Charleston Crafts Cooperative Gallery Presents Low Country Inspiration at New Location

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Charleston Crafts Gallery has a brand-new location brimming with an array of inspiring artwork. The new location at 140 East Bay Street in the heart of Charleston’s art galleries, culinary delights and shopping hub is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm.  Established in 1989 as Charleston’s destination for fine craft for over three decades, the gallery celebrates the work of more than two dozen visionary South Carolina artisans. Their work, created with hands and heart, ranges from ceramics, glass and wood to fiber, jewelry and wearable art.

Four of our talented artists will be featured at the open house celebrating our new location at 140 East Bay Street on Friday, July7th, 5-8 PM coinciding with First Friday Artwalk. During the Open House, artwork created by all of our artist -members will be available for viewing and purchase. The gallery is owned and operated by its members allowing visitors opportunities to meet the artists and experience shopping with a personal touch. The gallery’s ever-changing collection offers handmade pieces to enliven the home, enhance personal style and inspire one-of-a-kind gifts.

Charleston Crafts Gallery has always shared the passion and creativity of juried artists, and we’re excited to continue our mission of showcasing emerging and established artisans, as well as building relationships among our members and the community.

For more information, contact the gallery at 843.501.7522.

Charleston Crafts Gallery Featured Artisans for July

Ron Herzog has been working with wood for over 22 years. He creates his beautiful, unique pieces using a process known as intarsia. The art of intarsia dates back to at least the fifteenth century and is a woodworking technique using interlocking pieces of wood of different species for color, grain and texture. The pieces are cut, shaped individually, and fitted together to achieve the desired design. Ron is a graduate of University of Illinois and a veteran Army pilot.

Selma Andrews creates beautiful and whimsical jewelry from polymer clay. Some elements are hand sculpted in a free-form style, while others are created using the millefiori techniques of traditional glassmaking to form this lightweight material into complex, colorful “canes” with patterns running through their entire length. The canes are then sliced and used to create intricate designs for her bold, colorful beads, barrettes, and broaches.

Shelby Lee crafts her own line of soaps, lotions, body butters, hand creams and soy wax candles inspired by Low Country scents and sights.  Her lotions and hand creams have scents and fanciful names such as “Follow your Folly”, and “Southern Sweet Tea”, and well as “Lowcountry lavender” and “Salty Seabrook”. She also has natural organic bug repellant, lip balm and deodorant.  Each of her body products are hand crafted with her own special recipes.

Marty Biernbaum is an artist working with encaustic wax. Marty states “I feel compelled to create new works that reveal the beauty I see in the world around me”. Being constantly tempted to try something different, Marty has ventured into the world of Encaustic Wax painting. Her paintings range from fanciful, abstract imagery to realistic representations of organic forms. She enjoys three-dimensional effects, and frequently uses thick applications of wax. Some works have over 20 layers of wax applied. Marty also incorporates materials such as gauze, photographs, various papers, found objects and organic materials with in her beautiful wax paintings.

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