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Aaron Lundstrom, Grovestream
Alison Eckhardt, Above the Fold Origami
Alyssa Asteya, The Shag Bag
Alyssa Kail, Birdface
Amanda Siska, Bread and Badger
Angela Muldoon, Giant Jewels
Anitra Cameron, Coffee Pot People, and Ani Watersprite Designs
April Alden, Rosewebs
Becky Bilyeu, Soulful Artisan
Bethany Moore Garrison, Kiva Studio
Carolyn Claire Mitchell, Carolyn Quinn Designs
Cassandra Mathieson, Cadaverous Lovely
Chance Corbeil, Recycled Wind Chimes
Cheryl Williamson, Tangle
Christine Claringbold, Eye Pop Art
Cristina Aucone, Modica Design
Dave Sage, Dave Sage Design
Denise Castañon, Crafty
Devon Driscoll, West Coast Bound Books
Dorothy Lewis, Grace is Enough
Emily Baker, Emily Baker Sustainable Jewelry
Heidi Leugers, Reclaimed Wool
Jacob Deatherage, Ex Libris Anonymous
Jamie Daniels, Spystress
Jan White, Ecocozy
Jason Greene, Board Games
Jillian Doughty, 22 Pages
Jules Burlay, With Love Clothing
Julia Garretson
Julia Skerry, Skerry Art
Julie Bramman, nudge
Kate Carder and Michael Medina, Tease Recyclewear
Kori Giudici, Flipside Hats
Kristen Krauter, Regeneration
Lacey Bronson, and Sometimes Y
LeBrie Rich, PenFelt
Lee Meredith, leethal
Liz Dickey, 1.by.Liz
Liz White, Liz White Studio
Mary L.K. Davis, Above the Surface
Mary Kelly, Lolly-Tots
Megan Klepp, Ta-Dah
Micki Selvitella, Northern Heart Designs
Naomi Berg, Transformations Glassworks
Nick Kehoe
Rachel Beyer, Camp Smartypants
Robin Epstein, Bunny Huggins & Co.
Stephanie Weber, Pickle Things
Susan Hurst, SEH What?
Tim Combs, The Reclamation Project
Trillium Design

Aaron Lundstrom, Grovestream
 
Aaron Lundstrom, <EM>Grovestream</EM>
When Aaron Lundstrom decided to leave the urban landscape of Minnesota for a small town on the Canadian-Minnesotan border, he found himself amongst a population of zealous fishermen who didn't quite understand a person riding a bicycle during the winter. Thus began an expedition to fuse the world of the year-round bicyclist with the world of the northwoods fisherman.

The result was a fishing pole made entirely from bicycle parts and bicycle tools, which led to other items that favor interpersonal and environmental cooperation being created, including bicycle-based jewelry and a cooperative-based chess game made from rocks found on the ground and tile pulled from a dumpster.

Grovestream is now in Portland, Oregon and is fit for men and women alike!

Aaron is also freely available to discuss the right cause for a better earth and humanity.


http://grovestream.etsy.com


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Alison Eckhardt, Above the Fold Origami
 
Alison Eckhardt, <EM>Above the Fold Origami</EM>
Alison Eckhardt first started selling origami jewelry at the Artisans 21 Gallery in Chicago, IL. She relocated to Portland in 2007, where an active recycling community and a long-term interest in different kinds of paper came together to form Above the Fold Origami. Using paper reclaimed from many different sources, including old magazines, advertisements, and book illustrations, Alison makes tiny origami sculptures that are often mistaken for painted glass. Recently, Alison has also started making larger pieces, such as origami bonsais, mobiles, and flower arrangements. She is particularly inspired by the textures and colors available in nature, from sweeping landscapes to the minute patterns of a dragonfly wing. The infinite variety available with reclaimed paper means that each piece is completely unique. Alison also teaches origami workshops for both kids and adults through Dava Bead & Trade.

http://abovethefoldorigami.etsy.com

Alison's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:
  • Jane Currin, 828 NW 23rd Ave., Portland, OR


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Alyssa Asteya, The Shag Bag
 
Alyssa Asteya, <EM>The Shag Bag</EM>
Alyssa Asteya has a passion for recycled and reclaimed materials. It was the materials themselves that originally inspired her to start creating back in the mid-1990s. She was living in Kansas City where recycling was scarce. The art and furniture she made from mostly found materials, old molding and wood was "cutting edge" there, which was pretty amusing at the time, being from Portland where recycling was already second nature to Alyssa.



