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Friends of Two Rivers - Bonner, Milltown, Montana

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My designs start with a good hike combined with my imagination. In the summer I like to spend time in the Montana mountains rocky “gardens” of columbines and other wildflowers, sketching or taking reference photos. These inspire my card and shirt designs.

My work is very colorful, but all my pieces are actually pencil drawings with color added in the printing process. My shirts & cards are the canvas for my art. I start with complex line drawings and then simplify them. I try to respect my plants and animals by making them both biologicly correct and beautiful. I use 100% cotton and recycled papers.

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I am a pastel artist and photographer. Several years ago I took the Master Gardener course in Missoula. I ended up designing a number of gardens and building two rock walls in the Garden City. It was fascinating work, but oh was it hard on the body!

Painting with pastels or taking photographs gives me the opportunity to stay in touch with our gorgeous Montana landscapes and it’s so much easier on the joints. Honestly, those saturated sticks of pigment call to me constantly. I love painting landscapes and flowers, but am also drawn to still lifes. Most of my pastel artwork has been inspired by the photographs I’ve taken.

I will have small and medium sized framed pastels, small framed photographs, and photo note cards for sale. I hope you will have time to stop by my booth at HOOKed on Art. I would love the opportunity to meet you. I was born in a small town and haven’t lost my fascination for meeting new people. I would also be honored to introduce you to pastels – if you haven’t already met. Just so you know…..I’ve never met a pastel stick I didn’t like! They make lovely companions on just about any day….but a sunny, crisp fall day they are exquisite to have at hand.

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Monkeyshine Design's Sherry Toft is a Montana native who has been making jewelry for just over 6 years. She loves being able to use recycled items to create jewelry. She makes pendants using vintage dominoes, scrabble tiles, recycled cards, magazines, and other paper products. Sherry is currently experimenting with image transfer processes, and with creating hammered jewelry from recycled metals. In fair weather when not working for Missoula County Public Schools or making jewelry, she can be found working in her large flower and herb garden.

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Sharon Wald I have been a design artist for over (28) years and have worked in two-dimensional and three dimensional art mediums.
For several years I have been developing original polymer clay beads. My goal is to develop my own style that distinguishes my work from all others.

When I am working with something I love, like clay and metal, I find inspiration everywhere! I also enjoy the idea of another person taking the work I've created ( my original beads ) and adding some of their own creativity to their final creation.