Susan Wechsler lives in Boulder with her husband and two sons. She has an extensive art background and she loves shopping flea markets and antique malls for items to use in her unique mosaics. Susan creates beautiful mosaic art work from fantastic pieces of antique china, stained glass, figurines, tile and gem stones. Her wonderful art speaks to the heart and soul!
For more information, see Susan’s website: Mosaics By Susan
Peg Harper teaches polymer clay classes and sells her beautiful work here at the Bead Lounge. She has a musical and artistic background and approaches her work in polymer clay with an excitment and zest for challenging the limits of the material (of which there are few). She is also the President of both the Denver Polymer Clay Guild and the Eileen J. Loring (EJL) Polymer Clay Guild of Northern Colorado (which meets here at the store once a month).
Jan Bonestroo resides outside of Lyons and works part-time at the Bead Lounge and teaches Wire Working classes here. She has developed her own distinctive designs working primarily in copper wire that utilize many fabulous treasures from shell, stone and glass to gemstones and crystals. Her wonderful Copper Clips creations can be found here at the store.
Laura Humenik resides in Longmont and works part-time at the Bead Lounge teaching Wire Working and Precious Metal Clay classes. Her extensive talents are showcased at the store in a wide variety of mediums from metal to seed beads to gem stones. She continually pushes the envelope of design driven by her love of creating wearable beauty.
For more information, see Laura’s website: Lands Glory
Gerardine is a Dublin artist. She has been drawing and sketching since the age of five. She studied at National College of Art, and Rathmines College of Art. Later on she achieved a Diploma in Art and Animation and a degree in Media Production at Ballyfermot College of Further Education. She produces her paintings with a highly finished and complete look, adding life and movement that the natural and trained experience has given her. Gerardine has exhibited her paintings around the country in many venues, in Ireland, UK, and elsewhere.
For more information, please visit: Equine Art Guild
Tammy Bality is a 5th generation Colorado native. In 1988, she began sculpting as a self-taught artist specializing in equine art. During her studies at the University of Northern Colorado, she was introduced to raku firing and further developed her hand-building skills in ceramics. In addition to casting in bronze, Tammy enjoys experimenting with many types of three dimensional mediums such as earthenware clay, cast marble, concrete and mosaics.
For more information, see Tammy’s website: Spotted Pony Studio