Over the years Alyssa's creations have included the functional and fine arts, from furniture, altars, sculptures, to paintings and more, but she is always drawn to the process that using salvaged, reclaimed and recycled materials inspires and requires. To take an object that has been thrown away or is no longer useful and breathe creativity into it, to give it a new life, to reveal its beauty or usefulness, is deeply meaningful to her.

http://theshagbag.etsy.com



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Alyssa Kail, Birdface
 
Alyssa Kail, <EM>Birdface</EM>
Alyssa started sewing out of necessity on her mom's dusty, old sewing machine. In high school, her best friend's mother was manager of the thrift store in their small Pennsylvania town, which meant they had the pick of the litter. Overrun with misshapen treasures, Alyssa began tearing apart and recreating, and hasn't looked back since.


Alyssa hates to see anything thrown away and gets great satisfaction in making the old new again. Sustainability is her drive and she is committed to creating quality and practical pieces with a healthy helping of retro, fun, and one-of-a-kind.



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Amanda Siska, Bread and Badger
 
Amanda Siska, <EM>Bread and Badger</EM>
Amanda believes that your home decor should compliment your personality, and designs on glassware are a perfect way to express that. Bread and Badger is her way of bringing fun, iconic imagery into everyone's home. Recycled and reclaimed glass items are sandblasted or hand-engraved with her playful artwork, creating functional pieces for men and women alike. Which is your favorite design?


http://www.breadandbadger.com
http://www.breadandbadger.etsy.com



Amanda's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Angela Muldoon, Giant Jewels
 
Angela Muldoon, <EM>Giant Jewels</EM>
Angela Muldoon is a local metalsmith and mixed media artist currently working in recycled acrylic and reclaimed industrial materials. A majority of her time is spent mining the many thrift and antique shops throughout the Portland metro area for tiny treasures to mold, cast or use whole in her work. Portland is home to numerous junk shops that can be a staple to an artist like Angela. Relatively inexpensive resources can be found at the "Bins," where cast-offs from local Goodwill Industries retail locations can be found - one can spend hours dodging germ bullets while reaping the goldmine of stuff that is invaluable to a creative junk-collector like Angela!

Angela was enrolled as a metalsmithing major at Oregon College of Art & Craft with a minor in drawing. She had a background in goldsmithing before her move to Oregon in 2000 from New York, but her real education in metal working began at OCAC where her responsibilities included metal shop tech, a student job where she cleaned and maintained the studio equipment, replenished supplies and helped students with trouble-shooting there.

In addition, Angela was assistant teacher to Marcia Bruno for her workshop at OCAC. Marcia is an expert sheet acrylic artist and jeweler. Her innovative and imaginative work inspired Angela to pursue the work she does now. Her many art shows include participation in group exhibits at places like Reading Frenzy, Ristretto Roasters and Gallery 500. She is also a regular vendor at Crafty Wonderland, where she sells her line of jewelry called "Giant Jewels."

http://giantjewels.etsy.com


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Anitra Cameron, Coffee Pot People, and Ani Watersprite Designs
 
Anitra Cameron, <EM>Coffee Pot People, and Ani Watersprite Designs</EM>
The women in Anitra's family have been told, "Every one of you carries a dish gene!" Finding orphaned saucers and adding colorful bits of this and that to their centers lets Anitra feed her dish addiction and creativity through China Blossoms--glass flowers that bloom all year, never wilt, never need watering, and thrive wherever they're planted.

http://coffeepotpeople.etsy.com
http://aniwatersprite.etsy.com
Anitra's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:



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April Alden, Rosewebs
 
April Alden, <EM>Rosewebs</EM>

April is a welder by trade. She is an artist as well as a seamstress. People often ask - is that made out of a lawnchair? Why, yes it is! Her items are such fun to carry and are super durable. Lots of bright colors with a twist of old school. April has over 30 colors available!

http://www.rosewebs.etsy.com

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Becky Bilyeu, Soulful Artisan
 
