Welcome to the Jewelry, Fiber and Fashion Walking Tour.
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Studios: First Floor
The first floor is home to Navigation Brewing which is open Thursday – Sunday.
Studio: 145
Artist: Queen Allotey-Pappoe
Studio Name: Queen Adeline
Queen Adeline is a sustainable fashion brand dedicated to creating one-of-a-kind styles for women on the go. Each piece is inspired by the vibrant culture of Africa and is made using holistic and sustainable processes.
Studio: 175
Artist: Kyle Ahern
Studio Name: Ahern Jewelry Designs
Kyle a jeweler offering everything from silver, gold platinum diamonds and gemstones. My most recent interest is natural American turquoise.
Studios: Second Floor
The second floor also is home to Nibbana Cafe which is open Thursday – Sunday, the Loading Dock Gallery which is open Wednesday – Sunday, as well as Refuge Lowell – an after school arts program for teenagers.
Studio: 247
Artist: Lynn and Duane Mohney
Studio Name: Prunella’s WorkshopPrunella’s Workshop designs and creates metal jewelry and clothing accessories inspired by the Renaissance and Victorian periods, as well as steampunk.
Studio: 223
Artist: Queen Allotey-Pappoe
Studio Name: Queen Adeline
Queen Adeline is a sustainable fashion brand dedicated to creating one-of-a-kind styles for women on the go. Each piece is inspired by the vibrant culture of Africa and is made using holistic and sustainable processes.
Studio: 269
Artist: Tara Santoro
Studio Name: Tara OriginalsOne of a kind Wearable Art jewelry, inspired by contemporary, minimal, modern design and architecture, with elements of strong graphic lines, symmetry, and contrasting textures.
Studios: Third Floor
Studio: 373
Artist: Eling Chang
Studio Name: Migration Goodsmigration goods aka eling chang makes tiny + adorable gifts and art.
Studio: 379
Artist: Carolyn Lee
Carolyn is a multifaceted artist and creator of all things colorful. This is reflected in her mixed media paintings, beaded jewelry, quilts, and art journals. She also enjoys crocheting, knitting, bead crochet, printmaking, sewing, and soapmaking.
Studios: Fourth Floor
Studio: 400
Artist: Rosa Croughwell
Studio Name: Crochet WellRosa creates cute crocheted animals and other delightful gifts.
Studio: 407
Artist: Tarja Cockell
Studio Name: Tarja Cockell StudioMy fiber art explores traditional textile techniques with a contemporary twist. I enjoy the process of weaving and the unique textures that it creates. My motifs vary from abstract to representational images and are often merely suggestive. In my dimensional weavings I am intrigued by the shapes, contours and the interplay of light and shadow. I also make functional accessories for home and personal use.
Studio: 411
Artist: Carol Rissman
Studio Name: Carol Rissman CeramicsI use foliage and natural objects both as inspiration and as actual tools for creating surface designs on my ceramic wall pieces and necklaces. A former Resident Artist at Harvard University’s Ceramics Program, my work is shown at venues including the Fuller Craft Museum and the U. Mass Medical Center.
Studio: 479
Artist: Wanda Metcalf
Studio Name: OrnerymentsA mix of watercolors, jewelry and computer-manipulated photographs.
Studios: Fifth Floor
Studio: 1
Artist: Heidi Jackson
Studio Name: Heidi Jackson Fine ArtHeidi is fascinated with many art forms, harvesting new concepts; combining drawing, painting and sculpture. She is in love with the secrets within the paint, paper, graphite, wood, stone, clay, iron, and bronze; all sharing possibilities residing within her pencil, brush, chisel, file, fire, hammer, hands and imagination.
Studio: 561
Artist: Karen Christians
Studio Name: Karen Christians
Karen Christians is a jewelry educator, maker, and writer in the metal arts. Karen teaches and lectures nationally, and is published in many professional and technical magazines. She is the author of two books Making the Most of Your Flex-Shaft, and recently, Jewelry of Burning Man.
Studio: 579
Artist: Sandrine Colson
Studio Name: Sandrine Fine Art and JewelryMy mission as an artist is “Valuing The Uniqueness In Each Of Us.” I have always imagined myself as a teller of stories except that images, landscapes, colors, flowers, mixed media, sculptures, paintings, and other ways of expressing myself as an artist are the ways I tell stories, using colors, materials and textures.
Lofts
The Lofts are only open to the public during First Saturday or other special events as posted.
Loft: 104
Artist: Sydney Leonard
Studio Name: SMLeo HandmadeLeonard uses traditional quilt piecing methods, embroidery, and printmaking techniques to celebrate the lineage of fiber craft and to create a nostalgic bridge between the past and present. Sydney’s quilts, garments and prints bring a love, care, and delicacy to everyday life. Each object created by Sydney is adorned with hand detailing- her objective is to craft modern heirlooms that may be adored for decades to come.
Studio: 121
Artist: Antoinette Indge
Studio Name: CinderloopCinderloop is a handmade clothing line for women featuring dresses, tops, tunics and scarves in quality knits.
Loft: 207
Artist: Barbara Poole
Studio Name: B.FeltI create one of a kind and limited production felted art to wear. Through experimentation and noting the variable shrink rates for the combination of wool and various textiles, I can create garments that are beautiful and well fitted. Multiple felting techniques are used in the making of the garments, these include: wet, seamless, needle felting, variable shrink, 3-D resists and laminate methods. In the dye work the techniques that are employed are immersion, painting, Shibori and clamp resist printing.
Loft: 211
Artist: Johanna Tiemann
Studio Name: Johanna’s DreamThe very first time I touched silk with a brush full of dye, I was exhilarated. The color became intense and deep, and the silk did its thing, making the dye appear to glitter, adding a subtle dimensionality. I was transfixed.
