Bonnie Meyer Day’s studio is full of wild animals! 

Amid gorillas, elephants and grizzly bears, you’ll find her sculpting her favorite creatures in clay.  Bonnie is a recognized Wildlife Artist whose work is in collections throughout the USA and in a few foreign countries.  She has been invited to exhibit her Wildlife Art at Zoo Workshops and Conventions with international attendance.

Bonnie’s observations and interest in wildlife were nurtured by her taxidermist parents.  Working in the family business from a young age taught Day that wildlife must be respected and preserved, and also the importance of the wise management of wildlife habitat.

After graduating from the University of Cincinnati in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in Education, Day worked in the Art and Design Department at Kings Island Amusement Park in Ohio.  She sculpted Hana-Barbera characters in clay and polyurethane foam.  Some of the foam characters were so large, chain saws were used to cut out the rough form, then butcher knives for the finer detail.  (This is something they don’t teach in Art School!!!)

Bonnie Meyer Day’s animal likenesses are shaped by hand from a ball of stoneware clay. 
The wall thickness is a maximum of ½ inch.  Each piece air dries for 2 weeks then an underglaze is brushed on the eyes.  After bisque firing a glossy glaze is painted on the eyes to give them the wet, lifelike look.  The body of the animal is generally not glazed, allowing the natural color and texture of the clay to be a point of interest.  The piece is then fired to 2200 degrees F. in Day’s studio size kiln, taking approximately 10 hours. 

"It is always a thrill to open the cooled kiln and see that the sculpture has not exploded and is now ready to be displayed!" says Day.

A firm believer that women want to feel beautiful, feminine and strong all at once, her motifs incorporate natural elements such as flowers and feathers, immortalizing their fragile lives by sealing them with a poly-resin, preserving the form and adding a spectacular glazing effect.

These elements then become a handmade design that is combined with curious and daring color choices in a multitude of natural materials such as genuine stones, fresh water pearls and interesting fibers, forming whimsical and extremely unique designs of personal adornments.

Dixon began as a silversmith and through time has changed her line to be more versatile and include the natural elements that she finds more inspiring and which reflect the passion that creating jewelry brings to her life.

Among the thousand artists featured at Artique are some marvelous folks
who fish for a living - those who whose art captures the beauty and spirit
of life in our rivers, lakes, and oceans.

~ Come Fish Like an Artist ~
Catch the Color, the Movement, the Magic

Alan and Rosemary Bennett, ceramic artists in Bath, NY, are strongly influenced by their experiences snorkeling and fishing.

The process begins with a series of sketches. Then they use stoneware clay or porcelain to make the basic forms. The forms are hollowed out, and the porcelain teeth and eyes are added.

Alan has over 25 years of various ceramics business activities including: undergraduate and graduate teaching at Utah State University, operating his own successful ceramics business since 1989, head designer and ceramics engineer in high temperature stoneware factory in Jalisco, Mexico and an art instructor at Rancho Santiago College.

Colleen Hathaway, a fabulous quilt artist from Bowling Green, says,

"I use fabric like an artist would use paint"

Indeed, Hathaway's creations in fabric catch the magic and color of tropical fish, the texture of the sea, the quick movement through blue waters. Artique has long been fascinated with Hathaway's art quilt techniques, her selection of colors, and the intricate detail that distinguishes her work.

Come to Artique for a close-up view of these fish!

Mixed Media artist Ken Roberts will be here at Artique on March 14th, greeting guests and sharing his artistic vision.

"They all start as a block of wood," says Ken. "After carving them into different shapes, I start covering them with metal. Most of the metal is scrap that I find where ever I can. I love the rusted metal and the different colors and textures that are created with combined with aluminum, copper, and brass."

Michael Hopko’s background in glass began in 1990 as an art student at Shasta College. He started off in ceramics and fell in love with glass when he started taking the class. After College he worked as an apprentice glass blower with several different glass artists in California.