Becky Bilyeu, <EM>Soulful Artisan</EM>
Becky Bilyeu infuses her art with words and color and her photographs resonate with spirit. She strives to capture the soulful essence of her subject whether it be the heart of a blooming flower, a dog's wagging tail or a child's smile. She also currently works full time as the Activities Director at Menlo Park Health Center and spends her free time behind the camera lens and creating her Recycled Tag Bookmarks and Recycled Bottle Cap Magnets for Trillium Artisans.


http://soulfulartisan.etsy.com



Becky's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Bethany Moore Garrison, Kiva Studio
 
Bethany Moore Garrison, <EM>Kiva Studio</EM>
Bethany Moore Garrison arrived in Portland in 2007 after spending a few years on Orcas Island where she made sculpture out of amazing junk and ran an organization that records medieval music. When she arrived in Portland, she knew she'd found her home. Beth is a graduate of Western Washington University holding a BA in sculpture.

Her favorite things are funky old buttons, copper, metal salvage, scrap yards, hardware stores, rooting through old barns and finding a priceless treasure on the side of the road. When not making art, Beth can be found road tripping, making marmalade or trance dancing to didgeridoos. She lives and works in North Portland and shares her life with her husband Jonathan.

http://kivastudio.blogspot.com
http://kivastudio.etsy.com
http://www.kiva-studio.com


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Carolyn Claire Mitchell, Carolyn Quinn Designs
 
Carolyn Claire Mitchell, <EM>Carolyn Quinn Designs</EM>
Carolyn loves to make beautiful jewelry using found and reclaimed materials. Originally from Ireland and now living in Portland, Oregon, she is inspired by dancing, serendipity, sustainability and fun.

Carolyn's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Cassandra Mathieson, Cadaverous Lovely
 
Cassandra Mathieson, <EM>Cadaverous Lovely</EM>
Cassandra began making hats and hair embellishments in the back alleyways of Portland, Oregon. She enjoys designing couture millinery with a combination of the leftover bits and pieces from throw-away piles, and her grandmother's torn up night dresses. She thinks this is important not only because it reduces waste, but also because there is beauty in the forgotten things of yesterday.

The organic materials used to embellish pieces are naturally harvested and one hundred percent cruelty free. Her lovely head adornments are popular both with beautiful can-can dancers from the brothels, and by proper ladies and dandy gentlemen alike!

Cassandra has yet to come across something she's found that would be unfit for wear on the head.

http://xrayted.etsy.com

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Chance Corbeil, Recycled Wind Chimes
 
Chance has a passion for restoring the inherent value in degraded materials. By repurposing "junk" metals as qualities of recycled wind chimes, the objects transcend the state of broken, bent or lost. His inspiration comes from nature and human creativity, which both build upon their previous accomplishments and move beyond them.

The items he manipulates reflect the meaning and scenarios within his poetry and graphic designs. The use of found objects allow Chance to pull his favorite symbols, like the skeleton key, off the page and into a space that can be seen, touched and heard.


http://www.chancecorbeil.com
http://chancestore.etsy.com


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Cheryl Williamson, Tangle
 
Cheryl Williamson, <EM>Tangle</EM>
Cheryl is a Portlander, born and raised. She has been fabricating metal jewelry for more than ten years. In the last two years she has been enjoying exploring a new creative outlet with sewing. She uses reclaimed fabric in all her work. She has also been using vintage buttons to make fun jewelry.


http://tangle.etsy.com


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Christine Claringbold, Eye Pop Art
 
Christine Claringbold, <EM>Eye Pop Art</EM>
Christine Claringbold hopes to make your eyes pop with her vibrant, intricate mandala patterns on recycled vinyl records. Christine is also a mom, an art teacher, a muralist, and a back-up singer in the punk rock band Dartgun & The Vignettes. Her Mandala Pinwheels will be available in the Summer 2010 catalog by Uncommon Goods. Christine also works as the Program Coordinator for Trillium Artisans.



http://www.eyepopart.com
http://eyepopart.etsy.com
http://eyepopart.blogspot.com
http://eyepopart.makersmarket.com


Christine's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:

And these web stores and catalogs:


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Cristina Aucone, Modica Design
 
