Karen Brownlee, Clay Artist

We are pleased to welcome Karen to our bazaar for the first year. She primarily works in stoneware functional pottery, but also creates pieces in porcelain, raku, and alternative firing methods.

Her pieces have classic lines and bold colors.

Each piece is made to be uplifting, friendly, and unique.

Her works are shown at galleries and festivals in Southwestern Washington and Oregon.

Karen spearheads the annual Empty Bowls of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington, which raises money to feed the hungry by the sale of handmade bowls. Working with elementary school students in this process, they have made over 4,200 bowls in the last seven years.

I am looking forward to seeing her display and I have my money ready!

Seaview Manor Bazaar

135 12th Avenue

Seaside, OR 97138

Friday and Saturday

October 23 and 24, 2015

10 am - 4 pm

Ronni Harris, Artist

Bazaar at Seaview Manor

135th Avenue

Seaside, OR 97138

October 23, 24, 2015

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Inspired by the colorful seas, skies, and homes of the Pacific Northwest Coast and the Virgin Islands, Ronni  has developed her own unique artistry by blending her love of painting and her love of quilting. If you want something totally unique, you'll definitely want one of these lovely paintings. 

Ronnie paints, then adds finely knotted thread for flowers, or small sticks for the fence, or does a bit of quilting to make the picture three dimensional.

She has selected several paintings to reproduce as pillow covers or tiles.

Ronni's Jack Russel terrier, Maggiemae, has led her to do commissioned work of your dog or cat.

Ronni shows her work in Oregon and Washington galleries, as well as St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

Brianna Lichnovsky, Artist

Bazaar

at

Seaview Manor

135 12th Avenue

Seaside, OR 97138

October 23, 24, 2015

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

This is the third year Bree has designed our beautiful posters. I think she could make a lovely book of them.                                                                        

She has designed her own font to enhance her art and rhyme writing.












Bree loves her folklings, or imps, tiny beings that live in the most unexpected places. You will see them in all the posters.

This is a close-up of her painting of "The Reading Tree." It makes me feel good just to look at it!

"The Snow Cabin."

Notice how her font enhances the whimsical painting, perfect for an anniversary.

The following is a sample of her poetry, but notice how flat it is when I bring it into this boring font. The verse begs for her font!

LAND OF FOLKLINGS

deep within the world we know - beneath the seeds we all have sown - beyond the corner of the eyes - of those that always ask us why - in the place from whence you feel - there behind the turning wheel - lies a world of things we've all half-seen 

the way is hidden yet plain to see - ready for those who long to be - in the Land of Folklings here with me.

Brianna brings her art to the bazaar as prints or notecards, and now she makes beautiful silk scarves using natural materials as dyes.

Alan Seidenfeld, Jeweler

Alan has been a popular jewelry artist since the beginning of the bazaar, partly because he's so prolific in creating new designs. He participates in art shows in the Portland area and wherever he travels.

Alan always has something new to share. He calls the red and yellow bracelet and earrings below "fire", and I agree!

His one-of-a-kind bracelets always spark compliments.

These simple earrings could be just the thing to finish an outfit. 

I'm sure he will have more designs before the bazaar held October 23 and 24, 2015. So spread the word to your friends to stop by 135 12th Avenue in Seaside, Oregon, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on that Friday or Saturday.

Doris Dunn, Eclectic Artist

Doris finds inspiration from the ocean at her doorstep in Seaside, OR, calling her art "shabby chic coastal cottage art." She uses recycled/reclaimed items including old wood and windows, as well as natural materials such as shells and sand.

How fun would it be to hang your coat or keys on these hooks?

Or to accent your love of the ocean with either of these pieces?

                 

She also creates unique themed gift baskets which include her own art along with suitable "goodies" - maybe dog biscuits, maybe her hand made soap, or maybe a journal, and always a unique basket.

Come see us on October 23/24, 2015 at 

the Seaview Manor Bazaar

135 12th Avenue

Seaside, OR 97138

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

2015 Seaview Manor Bazaar

My retirement project for the past 9 years has been to organize and produce an arts and crafts bazaar that provides an outlet for coastal artists and benefits a charity. Two of the side benefits have been getting to know the community of Seaside and making some new friends. I love this bazaar!

Brianna Lichnovsky has designed a fabulous poster for us once again. Once she creates the design and paints it in watercolors, she sends it to me to add the text. She is staying with the ocean theme to coincide with "Seaview Manor Bazaar." I love the whimsical nature of her painting.

So now I add the text and bounce it off Carolyn, my co-chair, and Bree for their input. It changes a bit depending on the size of the poster or postcard. It may be something like this:

Bazaar

at Seaview Manor

135 12th Avenue

Seaside, Oregon 97138

October 23, 24, 2015

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Credit is given to Bree for the artwork, and somewhere on the poster will be the following information: "Benefits The Harbor (formerly named the Clatsop County Women's Resource Center)".

We take 10% of the vendors' sales and donate all of it to The Harbor for their work with abused family members. The many hours that go into planning and conducting the bazaar are donated. If you notice the shifting between "I" and "we" it's because lots of people work incredibly hard!

Mickie Skinner, Photographer and Painter

Mickie has once again managed to squeeze our bazaar into her busy schedule of photographing and painting and providing the results to boutiques, gift shops, animal rescue foundations, and more. 

"Nature on nature" is what she calls her newest work on stone...

and on wood.

Mickie uses her own process to place her photography on coasters...

tiles...

and mouse pads.

She also does commissioned work.

You're going to love making selections from the many options she will have available at our bazaar at Seaview Manor, 135 12th Avenue in Seaside, Oregon, October 23 and 24, 20015.