Featured Etsy Shop: SouthernBlood

Name: Matthew Hyatt, 23

Business Name: SouthernBlood

Website: www.southernblood.etsy.com

Where are you located? kentucky!!!

How did you become an artist/craftsman? pablo picasso said, "every child is an artist. the problem's how to remain one when he grows up" i can easily said i never grew up. i still watch transformers the movie. i have been making things ever since i was small. but in high school it took off. i'd make jewelry for the girls and people would pay me to rip and patch their jeans with all kinds of vintage fabrics. then i started making t shirts and haven't stopped.

Who/ what inspires you? God inspires me in all that i do. Humanly speaking, Monet, Sisley, any aspiring photographer, all things natural and bright colors.

What type of things do you design or create? right now the shop basically only has jewelry but i'm working on a new line of t shirts soon to be posted. i'm excited. i've focused all these on our inner anger and another line on interesting, somewhat comical natural things like grizzly bears or sheep. odd, i know. that's why i'm excited. i'll do any kind of jewelry from necklaces to earrings to other pieces. i have a new line of jewelry that utilizes a tree over one hundred years old that was sadly struck by lightning and collapsed. i think it will be amazing.
so an easy answer to the question...jewelry, tees and anything else that can be recycled into things like envelopes.

What are your hobbies? i'm a painter and photographer at heart. i use mostly acrylics now, the liquitex super heavy body and heavy bodied ones. i love impressionism. i also have a nikon d40x with an 18-55mm and 70-200mm lens with a few filters. i am out for at least a half an hour each day just taking pictures. i love picture studies of things like clouds or color changes from light on the environment.

Describe your ideal workshop or workspace. ha. a quiet temple set in an asian forest with candles and kotos and flutes playing softly in the background. i try to emulate that in my studio here. sometimes there's metal playing though. lol. i am so consumed with asian culture and history so if i could move to japan that would be ideal. i want green walls, huge windows and open doors with sunlight pouring in.

What are your long term goals? my long term goals...wow...i'd love to be a recognized photographer. i am working on the painter...i'm the solo exhibit in the Zeppelin Art Gallery here in kentucky through July 31st. i really want people to enjoy and find their own idea and meaning in my photos and paintings.
otherwise, i hope to be married next year and live in a serene cabin in the woods.
i published a book of poetry called, "I Am Icarus", as well and i'd love to be an accomplished poet.
you can check it out here: www.cafepress.com/iamicarus

Please describe your favorite piece. my favorite piece on etsy? well, i'm totally digging this one: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12719332, the Midsummer's Night Necklace...i love shakespeare's writings and i feel like it truly embodies the entangling and weaving plots while still being subtle and a little colorful. i love the vine pattern which, to me, makes the piece...if it were another pattern it would have no effect.

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Artist/Jeweler Heather Dixey



I'm a busy body, I can't sit still ya know. I have a 100 projects going at once. I love my new website and have been working very hard on it. As well as building my collection of precious and semi-precious gemstones. I spend most days in my garage/studio pounding away at something tedeious. And lately I have added a selection of jewelry making tools to my website.

I love to make jewelry of all sorts, I create fashion jewelry for the woman who wants 40 pair of earrings as well as heirloom sterling silver for the woman who wears the same thing everyday, like me. I get a real kick out of PMC. Its precious metal clay. You can get real sculptural with that stuff.

I started dragging beads to school with me in a tin as a child. I used to break them out any time I finished my work in a hurry.

My dad used to drag me kicking and screaming out to rock hunt as a child. Back then all I wanted to do was swim. I mean really who in their right mind is out in 100 degree temperatures look for ROCKS? Now looking back those were the best times of my childhood. Oh the stuff that I learned from my mom & dad.

The process of becoming what you are is the most enjoyable part of my work. And the hardest part is finding the path back to yourself.



Dixey is my name hence the Dixey Collection of Sterling Silver Hand Crafted Jewelry which is proudly on display in public as well as on my website Emerald Coast Arts.

I do what I love and I love what I do.

Keep carving out LIFE!




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Featured Artisan.....BeritNewYork

http://www.beritnewyork.etsy.com/
Name: Britney Frady-Williams
Business Name: Berít New York
Where are you located? Brooklyn, NY USA
What do you design and create? My designs vary from accessories, clothing, corsetry, to jewelry and even home décor. I love to create something out of nothing and I like the notion of not just creating but actually inventing new ways of wearing and seeing things.

What's your favorite part of the design process? My favourite part of designing is watching my creations take on a new meaning, letting them tell their own story. I don’t like being rigid with the creative process, but instead allowing a more organic method to take over, just like a painter who moves the paint brush with feelings and freedom.

How did you come up with your business name? My husband’s Hebrew professor introduced me to one of their friends from Israel as “Berít” instead of ““Brit.” I found my name to be more meaningful in Hebrew, because it means “covenant”, and it sounded like a good name for a design company, so that was that!

Where/How did this all begin? This all began a long time ago, when I was in my early teens. I did a lot of freelance design and modeling in Atlanta and since then people have said that I should find a way to put my stuff out there. I founded Berít New York to do just that.

Who or what is your inspiration? Jesus of Nazareth and biblical stories play a huge part in the inspirational process.I also take in a great deal from historical eras, particularly the Middles Ages, Byzantine, Roman, Victorian, and Edwardian periods. I am also greatly influenced by supernatural and fantasy themes.
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Featured Artisan: designsbyone

http://www.designsbyone.etsy.com/

1+1=ONE is a clothing line designed for dogs because we believe our furry friends should also look fabulous! Whether it's for a little girl dog or tough boy dog, our clothes are designed to be fun, comfortable and stylish। We absolutely love dogs and hopefully your dogs will love our clothes! We do custom fit orders and take special requests
E-mail us at designsbyone@yahoo.com come get to know us at http://designsbyone.blogspot.com/
and http://www.flickr.com/photos/designsbyone!! see you there :)

How I got started:
My clothing line for doggies was originally inspired by my baby (my dog), Velma Kelly. I adopted her in 2006 while I was a student in college getting my degree in fashion design. She was always cold and I wasn't satisfied with store-bought items, so I applied my design knowledge towards clothing for my baby. People started asking me where I bought her clothes because they were impressed with the quality, fit, and design. When I told people I made them, they asked me if I would make some for their dogs. I decided to make it a legitimate business (it's called 1 + 1 = ONE), took on a business partner, and the rest is history :)