Cristina Aucone, <EM>Modica Design</EM>
Modica Design incorporates materials from Cristina Aucone's background in furniture design into her jewelry. Wood, providing warmth and texture. Resin, providing light and color. Together they create a unique dialog between contrasting worlds. Natural meets man-made. Opaque houses translucent. Warm collides with cool. The union of materials along with Cristina's commitment to high-quality, handcrafted jewelry is what gives this line a fresh, contemporary elegance.


http://www.modicadesign.com
http://www.modica.etsy.com

Cristina's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Dave Sage, Dave Sage Design
 
Dave Sage, <EM>Dave Sage Design</EM>
Dave Sage crafts reclaimed and found wood into useful household items. He strives to solve simple problems while revealing beauty. All products are made with non-toxic finishes.

http://www.davesagedesign.com

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Denise Castañon, Crafty
 
Denise Castañon, <EM>Crafty</EM>
After working as a magazine editor for more than eight years, Denise decided to take a break. Not one to sit idle for too long, she took a sewing class and a firestorm of creativity erupted. Soon Denise began sewing purses and headbands, re-learning to knit, and designing her own embroidery patterns. Denise sells her Crafty creations, including wire-wrapped jewelry, at arts and craft shows around the Pacific Northwest.



http://CraftyHandmade.etsy.com

Denise's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Devon Driscoll, West Coast Bound Books
 
Devon Driscoll, <EM>West Coast Bound Books</EM>
While attending art school, Devon took a variety of classes. One included bookmaking and papermaking...and so began her love for hand-binding books. Several years ago, a friend suggested she use a Scrabble board to bind a book and she hasn't looked back since!




Devon's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:
  • Lucky Dumpster, 14011 McTaggart Ave. Edison, Washington


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Dorothy Lewis, Grace is Enough
 
Dorothy Lewis, <EM>Grace is Enough</EM>
Dorothy Lewis is Jamaican by birth. She has always enjoyed sewing and designing, making clothing and household items that were different, and that had a flair. She has found that using what she has on hand increases the creative juices, and she has fun reshaping old into new. Finding materials to work with is so stimulating; Dorothy sees all kinds of possibilities in each treasure found. Often the outcome surprises even her. She then thanks the Lord for the creativity He has seen fit to give her.

http://graceisenough.etsy.com

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Emily Baker, Emily Baker Sustainable Jewelry
 
Emily Baker, <EM>Emily Baker Sustainable Jewelry</EM>
Emily Baker is a self-taught artist and designer. Jewelry design, landscape design, music, and painting are a few of the mediums she works in. Currently, her line, Emily Baker Sustainable Jewelry, is a hit among eco-savvy men and ladies everywhere. She creates earrings and necklaces out of used car parts and the result is tough and pretty at the same time. You can find the goods at SWORD + FERN, her new shop at 811 East Burnside in Portland, and hear her band, Love Menu, playing around Portland. You can also find her every First Thursday in the Pearl, at space #213.

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Heidi Leugers, Reclaimed Wool
 
Heidi Leugers, <EM>Reclaimed Wool</EM>
In the late fall of 1998, Heidi Leugers created her first ornament from recycled wool sweaters. At the same time, as with most all human creative activity, she also created waste: scrap and by-product from this
ornament. She knew the one item could bring delight, and that no one would notice if she just packed the scrap in a trash bag for Monday's curbside pick up. She decided if this went to the landfill or incinerator, or to who knows what destination, her artistic practice was no different than any other creator or manufacturer of "stuff-for-sale."

To face this challenge became her creative vision: to take responsibility for the waste she created in the studio, and use it herself for the creation of new items. Each year Heidi recycles hundreds of pounds of post-consumer garments and textile industry waste and sends almost nothing to landfills. Her zero-waste practice has received critical attention in the textbook Cycle-Logical Art by Linda Weintraub.

After living 13 years in Cambridge, MA, Heidi moved to Portland in 2008. Living in a city and community as progressive as Portland is in waste, energy and ecology, she feels like she is home!

http://reclaimedwool.com


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Jacob Deatherage, Ex Libris Anonymous
 
Jacob Deatherage, <EM>Ex Libris Anonymous</EM>
Jacob Deatherage is guilty of the most profound enthusiasm for books, an enthusiasm bordering on the monomaniacal. His purpose is to scout out and repurpose, single-handed, every unwanted, aesthetically pleasing book in the world. He is fond of the green world, triple cream cheeses and the ideal of love.

