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Aggravated strapping

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Gorgeous belts and cuffs.

bio: Jacob Vaughn is an accomplished interdisciplinary artist originally from Boston who runs an independent and eco-friendly screen printing, leatherworking and design company called Project TransAction.

Since graduating from Massachusetts College of Art in 2003, Jake has participated as an emerging filmmaker in the the Pawtucket Film Festival in Rhode Island as well as the Flaming Film Festival in Minneapolis, MN. In addition to this, he has also has work in an internationally traveling anti-occupation exhibition of prints called ”Yo! What Happened to Peace?” that was shown in the US, Tokyo, Iceland, and Italy (as well as several other international cities) and participated in the show “Paper Politics” in Chicago, IL with the Street Art Workers.

Jake recently relocated himself, the business, and his dog to San Francisco, CA where he is making plans to responsibly take over the world.

Emily Dyer

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I love her beautiful stitched and stamped pieces.

Emily Dyer bio: I am a ceramic artist in Minneapolis, MN. My forms are wheelthrown or hand-built from slabs of a creamy white stoneware clay. Pieces are individually decorated by hand using tools to impress “stitching” and other textured patterns. Pots are accented with underglazes, slips and stains. Decorative patterns are my own creations, inspired by antique and folk art quilt patterns, historic and contemporary textiles and nature. My work is fired to cone 6 in an electric kiln. Pottery is food safe, microwave and dishwasher friendly (although hand-washing is always safer).