As an avid fisherman since the age of three, now Michael's passion for fishing has lead him to create a line of glass fish, like the ones he's caught for many years.

Michael Hopko has developed a collection of hand blown sculptures that combine art & craftsmanship that capture the beauty and motion of nature through glass.

Since 1996 as founder of Soul Glass, Michael has insured that each piece of glass that leaves his studio is carefully handcrafted with a guarantee of supreme quality and uniqueness.

Located in the Trinity Alps of Northern California, Soul Glass is a family owned and operated business.

You'll love meeting Tennessee artist Charla Steele of KenzArtCreations!

Born in Ohio, Charla moved to Tennessee in 1989 to study Interior Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has been practicing interior design for more than 15 years. Although design has been her profession, creative expression has been her passion.

The inspiration for Charla Steele’s collage artwork came from a small package, her newborn daughter, Kenzie. Looking at the blank walls of the future nursery and unable to find the perfect art, she became inspired to create her own pieces.

Come meet the artists of Medicine Bluff Studio. Cincinnati artists Debbie Hill & John Beasley create hand-crafted tile.

The Medicine Bluff Studio 'Sea Culture Series' captures the relaxed rhythm of life on the beach, while their 'Life's a Beach' series of tiles may be assembled in a variety of ways to make your own unique scene.

The 'Baby Sea Turtle' tiles may be installed in any combination to tell the story of newborn baby sea turtles racing to their new home in the sea.

Bring your imagination to swim with the signature detail and quality of tile sculpture for your home.

Award winning gourd sculptor Jennifer Zingg was raised in the small farming town of Rome, Indiana along the Ohio River. Her childhood days were spent climbing trees, playing in the creek and fishing.

She moved to Kentucky in 1992 to study art at Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro. While there, her grandfather gave her a box of gourds he had grown.

Over the years, Jennifer brought her artistic vision to the creation of unique sculpture.

In recent years she opened the Jennifer Zingg Studio & Gallery in downtown Frankfort. From there, she creates zoological and figurative gourd sculpture and continues to research the cultural significance of gourds.

Zingg also teach a variety of art classes to children, and hosts special art exhibits and sales featuring the art-work of several Kentucky artists.

Glass artist Adam Kaser creates a series of original designs in handblown glass. He blows each piece freely, without the use of molds, using traditional glassblowing methods that are thousands of years old.

He creates each piece at the end of a five-foot long metal blowpipe, constantly spinning and reheating the viscous mass as it has been done for millennia. His work utilizes a combination of blown glass and solid sculpture techniques.

He uses many layers of colored glass powders (called frit) to create lines and patterns.

An award-winning artist, Kaser's work has been shown at museums, fine galleries and juried exhibitions throughout the United States.

In 2005, after two years of fabricating equipment and refurbishing a hundred-plus year old barn, he opened Kaser Glass Studio in his hometown of Delaware, Ohio. Today he has work in more than sixty galleries with representation along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Adam specializes in sea forms. In his own words -

"I am inspired by the natural world that surrounds us. The ocean in particular captivates me. There lies beneath the surface a whole world unlike that which we experience everyday. This world is full of foreign species, both plant and animal, adorned in rich vibrant colors and patterns.

Common Threads & Changing Tides
a Celebration of Art,
Nature, and
People
inspired by
Cumberland Island, Georgia

A unique and exciting
multi-media exhibition

Details & Previews !

If you missed the Grand Opening in November..

don't miss the Closing Reception

Sunday, January 4th ~ 12:30 to 2:30pm

Artique in Lexington Green is holding a wonderful shopping day on Sunday, Dec 14
to benefit the animals of the Woodford Humane Society!!

Shop between the hours of 11am and 7pm, let us know you’re here for the animals, and Artique will generously donate 20% of your purchases
to the Woodford Humane Society to help all of the animals
waiting for their forever homes.

Our unique and beautiful gift items will be even more meaningful to the people on your
gift list if they know their gift also helped to save an animal’s life.

Woodford Humane Society volunteers will be on hand to help you shop
and to wrap your gifts!