Ex Libris Anonymous was founded in the year 2000 with the sole intention of lovingly creating journals from recycled hardcover books. This noble ambition has been pursued with vigor and perseverance, in turn. Each journal is made from a candidate book, carefully curated from a wide variety of sources. Said book is then deconstructed, selected pages saved therefrom and the whole painstakingly rebound with recycled, acid free, archival paper. A product is then produced of surpassing excellence and lasting appeal. So sayeth the wise: "indubitably delicious." Verily.


http://www.bookjournals.com


http://bookjournals.etsy.com



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Jamie Daniels, Spystress
 
Jamie Daniels, <EM>Spystress</EM>
Jamie Daniels makes jewelry from recycled records. She grew up in Rhode Island and lived in Kansas City for a few years before deciding she needed to move to the West Coast. She is inspired here in a community that is eco-friendly and supportive of artists. She loves being creative with unlikely materials. After a silversmithing course, she stumbled upon a unique "found" material to use in place of sheet metal. She says, "It's easy to make pretty things out of brand new stuff. BUT, it is way more interesting to make one-of-a-kind items using salvaged material."



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Jan White, Ecocozy
 
Jan White, <EM>Ecocozy</EM>
Jan uses recycled wool clothing and blankets to make felted household objects and accessories. She has been sewing her whole life, and early on she started making her own patterns to create the things she wanted. Buying recycled clothing rather than new was a conscious choice to live lighter on the earth, and it eventually brought her to focus on giving a second life to castoff woolens. Jan believes that what she makes must serve a purpose - each item must be useful as well as beautiful.


http://ecocozy.etsy.com


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Jason Greene, Board Games
 
Jason Greene, <EM>Board Games</EM>
Artist Jason Greene has been skateboarding most of his life and has trouble throwing things away. Inspired by son, he began Board Games which recycles old skateboards by making them into wooden toys and children's furniture. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

http://greenelbow.com
http://boardgames.etsy.com


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Jillian Doughty, 22 Pages
 
Jillian Doughty, <EM>22 Pages</EM>
22 pages is the creation of Jillian Doughty of Portland, Oregon. Frustrated with the endless selection and constant manufacturing of "stuff," many times with unfair labor practices, Jillian finally turned her passion for illustration into creating one-of-a-kind artisan pieces that are fanciful as well as functional. Many of the items used in her work are rescued from thrift stores and estate sales. By beginning with materials that have found themselves discarded, Jillian creates original interactive works of art. Her artwork is often inspired by the natural world and its endless gifts. Ten percent of every penny Jillian receives goes to not-for-profit organizations that help people and animals in need.

http://www.22pagespdx.com
http://22pages.etsy.com


Jillian's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Jules Burlay, With Love Clothing
 
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Julia Garretson
 
Julia Garretson
Julia Garretson is an artist, a pod collector, a gardener and a recycler. She studied and received a BFA from the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon. Currently metalwork, papermaking, teaching and growing her business are important to her. Julia is happy creating functional art and being sustainable.


http://JuliaGarretson.etsy.com






Julia's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:
  • The Hoffman Gallery Shop, Oregon College of Art & Craft, 8245 SW Barnes Rd., Portland, OR
    http://www.ocac.edu

    Julia also sells her work a few times a year in Massachusetts, and she teaches paper-making to kindergarteners and third graders at a local elementary school.


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Julia Skerry, Skerry Art
 
Julia Skerry, <EM>Skerry Art</EM>
Julia Skerry creates coasters out of recycled kitchen tiles. Original designs are affixed to each ceramic tile, and sealed with resin.
A native of Bellingham, WA, Julia received a BA in mixed media art at Western Washington University, and moved to Portland in 2006.

She enjoys hand-picking tiles from local salvage centers, and combing consignment shops for old books to cut up. Her favorite finds are book pages with old prints of human anatomy, animals or botanical imagery. She also enjoys searching for antique lace, fabric and buttons to include in her work.

In addition to coasters, Julia also creates acrylic paintings on salvaged wood, and mixed media collages.

