Handmade Crafts

Handcrafted, Original, Unique, Tie-Dyed Designs on Clothing & Fabrics Hand- Tied & Hand- Dyed creations, Dresses, Pants, Vests, children & baby outfits, Tapestry, Hats, Socks

Website: http://theoriginal2dye4.com

Painting & Mixed Media

"I am inspired by vintage fashion to design a costume, paint the background (Acrylics), the portrait (Oil), and sew fabric on the canvas. I also do a variety of colorful palette knife paintings in oil"

Leather

Sabrina Stallworth, a self-taught artist from Biloxi, MS. art works are created from glass, and plastic bottles. Also, designer of-handcrafted jewelry, handbags, baby booties, sandals, belts, and wallets crafted from: natural exotic hides, skins, furs, semi precious gems, exotic wood beads, and crystal beads.

Glass & Mixed Media

"I create paintings from glass and resin and I also paint wildlife on slate."

Live Music

The Bay Ratz Marching Battery is a group of kids of all ages and skill levels who like to bang on stuff. We've got some adults who want to motivate these kids and maybe make some noise, too! The Bay Ratz Marching Battery aims to teach youth on the Mississippi Gulf Coast musical skills and composition, team building and self-confidence through drum instruction.

Jewelry

Nicole uses organic materials, such as cotton, leather, hemp, pearls, shells & gemstones. In metals, she uses copper & sterling silver. She like metal stamping & etching. She also does wire wrapping & wire weaving.

Website: https://www.instagram.com/beach_tribe_jewelry

Painting / Mixed-Media

"I am an acrylic pour artist. I also work with resin. I am inspired by the coast. Almost all of my pieces can be used for the everyday home."

Ceramics

Christian is a high school art teacher with a passion for pottery and all things ceramics. Working from his studio in Saucier he explores the limits of clay by creating his undulating forms. The underwater world is one of his many influences and is an avid scuba diver. When not working hard in the studio or the classroom he enjoys relaxing with his wife and four legged children.

Mixed Media

Jim Hobson and Ione Davis have been doing shows for two years. Hobson sells ready-made signs and 3D art on reclaimed wood and Ione makes trays and embroidered towels and aprons.

Painting

"Acrylic which is versatile in that I do washes that look like water color but can also use like oils. I like to also paint with pallet brushes. I have fun with pencil drawings as well."

Live Music

Diggs plays acoustic guitar and sings, deeply rooted in the Americana tradition, with one foot in the modern world, Diggs is a true Coast original, and a badass with a looper pedal.

Leather

FinchnFox creates wearable art using leather, making one of a kind leather purses, capes & hats. Each purse is designed, hand cut & sewn using the organic shape & pattern of each hide. No two items are alike.

Woodowrking

Specific shapes, both conventional and unconventional, are turned on a lathe from native and exotic tree wood. They are then sanded and finished with color/clear sealers and lacquers.

Jewelry

"I create jewelry with a coastal theme using copper sheets, resin, solder, clay, textiles and recycled materials such as glass, wire and beads. I use my own drawings, carvings and painting in my work."

Painting / Mixed Media

"I’ve been a full time tattooer for 19 years. I paint in the tattoo shop in my spare time to help maintain my lazy and loose grasp on regular daily routine."

Live Dance Performance

Led by Marion Brewer, the Handmaidens of the Lord are a group of women and girls from St Rose de Lima Catholic Church who find joy in coming together to express their love of Christ through dance. Their expressive choreography tells a story of passion, love, sacrifice and community. The Handmaidens were a huge hit at our festival last year and are sure to move your spirit again this year.

Live Music

Hadley Hill spent much of her childhood watching her grandfather play music and knew that’s what she wanted to do. “I grew up and I wanted to be a part of the band. I started learning guitar when I was 10," she said. Hill, a trained vocal teacher is a winner of last years Gulf Coast Idol competition.

Jewelry

"My body of work consists primarily of enamel on copper. Each piece is uniquely designed for structure, color and texture and feature various enameling techniques."

Sculpture

Architectural art of the City Of New Orleans. Three dimensional relief pieces, wall mounted and freestanding, hand finished & stained in weathered, ancient finishes.

Web site: www.johnmarcanderson.com

Live Music

In a short period of time, Kelsey Moran has become a stalwart on the local music scene. Her laid back stage presence and terrific musicianship has impressed many a listener, to the point where she can be seen somewhere on the Coast almost any night. Inspired by Elvis to play guitar, she studied jazz at USM and studied keeping a crowd happy at countless gigs at a variety of venues over the last few years. “I really like playing oldies, a lot of that style. They call them the golden oldies, classical, stuff everyone can get into. Yeah, I like to play crowd-pleasing songs.”

Ceramics, Weaving & Jewelry

"We are inspired by Nature to create in our cabin studios in Dedeaux community of south Mississippi. James hand dyes natural fibers then weaves them into beautiful shawls.  Margaret creates in terra cotta clays functional and decorative wall plaques, mugs, ornaments, jewelry, and Nativities"{

Jewelry

Jewelry is handcrafted from PMC fired and polished into solid fine silver. Designs are both from natural found objects: acorns, leaves, natural fiber & unique textures to create wearable unique art.

