A passion for handmade art leads to special crafts market
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Husband and wife printmakers Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth at their home and studio in Lawrenceville on Friday. -
Mundania Horvath's poster "The City I Live In" ($25) is inspired by graphics she sees in old books, photographs and signs she collects in antique stores and flea markets. -
Cosette Cornelius-Bates' son, Malachi, at 4 months, napping in a sweater and with a blanket made with some of her hand-dyed, hand-spun skeins.
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While studying fine arts at the University of South Dakota, Valerie Lueth and her husband, Paul Roden, developed a passion for printmaking and creating woodblock prints.
"It's more tactile than drawing. You are actually carving things. It's a real physical kind of experience and labor-intensive," Mr. Roden said.
The Lawrenceville couple, who earned their degrees in 2004 and moved here in 2006, are the founders of Tugboat Print Shop, which they operate out of a home studio on Main Street.
- Where: David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown.
- When: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.
- Admission: Free.
- Information: www.handmadearcade.com.
They are among 156 artists and crafters selling their work today from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Handmade Arcade, a market at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. Vendors will sell accessories, art, bath and body products, ceramics, clothing for adults and children, housewares, jewelry and toys. Admission is free.
Handmade Arcade began in 2004 with a market at Construction Junction. In 2009, it moved to the Hunt Armory in Shadyside. In April, it was held for the first time at the convention center. The fall market will feature 156 vendors, the largest number yet. Three-quarters of the artists and crafters live here; the rest are from 17 states.
Local vendors include fiber artist Cosette Cornelius-Bates, who lives in Squirrel Hill. A designer of knitwear, she dyes wool and spins it into yarn.
"I use professional-quality acid dyes. They are guaranteed not to have heavy metal so they are more eco-friendly," she said, adding that she makes hats, sweaters, mittens, scarves and blankets.
Author of a book, "Knit One, Embellish Two," Ms. Cornelius-Bates is 33, originally from Montana and certified to teach art and English. She also has a master's degree in Christianity in the arts from Regent College in Vancouver. Her newborn son, Malachi, models some of her wearable knits on her website, www.cosymakes.com.
Mundania Horvath's art posters are inspired by graphics she sees in old books, photographs and signs she collects in antique stores and flea markets. A Uniontown native, Ms. Horvath, 32, was 18 when she came to Pittsburgh in 1997 to study graphic design at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
"I didn't see a computer until I went to art school," said the Regent Square resident, who works at a small publishing firm.
First Published November 12, 2011 12:00 am