When not making a creative mess, Julia enjoys hiking, traveling with her boyfriend, John, gardening, and hitting up local music shows. Julia grew up on the bay, and can't imagine living more than 2 hours away from the ocean. She dreams of someday working as a full-time artist, owning a home with lots of gardening space, and having a back yard studio filled with natural light.


http://www.juliaskerry.com
http://skerry.etsy.com
http://skerryart.blogspot.com


Julia's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Julie Bramman, nudge
 
Julie Bramman, <EM>nudge</EM>
To her mother's chagrin, as a child Julie Bramman stashed paper under her bed, saving scraps to create books, cards, and games. A one-time student of art and printing, now a current student of library science, Julie combines these interests to create art from discarded library books and scrap paper (paper sample books, atlases, maps, and tissue boxes are faves). She loves her paper crafting tools and is happiest when punching tags. A single parent of two lovely daughters, Julie retains a ridiculous stash of paper that she uses for creating cards and gift tags.

http://www.myspace.com/nudgepaper

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Kate Carder and Michael Medina, Tease Recyclewear
 
Kate Carder and Michael Medina, <EM>Tease Recyclewear</EM>
Tease Recyclewear is a Portland, Oregon based clothing design and manufacturing company specializing in hip, one-of-a-kind, eco-friendly fashions individually hand-crafted and reconstructed from recycled t-shirts.

Tease began in late 2008 as a single project from a single t-shirt.

This t-shirt was mandated as a work uniform at Kate's former place of employment. After modifying this ill-fitting atrocity into a simple pair of arm-warmers, it occurred to her that she and Michael could do this on a larger scale to provide hip, environmentally-friendly clothing to the denizens of the Portland area.

From these humble beginnings, Tease Recyclewear has grown to a full line of women's (and men's) apparel and accessories from head to toe - shirts, skirts, hats, scarves, arm and leg warmers, and more.

Most importantly, ALL of Kate and Michael's products are reconstructed from recycled materials and are guaranteed to add style to your life.


http://teaserecyclewear.com
http://teaserecyclewear.etsy.com



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Kori Giudici, Flipside Hats
 
Kori Giudici, <EM>Flipside Hats</EM>
The first Flipside hat Kori made was a birthday present for a dear friend. She received many compliments and inquiries about her new hat. So Kori made one for herself to see what would happen ...and voila! Flipside Hats was born!

http://www.flipsidehats.com



Kori's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:



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Kristen Krauter, Regeneration
 
Kristen Krauter, <EM>Regeneration</EM>
An artist of all trades, and an award-winning designer, Kristen has experimented in many forms of art through her entire life. She lived in London for four years and traveled Europe before graduating with a BA in Costume from London College of Fashion. Moving back to Portland, she wanted to find a way to use those skills to create beautiful, original, earth-friendly designs that would be treasured.


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Lacey Bronson, and Sometimes Y
 
Lacey Bronson, <EM>and Sometimes Y </EM>
After graduating from The Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in Fibers, Lacey Bronson created the and sometimes Y line while living in her native Los Angeles and working at a string of "day jobs" - assistant this or that, waitress, housecleaner, petsitter - you name it, she's done it!

In 2006, Lacey left L.A. for the greener pastures of Portland and couldn't be happier. Now, she puts all her time and energy into crafting thoughtfully designed apparel and accessories for people and their homes.

Lacey spends her free time browsing thrift stores and collecting vintage everything. Like most Portlanders she enjoys bikes, hiking, microbrews, coffee, dogs, participating in weird local customs, and seeing local bands play.


http://www.andsometimesy.net/

http://andsometimesy.etsy.com

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LeBrie Rich, PenFelt
 
LeBrie Rich, <EM>PenFelt</EM>
PenFelt is a wearables business by fiber artist LeBrie Rich. LeBrie has been felting for four years; during that time she has felted everything from baby booties to a life-size Thanksgiving dinner.

http://www.PenFelt.com



LeBrie's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Lee Meredith, leethal
 
Lee Meredith, <EM>leethal</EM>
Lee, also known by leethal, is a freelancing crafter and knit designer obsessed with yarn, thrift store scrounging, and color. She unravels tossed sweaters, custom dyes the reclaimed yarn with Kool-aid, food coloring, and natural dyes, and puts together kits with knitting patterns. She hopes to inspire in others a love for crafty recycling and yarn through her creations and her blog, do stuff!