Website: http://Www.laurielamarca.com

Woodworking

All work is 100% handcrafted using poplar or pine wood. Items include memory boxes, frames, and small furniture. Products are also hand-painted with original designs.

Website: http://www.lawsonwoodworks.com

Painting

Leanna is a floral artist who uses palette knives and oil paint to create a 3D effect on canvas. She also paints bridal bouquets both from photograph and in person at the wedding reception.

Copper wire sculptures, window art using paint, stained glass, epoxy resin and recycled material

Metalworks

"Copper and brass shaped over a wooden stump with ball peen hammers that is then sautered and brazed, after cleaning the metal I then give it a chemical patina stain and a lacquer finish"

Painting & Mixed Media

"I am an artist that uses a variety of mediums for painting. This includes acrylic, oils and watercolor. I also design handmade jewelry such as beaded and ceramic earrings and bracelets."

Painting

Shoshanna Marcus paints custom commissions of pets and will offering a selection of pre-made pet paintings at Arts Alive!

Website: https://personalpetsoncanvas.store/

Furniture

Furniture restorer & artisan using chalk paint with hand applied finishes. Specializes in buffet sideboard period pieces around 1930 and 1940... Upcycle outdated small lamps and trays.

Painting

Ricky's designs mirror the emotions of our lives and bring to light stories of the past and present. His designs tell the stories of poverty, race, segregation, and life's challenges.

Website: http://www.artbyrickysteele.com/

Sculpture

"I sculpt funky creatures from my Imagination out of clay. I use hand-building techniques. Each on is a original one of a kind work. For color I use velvet under glazes and multiple glaze firings."

Painting & Mixed Media

"I will be displaying original multimedia art, woodcarving, and photography as well as demonstrating the use of a CNC Laser Engraver"

Ceramic Art

Joan is known for her Women Standing Tall Series. They are completely hand built and each is a one of kind piece. They do not have faces but capture the essence of all women. Women who have overcome adversity in their lives and can share their experience strength and hope. 

Live Music

Harmonica-playing, singer-songwriter Shannon "Bayou" Williford is kind of a big deal in the Americana / blues scene, but he'd probably never admit it. Go ahead, look him up.

Jewelry

"I make diffuser jewelry and use cork, lava, leather, clay, wood and oysters to make my jewelry with the ability to hold on to or diffuse essential oils."

Glass

"I am a local stained glass artist who has been creating pieces for the past 15 years. I have done pieces for restaurants, schools, churches and individuals. My love for stained glass started as a child. My father was in the navy and we spent a number of years living in Spain which afforded us the opportunity to travel through Europe. I was always drawn to the windows in cathedrals and their elaborate stained glass."

Glass

Studio Inferno is a hot glass studio, founded in 1991 by Mitchell Gaudet, in the New Orleans neighborhood of Bywater.  Studio Inferno is in the process of moving over to the gulf coast into the building at Studio Waveland + Gallery.

Functional Art

"We are a husband & wife team of photographers creating city-specific handmade gifts. We use a process called dye-sublimation where the image transfers from the print paper to USA-made raw materials."

Website: http://www.southaustingallery.com

Candles

"My husband and I make soy candles. We melt the 100% soy wax, add color & scent then let it cure for two to three weeks."

Painting / Mixed Media

Acrylic paint on variety of surfaces, including canvas, ceramic dinner ware and furniture.

Jewelry

"I use antique buttons(c.1850-1918), vintage glass, cameos, & typewriter keys to make jewelry blending Victorian, Renaissance & Modern styles to create new jewelry that will last for another 100 years."

Live Music

The Electric Sheep is made up of guitarist John Anderson, bass guitarist Sanjay Chaube, vocalist Jamie Parolli, and Parolli’s husband, Landon, on drums. The band in its present form has been together for about two years.

Singer Jamie Parolli's vocals are deeply rooted in the female rock vocalists of the 1980s and 1990s, and she’s been influenced heavily by performers like Alanis Morrissette, Lita Ford, Joan Jett and Pat Benatar.

Jewelry

A wire-wrap artist who loves our natural stones from the earth that God has given us. Wrapping materials are either 14/20 gold-fill, Argentium Sterling Silver or copper, whichever the stone demands.

Live Music

Northeast Mississippi native Thomas Jackson is steeped in the rich cultural heritage of his home state—playing a traditional and humbling brand of country music. His latest effort entitled Bridgeburner, is a collection of country-folk songs that tell the tales of Jackson’s life as a storyteller and performer.

Jewelry

Bob starts with stones in the rough from rocks around the world. He slabs them, shapes them, and puts on a hand polish spending 2 1/2 hours on each. Connie then Wire Wraps each in Sterling Silver.

Website: http://unique-stones.com/