Denis Orton

Raku Pottery

 

Denis Orton, Raku potter, continuously works to perfect his glazes.

 

A retired chemist, Denis has been making his signature one of a kind pots in his home studio in Kingspoint for more than two decades.

The Raku pots are removed red hot from the kiln, and are put on a bed of sawdust and then covered with a steel can for ten minutes.  The smoke and fumes from the sawdust have worked their magic on the still molten glaze.

Denis continues to experiment in pursuit of mastery of this ancient art.

Denis has recently been working with crystalline glazes on porcelain.

Denis formulates his glazes with various metals to create the unusual crystalline formations. The crystals form as the pots slowly cool in the kiln over many hours.

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Jason Hillegas

Jason Hillegas

Chain Maille Jewelry

“Links and Lore”

“Offering  fashionable, modern jewelry which captures the historic patterns that have lasted thousands of years.”

Links & Lore Jewelers was created by our Master Maille-Smith, Jason Hillegas, who started weaving maille armor at the age of 14.

Maille armor is the metal mesh medieval knights wore under their shiny plates of armor. 

Throughout the 29 years that followed, Jason not only continued weaving maille, but he also dove into its history; studying its origins, how it was originally made, and teaching himself the dozens of chain maille patterns which  developed over the centuries.

While he was weaving a maille shirt for a friend, a lady approached and commented, “That would make some real pretty jewelry. Have you ever thought of making some?”

Hence the seed that was planted years ago has now grown into Links & Lore Jewelers.

Jason strives to stay true to the belief that each piece of jewelry is a link to the past or, if you will, a link of history.

Every design is a variation of one of the patterns from the maille armor that knights used to wear.   Of course a few patterns that are a bit more modern have found their way into the collection of designs. In those instances,  Jason believes  that they are just too nice of a pattern not to use them.

About Links & Lore Jewelers

There is much more to maille or “chain-mail” than just the pretty patterns you find in a crafting magazine. 

Maille is an art form that is well over 5,000 years old. We’re keeping it alive by taking the patterns that were once only used for weaving armor and turning them into jewelry and accessories for more modern applications.

So you are literally wearing a piece of history.

Jason@linksandlore.com

 

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Barb Hodson

Quilting

 

Barb Hodson is a novice quilter who enjoys using age-old quilting applications.

Her work embodies the beauty and nostalgia of traditional patchwork quilts .

Barb, who has been quilting since 2005, restores antique quilts and creates new quilts of her own design.

Barb appreciates the simplicity of expression found in the process of quilting.

 

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Diana Dellos

 

Acrylic & Mixed Media Paintings

 

“Art, music, and love. It’s what makes the world go ‘round for me.”

 

Diana Dellos, a native of Wyoming, has been a creative soul for as long as she can remember.  Having artists as parents, creativity was a normal part of everyday life.

In high school, she drew many charcoal portraits of children and in college, she filled her electives with art courses.

Her main focus over the last sixteen years has been raising her three children and keeping the family afloat, while moving several times across the country.

Through these years, she was always doing something creative on the side: painting a world map mural in her boys’ bedroom and hibiscus flowers on her daughter’s walls, designing for Spellbinders Paper Arts Co., stenciling stair risers, redecorating their many homes, and lots of colorful painting on canvases.

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