Posts under ‘featured artist’

Margaret is known as minimeg on Etsy. She makes cute stuff out of yarn, ties, buttons, and other things. She lives in Midland, Michigan, but goes to school in the Cleveland area most of the year. What is your first memory of your craft? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own? [...]

Tricia Hodson, or LazyT, of LazyTcrochet is this week’s featured artist. Tricia is from Garrettsville, Ohio, which is between Cleveland and Youngstown. What is your first memory of knitting or crochet? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own? I sat down with a book and taught myself how to crochet. I [...]

Susan Saltzman is well known for her distinctive jewelry incorporating beach stones. Much imitated but never duplicated, her work has been featured in a number of books and magazines. Susan sells her work under the name stonz on Etsy. What is your first memory of making things? Where did you learn to do this? The [...]

Mary McKinley lives in Avon Lake and sells her gorgeous work on Etsy as the Vintage Brooch Company. What is your first memory of jewelry making? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own? I’ve always possessed a love of art, collage, vintage items, rhinestones, and jewelry. One year for Christmas my [...]

Tell us your name, your Etsy shop name, and what city you live in. My name is Nicki Schleckman, and my etsy shop is HandMade.etsy.com. When I picked the user name HandMade I thought it was pretty clever and all encompassing, and was surprised that no one had already taken it. Later I realized it [...]

Chris Zielski from Cleveland Heights is this week’s featured artist. She sells at Etsy under the name CopperLeafStudios. What is your first memory of your craft? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own? I consider myself to be a collage artist primarily, although my medium has ranged from textiles to photo [...]

This week’s featured artist is Leah Anastasakis of Broadview Heights, who sells under the name LeahAnaDesigns on Etsy. What is your first memory of your craft? Did someone teach you, or did you learn on your own? In 8th grade art class I made my first linoleum block cut and learned how to print it [...]

Cleveland Handmade’s first featured artist is Sara Kate, who lives in Solon, Ohio. It is fitting that she is our first featured artist, because she kick-started this whole thing with one simple question in the Etsy forums: “Anyone in the Cleveland area?” Sara Kate makes awesome bags and envelope wallets; I myself am a proud [...]