Please come out on Sunday, Dec 14 and help S.A.V.E. the animals!!

May you and your furry family enjoy a wonderful Christmas and great New Year!
Happy Holidays!!!

November 28-30

Come experience the magic
when glass meets fire

James Yuan, master glass artisan has come from Asheville, NC to demonstrate at Artique in
Lexington Green

Most of James Yuan's art objects are colored with 24 karat gold and fine silver through a process called fuming. Fuming is a process similar to steam rising out of boiling water. He takes a small piece of 24K gold or fine silver and attaches it to a small rod of glass then places it in the hot flame.

The precious metals get so hot they actually fume (steam) while a piece of clear glass (the eventual finished product) is held further back in the flame. The fume rides the flame and sticks to this piece of clear glass.

Then it is covered in another layer of clear glass. This process is repeated several times to achieve the finished product.

The whites and light blues (sometimes a halo effect) are silver fumed, the pinks and oranges are gold fumed and the yellows and greens are a blend.

"Art, for me, is a way of life. My goal is to worship the Maker through creativity. Technical precision is only as good as the thought it conveys, so I try to make that thought pure and lovely."

- James Yuan

1. Young People’s Group - School classes and organizations came up with the most spectacular scarecrows! The more outrageous, the better!
2. Young People’s Individuals (18 Years and Younger) - There are no limitations here! Vote for the Most Creative!
3. Traditional - Scarecrows using materials that have been used on functional scarecrows in fields and gardens - Creative, Humorous, or Scary!
4. Contemporary - Unusual Scarecrows! Vote for the most Imaginative and clever!
5. Political - Scarecrows depicting local or national politicians, parties, or causes.
6. Mall Merchants - The Stores at Lexington Green Mall merchants created “store-related” scarecrows as well. This category is just for Lexington Green Mall Merchants.

Scarecrow Festival Calendar

Pick up Your Ballot at any Lexington Green Mall Store - Vote, and Drop off your ballot at Artique!

Voting ends at noon on October 24th! See Pictures of All the Scarecrows!

Edible Foods Sculpture Contest - Whole Foods - Saturday, 10/18 beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Bring your entries to the store! Voting begins at 2:00 p.m.

Pumpkin & Gourd Carving & Painting contest - Whole Foods Sunday, 10/26 beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Bring your entries to the store! Voting begins at 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 26th: Scarecrow Night 
John's Scarecrow Fun Walk - 1:30 p.m. - Sign Up Here, It's FREE!
Chalk Drawing Contest
Scarecrow winners to be announced!!!

In the mid 1970’s, Leo Posillico created the figure that has become his signature character in all of his paintings and 3-dimensional mixed media pieces. Simplifying shapes to animate the basic human emotions in all of us, he created elongated, raceless, genderless figures composed of a single color each.

These expressive figures have detached heads and are quite animated by the movement of their arms and legs with their detached hands and feet.

Posillico's insightful and playful use of word and emotion generates countless delightful expressions you'll want to share. Explore his line of greeting cards at Artique.

A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Posillico's original pieces can be seen via international and national publishers and galleries as well as at select art shows around the country and in his new gallery in Sausalito California.

Check out Erin Smith’s fun and sassy artwork!

Erin's artwork is the result of a mixed media process that includes original painting, digital imaging, vintage family photographs, and the artist's own meandering prose.

She writes everything herself and is “inspired by my world and the often skewed view in which I see it.” 

Her line of greeting cards sold out in 6 weeks at the beginning of this year.

"Leigh’s whimsical work has been in the making for the better part of her twenty-nine years. Born and raised in St. Louis, Leigh began designing in seventh grade where she got poor marks in Math class for doodling.  She went on to attend University of Kansas School of Design and holds a BFA in Visual Communications.  Her work has been featured in national design publications and regional art shows and is inspired by her incredible friends and family. Leigh has lived in Boston for six years and likes it so much she only occasionally wishes it were Paris."

- Quote from the artist's website