Featured Etsian Artist~The Quarry Art Studio

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I love this hand painted glass! I am especially impressed by the lit up photos. The hand painted glass candle holders look so calming and inviting.

The "Violet Colored Hand Painted Glassware" is my favorite.

Which is your favorite?

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"I love, love (did I mention *love*?) anything and everything involving art. I grew up doing traditional-type drawings using pen, pencil, or even pastels. When I would get to be a particularly pesky child my mom would send me outside to draw something. Oh, and draw I did. And not just draw, but CREATE. I once tried to make my own tree house using a pile of twigs and pocket knife. Let's just say it didn't go well. Anyway, I digress."

"As I said I've always been more into drawing with pencil or pastels, but recently took a shine in a big way to painting. There's just something about it that seems so polished... finished... professional... I love it! Also, maybe this comes from growing up in the rural-esque life, but I like art that has some kind of practical function. Paintings are fine, I even have a few in my shop, but I like to center around something that also serves a purpose. "

"Where form meets function. Makes me feel all warm and toasty."

Featured Etsian Artist~SmileMoon

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Well, on Etsy, I'm a woodworker who's been turning wood into sawdust for nearly 20 years. I'm too social for my own good, much to the detriment of my day job, or even sometimes to the detriment of me actually getting woodworking done for my Etsy store.

In real life, I'm a husband and father to a ridiculous number of equally ridiculous children. We all live in a house that feels too small, surrounded by numerous pets and animals that pretty much ensure we'll never travel very far or for very long on any sort of summer vacation.

Mrs SmileMoon and I love doing what we do, though. When it's all going well, it's a lot of fun!

When and How did you discover your talent? Um, talent? I don't really know how best to tackle that one. Woodworking for me started out as a way to keep my stereo setup off the floor when I was in high school. Even though they had Industrial Arts classes back then, there wasn't anything devoted to woodworking, so I made it up as I went along, and the results sure looked like it! I got more serious about it years later, when I wanted to make a nice stereo cabinet for my apartment, but I knew I'd have to practice on smaller projects before tackling something of that magnitude. After this many years, I've gotten loads of "smaller projects" (artist easels, kitchen & bathroom cabinets, an infant's cradle for my third son, numerous puzzles & trinkets, toy swords , pretty boxes, curios, etc etc...) under my belt, but to date - no stereo cabinet. *sigh* Maybe someday...

What are you favorite pieces? That's always a tough one. The father in me says I'm not allowed to play favorites, and the artist in me says whatever my current project is will be my favorite, but in my heart, I think the cradle I mentioned above, the balancing bottle holders , and the prayer box I made last summer are among my all-time favorites.