are available at Beadplus. 

Harvest Hues - Fifth Artist is Roxanne Brown Jewellery

Roxanne Brown was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan and grew up in a family of creative people. Roxanne has been an accomplished seamstress for her adult life with an eye and enthusiasm for tasteful embellishment and accessories. Over the past 6 years Roxanne has also applied her accumulated skill and artistry to creating jewellery. Through artistically combining handcrafted Lampwork glass beads of other independent artists from around the world, semi-precious stones swarovski crystals and other high quality components; Roxanne creates original pieces that surprise and inspire. Roxanne also applies her skills to creating one-of-a-kind accent purses and scarves. Roxanne's creations come together under the label of Roxanne Brown Jewellery. 

Over the past 8 years she has worked as lead seamstress with Dean Renwick Design Studio and coming November 2012 she will be leaving the Design Studio to further her Jewellery business on a full time basis. Roxanne will continue to refine her skills and look for new directions to express her imagination.

https://www.facebook.com/RoxanneBrownJewellery

Harvest Hues - Fourth Artist is Shauna Mitru

Shauna Mitru is a self taught flamework artist who creates each piece of jewellery by hand herself, from the beads to the silver work. Her work is playful and reflects the joy she feels in applying her trade. She teaches bead-making classes and is the open studio instructor at the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre in Regina.  

www.shaunamitru.com

http://www.sccmembershipdirectory.com/type_professional-craftperson/mitru_shauna/mitru_s.htm

Harvest Hues - Third Artist is joni originals

Joan Pederson

Owner, joni originals--Creative Jewellery

Regina, Saskatchewan

I’ve always loved stones and used to collect them as a child.  I started designing jewellery as a therapy a few years ago after my parents had passed away.  Through self-teaching and help from friends I learned more about semi-precious stones and sterling silver.  After I lost my job, I started spending more time on my jewellery, attending Bead Shows for wholesalers in Tucson, Arizona, and looking for opportunities to sell-- beyond my network of friends and relatives! 

I’m always looking for unique stones, different colors and shapes. I also look for other metals as an alternative to sterling silver.  My goal is to make each jewellery piece unique … no two the same.  I may use similar stones but the designs are all different. I look for stones that are not common to Saskatchewan.  Although I use semi-precious stones, I strive to keep my costs down and my prices reasonable so that they are affordable for everyone.

Harvest Hues - Second Artist is Beyond Sight

Summer Hartzfeld - Beyond Sight Custom Jewellery

Summer Hartzfeld has been blind since infancy but that hasn't stopped her from crafting beautiful pieces of jewellery. She lives with her guide-dog, Lake, who helps her get around the city. She joined the Regina Farmer's Market in 1997. Lake and Summer make their way to the market by bus, with Summer carrying all her cases in a back pack. She designed her cases herself and had them made by a local craftsperson.

Summer chooses her pieces by shape and texture, rather than by colour. She prefers to work with natural material such as semi-precious stones, sterling silver, and shells. Summer crafts all her own wire components from sterling silver wire. By touch she is able to make perfect loops and swirls. She can feel the smallest inclusion in a stone and can frequently tell the type of stone by its feel.

“I start playing with the beads, feeling each one, and figuring what shapes it will go with. I choose my stones carefully. My hands are my eyes. For colour I have to rely on the description by my sighted friends. Majority rules when it comes to colour, as everyone seems to have their own way of describing it. I think the stones show how amazing God's Creation is.”

Harvest Hues - First Artist is Myrna's Jewellery

Jewellery Handcrafted by Myrna Allan

Throughout my years of living in Regina, I’ve been a regular attending all the various nearby craft shows and purchasing unique gifts for family and friends.  I never thought I would eventually be someone that would have a table and sell my own wares.

I’ve always enjoyed creating different things with my hands, however, that was put on hold when I was deeply entrenched in work life.  When I retired from the provincial government, I knew that I wanted to do something creative once again.

In 2007, I registered for my first Jewellery class at Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre.  I’ve taken numerous classes and learned many different techniques.  Today I continue to take classes to improve my skills and incorporate many of the learned techniques into my Jewellery.

I really enjoy working with a variety of metals (silver, copper, brass, titanium, and niobium) to make and design my Jewellery.

Throughout the time at the studio I have met many wonderful people.  It’s been a great way to be creative and socialize at the same time. The social aspect of meeting others that are also creating is just what I wanted to fulfill my retirement.

Most of my Jewellery is fairly petite and delicate, with simple lines.  I believe my pieces are unique to themselves and no two are exactly the same, something is always a wee bit different.

 I hope you will enjoy wearing my Jewellery as much as I enjoy making and designing the one of a kind pieces.

Harvest Hues Next Saturday!!

Harvest Hues is only 1 week away! 

Saturday, September 22, 2012

10 am - 5 pm

Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre

2900- 13th Avenue

Regina, SK

Admission is free and there is a free draw to win a lovely creation from one our artists!

Our lineup for this year's show is:

Myrna's Jewellery

Beyond Sight

joni originals

Shauna Mitru

Roxanne Brown Jewellery

Prairie Sky Creations

EllJay Design

Teresa Moxley

Surrayah's Jewels

Rock'n

D.P. Creations

Joanne Pelletier

Harvest Hues 3rd Annual Jewellery Exposition

Mid Summer's Art Festival in Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask.

Yesterday was a great day for an outdoor festival! The Mid Summer's Art Festival was held inside the "New Fort" at Fort Qu'Appelle in the valley. It was beautiful out!  The weather was great with plenty of sunshine. There were a lot of visitors, some even came out from the city for the event.

Quite a few of our JewelleryWon artists had booths there: DP Creations, Roxanne Brown's Jewellery, Rock'n, Prairie Sky Creations and Brenda Wolf Ceramics was also there with her new line of pottery. it was great to see everyone and all their beautiful work! Looking forward to next year!