http://www.leethal.net

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Liz Dickey, 1.by.Liz
 
Liz Dickey, <EM>1.by.Liz</EM>
Liz Dickey is the artist behind 1.by.liz. She makes recycled bike clocks. She collects unwanted used chain rings from local bike shops, and using various reclaimed textiles creates the design for each clock. The clocks are crafted by hand and each is one-of-a-kind. In addition to being an artist, a cyclist, and eco-minded, Liz is a teacher who finds much inspiration from children... who see possibility in all materials!

http://1byliz.etsy.com


Liz's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Liz White, Liz White Studio
 
Liz White, <EM>Liz White Studio</EM>
Liz White of Liz White Studio was born and raised in Portland. She has a passion for photographing the natural world in and around Oregon. She also creates handmade luxury bath and body products.

http://lizwhitestudio.etsy.com
http://CeruleaBathAndBody.etsy.com




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Mary L.K. Davis, Above the Surface
 
Mary L.K. Davis, <EM>Above the Surface</EM>
A recovering community activist, Mary is taking her second try at entrepreneurship. Her creations reflect a belief that whimsy is a great counter to imperfection, and returning quality and value to the discarded can induce a giggle or two.



Mary's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Mary Kelly, Lolly-Tots
 
Mary Kelly, <EM>Lolly-Tots</EM>
Mary, who was once a graphic designer, is now a crazy hat designer! Sewing and crafting have always been a passion but four years ago it turned into an obssession. Frustrated with her day job and the creative limitations of her work, she set out to create art again and rediscovered her love of drawing, painting and sewing. In 2006, Mary started Lolly-tots and planted the seed of a dream that this business would one day be her full time job. Now four years later it has become a reality. Lolly-tots has recycled appliqué shirts, funky hats and cool accessories that will make you smile.




http://lollytots.etsy.com
http://lolly-tots.blogspot.com/


Mary's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Megan Klepp, Ta-Dah
 
Megan Klepp, <EM>Ta-Dah</EM>
Inspired by a love of color, texture, and all things glass, Megan creates pieces in her home using scrap, recycled, and found objects. Megan enjoys the hunt for the materials as much as creating the work itself.


http://www.tadahpdx.com



Megan's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Micki Selvitella, Northern Heart Designs
 
Micki Selvitella, <EM>Northern Heart Designs</EM>
Micki Selvitella is a multi-disciplinary artist working in Portland, Oregon. Her work reflects the influence of East Asia, combining quality paper products in a casually elegant form of minimalism.

Micki is also a professional theater director, and she recently received an Observorship grant from the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation to observe master director Jon Jory this summer at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle.

http://www.mickiselvitella.com


Micki's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:
  • Hollyhocks Garden Essentials, 2707 SE Belmont, Portland, OR
  • Hoyt Arboretum Gift Shop, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd., Portland, OR
    http://www.hoytarboretum.org
  • The Ivy Studio, 800 E Burnside St. Studio One, Portland, OR
  • Le Petit Fleur, 1037 NW 23rd Ave., Portland, OR
  • Purple Passage, 774 Birch St., Paradise, CA
  • Quirks of Art & Furniture, 1602 NE 40th Ave., Portland, OR


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Naomi Berg, Transformations Glassworks
 
Naomi Berg, <EM>Transformations Glassworks</EM>
Naomi Berg of Transformations Glassworks has spent much of her adulthood working with youth - as a volunteer working with children from families experiencing domestic violence, as a tutor to at-risk high school students, as an English teacher to French students, as a social worker at a shelter for homeless and runaway youth, and most currently as a mother to her son and daughter.

Naomi is also an artist at heart. She loves creating art in many forms - painting, drawing, writing, knitting, cooking, crafting with her kids, dancing, drumming and so on. When her second child was 1 1/2 she began to experience some full-time-mama burn-out and decided that she needed to put her basement to good creative use and thus began her journey into glass fusion. She took classes at various Portland area glass studios, and then unable to find anyone local who worked with recycled glass, she did lots of online research and spent many hours in her glass studio learning how to fuse window, or "float" glass scraps.

Naomi spends the majority of her time as a home-schooling, urban-homesteading mama. She is passionate about the growing of edible and non-edible plants, the cycles of the seasons, about living and loving consciously, and about transforming glass scraps into functional beauty! Born and raised in Oregon, Naomi currently resides in SE Portland with her family.


http://transformationsglassworks.wordpress.com


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Nick Kehoe
 
Nick Kehoe
Nick Kehoe started designing birdhouses out of reclaimed cedar fencing three years ago and found a love for bringing new products to life from trash. As an Alberta arts district dweller and nature lover he is inspired by natural shapes and beauty and is constantly in search of the elusive knotty hole.



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Rachel Beyer, Camp Smartypants
 
Rachel Beyer, <EM>Camp Smartypants</EM>
Rachel Beyer's love of crafts was inspired by her mother and grandmother, who taught her to sew, crochet, and make jewelry at a very young age. She attended summer camp and joined Girl Scouts, where she refined her talent and learned other valuable skills like beading, tie-dye, and how to sell delicious cookies.

After graduating college in 2007 with a BFA in Graphic Design, Rachel started her career as a designer in Seattle, WA. But after a year-and-a-half spending her evenings hosting Craft Clubs and working on her own handmade projects, she discovered her true calling: to start a company where she can sell her very own designs.

Now she creates and sews every piece for Camp Smartypants, and hopes that her one-of-a-kind products will re-kindle those same feelings of childhood adventure in others.

http://www.campsmartypants.com
http://campsmartypants.etsy.com
http://campsmartypants.blogspot.com


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Robin Epstein, Bunny Huggins & Co.
 
Robin Epstein, <EM>Bunny Huggins & Co.</EM>
Bunny Huggins is the alter ego and creative muse of Robin Epstein. Midwestern by birth and upbringing, she currently resides happily in the Alberta Arts District of Portland, Oregon.

A Jill-of-all-trades with an MFA in Metalsmithing and a shop full of tools, Robin is in the business of designing and manufacturing eco-friendly apparel and jewelry for the literate, style-conscious person. As a maker of things, from utilitarian household objects to tools to clothing to housing, she aspires to live a life in which art, craft and livelihood are merged.




http://bunnyhuggins.com
http://bunnyhuggins.etsy.com


Robin's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Stephanie Weber, Pickle Things
 
Stephanie Weber, <EM>Pickle Things</EM>
After realizing that it is always important to feed your inner child, Stephanie Weber decided to combine her love of food and sewing into a business. She never dreamed that her life in Indiana with a degree in Horticulture would eventually lead her to Oregon and a business making play felt food. She is proud of the fact that she is able to produce toys that are made of 100% reclaimed materials and in a small way reduce the amount of waste being produced.


http://picklethings.etsy.com


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Susan Hurst, SEH What?
 
Susan Hurst, <EM>SEH What?</EM>
Susan Hurst considers herself a mixed-media artist who discovered her love of art at a very early age. Her parents immersed her in everything from sewing classes to oil painting lessons. She quickly learned that there are no limits as to what you can create as an artist. She'll admit, that first handmade outfit at the age of seven created the recycling monster you see before you. As a poor college student, Susan would pride herself on her ability to create her own bed coverings and home accessories for her modest apartment.

Over the years, Susan's list of media grew to include sketching, stained glass, water colors, and she shocked even herself when she was named an award-winning ceramist while living in New Mexico. Being a new transplant to Portland (2008), she can't think of a 'greener' city to express oneself artistically and consider the environment at the same time. Susan spends her days working in the Accounting profession (yep…. a numbers-cruncher) and lives her artistic dreams in the evenings and on weekends. Whether designing handbags and messengers from reclaimed fibers, making leather accessories from scrap, or crafting one-of-a-kind wreaths during the holiday season, her work table never stays idle for very long.


http://sehwhat.etsy.com



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Tim Combs, The Reclamation Project
 
Tim Combs, <EM>The Reclamation Project</EM>
The Reclamation Project began when Tim Combs realized his basement was filled with strange stuff he'd found on the street and in dumpsters. This led him to commit to bringing bits of nature BACK to your yard by creating garden accoutrements from reclaimed materials.

http://doctorhep.netfirms.com

http://reclamationproject.etsy.com



Tim's work can be found at Trillium Artisans and the following locations:


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Trillium Design
 
Trillium Design
Trillium Artisans has a line of products under its own label Trillium Design. These items are made by our members who are either not yet ready to launch their own products or are still growing their businesses. This work provides valuable income to both artisans and the organization.


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